thinkining and thinking about james baldwin for 30 years.has been in my spirit and my head at the fououndation of my scholarly career in some ways. what i wanted to do was to think about t him asas this poet who e the truth to our time. amy, had to come to o terms with the fact that country turns its baback on the black freeeedom struggle. assassinated dr. king and yet to p pick up the pieces. i wanted to walk with james baldwin as he in some was grappled with his moment of betrayal andnd find resources fr us in our moment as were grappling with their own moment of betrayal. what i have learned is that he spoke truth, spoke truth, insisted the nation confronont e lie, the illusion that protected so-called innocence. and that became the basis of writing this book in this moment determine sopism much of our lives. amy: and what -- why did he leave america? talk about that. and also, what does he teach us about today in this election that we just spoke to noam chomsky that says the most important election in human history right now here e in th

i read that james baldwin passage in the brilliant new book "begin again: james baldwin's america ando on and on in praise of this book, but i'd prefer to deliver much more important praise than my own. professor cornell west says, this book is undoubtedly the best treatment we have of baldwin's genius and relevance. glaude's masterpiece puts a smile on baldwin's face from the grave even as baldwin weeps for us in this grim moment. imani perry says, he pushes, prods, and disrobes history, forcing us to face uncomfortable truths and insisting upon our better inheritances. glaude's stunningly crafted prose, incisive, vulnerable, and beautiful, is as breathtaking as his brilliance. and walter isaacson says, eddie glaude weaves together a biography, a meditation, a literary analysis, and a moral essay on america. like baldwin's own essays and books, it is at times both loving and angry, challenging and uplifting, and always beautiful. joining our discussion now is professor eddie s. glaude jr., the chairman of the african-american studies department at princeton university. professor glau

scholarship around jimmy is much more articulated and -- it's just amazing to see the work with james baldwinth dwight mcbride and others, so the traditional reading of old baldwin, early baldwin, late baldwin, folk don't really buy into that anymore, that silly biography by james campbell, has been kind of displaced by others who have been working in jimmy's work, but i want to hold on to this claim that there's a continuity of themes running how to jimmy that he is grappling with ideas under different material conditions, that change how he is thinking about love, identity, history, memory, how he is thinking but white supremacy and the like. so, it's not that he goes bad in the teague or suck comes -- succumbed to propaganda of white power. he is grappling with the conditions under which black folk have to live and the conditions under which love has to be expressed. somebody has to really grapple with the evidence of things not seen. when he writing about the chalmers and what are we dealing with when the black babies are being killed and black folk in power. how to grapple with this the

our friend has written about james baldwin in a new book out this week called begin again. aldwin's political writing was about pushing forward even when faced with adversity and despair. he tweeted out this passage from the book today. we need to gather ourselves, for we are in the eye of the storm. we must find the courage to make the bold choices necessary for these after times. and we cannot shrink from our rage. it is the fire that lights the kiln. just keep talking. >> since our founding, nicole, there's been aer is penalty wrapped around the tables upon the legs of the table of which the declaration and the independence was signed. and that served every generation. it threatened to swallow the whole thing completely. what this represents for me is this honest reckoning with the contribution at the heart of the country. and he says without any hint of hyperbole or sentimentiality, that the problem isn't us. the problem isn't black people. we shm believe what the world has been telling us. that our neighborhoods are full of pathology. the way we raise our kids is what t

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also happens to be the author of a new book, "begin again: james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own." that discussion still forthcoming tonight. also with us is michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee. former lieutenant governor of the great state of maryland. these days host of the michael steele podcast. welcome to you both. michael, i always try to bring you something when you come on to thank you for your presence. >> i know. >> tonight i give you and we'll discuss it at the conclusion, tucker carlson from fox news. >> friday's address at mt. rushmore was probably the best -- the single best speech donald trump has ever given. it was a roadmap for his re-election message, but more than that it was a roadmap for the country itself. equality, decency, pride in our nation. >> michael steele, your thoughts. >> well, clearly we heard two different things, and i would not ascribe any of those characteristics to the speech that the president gave, and that's just the reality of it. look, the reporting is out there about the relationship between

