mohammed ali handbook came out in 2007.a people's history of sports in the united states" came out in 2008. "bad sports: how owners are ruining the games we love" was his neck book, that a co-authored book with the john carlos -- "the jon carlos story: the sports moment that changed the world" and some background to that as well. turned the sports world upside-down," "brazil's dance with the devil: the world cup, the olympics, and the fight for democracy" and then "things that make white people uncomfortable" co-authored with michael bennett and his most recent book just out last year, "jim brown: last man standing". we will talk about all those books, all the topics in those books we want to hear your voices as well. 202 syria, 748-8200. for those in the east and central time zone, 202-748-8201. in the mountain and pacific time zones. if you can't get through on the phone lines but want to make a comment we have social media avenues for you. we will scroll through those. you see them on screen, remember@booktv is our handl

moshira mohamed ali: boxing is actually self-defense, and she's had to defend herself many times.er how she beat up three boys at school who harassed her. one of them had attacked her with a pencil and almost killed her. >> walaa and haleer can do more than just box. they are also quite capable cooks, and that is at least one stereotype they fulfill. but walaa is in no hurry to marry. she says finding the right partner is even trickier in her case. walaa: boys tend not to like it when a girl is stronger than they are. that's why i would like to find someone who understands me and who also practices this sport and loves it. >> living life with a sense of confidence, ththat's something that these young women demonstrate every day. they are fortunate to have the support of their families. and they can't imagine a life without boxing. walaa: my boxing friends are the most important thing to me. the way other pepeople wake upn the morning and go to work, i go to the gym. it's my life. >> by doing what they love, these female boxers are also fighting for women's rights in the arab world

brown and mohammed ali checking out mrs. brown at a party." the years, that's the kind of company bassett brown and his wife marcela have kept. not bad for a man from jamaica and a woman from panama.nats- in 1980, soon after the couple bought an abandoned ranch in saint helena... they transformed the property into the beauty it is today...nats- putting their hearts and souls into growing and selling grapes to local winemakers... nats- blazing a trail and setting the standard for aspiring black wine connoisseurs in the napa valley.halle lewis/wine educator- "being a black-owned winery and being family-owned, um, and just starting from the bottom and making their way up, now having two, two businesses, um, to run, i think is the allure, and just people wanting to support them." doctor and misses brown have since retired... staying mainly at their estate and vineyard in saint helena. the family business is now in the hands of their children.halle lewis/wine educator- "over here pictured a

brown and mohammed ali checking out mrs. brown at a party."er the years, that's the kind of company bassett brown and his wife marcela have kept. not bad for a man from jamaica and a woman from panama.nats- in 1980, soon after the couple bought an abandoned ranch in saint helena... they transformed the property nats- putting their hearts and souls into growing and selling grapes to local winemakers... nats- blazing a trail and setting the standard for aspiring black wine connoisseurs in the napa valley.halle lewis/wine educator- "being a black-owned winery and being family-owned, um, and just starting from the bottom and making their way up, now having two, two businesses, um, to run, i think is the allure, and just people wanting to support them." doctor and misses brown have since retired... staying mainly at their estate and vineyard in saint helena. the family business is now in the hands of their children.halle lewis/wi the pink shirt is deneen, our president." originally, brown e

because josephine baker report back into the community and we talked about muhammad i leave right mohamed ali has famous clip of him being like we gotta protect the black woman and i'm like i don't care about making no money of people willing for you right and then contrast that conversation to the conversation that steve harvey had with mo'nique recently and i and what steve harvey literally said is that you have to abandon integrity for money and so we're we're at a place and the reason why right people have that in the oh we've made it is because sometimes people just want to see themselves reflected and i think that that is absolutely ok and we need to hold celebrities and black billionaires and millionaires accountable for when they do not return to the community what we have we have helped them to. write and that is just the truth also. i mean we haven't really touched on this at this particular juncture there is also when we talk about why. the perma see one thing that is that is a link to white supremacy as transphobia and homophobia pose was just snow then doubly c.p. awards so we do

[laughter] >> along with sunny and mohamed ali, the other character ted kennedy had everything growing up and that was during depression. father was incredibly wealthy and he had privilege and connection but he didn't feel like he controlled his destiny, when he graduated lawsuit he and his wife joan wanted to move out west, maybe run for office or go to private sector but dominated by family and by father, his father told him to get his rear-end up to massachusetts to get ready to take over the the brother's u.s. senate seat. they came from worlds that were alien from each other and life and career path circled each other in incredibly paths until they finally collided and had impact on the democratic party and the whole country. ly read a selection of the book that describe it is very first time the two men met. this is also an overlook, even a hidden story, a great example is when i attended the opening of edward m kennedy institute in boston it was next to jfk's presidential library and life-size replica, there's historical section, there's a huge glaring omission in that section.

