it is, in my view, the moral equivalent of jim crow. now, i am always eager to admit that there was a time when i rejected this kind of talk out of hand. there was a time when i rejected comparisons between mass incarceration and slavery and mass incarceration and jim crow believing that those kinds of claims and comparisons were exaggerations, were distortions, were hyperbole. in fact, there was a time when i thought that people who made those kinds of claims and those kinds of comparisons were actually doing more harm than good to efforts to reform our criminal justice system and achieve greater racial equality in the united states. but what a difference a decade makes. for after years of working as a civil rights lawyer and advocate representing victims of racial profiling and police brutality and investigating patterns of drug law enforcement in poor communities of color and attempting to assist people who have been released from prison enter into a society which had never shown much use for them in the first place, i had a series o

watch a video of michelle alexander at booktv.org and read the new jim crow. and on tuesday march 26 at 9 p.m. eastern join us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on the new jim crow. >> growing up in the nuclear shadow is a book about my childhood. i grew up about seven miles from the rocky flats nuclear weapons plant, and actually our first house was about seven miles away, and then in 1969 we moved to a subdivision which was closer to the plant, about three, three and a half miles away from rocky flats. my sisters and brother and i, we had an idyllic childhood in the sense that we have horses and dogs and i spent a lot of time outdoors riding our horses in the fields around the plant, and swimming in the lake's. and we never knew what went on at rocky flats. we had no idea what it really was. and we had no idea of environmental contamination that was happening in the area. plutonium and tritium, and a number of different things in the environment, we had no idea. later, like many kids in my neighborhood, i worked at the plan

but during the jim crow era, poll taxes and literacy tests circumvented the 15th amendment and operated to deny african-americans a chance to vote. well, today in many states felon

watch video of michelle alexander at booktv.org and read "the new jim crow." and then on tuesday, march 26th at 9 p.m. eastern, join us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on "the new jim crow." >> and now, karen elliot house provides an inside look at the history, culture and politics of saudi arabia which she's covered for 30 years. this is about an hour. >> thank you very much, dr. wilburn. it's a real pleasure to be here. i appreciate -- i'm honored by being invited to deliver this lecture. dr. wilburn graciously said my latest book. i've got to confess, it's my only book. [laughter] but i spent 30 years, as he said, going to saudi arabia mostly as a reporter or foreign editor talking to saudi officials about oil, iraq/iran, arab/israeli, so geopolitical issues. and when i retired from the journal in 2006, the one thing i was really interested in doing with my newfound time was trying to understand saudi society. how did saudis look at each other, what was the society like, how did they look at their rulers, how did they lo

for the campaign to start the new jim crow. the then new jim crow is a great book and is indispensable. the most important anti-racist book from the autobiography of malcolm x. is amazing work. the new jim crow issue is becoming a campus issue in a serious way down in florida. there is a university called florida atlantic university and a prison called you group the second-largest private prison company in the united states. they spent $6 million to rename the football stadium genu groups stadium at florida atlantic university. this is horrible for so many reasons you don't know where to begin. it is horrible first of all, because private prisons use inherently immoral structures that spent tens of millions of dollars to lobby for the three strikes and mandatory minimum sentencing because if there are less prisoners they make less money they want to make sure the incarceration rate is as high as possible because they get these paid contracts to build a private prisons. but even by the standards gm group is bad. a judge in missi

but the story did not end there. , itsugh slavery had ended evil twin jim-crow took its place. my grandparents, also born in haywood county tennessee, did not know, and jim crow taught them not to care about their african legacy. >> cheryl wills speaking two years ago this week that the united nations. joining us now to talk about the family history she uncovered in thousands of documents from the national archives, especially the story of her great great great grandparents, sandy and emma wills. she details all of this in her book, "die free: a heroic family tale." cheryl wills is also well known in new york, an award winning anchor and reporter for ny1, time warner cable's flagship television news network and one of the founding staff of ny1 and a longtime anchor. welcome to "democracy now!" it is a privilege to have you here. continue to tell us this remarkable story and how you discovered it. >> for more than 100 years, my family had no idea who sandy wells was. as i said in my speech to the united nations, i found him online, which was remarkable, and it changed my life be