al sharpton, eddie glaude jr., an msnbc contributor and author of the new book, "begin again: james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own" and historian john meacham, an msnbc contributor and john lewis's official biographer, his upcoming book is called his truth is marching on, john lewis k and the power of hope. it features an afterward by john lewis. thaun thank you for being with us this morning. rev lend, y reverend you and i spoke last night. one of the things you and i had discussed in those final moments of the show last night is about movements taking time. you told me movements and change take a long time. they require patience and fortitude. you were talking about the distance between the civil rights movement and the movements of today, and that point could have been about john lewis? >> it definitely could have been. in fact, a lot of what i learned i learned from john lewis and the younger crowd that was around dr. king, you have to remember, ali, john lewis was about 11 years younger than dr. king. i was 15 years younger than john lewis and jesse jackson, and so

the book, "begin again: james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own." you gave us a lot of lessons this morning. looking forward to reading the book and getting some more. eddie, thank you. >> getting back to business, a new jersey amusement park opens today with challenges. >> in a moment, the ups and downs of covid-19 safety precautions at six flags. will the measures take the thrill out of going there? allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today. little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. otezla is associated with an incre

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people are reading "white fragility," people are reading eddie glaude's book about james baldwin, they're saying white liberals say the right thing then go back to their comfortable existence, not realizing the benefit they enjoy to the detriment of people of color in their own cities. >> good morning and thank you for having me on the show. as you were reading the piece alau alo aloud, i thought, i really did say it, i said it aloud. yes, i don't say it without understanding that these are my people, that i am a white liberal myself. and it is part of the system that makes -- you know, we all have our role to play in the system and we're all trained into our part of the system. but for white liberals indeed, understanding that these systems have been set up for us, for our outcomes, for our convenience, for our comfort, and that until we change the systems to get other outcomes, they will continue to get the same outcomes. that's the big takeaway for me. >> i want to quote from your article about policing where you write, whether we know it or not, white liberal people in blue cities imp

eastern princeton university professor author of beginning again, james baldwin american earth's urgent on race in america join in conversation with harvard university professor cornell west. 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words" washington state demonstrated congresswoman with her book use the power you have guide to politics in much book tv on cspan2 this weekend. >> next maryland governor larry hogan talks about the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with scott godley who previously led the food and drug administration during the first two years of the trump presidency. governor hogan was asked about testing challenges in the upcoming election and the debate over reopening schools in the fall we are here with governor larry hogan to talk about the challenges we face as a country grappling with the covid pandemic and some of the things that we've done to deal with their epidemic this is unprecedented time of the global pandemic the intelligence community has long warned us about the risks of a pandemic and put it on par with weapons of mass destruction in counterterrorism and c

the book is "begin again: james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own." this is absolutely must-read. this is 228 pages where the reader gets to share in the wisdom of james baldwin and eddie glaude. that is a combination that is just unstoppable. thank you very much for joining us again tonight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" starts now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,265 of the trump administration. 119 days to go until our presidential election. the good news from the president today, he said, we are in a good place. in the real world and in most of the states of this nation, however, the coronavirus is surging. the realities of the trump campaign and the trump presidency are beginning to collide. as the u.s. just today has set a new single-day record of 56,311 new coronavirus cases and within the past few minutes, nbc news has just confirmed the u.s. now has over 3 million confirmed cases. in that respect, we lead the world. more than 131,000 americans have died, and yet here is how the p

eastern princeton university professor, author of begin again james baldwin to america and its urgentessons for our own on race in america. >> watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. >> this week on q&a we look back to our conversation with john lewis from 2012. >> back in 1961 black people and white people couldn't be seated together on a bus. couldn't use the same waiting room, couldn't be seated together at a lunch counter, in a restaurant. couldn't use same restroom facilities. we were tested a decision other united states supreme court trying to make it real. >> join a sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on q&a as a look back to our conversation with representative john lewis. >> presidential candidate joe biden sat down with former president obama this week and talked about the a number of is including president trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. ♪ ♪ >> when we came into office, even before inauguration, we had seen a historic financial crisis, irresponsibility on wall street had spread out to main street. we had to move fast not just in 100 days. we we had to move in the first mo

