talk about that in "black detroit."they're inseparable in tucking about the understanding of the people. we talk about the people who own the business. no not say that particular ownership is predisposed to being in opposition to our political outlook. they could be in concert with it. and so many of them are. i work at the amsterdam news, and many people say, well do you see that fitting within the whole capitalist formation? the capital network? i guess in one way we're making money but always a matter of dispensing service. how do you give back. to what extent're just exploiting the people? you profit before people? or an opportunity to provide jobs for individuals? you can see if you have 20-25 employees there, you know you're sustaining their lives so that's a very important part of them. of course then you're concerned about the political content, the editorial direction of that particular publication, and that is where the analysis comes in to say that are you providing the information that we need for liberation

we are going to see that happening time and time again in this whole odyssey of black detroit. classical boxes and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next on booktv, "after words" journalist milo yiannopoulos discusses his book dangerous which explores the speech issues. he is interviewed by marji ross president and publisher of regnery. >> milo yiannopoulos wonderful to have you with us today.

we're going to see that happening time and time again in this whole odd to city of black detroit. -- odyssey of black detroit. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> next on "the communicators," a discussion on how businesses, banks and hospitals can protect against cyber attacks. then a forum examining how the gaza strip factors into the middle east peace process. after that, a discussion on south korea's military defense system. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> host: and now joining us on "the communicators" is jeff moulton. mr. moulto

we're going to see that happening time and time again and this whole odyssey of black detroit. you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. good evening and welcome to opportunities's program hosted by the commonwealth club of silicon valley my name is mary ellen, it is my pleasure to introduce doctor richard dockens evolution mare biologist pounder of the foundation for reason and science. and author most recently of science in the soul selected writings of a passionate rationalist. doctor was voted property magazine number one world sinker, and was on daily telegraphs 100 greatest living geniuses list he earned his degree in zoology and doctorate in animal behavior from oxford university and become university's first professor for the public understanding of science. his best selling books include the selfish gene, blind watch make or and god delusion and sold 3 million copies and translated in more than 30 languages worldwide. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming richard dockens. [applause] >> okay. are we all can you hear me? that sounds preagdz.

professor herbert void the books include autobiography of a people, by any means necessary, and black detroit. a people's history of self-determination. in depth, friday starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> when he think about a one-day festival, the national book festival new over 100 authors from children's authors, illustrators, graphic novelists, all of these different authors there all day, over 100,000 people commit and celebrate books and reading, you can have a better time i think. i'm a little prejudiced because i'm a librarian. if any reader anybody who wants to get inspired, the book festival is the perfect place. >> activities live coverage begins saturday at 10:00 a.m. the featured authors including david mccall and thomas friedman. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice, and michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern and on book tv. >> next, black hawk down authors talks about his latest book about the turning point in the american war in vietnam.

by any means necessary and black detroit. a people's history of self determination.in-depth on booktv and primetime friday starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> booktv recently visited capital has asked members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> there are three books on my reading list. the first is the path which is about a chinese philosophy. then some history books that look not just at the history of mankind but also the future and that is sapiens and homo deus. >> what information did you learn from reading safety in and homo deus about humanity and how you really apply that to your job? >> i'm still working through the book so working through homo deus right now. which is the history of the future. and so it is a fascinating account of where we have been in the past, how our species became the dominant species on earth. but really look at what the future has in store for us. particularly with incredible advances in technology. i'm very involved in autonomous vehicles as the sender for michigan, thi

you look at how black underclass faired in detroit from marion d.c. and sharpe's newark as my manhattan institute colleague fred siegel has noted these black mayors created these unbeatable political machines. in the name of helping the poor. yet the poor became even more on their watch. mississippi is longs bobbied more black elected officials than any other state in the country yet it continues to have one of the highest black poverty rates in the country. there have been case studies of places like atlanta from the 1970s and 80s for example where under black mayors implemented racial and hiring black city works and black contractors. what happenedsome well, well off blacks in those places became better off. but average income black were left behind and the black poor actually lost ground. and that's been the story nation wide in a black political clout not to mention affirmative action and racial set aside black underclass has lost ground both in absolute terms and relative to the white underclass. in the 1970s and 80s and even into the 90s, the poo