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it is, in my view, the moral equivalent of jim crow. >> get ready. week tv's first -- booktv's first online book club meets at the end of the month. read "the new jim crow." and then on tuesday, march 26th, at 9 p.m. eastern, join us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on "the new jim crow." >> you know, i actually found the hidden history kind of by accident because there is a down spout like a drain that's in old town, and a friend of mine pointed it out and said you know al zapped drink ya was part of the original district of columbia. and i thought that was kind of intriguing, and i thought, you know, since that time i've sort of been kicking it around in my head that that would be a really good project to look at that 50-year time frame. when i was doing the research for the book, i found three places that i would really like to take you to give you a sense of what it was like to live in alexandria, d.c. one of them is jones point park, this is where you'll find the orangal boundary marker for the southernmost ti

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it is, in my view, the moral equivalent of jim crow. on tuesday, march 26, join us live for twitter and facebook. one prosecutors crusade against crime and corruption is next on booktv. he sat down with us in virginia during our recent visit. >> you're sitting in the conference room of the arlington county sheriff. this is the shotgun that was used by the prosecutor in the early 20th century. a guy by the name of crandal mackey. the selected as the commonwealth attorney and he conducted a series of raids where he shut down brothels and saloons and all kinds of dangerous places. i've used this shotgun when he conducted those roots. crandal mackey was from south carolina. his father was a prominent judge and author in south carolina. he moved up here to be a lawyer. then he got involved in the politics in the northern virginia area. what is significant about this time is that he was part of a progressive wing of the democratic party at that time. which was still kind of between a more conservative faction and a more progressive faction. t

this month we were discussing michelle alexanders "the new jim crow." post your thoughts on twitter, and ride on a facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. then on tuesday at 9 p.m. eastern join our live moderated discussion on twitter. send your suggestions on which books you think we should include in a book club via twitter, facebook, or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. ..

just as many people were dying to jim crow in the south. saying that it is a shame. but that's just the way that it is. so many people today see the millions cycling in and out of our prisons and jails. it is unfortunate in an alterable fact of american life. i'm quite certain that doctor martin luther king would not have been so resigned. i believe that if we are truly willing to honor doctor king, if we are to ever catch up with him, we have to be willing to continue his work. we must be willing to go back and pick up where he left off and do the hard work of movement building on the behalf of all people of color. in 1968, he told advocates at the time had come to transition from a civil rights movement to a human rights movement. the movement for education. a movement for jobs. a movement to end all of these forms of legal discrimination against people. discrimination that denies basic human rights. to work and to shelter. so what can we do to begin this movement? first, we have to begin by telling the truth we have to be willing this new caste like system doesn't

just as many people dying to jim crow in the south, that is a shame and that is the way it is.i find that so many people today view the millions cycling in and out of the prisons and jails today is an unfortunate but in alterable fact. i am quite certain that dr. king would not have been so resigned. if we are truly, truly to honor dr. king, if we are to ever stepped up with dr. king we have to be willing to continue his work. we have got to be willing to go back and pick up where he left off and do the hard work of movement building on behalf of poor people of all colors. in 1968 dr. king told advocates the time had come to transition from a civil rights movement to a human-rights movement. meaningfully quality could not be achieved through civil rights alone without basic human rights, the right to work, the right to shelter, the right to quality education, without basic human rights, civil rights are an empty promise. in honor of dr. king and all those who labored to end the old jim crow i hope we will commit ourselves to building a human rights movement to end mass incarcer