nina simone and tony bennett, james ballin, james baldwin, harry belafonte, peter, paul and mary.hter] these are just a few of the many artists who provided the answers for the movement, who translated our feelings into literature and recorded our pain and progress. so tonight, i join our friends and colleagues in thanking you for continuing the ongoing struggle to redeem the soul of america. [applause] lewis: mr. miranda, we are in history to shape, to inform, to inspire and to move our people. your play "in the heights" gave voice to immigrants, to love and to the american dream. through "hamilton," lin-manuel, you have inspired people to be courageous, to get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble, and i say thank you. every day, you move the souls of men and women, the young and old, and people of all races and regions. you are so young. [laughter] so gifted and so talented. i know in my heart of hearts, that your word and wisdom will inspire generations. i hope that you will continue to create, to challenge and to channel the voices, the hopes, and the needs of all peopl

. >> your main one - - memory is exchanges james baldwin and when he was defending the littering on the streets it was a form of protest against the city for not paying close enough attention. it isn't very helpful to use that energy think he would make a good mayor. >>cspan: if somebody buys the book what will they get? >> they get the best i can give them in various modes over the past eight years those were eventful years covering the collapse of the soviet union they cover the death of some very important people. and my sister who served as the editor it is the mood of which i write with carl sagan and mario, and teddy kennedy and so on. and then to analyze the problems that there was a section on the commenting to reflect and then celebrating and appreciating these people. it is a wide ranging collection. >>cspan: with former columns and articles that they contain like this? >> the operative word is ordinarily. the answer is ordinarily they don't buy anything unless they are part of the constituency the day after tomorrow talk about spending the money outside of his new book but if

coming up this weekend, princeton university professor eddie glut, author of "begin again -- james baldwin'smerica and its urgent lessons for our own on race in america" is joined in conversation with cornell west. afterwards,n carmella jayapal with her book "use the power you have." she is interviewed by jim himes. this book tv on c-span2 weekend. >> texas governor greg abbott held a press briefing today in austin, updating the states response to hurricane hanna. he discussed the measure states are taking to keep people safe, especially with covid-19 still spreading. due to technical issues, the first few minutes of the briefing could not be shown. >> we also do want to point out the possibility of tornadoes.

eastern, princeton university professor, author of james baldwin's america and urgent lessons for our own on race in america, he joined the con -- a conversation with harvard university professor cornell west. stateerwards, washington democratic congresswoman with her book, use the power you have. a brown woman's guide to politics and political change. she is interviewed by connecticut democratic congressman jim himes. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. representative john lewis was remembered at a memorial service in his hometown of troy, alabama. his brothers and sisters were among those speaking at the service. representedho georgia's fifth congressional district for more than 30 years, died recently at the age of 80, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. the chancellor of tory university and the city's mayor at leadoff the service. >> good morning. the chancellor of troy university. on behalf of our board of trustees, several of our trustees are here this morning, i want to welcome you to this very special occasion. in particular that welcome is .xtended family we certainly e

eastern winston university professor anymore author of "again, james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own jointing conversation with author activist and harvard university professor cornell west and at 9 pm eastern on "after words", this congress woman with her but use the power you have, around woman's guide to politics and change interviewed by democratic congressman jim heinz. watch book tv this weekend. >> can phillips joins us from legreenville south carolina, president of americans for prosperity. >> good morning. >> could you remind folks about yourorganization ? >> americans for prosperity is a nationwide grassroots organization with a staff and volunteers across the country and we focus on knocking down the barriers holding people back from living fulfilling lives and we talked government policy but sometimes it's issues like poverty and addiction that are out in the mm

his apartment in new york by members of the black community, including the rain hansberry and james baldwin and kenneth clark the psychologist. kennedy for three hours listens to the raw, impassioned pleas of black americans -- they were not just raw and impassioned, in many places they were so emotional that they attacked kennedy in a way he could not expect. one in particular does that. lorraine gets up and leaves. kennedy's left sullen and silent but aware. his education begins. it is now june the 10th. kennedy realized that having turned wallace back from the door, he has an opportunity to say something and do something. because the speech will not just be about rhetoric, as the speech the day before was not just about rhetoric. he will that night introduce the civil rights act of 1963. it will become the civil rights act of 1964, he will not live to see it. the most sweeping piece of social legislation since the emancipation proclamation. that night, he will do it, and he used the language that have not been used by an american president, and kennedy, as he humanized the russians the d