this is from mohammed ali training camp. this is my wax figure of hank aaron. and betty davis.e your seat belt. you'll be surprised at the ride. >> i like to say that collecting is gods work. because it consumes me from completely. within the garage and space is always an issue. because somehow i have to live here. this hat could tell the whole story of the vietnam war. i don't want to die and no white man's war. we have a middle school named in honor of my grandfather. while. i was fan of jackie robin son. he is the reason i started collecting. i was a fanatic of the brooklyn dodgers. i started going to sports shows looking for jackie material. this is his business card and membership card. if i couldn't find him, i would look to see what else they had. i have documented practically the entirety of the american e peerexperience. the medal one ocht most sought after in the civil war. i have been told i have the worlds most comp he residence i have collection of african american history. >> we're entering the civil rights and civil wrongs collection. you'll see primary things th

brown and mohammed ali checking out mrs. brown at a party."and, over the years, that's the kind of company bassett brown and his wife marcela have kept. not bad for a man from jamaica and a woman from panama.nats- in 1980, soon after the couple bought an abandoned ranch in saint helena... they transformed the property into the beauty it is today...nats- putting their hearts and souls into growing and selling grapes to local winemakers... nats- blazing a trail and setting the standard for aspiring black wine connoisseurs in the napa valley.halle lewis/wine educator- "being a black-owned winery and being family-owned, um, and just starting from the bottom and making their way up, now having two, two businesses, um, to run, i think is the allure, and just people wanting to support them." doctor and misses brown have since retired... staying mainly at their estate and vineyard in saint helena. the family business is now in the hands of their children.halle lewis/wine educator- "over here p

writer mohammed ali signed his book.ry white, bb king, >> reporter: not to mention the group that formed it with the bookstores doubled as meeting spaces. many groups still exist today. >> the black policeman's association started here. association of black firefighters, black nurses, black psychologists. >> reporter: and whether johnson's granddaughter will take over one day? she said that is not for her to say. gina ray will write her own story, but already loves ou're >> reporter: the story of marcus books may not have started in oakland, but this is where the pages are currently being written. >> you get to the black and yourself. that is your highest part. people come in here, they get better, and that it's its own reward. >> reporter: in oakland, christina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> this is ktvu fox 2 news at 6. >>> a mass shooting in aurora, illinois. five people are dead and several others are hurt after a gunman opened fire inside a manufacturing warehouse. >> there are no words for the kind of evil that robs

and we discussed specifically the outcomes of mohammed ali who lost his championship, the outcomes of smith and carlos, who were banned from amateur athletic competition. we talked about joe lewis and jesse owens as great as they were as athletes, as patriotic as they were of athletes, they wound up being hounded most of their lives by the internal revenue service, so anytime you're high profile, and you stand up for are you part of a resistance movement in terms of this whole history of america's -- one of america's original sins, white supremacy, the other being patriarchy, then you're going to pay a price, and so i don't think colin had any illusions that that would be some backlash and point of fact, the backlash came all along the way. and he was accepting of that reality and willing to pay that price. >> you're a tenured professor emeritus at your institution, and i know you had a struggle to get tenure, i think it's assumed in part because of your activism, shall we say, although you did ultimately get tenure, is there any part of you that when you see a young man like kaeperni

once for a stabbing and then another for attacking his ex-wife one of the men who once fought mohammed ali for the heavyweight title has fallen on hard times dutch boxer really looked as before to early more than forty years ago in jakarta now finds himself on the streets of bulgaria but help is on the way for the seventy three year old and his wife folks in the netherlands have raised more than fourteen thousand dollars since finding out about this to try and help the couple out. and that's all the support we have here for now more coming up again later that's all for me on the news hour keep it here on the other side of the break for the day's news. i'm a fish every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the world's journalists that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means at all he joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media and focused on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most embed is a free palestine ar