watch a video of michele alexander at booktv.org and read in the jim crow. and on tuesday, march 26 at 9:00 p.m. eastern join us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on the new jim-crow. and no the results of the state legislature's decision shortly after hurricane katrina to reassign control the majority of enormous public schools to be recoveries school district administered by the state. following a student, teacher, and a principle as they traversed different segments of the educational system. this is about half an hour. >> is great to see some many people out tonight to do such amazing work for kids in new ones. thank you so much for coming. i am just going to talk front-end are 15 minutes or so and then take questions. and if there are some people here tonight you are in the buck , they might be willing to answer your questions during that session as well if you are interested in hearing about what it was like to be part of the process from their vantage points. the other day i was finishing reading the journalist cathe

i'm talking slavery, jim crow, segregation, and lynchings. the south is a different place today. it's a new south. african americans, who left in droves during the past century for a better life, are returning in huge numbers. in georgia, for example, over the last decade, the number of blacks increased more than 25%. and many are a part of an upwardly mobile and middle class. michael: interracial marriage is just as commonplace as any other part of america. and the influx of latino immigrants is re-defining how the south looks and speaks. which leads to this question: what does it mean to be a southerner today? tracy thompson spent four years traveling all around the south to find out and put it in her new book ''the new mind of the south," and she us from washington d.c. to talk about her discoveries. welcome inside the war room, tracy. >> hello thanks for having me. michael: tracy you're georgia native who hasn't lived in the south for over 20 years. what made you write this book? >> i think it was sort of a life-long confusion over what i

because of jim crow law, the bus driver had police force. he could ask you to get up.e problem was, the white woman the was standing near me -- she was not elderly. she was young. she had a whole sea to sit down opposite me, and she refused to sit down because of jim crow laws, the white person could not sit opposite a colored person. a white person had to sit in front of you. the purpose was to make white people feel superior and colored people to feel inferior. >> and this is something you clearly understood at the age of 15. >> oh, sure. i learned it at a very early age. my first encounter was in a general store when a little white boy or a little white kid about my age and his friend's car relatives, came into the store and there were laughing about me. the little boy said to another town, "let me say, let me see." i held my hands to his hands and my mother gave me a backhanded slap on the forehead. >> the context of what was happening at the time in terms of terror on the black community, there was as cool -- a schoolmate of yours arrested for supposedly it raping

it is in my view the moral equivalent of jim crow. from the 12th annual national book festival on the national mall in washington d.c., bob woodward presents his book "the price of pol

medical school, the road to that school is broken pillar parts labored slavery, segregation and jim-crowd there's a gay sad looking nearby and in tact pillar that says traditional marriage and a thought bubble that says little help? let me show you. that's just um, i drew this is -- [cheers and applause] anyway that is my idea for the editorial cartoon. this is just a penis cannon shooting an airplane because it's all i really know how to draw. we'll be right back. >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight the latest film is called "the place beyond the pine." >> is this you -- took off never called me. >> i gotta leave in four hours. i don't know what to do. >> you do whatever you need to do. >> what are you going to do? >> i'm going to do what i have to do. i'm going to school. take care of jason. >> jon: please welcome back to the show eva mendes. hello! [cheers and applause] have a seat. nice to see you. >> hello. hi. [cheers and applause] >> jon: nice to see you. >> nice to see you again. >> jon: am i mistaken is that an exclamation point. >> no, it is not. it's a tear drop. >> jon: th

you can watch or online at tv.org and read the new jim crow.oin us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions or comments on the new jim crow. >> i would like to move to the role of publishers. it used to be that publishers would take care of all distribution and production and provide the advance. the series of services let them take a very hefty cut. now, you don't need production because you can print it on the web and you don't need an advanced because it doesn't cost that much to write. you don't need the distribution. so what is the changing role of publishers in this world where production and distribution are starting to be taken by different technologies? >> there is a lot in there. i actually disagree some bird the production and distribution, tasks involved, whether digital or whatever -- i think that is a very easy thing to do, to think that digital is free. it is not. there is a lot of backlash over some of the early books. [inaudible] there is a conversion process that takes place and there is care and feeding that mu