all young black men from detroit, and in montana, had the feeling we weren't going near dc, what was in washington state. that was the beginning in tacoma, washington. the first issue, detroit. every saturday in the world. rollerskating was big, we had in detroit, i don't know what they call the other ones. down-home blues. they roller skated, they played it on, with the zipper. just before i got married. and over to that. the young lady said just a moment. here comes the gentleman. we worked something out, the coloreds were rollerskating, let's walk them on wednesday. i can't buy a ticket and we are going to mix it up here. i said jesus. you leave and just what? so i left and later as i became more involved in civil rights, the naacp, these were the kinds of things i wanted to knock out of the park, wanted to stop discrimination in housing. it wasn't fair, but it was accepted. discrimination is a strange animal. with exceptions by white people and accepted by black people, can't go over there, can't do that. restaurants that did not serve black people, signs that i hadn't seen, we r

we are going to see that happening time and time again in this whole odyssey of black detroit. classical boxes and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next on booktv, "after words" journalist milo yiannopoulos discusses his book dangerous which explores the speech issues. he is interviewed by marji ross president and publisher of regnery. >> milo yiannopoulos wonderful to have you with us today. >> thank you how are you? >> i am wonderful. i wish you were here in d.c. but you are in new york and we are excited to talk. >> i am in this dark room and a skyscraper. i was looking so forward to meeting you! >> you look like you are out over the new york skyline. i don't see a billboard. >> that is a lie. >> this or there's no advertisement for your book behind you! right?>> may be tranquil you know like drag queen style. >> we will see it. just in case anyone in the plan has missed, you have just written and published your first book. "dangerous".>> i have. >> and others in the table of contents a pre-much everyone hates you. so - >> it does feel that way to me. >> according to

cities with large black populations cleveland detroit, chicago, washington, philadelphia had elected black mayor's. between 1970 and 2010 the number of lack collected officials grew from fewer than 1500 to more than 10,000 in this country including of course a black president. in addition we saw the liberation of black police chief school superintendents and councilmembers and state legislators. racially gerrymandered voting districts were created to ensure the election of blacks to congress and so forth. the problem with all of the political clout never paid off economically for the black poor which is what we were told would happen. if you look at how black underclass fared in marion barry's washington d.c. or newark is my manhattan institute colleague noted these black mayors created these unbeatable political machines in the name of helping the poor yet the poor became more -- on their watch. they continues to have one of the highest black party rates in the country. there have been case studies in places like atlanta in the 1970s and 80s for example. the city implemented -- for e

in detroit, a city at war, violence continues. what is a black film?for white filmmakers in hollywood to adequately tell stories from a black respective? the film detroit, set in detroit, michigan and directed by a kathryn bigelow, has reignited this debate. the film depicts the algiers motel incident, where the cops during the riot thought there was a sniper in the motel, and they went and lined a bunch of people up against the wall, and kept them there for hours, and terrorised them. and, by the time the incident was over, three african—americans were dead. i got all night, people. the centrepiece of the movie is the 45—minute—long motel sequence. some have said that this is the most powerful part of the film, as it gives a window into the nature of police brutality, which is still present to this day. others have said it is a nearly pornographic lynching sequence, and has little value. let's not be stupid in this situation. the film was put together by a white director, kathryn bigelow, and a white writer, mark boal. so it didn't feature any black c

all young black men coming from detroit and by the time we were near d.c. but now we started trying to figure out what was in washington state. and so that is kind of the beginning of tacoma, washington. the first issue for me was from detroit. every saturday in the world. roller skating was vague. we have been detroit it is way. it's what they did, but they played in oregon. i was on my way downtown just to see the city before we got married in uniform here comes a gentleman. we work something out there with really well on wednesdays. no, no, -- so you leave and latr as i became more involved in civil rights and these were the kinds of things i wanted to knock out of the park to stop discrimination and housing. it was accepted. discrimination is a strange and all that was accepted by white people and accepted by a black people. you just can't do that. that didn't go with me. restaurants that do not serve black people. signs that i have seen before. we reserve the right to refused service to anyone. they treated indians like dirt. all of those kinds of thin

