willard garvey came from pretty good stock. was the oldest son and a second of four children born to rant and olive garvey, the elevator mobil's kansas business hall of fame in topeka. his parents had no fascinating histories, i touch upon that in the book. willard started his life living eight years in colby, kan. which is 190 miles north of here, and his father lost wheat and farming business in 1928, mostly at the urging of olive, they brought the family to which a top. she thought children needed better schooling and more urban environment. so he came here in 1928, stayed here, raised his family and died here in 2002. willard like to say that he loved wichita because it was the farthest he could get from both coasts. some of you might feel that way too. it was his love for this community and the impact he had here and elsewhere well beyond that. as head of carthy industries and subsidiaries, petroleum, got the international and nevada first to name a few, he won many hats but called himself a builder. if you look around tow

in wichita and name willard garvey is garnished on buildings and a host of educational facilities and programs. willard garvey took the motto self service to heart and whether you agree or disagree there is a lesson for all of us. thank you for the opportunity to speak and for your interest in this goal. [applause] >> does anybody have any questions? no questions? [inaudible question] >> is there a question here? [applause] >> there was a question. >> my question is what is the best story you did? >> the best story i didn't print, i think all the good ones are in there, i got to tell you. good question. anyone else? i have to start dying my hair after all this was over. it was really fun to be in kansas. earlier today we talked about preserving the voices of elders and that was important and i was so happy i got to do that. it is up part of what you grew up with. really an honor. [applause] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events, facebook.com/booktv. >> 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books

garvey attached prominent leaders as w. e. b.bois and robert pitts, founder of the chicago defender. he had a potent weapon in his own newspaper and was killed in the t

garvey attached prominent leaders as w. e. b. du bois and robert pitts, founder of the chicago defender. he had a potent weapon in his own newspaper and was killed in the art of ineffective and tough internal tough and tumble journalistic warfare. garvey announced his intention of invading chicago. he rented the eighth regiment armory in a building that still exists. garvey got on the platform and denounced abbott more vigorously than before. at the close of the meeting he was arrested for selling stock in the black star steamship line in violation of the illinois. sky law, stock certificates and shares and later claimed the arrest had been engineered by abbott who he said had arranged to have a detective in the guise of a prospect of investor and insist on purchasing stock from the leader of the un i a to intimidate him. gobby departed from the city never to return. his one and only trip to chicago. lastly, therefore, final cultural chapters to the book. is okay to read ahead. these the best chapters in the book. chapters on lit

touch with now which is one of the great joys of my life and my son give me such a hard time is steve garvey who i love is my favorite player growing up and now i'm in touch with the minute thrills me and will sleep my son and his son go to camp together is every florida his son's got a player is very good at. nothing but the baseball is the sports maybe. sports is great if i were only qualified and it's so no unimportantly important it's great. really important. pleasure that. we did yeah me too david gregory our guest thank you for joining us on politicking for my viewers out there you can join my conversation our conversation on facebook to share your thoughts on twitter by tweeting me at king's things and using the politicking hashtag have a holiday all of us as we close special look at christmas in washington including some special scenes inside the white house what. i would like to introduce the first lady of the united states mrs michelle obama well hello everyone i am thrilled to welcome you here to the white house are you excited. visitors arrive the very first thing they'll see is

africanism or black nationalism to a point where the notion of race first many the tradition of a marcus garvey in the united states, for example, this notion that black people have to solidify. and yes, the anc, there was tension there. >> such a great point, he lives to be nearly 100 years old. his trajectory for change is very different from that of a king who was assassinated while still a young man. one quick question then more after the break. not only do we misremember mandela, we misremember ourselves in relationship to mandela. we now say america always embraced the anti-apartheid movement. what are the parts of our own story that we're getting wrong? >> that is a key point. the u.s. devoted more sources to finding mandela to hand over the apartheid fors than the apartheid forces themselves. it was the cia that actually located mandela and he was driving dressed up as a chauffeur when he was stopped and arrested and ultimately serves 27 years in prison. that is the key point. i mean, just as the u.s. government is surveilling today, they were surveilling back then. and then -- and we'l