it is, in my view, the moral equivalent of jim crow. >> get ready, booktv's first online book club meets at the end of the month. watch video of michelle alexander at booktv.org and read "the new jim crow" and then on tuesday, march 26th at 9 p.m. eastern, join us live online with your questions and comments on "the new jim crow." >> next, historian hugh howard recounts the war of 1812 from the viewpoint of president james madison and first lady dolly madison. the author examines president madison's decision to declare war, the first president to do so, and the succeeding battles on land and sea as america fought its second war for independence from britain. this is a little under an hour. .. we will ask staff take? maybe. or maybe not. just didn't hold up. or yes. even though hugh howard and i are fast friends and had more than a few beers together over the years and written many chair left side by side while skiing doesn't necessarily follow that i would staff pick his excellent new book. i did it because it is in fact an excellent book. moron that in a moment. hugh howard's book shop

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it's the equivalent of jim crow. >> welcome to day two of the 2013 tucson festival of become being hell on the campus of the university of arizona. on your screen is the gallagher theater where several event will be held. and book tv will be live all day long. here's our lineup for day two: >> this is book tv on c-span2 live coverage. >> rajiv has the rare gift of being able to focus up close on sharp human detail. he uses small strokes to paint a broad picture. he listens more than he talks. big deal generals and top level sergeants like his company and speak to him frankly, but so do the grounds and some of the -- the grunts and other, whichs. this month marks the 10th 10th anniversary of george h.w. george w. bush's invasion of iraq. soon we'll be declaring victory and leaving and afghans to clean up the mess there. and again, rajiv gives us insight in the new book. right now we face a short-term sequester to find $80 billion, but over the next decade we have to scrape up three to five trillion, which is just about what we managed to squander on an iraq war that left so many dead and

medical school, the road to that school is broken pillar parts labored slavery, segregation and jim-crow's a gay sad looking nearby and in tact pillar that says traditional marriage and a thought bubble that says little help? let me show you. that's just um, i drew this is -- [cheers and applause] anyway that is my idea for the editorial cartoon. this is just a penis cannon shooting an airplane because it's all i really know how to draw. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. [cheers ande]use] [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop at choosenissan.com. ♪ >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight the latest film is called "the place beyond the pine." >> is this you -- took off never called me. >> i gotta leave in four hours. i don't know what to do. >> you do whatever you need to do. >> what are you going to do? >> i'm going to do what i have to

have a place with a supplement what they were learning in school and they also know which was a jim crow library and it was meant to appease it wasn't meant for them to have full access to the information that they needed. tucker, number one, never got it in the robert robertson library to get and in fact i believe there is a letter in the document section of the special collections at the library where he writes saying that he does not consider this a solution building this library he wants with full access to the alexandria free library for all african-american patrons who are citizens of the alexandria, who pay taxes and have a right to use that facility. they saw him on the street in alexandria they saw a man with his briefcase and suit but he's very determined and he is always heading somewhere and he always wanted to make things right for of the people. he understood the injustice out there and he understood african-americans have so much harder time than the white community. to get a trial to get access to a free trial he was not successful all the time that he tried and fought ag

>> i was involved in my state in a small way, which was still fighting the lingering vestiges of jim crowi regret and although it's not part of what i'm supposed to say, apologize, it took me 48 years to get here. i should have been here. i should have been here. it's one of the regrets i have and many of my generation have. >> the vice president went on to say the march and events surrounding it were an awakening for him and other americans as well. >> former n-b-a star dennis rodman is talking about his trip to north korea. he met with the country's dictator young, kim jong un. and brought back a message for our commander in chief. >> he wants " but just to do one thing. >> just to call him. he says that he does not want to do war. he is only 28 years old. former nba star dennis rodman is talking about his trip to north korea. dictator young, kim jong un. and brought back a message thing -- call him." "he wants a call from president obama?" that. he said, 'if you can, dennis -- i don't want to do war. i don't want to do "did you say, 'why don't you "no.you know, it's a different story,

