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watchable tv every sunday on c- span two and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at journalist mark chissano looks at former new york congressman george santos's rise in politics, to his removal from congress, with his book, the fabulist. watchable tv every sunday on c- span two and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime@booktv.org. your new bon the last conservative, is the first full biography of milton friedman let's start offith, who was milton friedman? >>> your new book, milton m friedman, the last conservative, is the first full biography of milton friedman. let's start off with who was milton friedman. >> so milton friedman was probably best known as a famous economist. he, along with john maynard keynes, is one of the most influential economist in the 20th century, and he worked over the course of his career to establish an alternative to keynesian economics and keynesian economic policy, and he was awarded the 1976 nobel prize in economics. but as i show in my book, while he's first and foremost an economist, he's much

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weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c- span or go to c-span.org/books that shaped america to view the series and learn more about each book featured. >>> weekends on c-span two are an intellectual feast. every saturday, we document america's story and on sunday, book tv is you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. funding comes from these television companies and more, including cox. >>> cox along with these television companies support c- span to assist -- 2 as a public service. >>> i'm so excited to be talking today with kat calvin about her new book, "american identity and crisis, notes from an activist." she is also founder and executive director of spread the vote and project i.v. and cofounder and ceo of the project i.d. action fund. in addition to being named one of time magazines 16 people and groups fighting for a more equal america, cat has been featured in the new york times, l.a. times, the washington post, atlantic, essence, glamour, npr, and marie claire, and those are just a few. thank you for being here. >> thanks. glamour is such a weird wind , throw in there, but npr -- >> i'm like oh, finally i meant it girl. forget npr, i want cosmo

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c-span via that. go to c-span.org/books that shaped america. edna greene medford did you ever teach this book particularly, or any of his other two autobiographiesprof. medford: i taught that one in particular for my survey classes in african-american history. that was wired reading. >> when you write out your lesson plan, what did you want students to take away? prof. medford: to understand the themes he is talking about. he is talking about separation, race mixing, about violence and brutality. he is talking about the longing for freedom. he is talking about education. i wanted them to take that and understand what all of those things meant to the enslaved person during that period. not just on the eastern shore of maryland, but throughout the south. i think they got a better understanding of what slavery was by reading that book then they could ever get from any lecture that i did, or any textbook. it had to come directly from someone who had experienced it. >> another educator who has written a biography of frederick douglass is david blight of yale university. i'm sure a good friend of yours. if you would like to is in to our companion podc

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