you are a white woman telling a story of black people in "detroit." why would you do that?- i mean, i certainly had to do some soul searching in order to answer that and then go forward with it, but i found the story so moving, and i felt that it was an important story to tell and so compelling that -- and i had the opportunity to tell it, so i thought perhaps that mitigated the negative aspects of the fact. i thought, am i the right person to tell this story? absolutely not. but does the story need tell? yes. that was my motivation. >> trevor: when you worked on the story, as well, i noticed you worked with key figures within the african-american community, people who could lend credence to the story and make it factually correct. it was based specifically on the algiers hotel incident. why that incident in particular and why did you feel it was so important to get prominent african-american historians in the project. >> we were fortunate to have michael dyson and henry lewis gates to help us with this project. what was so important is to base it on actual events. it was e

detroit, what was it like economically? stephen: there were a couple things going on. you did have this emerging black middle class in detroit and my family, my mother's family was part of that black middle-class living in russell woods just off dexter avenue which is one of the flashpoints of the uprising, one of the commercial strips that was hit hard. you had an emerging black political class in the city. people being elected to city council and congress and at the same time, you have got this underclass that is being pushed further and further behind and further and further marginalized. the area around 12th and claremont had become an african-american neighborhood because of one of the other prime get american neighborhoods in the city had been destroyed. they had nowhere else to go. and the opportunity they could see not only whites and joined but other african-americans enjoying was a real source of -- source of tension. question that people understood that if you were african-american, your chances of moving ahead were and the deck was stacked against you. heather: yeah, completely agree. that

i covered detroit public schools for five years. and when i think of a black kid in detroit public schools being told, given the message from day one, this is a racist country. and you will never survive because of the color of your skin, you are sentencing that child to a very bleak future. the truth is, we have problems, disagreements, but we -- this is the freest, best country on earth with unlimited opportunities and to tell a kid anything other than that, i think, is about as bad as racism. >> very well stated. juan, we talk about race a lot, you and i personally, and we have for a decade now. the democrats and the left have offered a lot of criticism this past week. where is the message of unity from democrats coming now other than throwing more daggers and more critiques on what they perceive is happening now? >> it has to be when you stand up. when you see something that is morally wrong, and the president's words when he said, both sides have some blame here, suggests that many people don't buy into. yesterday in boston, you saw an incredible turnout

"black detroit: a people's history of self-determination." >> host: author herb boyd with us on this independence day weekend. professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal?

all of us young black men coming from detroit to washington and by the time we crossed montana we had to see that we were not going your d.c.. now we started kind of figure out what was in washington state. i was still in uniform from the choice. one of the things i did in detroit was rollerskate. rollerskating was big. you had the paradise bowl. i don't know what they call the other ones. blues.ly skated to the they will escape to what they did. but we would play our music and they would play theirs. i was on my way downtown and before i got married and i saw that they got off the bus in uniform and hotfoot it over to and the young lady said just a moment. here comes a gentleman and said and yousomething out are welcome on wednesday. i said you mean i can buy a ticket? they said no, we don't mix it up here. leave and so i left there. later as i became more involved in civil rights through the end he, these were the kinds of things i wanted to knock out of the park. stop discrimination in housing. if you said it wasn't fair, it was accepted. discrimination is a strange animal. by whit

i do know that if you needed 77,500 people, it's a lot easier to get 50,000 black people in philadelphia, detroito figure out what it is in the minds of those obama to trump floaters. >> tucker: notice how her entire speech is framed as terms of political expediency for the struggling white people voted for obama and big numbers because they were hurting and hoping someone will help them, that didn't work out as of the obama administration often seemed indifferent to their decline, sometimes even happy about it. still hurting, they turned to trump. reads of you is in effect oh, well, the jig is up we don't need their support anyway. it's not worth looking at why they are miserable or why they are abandoning our party. her statement is zero-sum, her view is in america you can't help minority voters and white voters at the same time, their interests are opposed to one another. america isn't one nation, it's simply different racial groups struggling for supremacy. a lot of people on the left believe that, let's hope for the sake of this country the democratic party ignores that advice. that's it for