angela davis lived in birmingham, alabama at the height of jim crow and escape from the wretched segregated school system, she entered e. i. in edging a scholarship from the service committee. i will read a short passage about her. when she entered the school although angela braced herself for outright hostility she had not foreseen her hosts's tendency to be over solicitous of their few black acquaintances. she wrote that in her autobiography. angela did not question the desire to eliminate racism and she knew bringing her to the school was an earnest action for that end bought from day to day she questioned the motives behind any overtures extended to her, invitations to visit her classmates home prompted by genuine friendship or feelings of obligation, guilt or attempts to display their liberal largess. there were times she would arrive at classmate apartments to discover a black retainer in the family's employ. she would invariably be called house speaker but to angelo that was merely semantics. the housekeeper she thought was observant and that made her uncomfortable. between the commu

angela grew up in birmingham alabama at the height of jim crow, and to escape from the wretched segregated school system, she entered on her junior year in a scholarship in the service committee and i will just read a short passage about her. when she entered the school although angela braced herself for outright hostility, she hadn't foreseen her posts tendency to be solicitous of the few black acquaintances she wrote that in the biography. she didn't question the desire to eliminate racism and she knew that bringing her to the school was an earnest action towards the end that from day to day she questioned the motives behind the overtures extend it to her or invitations to visit her classmates home prompted by the genuine friendship or feelings of obligation, guilt or attempt to display the largesse river there were times she would arrive at the apartment to discover a black retainer in the family's employee and the family would invariably call for a housekeeper but to angela the was merely semantics. the housekeeper she thought was in fact assurgent and that made her uncomfortable. betw

. >> how does the legacy of slavery, jim crow, and lynching play out in justice in the south?>> well, i think we have really never confronted this problem of disfavored people in our society. i don't think we've actually done a very good job of embracing people who have been victims of our excess, our abuse, our bias, our discrimination. we've allowed these narratives that emerge, where we feel like it's okay to abuse certain kinds of people. and i think that does have a lot to do with what we've seen over the last 200 years. i mean, you know, slavery really wasn't well understood in this country. i don't believe we actually did a very good job of appreciating that in america, we had a slave system that was actually a caste system. where we enslaved people because we didn't think they were as good as the rest of us. and during that era, we redefined people who were formerly enslaved as criminals. we used convict leasing and other systems and lynching to basically create this narrative of criminality. and once you designate somebody as a criminal, you can do anything you want t

death, a vast new system of racial and social control has emerged from the ashes of slavery and jim crow. a system of mass incarceration that no doubt has dr. king turning in his grave today. the mass incarceration of poor people of color in the united states is tantamount to a new caste-like system, one that shuttles our young people from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand new, high-tech prisons. it is a system that locks poor people, overwhelmingly poor people of color, into a permanent second class status nearly as effectively as earlier systems of racial and social control once d

it is then a few of the morally equivalent of jim crow. >> here's a look at books that are being publishedthis week: the >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. >> benn steil is next on

these were called the jim crow laws. they passed laws based on your race or the color of your skin, and these were passed by majorities. the important thing about the constitution and about rights and one of the reasons i am here today talking about the fifth amendment and how it gives you the right not to be committed to prison or not to be killed without due process is that our founders thought it was very important. this whole concept between republican -- between a republic and a democracy, also between -- or considering the idea that majority state legislatures were voting on something, jim crow laws that would say to a white person you can't sell a house to a black person or vice versa, those laws were passed by majority rule. so any time someone comes up to me and says you want a democracy, that's my first question, you're okay with jim crow then, because democracies did bad things, but if you believe that rights are protected and that rights should be protected and that these individual rights are not something t