author of begin again, james baldwin's america. on race in america.ornell west. afterwards, -- on her book use the power you have. she is interviewed by connecticut democrat congressman jim himes. on book tv on c-span2 today. >> american history tv on c-span three, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, today at 4:00 p.m. on real america, police training films from the 1950's. on american artifacts, a tour of the ellis islands artifacts museum. historians david blight and annette gordon reed talk about recent debates over removing historical monuments. exploring the american story. tvch on american history today on c-span3. >> >> this is a live picture from the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama. we are waiting for representative john lewis's procession, as his body is carried across the bridge for one last time.

confronted in new york with members of the black , including james baldwin, who had written "the fireext time" that spring and kenneth clark, the psychologist, where kennedy three hours listened to the raw, impassioned pleas of black americans. they were not just raw and impassioned. they were in many places so emotional that they attacked kennedy in a way that he just could not expect. one in particular does that. lorraine hats. just kept of the meeting and leaves. kennedy's left sullen and silent but aware, and his education begins. we are now in june 10. has an realizes that he opportunity to say something and to do something because the speech will not just be about rhetoric, as the speech he gave the day before was not just about rhetoric. he will that night introduce the civil rights act of 1963. it will become the civil rights act of 1964. he won't live to see it. the most sweeping piece of social legislation since the emancipation proclamation. thistch the full program sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific here on american history tv. ♪ >> from the very beginning, the

you know, james baldwin said -- >> daveed diggs -- go ahead.e world and exactly for this reason i deserve the right to criticize perpetually. i've been thinking about that quote a lot going into this week end. >> it makes a lot of sense to me. i think a lot of people are asking questions they've never asked before. i also heard you say when you played jefferson, you have a showstopper, show-stealing scene. i can't wait for people to see that, that you felt very patriotic for the first time when you played that role. congratulations to you, daveed, this video is knockout and your performance in "hamilton" is knockout. thank you for getting up early with us. really appreciate it. >> thanks. >> you can go back to bed. you will find links to the original speech by frederick douglass, which daveed had to learn as the upcoming aboliti abolitionist and the entire video is on our website, a little over two minutes, withal worth your time. check it out on cbsthismorning.com later this morning. >>> ahead in our series "the new normal," the world from hom

james baldwin's readings show up on peoples list of things to do. you write about baldwin's view of white liberals. i will quote from your book. despite their claims, meaning white liberals claims of commitment to racial justice, baldwin saw them in their actions as co-conspirators in maintaining the belief that white people mattered more than others. white people weren't loud racists, they were simply racial philanthropists. this was written some time ago. we have a whole bunch of people who are white liberals who want to be allies now. how do you reconcile those two things? >> listen, i think alleyship falls apart when we view rarnl ju racial justice as a philanthropic enterprise. jimmy was skeptical of anybody who wanted to do something for me or for us as opposed to with us. we don't need to engage in charity when it comes to racial justice but build a more just society. that's what we need. so we have to break the frame. i don't want you to invite me to the table. i want you to understand i build the table. i don't want you to invite me to a tab

peaceful protest organization, very articulated and well-educated thinkers that have been touting james baldwin as their hero is being smeared by the president of the united states as being almost vermin that needs to be exterminated. what's missed, brian, in all this, our country, we are healing. you go to jackson, mississippi and the airport is named after edgar evers. aust austin meyer. we are opening in announcing in way. the lgbtq spot in new york city for the first gay monument. caesar chavez and all the farm workers in california. in utah to honor native americans. the history is simply expanding, but trump's people want to shrink it back down to an era where stonewall jackson and robert e. lee ride high on their concrete pedestals. they are the actionarie s who ae unwilling to bend with modern times. >> there is a presidential election happening, and i haven't mentioned joe biden's name once in the past 34 minutes. there is this movement afoot to add new monuments, to reflect the diversity of the country, and yet video of statues falling down is more interesting, it's more visual, it's