i do know that if you needed 77,500 people, it's a lot easier to get 50,000 black people in philadelphia, detroitout what is in the mind of those obama to trump voters. there is a lot here. but notice how they were hurting and hoping that someone would help them. that didn't work out. sometimes even happy about it. still hurting, they turned too trump. her view is in effect, the jig is up, we don't need the support anyway.hy it's not worth looking at why they are miserable and abandoning our party. her view that in america, you can't help minority voters and white voters at the a same time. their interests are opposed to one another. america isn't one nation, it is simply different racial groups struggling for supremacy. a lot of people in the left believe that. let's hope for the's sake of ths country, the democratic party ignores that advice. that's it for us, good night from washington. starts right now. ♪ >> i'm kimberly guilfoyle along with juan williams, dana perino and greg gutfeld. this is "the five." president trump is renewing his attack on both the press and the critics, he tweeted onl

detroit was rocked by four days of domestic unrest unmatched since the civil war. in the midst of the chaos was the tragedy at the algiers motel in which several black occupants and twoeaten, tortured and killed by law enforcement. it was this untold story that oscar winning filmmaker catherine bigelot brings to pulse pounding life in her feature "detroit." joining me now is a native of detroit, the one and only dr. michael eric dyson, he is a professor at georgetown university and author of the book "hears we cannot stop, a sermon to white america." thank you for being with me, dr. dys dyson. >> thank you. >> when i watched this the other night i hosted one of the screenings i thought of you because you are from detroit. >> right. >> you more than anyone in academia have interpreted this problem of policing today. looking back 50 years when you were a kid, i was a kid. >> right. >> but i remember i was maybe 12, i remember the riots in detroit but this is the first time we've seen in a thriller the story told, the viciousness and the context of why people erupted in the violence. martin luther king used to say that the riots are the voice of the unheard. >> that's r

this is a shot of two black zoot suiters in detroit, shot from behind, walking down the sidewalk.f any of you have seen the film "malcolm x," you will recall the opening scene in that film is denzel washington playing malcolm little before he becomes malcolm x and spike lee playing his sidekick shorty, decked out in their zoot suits in boston in the early years of world war ii, walking down the street, literally like this. hunched over, arms out, swinging their arms, occupying public space. their watches, their hats, their feathers, their tails, they're ballooned-out pants, a spectacle to be seen. people having to hop off the sidewalk in order to let them pass. that their bodies and public space were mobilized and occupied to be seen, to be heard, to challenge this dehumanization that many of them faced up to as a part of everyday life in wartime american society. my point here is that what they were in fact doing was making an argument that there is a different way to be a young man or woman in american society during world war ii, that they were challenging status quo notificati

i do know if you needed 77,500 people, it's a lot easier to get 50,000 black people in the philadelphia, detroitkee than it is to figure out what is in the minds of those obama to trump voters. [applause] elizabeth: look who's here, former trump national diversity coalition's vice chair. good to see you. >> god bless you and god bless america, liz. elizabeth: it's hard to figure out what is in the mind of the obama crowd who voted for trump. is it that hard? >> no, it's not hard at all. what i'll tell you is that many americans, it shouldn't even -- we shouldn't even be talking about skin color at point, i'm sick of that -- broken hearted, neglected, left behind, our jobs going overseas, open borders, people coming in, killing americans, our school system's a disaster, nafta deal's taking all our jobs. the minds of trump supporters, the same mind of every american. there are so many americans who suffered under the last administration. and many of those americans that suffered, they voted for our former president two times. and so what it is, is people are tired of politicians. they're tired of

good, black people -- >> tucker: you know who has no privilege? the kids in detroit.w what the test scores are in detroit? >> let's talk about the kids in detroit. do you have any idea that betsy devos changed -- >> tucker: oh, i'm sure it's her fault. this has been going on for generations. as of right now, 96% of kids in detroit schools -- 96% -- are not proficient in math. 93 are not proficient in english. you say, people of privilege -- those people have no privilege. people of privilege, including the representatives come with a black caucus, the people who claim to speak for the people, they don't say squat about that. what's the reason? is that betsy devos' problem? >> she is the secretary of education. she should be o concerned with education around the country, particularly in her home state. >> tucker: this has been going on for generations and no one says squat. 100 people are shot and one day in chicago and everyone says, whatever. p but the real problem is the lee at you. i think that's a fair conversation. but it's disproportionate and its cover for the