created jim crow. had a former clansman as a top senator and used the kkk as their kudgil. media rarely ever brings that up. or that republicans helped pass the 1964 civil rights act. how does the democratic party influence help blacks now? illegitimacy is up around 70%. not rosier for urban squalor. democratic programs caused more damage than hurricanes katrina and sandy combined. but nearly all black voters go democrat. so west and scott have to remind black america the abuse i relationship they endureed for so long. they may not be in the back of the bus anymore. they're just under it. >> kimberly: hard-hitting. >> bob: emphasize it was not me that called you bull connor. >> greg: you called me bull connor twice. it didn't know who that was. it looked it up. i go without -- >> bob: i apologize. >> greg: you were complimenting me, i think. >> bob: okay. >> greg: what should they do to atact minoritys? >> kimberly: be for education of children. not just in public schools chasing after empty federal dollars. they're more interested in keeping the union schools going. i'd ra

it is the moral equivalent of jim crow. one. >> reid and know if franklin roosevelt ever heard of the call for health care as a right because even though he endorse the conference, he chose to go on vacation, a cruise. probably will deserved the three years earlier if tear refused to include medical coverage with the social security act because he did not want to antagonize the american medical profession. he did send a message of support to the conference but then the outbreak of world war to force the president's attention elsewhere. five years later january 11, 1944 in the "state of the union" address roosevelt spoke to the american people about the war and especially the peace to establish after fascism that the one supreme objective can be summed up in one word, a security. not only physical security from aggressors but also economic security and social security. the individual political rights were necessary but not sufficient to guarantee true security then announced the economic belgrade's as some call the second bi

it was still fighting the lingering vestiges of jim crow but i regret and although it is not part ofd to say, apologized. it took me 48 years to get here. i should have been here. i should have been here. it is one of the regret that i have an mini it that my generation have. >> the vice president was on to say the march and the events around it were an awakening to him and other americans as well. 6378 am and we will take a quick break. the walnut creek camera, of traffic is moving pretty well as they make their way through the san ramon valley. Ñáçwçñ weigh you down? as soon ooas you feel it, try miralax. it wor wks differently than other laxatives. it drawsra water into your coln to unblonbck your system naturally. don'n't wait to feel great. miralax.la >> layovers are becoming less painful especially when they featured things munich international airport read and checked out of a very installed tavern complete its own beer garden and read. dubai international airport for its over-the-top, extravagant shopping with the world's largest duty- free airport shop. bank over internation

this month will be discussing michele alexander is the new jim-crow, mass incarceration in the age of color blindness. poster thoughts on twitter with the hash tag be tv book club and right on our facebook page. then on tuesday, march 26 that night p.m. eastern, join our live moderate discussion on twitter has tagged. send us your suggestions on books you would like to read as part of the book club via twitter, facebook, or e-mail book tv at booktv.org. up next, peter dreier, politics professor at occidental college profiles the collections of americans a champion social and political reform, including w.e. dubois, gloria steinem, and billy jean king. this event from busboys and poets in washington, d.c., is just over an hour. >> hello, everybody. thank you for coming. don't shoot too loud. i appreciate being invited to busboys and poets. they have heard a lot about it over the years. it is great to be here. i have been going around the country talking about my book. i was surprised about a week and half ago when this guy named barack obama stole my scene. you probably remember in the

this month we'll be discussing michelle alexander's "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of color blindness." pote your thoughts on twit -- post your thoughts on twitter and write on our facebook page. and then on tuesday at 9 p.m. eastern, join our live moderated discussion on twitter, hash tag btv book club. send your suggestions on which books you think we should include in our book club via twitter, on facebook or e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the virginia festival of the book began on wednesday, march 20th and runs through sunday the 4th. 24th. this annual charlottesville event features douglas predictionly and congressman john lewis. also this weekend the 26th annual tennessee williams new orleans literary fest value in louisiana -- festival in louisiana featuring its third annual poetry contest, live one-act plays and highlight presentations by authors william j. myth and patricia paradety. florida will host the venice book fair and writers fair during the first week in april

