off the charlotte miss, jabari edwards grabs the rebound, almost throws it away.nails the tee-pointer. taylor with 16 points. the colonials beat charlotte 75-70 and clinch a spot in the a-10 tournament for the first time since 2007. >>> it was a spirited nascar nationwide race tonight in vegas. ken harvick told his pit guys they looked like a bunch of idiots, but they rebounded to earn him his first nationwide win. danica patrick in her last race spouted off about the driver that caused her to wreck. danica patrick will take a four-month break to return to indycar racing. halfway through the race, michael mcdowell was down a lap in the way. caused danica to lose control, go into that other car. danica patrick finished 31st. after that she had a lot to say. >> i learned for sure. we had a good car. we really did. i said that earlier. we have a better car than where we qualified. unfortunately, we got caught in a bad situation with a driver who wasn't looking and probably a spotter who wasn't calling. i probably should have seen the tape on the left rear bumper and

got me think, oh my goodness, jabari, we're contemporaris. >> i talk about the fictional con you can, the figures al aspect of that biracial construct of prince created. some of the reviews in my book and mentioned and described prince as biracial person which i don't do in the book. i'm talking about a figuresal story. >> is he indeed racial? >> no. but i think it was very calculated on its parts in his lyrics which he negotiate this is idea of an ambiguous racial identity. >> identity in general right? >> yes. >> he is talks sexuality and -- >> very fluid in terms of personal identity but in terms of audiences that heing a aggressively courted, he aggressively courted multiracial audiences and he changed his music. he made specific changes to his music that i discuss in the book in order to make it more palatable to more different types of listensers. in same way obama tweaked his own political message to reach a wide swath of the electorate. >> there are race figured prominently from time to time in the election. sometimes it was kind of on the surface, but it was always a part of

. >>> jabari asim of the magazine the crisis and contributor to "the washington post" analyzes the rise of barack obama from cultural, political and economic perspectives. this event, hosted by the harold washington library center of chicago, is an hour-and-a-half. >> it is such a pleasure to be here this evening and i would like to start by jabari for sharing the stage. your book is titled what obama means for our culture, our politics, our future. i would like you to define "our." to whom are you referring >> i'm talking about all americans. there are things in the book that address the particular interest in questions involving african-americans, but i really had a wide audience in mind which is inappropriate in terms of the thrust of obama's campaign and his message, so i meant the country collectively. >> host: in the book you talk a lot about image, and obama's impact on young black men. so, do you -- talk a bit about that. >> i tried to place him in context in terms of images of black masculinity that we have seen in the culture. since about 1619 when african-american men first s

[applause] jabari asim is the editor-in-chief of the naacp magazine the crisis and contributor to the washington post. he's also the author of the book the n word. for more information on the author, go to "washington post" about, and naacp .org. >>> craig shirley author of riggins revelation recounts rall freakin' 1988 presidential campaign. he follows president reagan from his defeat for the presidency of 1976 to his election four years later over incumbent president jimmy carter. ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california is the host of this hour-long event. >> craig and i are going to do something that hopefully you will find the fun. rather than him getting the and giving a long 30 minute speech in which you struggle in your seat, i thought i would interview craig, asking number of questions about his book and also threw it to the audience if you've got questions as well so we would like to keep this as lightly and living as possible so please as we move forward if you have something you want to throw up here please raise your hand but let me ask the first five

brands on f.d.r., jabari asim on president obama and our culture, and craig shirley on ronald reagan.complete schedule, go to booktv.org. >> now the discussion on seventh liberty -- on sick literacy with richard brake. from "washington journal," this is about 30 minutes. but many folks are, and we can learn something today. guest: thank you for having his back. host: you put out a new report on civic literacy. what is the update on what people mill about six? guest: unfortunately, they're not doing well. we have made an assessment as to how well current college students know about their government and foreign affairs and economics. they're not doing very well. they don't know we have three branches of government and do not know traditional review and basic things about the economic system. host: why not? guest: it goes back to the curriculum. kids can not know what they are not taught grade civics is not a priority starting from kindergarten up through college. we think that college is a good place to start. that is where our teachers are trained. that is where our future leaders are

jabari on president obama. for the complete schedule go to booktv.org. >> last week the obama administration sent the first homeland security report to the u.s. congress. here is about the administration's next efforts to redefine its homeland security mission. daniel kaniewski working for president bush from 2005-2008 and on the table is homeland security report, what does it look at? guest: first it's an important document, i applaud this administration and that it meets the congress attempt. i feel it provides a road map for the future for the department of homeland security. in reality homeland security is broader. and i feel this document will lay the future. host: what are the topics in this report? guest: there are no surprises, this is not controversial. preventing terrorists attacks is the number one priority. no surprise. but other items resiliency before disaster. i arrived here before hurricane katrina and i am happy to see that this is one of five major themes identified in this review. host: and i