in detroit, you know, there's a building named against the black separatist mayor. coleman young. i would be crazy if i had to live through it. but i get it. on the other hand, this is a manufactured crisis. these statues have been here for decades and centuries. they were here for obama's terms. where were you during that? >> they have always been problematic. at my university -- >> tucker: that's not -- >> hold on. at my university, we have talked about the fact that we wanted to change the names of certain buildings of people that wanted to keep the university segregated for a long time. it took till recently for the names to change. >> tucker: okay. i get it. people have been talking about -- you're right. they haven't been pulling down statues in the middle of the day. it hasn't dominated msnbc for a week. this is not a conversation we're having. this is a moral panic. it came out of nowhere -- >> no, no -- >> tucker: charlottesville happened. people have fueled this fire and my point is -- it's not saying it's an ill legitimate debate. it's a debate. but it's not even in the

black only memorial day party. same thing in philadelphia, again. detroit and nashville. dia was asked is it black only? yes, it is. they said that yes, it's black only. that seems like the textbook dictionary definition of racism. how can you be involved in a group that does that? that's my question to you and please give me a real answer. >> again, you know, i can't speak to the memorial day event that you are discussing. >> tucker: it's not just one event it's a bunch. but there are specific events from which people have been excluded based on their race. and isn't that what racism is? i'm against that. i thought you were, too. why would you be part of a group that did that? >> you know, i won't say that they have because i wasn't there what i will say is that the actual. >> tucker: they have. >> the actual black lives matter events that i participated in and experience with every single time there were people of every shade and color across the rainbow that was there that's what black lives matter is about. see, what you are trying to do is make bleartsz. >> tucker: i'

republican candidate who came to my state of michigan during the campaign and campaigned in detroit in the black churches. >> you were there just this week but i'm curious, the same people you talked to in detroit this week how they would react to the former leader of the kkk, david duke, coming out as we reported here and thanking the president for his honesty and his courage yesterday. >> oh, i think that makes everybody's stomach turn and i think it makes the president's stomach turn. he has condemned david duke. david duke has nothing to do with the republican party. he's going to try and get his name into the headlines. that's why we have to condemn him and white supremacy at every level and it will take bipartisanship, leadership coming together to say this is unacceptable. it's not something we want for this country. it's not something i want for my kids. i don't want them seeing this as part of our country's dialogue so we' and speak out against it. >> but is something going wrong then when you're getting that have beened by the former head of the kkk. you had senator marco rubio who men

the film is set during the 1967 detroit riots in the killings of three unarmed black men at the algiers" calls it excruciating and necessary. here is a look at the trailer. >> i assume this is about what went on at the motel. >> what happened at the motel?

the film is set during the 1967 detroit riots in the killings of three unarmed black men at the algierstimes" caused excruciating and necessary. here is a look at the trailer. >> i assume this is about wh

the film is set during the 1967 detroit riots in the killings of three unarmed black men at the algiersotel. "the l.a. times" caused excruciating and necessary. here is a look at the trailer. >> i assume this is about what went on at the motel. >> what happened at the motel? >> ♪ >> you don't know, i will tell you. i was working security. tuesday night, we heard gunfire coming from the area near the algiers. the police was there. there was a lot of shooting. there, three kids had been killed. >> so they were killed right before you got there? you carry a .38, right? >> ♪ you carry a revolver? >> i do have a .38. >> you ever shoot anyone? >> i did not do it. >> here we go. in detroit, violence continues. state police a national guardsman -- >> i am declaring a public state of emergency. >> it is a war zone. they are destroying the city. >> police! >> i'm going to assume you are all criminals. >> you don't talk about this to anyone, ever. you understand? >> ♪ >> change is coming! >> i told you what i saw. help here.ing to >> what is the matter with you? >> change is coming! >> they are tr

their take on the racial crime in this country and what it means that black lives matter is being honored being in the film detroit even though what happened fifty years ago it's something that we're still seeing a lot of parallels between what happened fifty years ago and today so. honoring black last matter here tonight is is a great situation because it continues to push the narrative forward that reform has to happen and a bigger conversation has come out happen system systemically. in order to really see any real change it's very important that people are aware of the political situations that are going on in the world and certain people are singled out in ways that this shouldn't be and i feel like if one person go through something that we're all going through it i believe that with everything that's been happening it is the grand opportunity for those of us of the faith to step forward and offer not just prayer not just away from god but our lives and our gifts and our our talents to move forward and help those who are suffering and those who have been caught up in in black lives matter i'm having a black