princeton university afro-american studies professor eddie glob provides james baldwin's writings tothe current conversation and race in america. vanity fair committed to reading editor were blue recalls the failed nazi plot to kill fdr, churchill and stalin in 1943 for more information check your program guide or visit booktv.org. welcome everyone to unbound, the bay area book festival virtual conversations. i want to start by acknowledging the partnership between this festival and kqed. joining me is tiffany shlain, emmy nominated filmmaker and author of "24/6", the power of unplugging one day a week". thank you for joining me today. >> i'm so happy to be here.>> is an interesting time to think about unplugging given this moment during the coronavirus pandemic as we are taping this interview. many of us are finding ourselves even more tethered to screens because we are able to do things like meet people in person, go out to our workplaces or schools. or hang out in a bar or cultural venue. first we will hear more about the book from tiffany and then we will have a discussion. sendi

when i hear something nasty on tv or twitter, i go to youtube or i'll type james baldwin, or i will type any other black women scholar that i respect, in.i will get five minutes that was like my smoothie. i can go out into the world. and so, with that said, alice walker has a quote, and i think she was referring to her daughter when she said it. but the quote is "a grown child is a dangerous thing." and then as i was creating the third manuscript, i was like if you ever see a woman bound up, you know that woman has already proven that she is dangerous. if you ever see a woman in shackles, she's demonstrated that she will run. right? she's demonstrated that she's committed to freeing herself. and then again, thinking about the meaning of springing forth. what does it mean to neglect the that areheritances associated with oppression? that is considered dangerous. and a lot of women in the book , particularly area tubman, and any references that i make to madame --, which is like a mythological american figure but based upon a real person, marie lavoe in new orleans, i think of those as bei

reflexive defensiveness to absorb the information she is talking about but she is only updating what james baldwin talked about, in 1935 called the psychological wages of whiteness. robin diangelo is in a long tradition of articulating ideals and awarenesses that have to be taken seriously if white brothers and sisters are to make a serious engagement with race in this country. >> michael, thank you so much for being with us. i always love having you here. professor, we're so grateful for you being here, too. such an important discussion, and we're really grateful for both of you being here. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> thanks, joe. thanks, mika. hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's wednesday, july 22nd. here are the facts at this hour. we begin with the rise in deaths from the coronavirus, the number topping 1,000 yesterday for the first time in nearly two months. in all, nearly 143,000 americans have lost their lives. the number of overall cases is close to 4 million. across the country, the numbers are surging, particularly in the sun be

he's the author of "begin again" james baldwin's america. thank you so much, gentlemen, for coming on the program on this independence day weekend and john, let me start with you with a broad historical picture. i couldn't help but thinking sitting down tonight that independence day is typically a time we celebrate the country and everything that it's achievements meant when a country was originally founded all the ways in which it was different, a new political experiment. this year we're grappling were much with the original sin of slavery when the country was founded and also with an incredible test of leadership and questions about whether this president is seeding the role that america played in the world perhaps since the foundings but certainly since the end of the second world war. where do you see things right now in your historical sweep? >> that's a good december scribe. how you celebrate depends who you are. so many were excluded by the continental congress on this date in 1776 that all men were created equal and by their creator

as james baldwin once said, not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed untile to hear from you. let me know what you think. and that is this edition of abc7 news. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. for our entire news team, we hope you have a great weekend. ♪ this is the... here are three former champions-- an 11th grade physics teacher from new paltz, new york... a sports industry consultant from atlanta, georgia... and a graduate student from seatac, washington... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi, everyone, and welcome to what is undoubtedly the most exciting day of the week in the quarterfinal round of the "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. at the end of this half-hour, we find out the names of the nine players who are coming back next week to play for a quarter million dollars. francois, steven, and ryan, good to see you guys again. good luck. here we go. jeopardy! round has one daily double, as if you didn't know, but here are

