she was friends with langston hughes, who was important in the harlemenssance.new many of these writers in his period. >> host: eatonville was in her heart. >> guest: eatonville was always in her heart. eatonville -- i was looking at this, eatonville has changed since i was there ten years ago -- but eatonville was a black space. eatonville was home. eatonville is where people sang songs and wrote the poetry and the kids played together and they felt safe in eatonville. a safety that you didn't always feel in the south. of the south is a dangerous place at this time for black folks. it has been dangerous and a period of slavery. it remains dangerous for black people. but a town like eatonville is a safe space for black people. kids could grow up and feel safe. kids playing in the photograph that we were showing a moment ago, that was real. and i think that's why it stands out as a unique place even now, whether you've read the novel or not. >> host: the oldest black incorporated a town in america since 1887. well, this is an interactive program. tonight, "their

she was friends with langston hughes, who was important in t harlem renaissance. knew many of these writers in his period. >> host: eatonville was in her heart. >> guest: eatonville was always in her heart. eatonville -- i was looking at this, eatonville has changed since i was there ten years ago -- but eatonville was a black space. eatonville was home. eatonville is where people sang songs and wrote the poetry and the kids played together and they felt safe in eatonville. a safety that you didn't always feel in the south. of the south is a dangerous place at this time for black folks. it has been dangerous and a period of slavery. it remains dangerous for black people. but a town like eatonville is a safe space for black people. kids could grow up and feel safe. kids playing in the photograph that we were showing a moment ago, that was real. and i think that's why it stands out as a unique place even now, whether you've read the novel or not. >> host: the oldest black incorporated a town in america since 1887. well, this is an interactive program. tonight, "thei

hurston and other renaissance writers such as gwendolyn brooks were richard wright or langston hughesven't heard that addressed. >> host: tiffany patterson? >> guest: well, the tension between these writers have a lot to do. i haven't focused as much on the harlem renaissance as i have on hurston, but clearly hurston was in a world of big evils. people competing with each other just as they struggled with the larger world that did not pay enough attention to the work that they were doing, the beauty of the work, the poetry, the novels, short stories, the music et cetera. and so, i am not surprised in some ways that that attention came back inside of the group. i think that looking at the harlem renaissance writers and artists, they were competing in a difficult world. they were competing to be heard, to be seen, to get their work published and all of that. and i think i'm not really surprised by that. this is this kind of competition with each other. it is going to -- it's not surprising that it was a part of the harlem renaissance is what i'm saying. i haven't looked at any period wh

and he was there, as was langston hughes, who was kind of the presiding luminary, the guest of honor at at the conference. so when i saw this document a narrative, again, it's very early on in my research in my research, a narrative started form in my mind right. okay. what we have here, front of us, in front of me that time is a is kind of stable of writers who had taken patronage from an anti totalitarian organization and we can already see writers lining up and taking sides in this cold war. at least this is what i thought i saw when i saw this document. here's a picture of chinua achebe at that 1962 conference. and i'm already forming in my mind this group of writers who partizans of the us and advocates of some kind of anti totalitarian agenda. i should point out briefly while i'm on this slide, congress for freedom was unmasked as a as a as a cia backed organization when in 1966, 67, it was started in 4950 aftermath of world war and ran until about 1967. and they were extra active throughout the decolonizing world. so there's a choubey and a bunch of other people that i won't m

i went through a steinbeck phase where i read all of his and also langston hughes, who i love so muchi wonder as i wander and some of his autobiographical books i got to early. i have the collected langston hughes above my bed, a multiple volume of all his papers and those are really interesting. those are two of obvious many that stick out. i would go through phases where i would read all of one author. if i read one book and i liked it, i would go. david mccullough and i had talked about this, he loved novels as a form of thinking on american history. i grew up in ohio. if i like to think about ohio and a book i would like, it tends to be wines bird, ohio, not necessarily a biography of rutherford b hayes even though i'm presidential historian because novelists can get into the tone and tenor of your time and bring you into feel what it was like and some of the books on our list, particularly zora neale hurston, is one that does that. it brings you there. >> you have written recently about rosa parks, the space race, the national parks. i have to ask you, what is your process when y

