longtime friend cleve jones.. who made the aids memorial quilt remembers baker's generosity.sot cleve jones, baker's friendyou know i told him he should patent it and he said no its his gift to the world adn consequently lived most of his live near poverty. the flag has become ubiquitous its known everywhere on the planet and he never made a penny off of it. the flag first flew in 1978..in san francisco..sot cleve jones, baker's friendwe raised it up and the wind caught them. and they flew out and the march arrived and we just stood there and watched as these thousands and thousands adn thousands of people marched under the flag, looked up, their faces lit up and without any explanation at all everyone knew immediately that this was our flag.state senator scott weiner arrived visibly emotional.sot state sen, scott weiner (d) californiawhen i came out in 1990, my lesbian aunt, her gift to me were the rainbow freedom rings which were sort of a version of the rainbow flag so i knew what te rainbow was even before i k

cleve jones is the author. live coverage of the 22nd annual l.a. times festival of bucks held on the campus of universities southern california you can watch the full schedule today at booktv.org we will be doing a call in later on the book the mother of all questions but right now let's go inside to another panel on writing history. live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> i am not putting down fiction i have aspiration for anybody who can write a great fiction that they were talking about what kind of book tells the story about what you already know? widely read the book widely read books about what you know about because you need to know more. so of the great writers of fiction that meursault popular you're not reading the information and to see what happens in these books will we are discussing today with the authors is how they get to that conclusion and make those choices through a massive sweep of history this is the person and the moment that tells the entire story. so we have our authors first and my colleague at the "los ange

longtime friend cleve jones..ds memorial quilt remembers baker's generosity.sot cleve jones, baker's friendyou know i told him he should patent it and he said no its his gift to the world adn consequently lived most of his live near poverty. the flag has become ubiquitous its known everywhere on the planet and he never made a penny off of it. the flag first flew in 1978..in san francisco..sot cleve jones, baker's friendwe raised it up and the wind caught them. and they flew out and the march arrived and we just stood there and watched as these thousands and thousands adn thousands of people marched under the flag, looked up, their faces lit up and without any explanation at all everyone knew immediately that this was our flag.state senator scott weiner arrived visibly emotional.sot state sen, scott weiner (d) californiawhen i came out in 1990, my lesbian aunt, her gift to me were the rainbow freedom rings which were sort of a version of the rainbow flag so i knew what te rainbow was even before i knew who gilbert

joining us now is cleve jones teeleven my life in the movement". >> the big movement when i was 17 years old undiscovered party that was for people like me. >> host: the movement is larger than the game movement? did meg i grew up believing for social justice was connected we're all part of a larger struggle. and i think that has changed if more people viewed it that way. >> had the defined a movement today quite. >> in 2017 ltte people face the very big challenge we do have recent victories during the obama administration but now clearly wearying grave danger to be reversed. we have a downward generation that grew up under her obama that never knew this struggle my generation went through it was part of my impetus to write the book of what people to know what it took to get us there. >> where does the title come from? >> it came from a daydream one day when i was much longer would it would be like in we were just beginning to understand but for my generation to understand and if we could all rise up what happens when people rise? >> host: how did you become connected to harvey milk? he

i talked to cleve jones and he said that baker would not like that. he always wanted that flag it fly high and proud. let me add one more thing. i had the chance, opportunity it talk to gilbert baker several times and i just know he would be tickled pink knowing that he's getting all this attention. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> tickled pink and every other color too. ed lee offered this statement on baker. at a time of great uncertainty and lgbt community, gilbert's act of sewing together mutt eye colored materials un find that and empowered individuals across the country. helping bring them together under a common cause. >>> the mayor putting gilbert action as and perspectives come together. can you leave messages on our facebook page. facebook.com/abc7news. >> a triple shooting left a b bystander ded. two men were shot but survived. police arrested a suspect less than a half hour after the shooting p. meeting set for tuesday april 4th at the mini and love ward recreational center. police need your help identifying a jewel thief. they say he

longtime friend cleve jones..who made the aids memorial quilt remembers baker's generosity.sot cleve jones, baker's friendyou know i told him he should patent it and he said no its his gift to the world adn consequently lived most of his live near poverty. the flag has become ubiquitous its known everywhere on the planet and he never made a penny off of it. the flag first flew in 1978..in san francisco..sot cleve jones, baker's friend we raised it up and the wind caught them. and they flew out and the march arrived and we just stood there and watched as these thousands and thousands adn thousands of people marched under the flag, looked up, their faces lit up and without any explanation at all everyone knew immediately that this was our flag.state senator scott weiner arrived visibly emotional.sot state sen, scott weiner (d) californiawhen i came out in 1990, my lesbian aunt, her gift to me were the rainbow freedom rings which were sort of a version of the rainbow flag so i knew what te rainbow was even before i k

there were even more color in the air.i spoke with cleve jones..who created the aids memorial quilt in the 80s.. jones a long time friend of baker was emotional.. and reminisced about what he loved most about the late lgbt activists.sotvo cleve jones, activist, baker's friendjones says baker is one of the only people who believe in his quilt idea..reporting live in san francisco, hermela aregawi, kron 4 news. "he was so crazy and he was a drag queen and he was a veteran so he was tough. he was crazy and he loved to sew insane dresses and very quickly carved out his career as being the official flag maker and banner maker for all sorts of protests. for social justice and against war and lgbt people." (steve ) san francisco district attorney george gascon is speaking out about immigration arrests inside court rooms. calling it a threat to public safety. this week a federal judge asked for the arrests to stop. attorney general jeff sessions responded saying they have no choice because sanctuary cities won't comply with police. today gascon fired back.

at 4:00 p.m., cleve jones with his book "when we rise: my life in the movement."olnit on her book "the mother of all questions" at 5:30. fields at 7:00 p.m. sunday at 1:30 p.m., a discussion on the environment with authors of the year -- , and discussions continue lee van der voo, at 4:00 p.m. with gary younge. at 7:00 p.m. with david horowitz, author of "big agenda: president trump's plan to save america." watch the "los angeles times" festival of books starting saturday at 1:30 p.m. on c-span's book tv. historianon "q&a," david mccullough on his book "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for." senator whocentury has been written about most is joe mccarthy. there are a dozen books about joe mccarthy. thethere is no biography on senator who have the backbone to stand up to him first. >> do you remember how you want about caring for that speech? >> it is as hard as i have ever worked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book, a collection of his speeches going back to 1989. sunday night at 8:00 eastern o

cleve jones is the author. live coverage of the 22nd annual l.a. times festival of bucks held on the campus of universities southern california you can watch the full schedule today at booktv.org we will be doing a call in later on the book the mother of all questions but right now let's go inside to another panel on writing history. live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> i am not putting down fiction i have aspiration for anybody who can write a great fiction that they were talking about what kind of book tells the story about what you already know? widely read the book widely read books about what you know about because you need to know more. so of the great writers of fiction that meursault popular you're not reading the information and to see what happens in these books will we are discussing today with the authors is how they get to that conclusion and make those choices through a massive sweep of history this is the person and the moment that tells the entire story. so we have our authors first and my colleague at the "los ange

joining us now is cleve jones teeleven my life in the movement". >> the big movement