historian hw brand explores the strained relationship between general douglas carter and president harry truman during the korean war and the general versus the president. our look at the current nonfiction bestsellers at austin's a book people bookstore continues with bruce springsteen's memoir. .. ÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ >> so really i want to thank everybody for being here today. all right. let's get started. today's session and conversation is about equ÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ race study. i want to get started, first let's give our guest a round of applause. [applause] i want to start off first with some of the introduction in jeff's book. the introduction on the crisis cycle and i want to hit a couple of points and open it up to jeff and dr. cunningham. mark, is it okay that i call you mark? >> please, please. >> race makes itself known in crisis, in the singular event that captures a larger pattern of abuse and pain, we react to crisis with the flurry of words an sometimes action. in turn the reaction sparked its own backlash about rage, justification and denial, the cycle turns