and he was there, as was langston hughes, who was kind of the presiding luminary, the guest of honor at at the conference. so when i saw this document a narrative, again, it's very early on in my research in my research, a narrative started form in my mind right. okay. what we have here, front of us, in front of me that time is a is kind of stable of writers who had taken patronage from an anti totalitarian organization and we can already see writers lining up and taking sides in this cold war. at least this is what i thought i saw when i saw this document. here's a picture of chinua achebe at that 1962 conference. and i'm already forming in my mind this group of writers who paizs of the us and advocates of some kind of anti totatarian agenda. i should point out briefly while i'onhislide, congress for freedom was unmasked as a as a as a cia backed organization when in 1966, 67, it was started in950 aftermath of world war and ran until about 1967. and they were era active throughout the decolonizing world. so there's a choubey and a bunch of other people that i won't mention here at t

and also langston hughes, i love so much. wonder as i wander and some of his autobiographical books i got i had the collected langston hughes, i had done voles on his papers. those are interesting. those are two obvious ones that stick out. i used to go through phases where i would read all of one author, i read one book and i liked it, and i would go, but david mccullough and i talked about novels as a way of thinking of american history. i grew up in ohio, if i want to think about what book about ohio do i like, it tends to be winesburg, ohio, bike share with anderson, not necessarily a biography. oftentimes, novelists can get into the tone and tenor of your time, and bring you into feel what it was like and some of the folks on our list, particularly zora neale hurston, is one that does that, it brings you there. >> you have written recently about -- you have recently written about the space race. what is your process when you select topics like that? >> when i was young, i got to know the famous kennedy biographer of thos

first poetic blues before langston hughes. that's 1931. it's 2023. let's take a picture. either way. >> i'm a farmer. a beekeeper myself. laurence lucas. even with the department y of agriculture. my great grandfather was a great man. he was a farmer. i have the black farmer all up in me. how far you live outside of omaha? >> right in the city. [inaudible conversations] >> everybody has a fear because they don't know. they have their work to do. >> like somebody is coming to your home, what are you going to do? let's take a picture, brother. >> okay. best of the farmers here. your name is? >> clark. >> all the black farmers need to be treated fairly. >> thank you so much. your words were wonderful todayo wonderful. my brother. first name again? >> let me write this down, brother. let me write this down. where is my pen here? is he in nebraska? >> he's omaha native. he's from omaha. >> today is december -- omaha. edwards. [inaudible conversations] >> i am always trying to learn. where is your cameras? the. >> no cameras. >> lincoln is about an hour away. [inaudible convers

he taught at iowa for 45 years and he was the one who wrote the first poetic lose, even before langston hughes. hear what i mean. sterling brown, the giant. he was a giant. but see, what you are doing -- that's 1931, this is 2023, so you are in the great tradition. let's take a picture real quick. absolutely. either way. got two of my brothers here. >> am a farmer, i'm a beekeeper myself. >> you know, brother, michael stonewall and lawrence lucas who is leading the black farmers movement, you check him out. they were treated unjustly and unfair. they got the bill that they want. you check them out. because you know my great-grandfather was a great man. i've got the black farmer all up in maine. >> we have to manifested. >> how far you live outside of omaha? >> i live right in the city. >> really? >> yes, grew up in the inner-city. you can be right here from there to that pole with these and they won't even bother you. they come visit my garden on the farm. >> i can't have that on me, that's you. they like you. >> without the knowledge, without being around it, it's not enough, everybody has to

