quite forgotten that stood out -- stood up for things -- the right to vote, the future of a multiracial nation. these are things that people consider worth memorializing in their communities. are being carried live on c-span radio coast-to-coast on sirius xm. our guest is kate masur. reginald is joining us next from california. go ahead, please. caller: you were talking about reconstruction in other regions of the country to make it more inclusive and perhaps more relevant to people as far away as california. how would you go about doing that? dr. masur: right. so it's a little complicated in the sense that the story of reconstruction, which we normally talk about, which is bringing the former confederate states back into the united states in addressing because occurrences of the abolition of slavery, that is not as great that gets replicated in california or minnesota area it's true in many places including california there was a really big debate about race and racial equality in those places, even during reconstruction, even though it was not exactly the same concept happening in the south.

quite forgotten that stood out -- stood up for things -- the right to vote, the future of a multiracial nation. these are things that people consider worth memorializing in their communities. are being carried live on c-span radio coast-to-coast on sirius xm. our guest is kate masur. reginald is joining us next from california. go ahead, please. caller: you were talking about reconstruction in other regions of the country to make it more inclusive and perhaps more relevant to people as far away as california. how would you go about doing that? dr. masur: right. so it's a little complicated in the sense that the story of reconstruction, which we normally talk about, which is bringing the former confederate states back into the united states in addressing because occurrences of the abolition of slavery, that is not as great that gets replicated in california or minnesota area it's true in many places including california there was a really big debate about race and racial equality in those places, even during reconstruction, even though it was not exactly the same concept happening in the south.

national front. do you want this country to become occupied by a load of khaki coloured multiracial bass trdz?ht provocation was blamed for some of the violence that engulfed northern towns surrounding blackburn in 2001, the worst race riots for a generation. weeks of simmering racial tensions finally erupted last night as more than 500 asian youths fight pitched battles with riot police. professor ted ca ntle was the government advisor who wrote the report into the riots. we spoke to him ten years ago. certainly the separation between communities was a factor in those riots. there was no trust, no understanding between the different communities. so has the problem of divided communities got better or worse since then? segregation in blackburn is increasing in residential terms, in school terms, probably in social terms as well. i think it has to be seen as a warning for all towns and cities in the uk. i think blackburn feel that the focus shouldn't always be on them. actually, they are right, because statistics show that there are many other towns and cities where polarisation of populations

national security, was really prominent. i think it was important to grow up in such a multiracial environment.any of us, our family members were getting social where fair, were getting food stamps when they actually looked like stamps. we grew up in this environment and we really raced each other and really took care of each other. it colored -- i think it really colors how i am in this movement. we have to take care of each other. we did not have local government taking care of us. amy: we're going to go to break. when we come back, what it meant to come out in your community with your family, your friends. your response to trayvon martin step in george zimmerman being acquitted, how you came up with hashtag #blacklivesmatter. today is the day that a remarkable book has just come out, "when they call you a terrorist: a black lives matter memoir." todayby our guest patrisse khan-cullors and asha bandele. we will be back with them in a momoment. ♪ [music breaeak] amy: our guests today are patrisse khan-cullors, cofounder of black lives matter, and asha bandele. together they have written the bo