he said you need to speak to jack mcnamara. and he explained, you know, quickly to me after my father and he and the jesuit seminarian had picked up the struggles about contract. with that eagan got off the phone. i never spoke to him again. he passed away later that spring. now, a few days after that morning's discussion and i called jack mcnamara. he told me in 1967 he had helped launch a group called the contract buyers league. he said that the group, which was based in my father's old neighborhood of lawndale, grew to encompass 3,000 african-american families that had purchased homes on contract. led by several african-american buyers and also four migrants and -- migrants in the south and that's significant because one of the -- one of the excuses that people used when they talked by why the neighborhoods went bad oh, these migrants, they're rural people. they don't know how to maintain a house, you know, they blamed them for the problems. and, you know, those people who had mygranted north and saved money and put down the

mcnamara and his family since i was a boy. i think my owpersonal feelings are wt gifted people day were when they came t washingt working for jackdy. they bieved they cld really eate a new coury, such big draams. they got caught in the vietnam war. mcnamara himself was s confent he was going to get through this witntelligence, fige it out. he cann figure this out. he got deeper and deeper in this tunnel of evietnam. i tched as a young man the burden wehing on him, all the fhers. but nothing aboumcnamara's death, -- when ihinkabout namara's death, human beings make stakes he made a tric one. he tried the restof hisife to uerstand what went wng and to aton for what he did. tavis: the autho of the n novel, "the incremen," david ignatius. up next, from thnew fm "the hurt locker," actor jeremy renner. sy with us. in thecritically acclaimed new film, nd her locker," -- "the rt locker," jeremy renner stars as a mb squad expert. ere now is a scene from the movie. >> i got t sui just go. youhave 45 seconds. go! >> everybody get back! get back! go! get back! >> ere's too ma locks. i cannotdo it. i connted it off. i am sorry, ok? i am sorr

then i found out about jack mcnamara, the activism that came after his death. i knew i had a story to tell. the activism, really brilliant, resourceful and wonderful people to be part of the story as well. i don't know how many people here have read it, but asking me to elucidate more of the story. >> i get the opportunity to talk to beryl for a little bit, then we will turn over our remaining time to you all. you will know the microphone in the center of the room so when we open this for questions, please make your way to the microphone. you can line up and speak directly into it. we would appreciate that. let me begin with something that struck me when i was reading the book and that is the theme of discovery. there is your discovery of your father's story, asking questions of family members, piecing together things that perhaps people didn't want to talk about, but there was also, this is the core of the book, your father's discovery, you mentioned follow the money, the discovery of contracts selling, and its impact on african-americans in this city. this wa

mcnamara and his family since i was a boy. i think my own personal feelings are what gifted people day were when they came to washington working for jacknedy. they believed they could really create a new country, such big dreams. they got caught in the vietnam war. mcnamara himself was so confident he was going to get through this with intelligence, figure it out. he cannot figure this out. he got deeper and deeper in this tunnel of the vietnam. i watched as a young man the burden weighing on him, all the fathers. but nothing about mcnamara's death, -- when i think about mcnamara's death, human beings make mistakes he made a tragic one. he tried the rest of his life to understand what went wrong and to atone for what he did. tavis: the author of the new novel, "the increment," david ignatius. up next, from the new film "the hurt locker," actor jeremy renner. stay with us. in the critically acclaimed new film, "and her locker," -- "the hurt locker," jeremy renner stars as a bomb squad expert. here now is a scene from the movie. >> i got the suit, just go. you have 45 seconds. go! >> everybody get back! get back! go! get back! >> there's