even before langston hughes. sterling brown, he was a giant.hat you are doing, you read sterling and think that is 1931. this is 2023, so you are in the great tradition. let's take a picture right quick. >> which way? >> i gotta recruit my brothers here. this brother. i love that. >> you know, brother, the person leading the black farmers movement? lucas. black farmers have been treated unjustly and unfair. even with the department of agriculture. >> they want that money. >> orlanda. >> migrate grandfather was a great black man. i got the black form all up in me. how far do you live outside of omaha? >> i live right in the inner-city. >> really? >> [indiscernible] >> they like you. >> without knowledge, it is not enough. everybody being able to understand they are not attacking people. they have got their work to do too. when you were going that high, when somebody comes in your home, what are you going to do? you are going to protect yourself. >> let's take a picture, brother. we got the best of the farmers here. lucas and stonewall. your name

even before langston hughes. know what i mean? sterling brown, a giant. he was a giant. but see, what you were doing, you read sterling and you think of it, that's 1931. this is 2023. so you three. so you are in the great tradition what you doing in this. let's take a picture right quick. absolutely, absolutely. >> which way? >> either way. i get to make of my brothers here. oh, this brother. [inaudible] >> i love that. >> grow food in the community. >> so brother, lauren lucas leads black farmers movement, check them out. lawrence lucas. >> okay. >> they are leading black farms have been treated unjustly and unfair. >> for hundreds of years now i'm sure. >> even with the department of agriculture. >> right, they won't give them money or land. >> but you checkyo them out. >> i will. >> my great-grandfather was a great day and he was -- i got the black farmer all up in me. >> is at a fact? >> how far you live outside of omaha? >> i live right in the city, the inner-city. writer in the inner-city. you can be right here to there from that paul and -- come visit mymy farm. >

even before langston hughes. you see what i mean? starling brown. a giant. he was a giant.ee, what you are doing, you read starling and you will see. that is 1931. . this is 2023. you are in the great tradition but you are doing it in a great way, man. let's take a picture. absolutely. this way. i got two of my brothers here. lord, this brother. >> i am a farmer and a beekeeper myself. mr. west: i love that. >> providing food in the community. mr. west: you know brother michael stowell and lawrence lucas who are leading them black farmers movement? check them out. they are leading the movement. black farmers have been treated unjustly and unfairly. >> hundreds of years now. mr. west: even with the department of agriculture today. >> right, they won't give us no money or land. mr. west: you check them out. my great grandfather was a great man and he was a black farmer. i got the black farmer all up in me. >> right. mr. west: how far you live outside of omaha? >> i live right in the city. mr. west: you do? >> right here in the city. , you could be right here from there to tha

langston hughes' collection, the ishii blues.1919 william fall in's the sound and the fury was published. rounding out the decade, dashiell happen et's thriller red harstas released in 1929. host: and iyogo to the website. c-span.org/books that shamed americ you'll see the library of congress's list of all 100 are on the website and you can make your own pot view about whether or not thosere good books. inac you can send us an email from viewer input at the top of the page and tell us what you think is a book that shaped america. other willa cather books. o pioneers. the song of the lark. death comes for the arch bishop. one of ours, which won the 1922 pulitzer. willa cather was the author of 12 novels and nearly 60 short stories. as we discussed, melissa homestead ask very -- is very active with the willa cather papers and at the university of nebraska lincoln, her colleague, a lobbies professor there, talks about them. >> we have very excitedly here, her own personal copy of the "my antonia" book. one thing that cather did with

i'm reminded of a poem by langston hughes. i too sing america. i am the darker brother.hey send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes. but i laugh and eat well and grow strong. tomorrow, i will be at the table when company comes. nobody will dare say to me, eat in the kitchen. then besides they will see how beautiful i am and be ashamed. i too am america. health equity recognizes that all of us have a right to sit at the american table and enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. health equity insists our society implement policies and programs in such a way that everyone has a low risk of contracting hiv and if some do, they can live long, healthy, and productive lives. unfortunately, our initial efforts to halt the transition of the disease and care for people living with hiv were not benefiting everyone. racial and ethnic minority communities were being left behind. the minority aids initiative introduced the concept of health equity in the nation's effort to address hiv-aids pandemic. asking our decision-makers to incorporate health equity in their po