. >>> a photographer's snapshot of her son posed like mohammed le ali is a viral sensation. is a viral sensation. >>> dou z35whz z16fz y35why y16fy >>> breaking news, a short tims ago pnt trump announcing his nominee for.s. ambassador currently the ambassador to canada, she's a businesswoman and served in thedministration of former president george w. bush. trump praised her leadership and id she willo a great job at the united nations. heather naur was the president's first choice, dropped out of consideration for family reasons. >>> fr entrepreneurs to scientists, there's a media campaign teaching african-american children to eam, as pyre to be whatever they want. >> how a photo project for two little boys exploded into something much more. >> my name is unique jones gibson, i'm the founder of because of them we can. february 2013, i marked a black history month campaign where i placed kids among black history makers and their quotes. the first image we launched was my son portraying muhammad ali. and for the entire month we launched other iconic images like a little spike

abdullah mohammed, 16. said—ali mohammed, also 16. and umar, aged 18.hese boys see that they can get away with it. they walk around think they are invincible, and they can do what they like, and it's just going to get worse. you know, who knows who is next. it could be anybody. west midlands police are calling the recent spate of attacks and emergency. police here say they are stepping up their efforts in tackling the surge in knife crime by stopping and searching people without necessarily having proof they‘ re carrying weapon. this order known as section 60 will be implemented across the city for the first time for the foreseeable future. 269 knife crimes have been recorded in birmingham and this year alone. the chief constable of the foce is adamant this escalation in violence isn't about a lack of resources, but about finding solutions. in terms of the force being the smallest it's been since 197a, surely that excuse can't be given to the parents of these boys who've been killed in the last few weeks. we are still a force that has a significant impa

on this program with some of their favorite oaks are in the top of the list is redemption song, mohammed ali and the spirit of the 1960s. >> guest: this is a book i mentioned beforepl about when -- made his stance in 1996 and maybe one to explore the intersection of sports and politics but redemption song that may meet once become a sportswriter. mike writes aboutrh the politicl history of mohammed aliki in a y that has so much rhythm and nuance and excitement that i'm reading this and thinking to myself why can't sportswriting be like this and why can it be political and why can't they talk aboutes what is being said off the field or outside the ring and how that influenced what happened inside the ring and it's a way he holds that story. and maybe want to become a sportswriter. i recommend it to people all the time. when they say to me with one sports book i shouldld read, i always say don't read mine but read redemption song by mike. >> host: the other three books tu sent to us are not sports books. song of solomon, american tabloids, fear and loathing on the campaign trail. >> guest: let

once for a stabbing and then another for attacking his ex-wife one of the men who once fought mohammed ali the heavyweight title has fallen on hard times dutch boxer rudy look who has who fought more than forty years ago in jakarta now finds himself on the streets of bulgaria but help is on the way for the seventy three year old and his wife folks in the netherlands have raised more than fourteen thousand dollars since finding out about this to try and help the couple out and that's all the support we have a phenomenal coming up again later that's off for the news hour vacate that here i'll be back on the other side of the break for the day's news. the world's largest oil company fails to become public tappan. all the kingdom of the company inseparable here the world's largest oil producer and don't list in the world's largest definitely felt something al-jazeera investigates the politics of oil the middle east's most potent economic weapon. saudi arab code the company and the state on al-jazeera. an army of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacu

president mohamed to hari reelected to second term today the president is addressing the crowd and next saturday's election the country will also go for a new parliament. t w correspondent ali and kesha is at the election campaign event in lagos and joins us now for the latest adrian tell us what's going on where you are. right now at the stadium here in lagos and it is the hardest time often the campaigning season here and i do you know one week to go until the elections will take place and today president mamadou how he came here to lagos to the economic capital to to the biggest city in nigeria which is of course a very crucial city because more than five million voters are registered below. what can you tell us about the candidates and their supporters. so generally there's about seventy presidential candidates for this elections but it's going to be a neck and neck race between the two of them number one one hundred one how are you the current president who is in lagos today at number two our. main contest or let's bring in one of the supporters of one of the our we maybe how to ask him right away why is he actually supporting the president why are you going to vote fo

ali eight now there are expected to be any type of armed military retaliation any time soon that's because of a visit by saudi crown prince mohammed bin some on he's expected in india on tuesday and leaving on wednesday but india is still insisting that pakistan's spy agency the i.s.i. did have a direct hand in last week's attack on its paramilitary convoy this is because india says their armed groups that are currently in pakistan territory they have publicly stated their intention to attack indian forces in the disputed kashmir region that's why india has continued to push its campaign to isolate pakistan diplomatically and financially now with iran high on the box and prime minister offering an olive branch to try to deescalate the situation india will hold firm that something has to be done about these armed groups in its territory or else they will continue their campaign and really push the all of branch away iran has arrested five people it accuses of carrying out an attack that killed twenty seven revolutionary guards in the southeast of the country iran says that two of them a from pakistan and three others are ethnic min