at the same dynamic that toni morrison was looking at or frederick douglass was looking at, or james baldwin i had published "citizen" in 2007 or 2012 or 2015 or yesterday, it would have the same mirroring, relay effect because those events have been , going on and continue to go on. >> a number of our readers wondered if you see signs of hope now? >> the protests are incrediblet even last ni saw in portland mothers of all races putting themselves in front of the military, and protecting this country, in sense. and so that that is new. the the intergenerational inter heross race gatherings that we have seen duringuarantine is unprecedented in this country. >> when all of this is going on, when people are in the streets demotrating and and so much happening in the country, what does poetry or literature do? what does it offer? >> i think writers, as culture makers, are in that special place where they are able to sa what is. and that is it. they're not asking for something to happen or needingo create a transaction. they are just saying what is. in a sense, their work becomes a kind of record

take a walk with eddie, with james baldwin. it will be rewarding.last point, i love the fact that you all use those clips of vice president biden's speech yesterday because one of the best things the biden campaign could do right now, i think it would be very popular, is to announce they're going to get behind this. not just taking down confederate monuments and having to, you know, cut that fine line between which slaveholder we take away and which slaveholder we don't, but why not get behind get behind the issue or the idea of building confederation memorials. let's replace it with serious, interesting, historically informinform ed emancipation memorials? start with one in lincoln park in washington, and have a commission that allows localities to do the same, every place that had a refugee camp for escaped slaves and let's move on to what was just suggested about this moment. how will we begin to think about commemorating this moment? we need a lot more time to do that. the biden administration should get behind that. i'm sorry -- >> thank you fo

>> guest: your memory is an exchange i had with james baldwin in which he was defending the littering of the street on the grounds that it was a form of protest against the city and not paying close enough attention. i said look, it isn't very helpful to use that as a means of protesting. it was really rhetorical. c-span: if somebody buys the book what do they get? >> guest: while, they get the best i can give them in various modes. over the past eight years, they covered the collapse of the soviet union, they covered the death of some very important people, plus a number of personal episodes. what i do, assisted by my sister that serves as the editor is the attempt to divide into the mood of the day right teddy kennedy and so on and then analyzing specific problems. then a section on commenting and celebrating and appreciating those people in a sports activity or two, so it is a wide-ranging collection. the rest have been well received. c-span: do people ordinarily buy these columns and articles and stuff when you put them out in a compendium like this? >> guest: ordinarily, the answ

princeton university afro-american studies professor eddie glob provides james baldwin's writings toation and race in america. vanity fair committed to reading editor were blue recalls the failed nazi plot to kill fdr, churchill and stalin in 1943 for more information check your program guide or visit booktv.org.

. >> a book was written about james baldwin and a lot of people of reading a book called "white fragility they make a point that white liberals believe in the right thing, but they go back to living in a certain degree of comfort because that's what comes with privilege. on john lewis's last day on earth, he sent a letter to the education department. this guy from the days that he walked across that bridge in selma until the day he died never enjoyed his comfort, never enjoyed the privilege that came to him by being a united states congressman. his message is that the fight never ever ends. >> never ever ends and he never stopped fighting. that's why one of the reasons that it became important as we have seen in the george floyd movement behind that and others is intergenerational. john lewis never stopped fighting all the way until he was 80 years old. but he started in his early 20s. and many of us that grew up, i was 15 years younger than john lewis. he was 11 years younger than dr. king. it's not about age. it's about commitment. the real problem that i have is what the greatness of t

looked at the same dynamic that to morrison was looking at or frederick douglass was looking aor james baldwin obviously.pu and so if i haished citizen in in 20 or 2012 or 2015 or yesterday, it would ve the same mirroring, really effect because those events have been going on and continue to go on. >> brown: of course, but a number of our readers, ofur , wondered if you if you see signs of hope, now. even last night we saw indible. portland mothers of all races putting themselves in front of the military and protecting justice in this country, in a sense. and so that that is new. the intergenerational inter cross race gatherings that we have seen during the quarantine is unprecedented in this country. brown: when all of this is going on, when people are in the streets demonstrating and so much hpening in the country, what does poetry or literature do? what can what does it offer? >> i think writers as culture makers are in that special place where they are able to say, what . and that's it. they're not asking for sething to happen or needing to create a transaction. they're just saying what it