>> i was involved in my state in a small way, which was still fighting the lingering vestiges of jim crow, but i regret and although it's not part of what i'm supposed to say, apologize, it took me 48 years to get here. i should have been here. i should have been here. it's one of the regrets i have and many of my generation have. (cheers & applause) >> he went on to say the march and events surrounding it and other americans as well. ba husband and wife are dead tonight after a car plowed into their cab early thisthe couple's unborn baby survived the crash and is in critical condition. nathan and raizy glauber were heading to the hospital when a b-m-w struck the cab they were in. the crash threw raizy from the backseat and pinned nathan inside. doctors were able to perform an emergency c-section and deliver the baby boy three months premature. the driver of the cab was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. meanwhile police are still searching for the driver of the b-m-w. to is terrible they are not even merit a killer. toward nott year. --. a funeral service was held this aft

king's death, a vast new system of control has emerged from slavery and jim crow. massive cursor ration no doubt has dr. king turning in his grave today. the mass incarceration of poor people of color in the united states is tantamount to a new caste like system, when the shuttles are young people from decrepit underfunded schools to bring a high-tech prisons. it is a system that locks for people, overwhelmingly poor people of color into a permanent second-class status have been nearly as effectively as earlier systems of racial and social control wednesday. it is in my view the moral equivalent of jim crow. >> when i started to write it, there is one thing i wanted to accomplish. when you write a memoir, and i read many of them through my life, you sometimes, where you asking yourself that question, did i learn anything new about this public verse and? regrettably, often i have read books and memoirs of my biographies and patch myself, there isn't much hated nerdy know from the news. i didn't want to write that kind of book. i wanted to write something different.

in this month we'll be discussing michelle alexander's "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness." throughout your month post your thoughts about the book on twitter and write on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. then on tuesday, march 26th, at 9 p.m. eastern join our live, moderated discussion on twitter hash tag btv book club. send us your suggestions on books you'd like to read as part of the book club via twitter, facebook, or e-mail booktv@c-span.org. >> i want to move to the role of publish ors in this new world. it used to be that publishers would take care of all distribution, they would take careful of production, and they would provide the advance. and that series of services led them to take a very hefty cut, a 95% cut. finish now, now you don't need production because you can put it out on the web, you don't need an advance because it doesn't cost that much to write, or you can crud fund the advance using something like kickstarter, and you don't need the distribution, again, because you can put it on the web. and so what is the changing role o

it is in my view the moral equivalent of jim crow. >> up next, maurice greenberg, talks about the rise and fall of the international insurance and financial products come me. this is about an hour. >> well, good evening to all of you. i think we will get underway. first i'd like to welcome you to the center for national interest and think dimitri signs for bringing us together. i'd also like to welcome step for greenberg and i first want to thank you for your dedication to the center for many years, starting with its creation and development and advancement good your devoted time, energy, passion and substance to the center analysis is the center for the national interest in taking back for that. hank greenberg has also not only made substantial contribution to the center intellectually and in many capacities, but he also, as i think a number of enormous audience has made a substantial contribution when you are vice chair of the foreign relations council. i have to mention that because i happen to be the head of the washington office, the council on foreign relations and my first meeti

angela grew up in birmingham, alabama, at the height of jim crow, and to escape from the wretched, segregated school system, she entered ei in her junior year on a scholarship from the american friends' service committee. and i will just read a short passage about her. when she entered the school, although angela braced herself for outright hostility, she had not foreseen her host's tendency to be oversolicitous of its few black acquaintances. angela did not question the community's desire to eliminate racism, and she knew that bringing her to the school was an earnest action toward that end. but from day-to-day, she questioned the motives behind any overtures extended to her. were invitations prompted by genuine friendship or feelings of obligation, guilt or attempts to display their liberal largess? there were times when she would arrive at a class mate's apartment to discover a black retainer in the family's employ. to angela, that was merely semantics. the housekeeper, she thought was in fact a servant, and that made her acutely uncomfortable. between the community's bafflement about how