caller: james baldwin, i'm who i am sure you have heard of, said this is not the past.istory of the present. we carry our history with us. what i am unsure of his where to dispose of them at, because again, these statues weren't brought up until after the civil -- even fort bragg, fort hood, all those generals who fought for the confederacy that had union soldiers killed. they were insurrectionists. i am not sure why anyone would want to honor them other than to convene the notion to instill white supremacy and those, to appear as though they have not lost the war. when you go to war -- i have been overseas, and win a war happens and the nation falls, its flag falls as well as. it is no longer to be flown. or you fly a white flag have to create a new flag, which is why there is no nazi flag over germany. host: to the statues and monuments, ultimately, what should be done? caller: first off, we have to have policy. policy should remove these statues. you have to infuse the notion that there were other people that make the nation great again. one of your caller spoke abou

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eastern princeton university professor author of begin again, james baldwin america and the urgent lessons our own. he's joined in conversation with author actavis harvard university professor cornell west. and it 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words" washington state congresswoman. millet use the power you have, brown woman's guide to politics and political change but she is interviewed by connecticut democratic congressman jim hyde. watch book tv on cspan2 today. so during a virtual interview with book tv faith and freedom coalition and founder and chair read talked about evangelical christians continue to support president trump bird here's a portion. so i got to know the president in 2011. he literally cold called me, never had met them before in my life. honestly did not have a high opinion of him. and i told him that when he called me. and he said the next time you are in new york come see me. i did. i told him if he was serious about running for president he should come to one of the events that my organization with the freedom coalition and get to know some of these evangelical activi

princeton university african-american studies professor eddie grohl applies james baldwin's writings to the current conversation on race in america. for more information, check your program guide or visit booktv.org. now economics professor mark blyth discusses why improvements in the u.s. economy are accompanied by increases in stress, anxiety e and anger. ♪ ♪ >> welcome. i'm ed steinfeld, welcome to this special book talk on angrynomics, a new and really timely work by my friend mark blyth and his coor author. we're joined here today -- co-author, we're joined by mark, the william r. rhodes professor of international economics and professor of political science at international and public affairs. mark and i are going to chat for 20 or 25 minutes or so, but then we would love to take questions if you all in the audience. in fact, if you have a lot of questions, we'll cut our chat shorter, and we'll go right to your questions. those of you joining us via zoom, it would be great if you could write your questions in the q and a box, the q and a window, and we'll monitor those. and for

princeton university african-american studies professor applies james baldwin writing to the current conversation on race in america. and vanity fair contributing editor howard bloom talks about the fatal and aci flaw in 1943. for more information or visit booktv.org. so recently book tv interviewed a republican senator mcsally of arizona reflected on her life and path to becoming the first female pilot to fly combat missions in the united states air force. >> many of us can have dreams like i did and many can relate to this right out 2020 maybe your plans were derailed? many peoples have been because of this pandemic. but took a route because he still did not change a law it was not fair it was against the law even though i graduated higher than others who performed less, i still could not be a fighter pilot because i was a girl. so i took an assignment to be an instructor and was not a glamorous job, but it gave me the opportunity, turning pedestrians into pilots they're often putting you in danger situation and puking all of you. but it's important to work. people usually graduati

when you think of the great black people, james baldwin, nina symone, thuloanious monk, david chapelle did an extraordinary thing. this book celebrates, in my estimation, i feel that i wrote this book, and i wrote this book before. it was finished before this whole movement around the march of george floyd, and i'm proud of the book because it shows even in the glamorous world of fashion, there's racism. anna wintour has gone on record and made a statement saying because of my hurtful behavior and intolerance of diversity, i need to change. she made that statement, and i think it's an appropriate statement because i was there at the top -- i was right beside her for almost 30 years. and you know she never included me in the conversations. you know, recently, i found out she had 20-some conversations with oprah winfrey about being on the cover about being on the cover when oprah was on the cover of a great book, she was a star of the film. it doesn't take 20 conversations to say oprah's going to be on the "vogue" cover then she asked oprah to lose the weight. oprah lost the weight. 30 p