. >> pamela newkirk talks about her book of the 17th annual book fair. watch it now on book tv. >> well, thank you very much. good afternoon everyone. we have a wonderful panel and we are in for a treat and i'm so happy to be here this afternoon to introduce our panel for our panelel today which will be pride and prejudice. we are the instrument of our instruments and we have to examplars today in terms of dedication to the black community. lets start with moderator and that is the director for the research and black culture. here at nyu public library. he's a former associate of indiana university. his book the combination of blackens race crime and modern america published and it won best book award in american studies. here also this afternoon is we have author and nyu professor of journalismwk dr. pamela newkirk. a life, she's a multifaceted scholar w who has published a variety of works. her b first book black journalist, contemporary struggles of african americans integrating. love letters from black american which i had a pleasure of reading, a fa

pamela newkirk. [applause] >> good evening everyone. it is such a pleasure to be here tonight and particularly to be here in this beautiful building where i did so much of research on this section of ota benga life. thanks for being here. black lives matter is the plea of the people and what is conveyed by thomas jefferson it when he says it is the indispensable duty of those the maintain for themselves the right to human nature to extend their power and influence to the belief of every part of the human race. the elements of langston hughes. a question and a call and a prayer. black lives matter. it is research into it this story of ota benga and african male who went into the local headlines after he was exhibited in the bronx zoo monkey house with an orangutan. , then why was the disgraced african who did not leave behind any record third leave behind a remarkable feat become a priority? when i started research five years ago i could not know some will see his life as a metaphor for the black lives today. but somehow i knew his story

pamela newkirk. he book, which you all see in your programs, is "spectacle: the astonishing life of ota bengal" she is an author, journalist, and professor at new york university, multifacetted scholar who has published a variety of works that present multidimensional portraits of african-american life. her first book within the veiled black journalist, like me, explores historical troubles of journalists integrate can mainstream news rooms in america. love letters from a black america "which i had the pleasure of reading recently, a fantastic tome put on the list. the book we're talking about this afternoon, i'm not going steal her thunder as she is going to talk to us about the book and all that went putting it together as part of a wonderful afternoon. please join me in welcoming our speaker this afternoon. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you all for that terrific production. i want to thank all of you for being here this afternoon, and i want to thank our guests, decider pamel

and the "vietnam rough riders", after that pamela newkirk on the life of auto bango, later, former nework city bernard character on his memoir from jailer to jailed. >> next lucinda franks discusses his her memoir timeless love, morgan thal and me. it tells the story of her life with former manhattan district attorney margaret rogan found. >> now it is my great pleasure to introduce our speaker lucinda franks. she is the author of timeless love at morgan power me. a memoir of her unconditional love from robert morgenthaler who we are so honored to have here today. >> her other book includes waiting out a war, the exile of private john pagano, wild apples and my father secret war which is another memoir. a former separator but the new york times, she has written for the new yorker, the new york times magazine, she won a pulitzer prize prize on her life and death of diana alton, a graduate of arnold bossert college, she lives in new york city with robert and morgan paul. >> lucinda. >> thank you rob, and thank you everyone for coming out on this rainy afternoon. it is such an honor to be

. >> pamela newkirk talks about her book of the 17th annual book fair. watch it now on book tv. >> well, thank you very much.

after that, pamela newkirk discusses "spectacle." "from jailer to jailed." tomorrow on washington journal, gretchen morgans and of the new york times talks about her recent piece looking at the federal government home -- affordable home project. then, susan carlson looks at drinking and drug use among pregnant teenagers. after that, john jackson talks about endangered species and big game hunting. washington journal, live tuesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, a discussion on how the media has covered the 2016 presidential race so far. from washington journal, this is 45 minutes. >> lets get your reaction to the debate last week? was it fair? >> i think a lot of people have a mistaken idea of what happened there. i think all the candidates got rough questions. i think people made to look at the transcript again. you can say that some of the questions were hard-hitting, sometimes sensational or personal, but it was a good show. i think they are right to suggest at some level that these are questions evil might expect liberal media moderators to ask. so

we want to thank pamela newkirk for telling the story for the first time, for setting the historicalrecord straight and throwing the gauntlet down to our nation's audience commit to viewers, teachers as this is a story that must be told and taught. thank you for being here. thank you so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> david hoffman talks about adolf tolkachev, working for the soviet military and became a spy for the u.s. the secrets tolkachev passed a one help if the soviet radar during the cold war. >> tonight we will be hearing from david hoffman about his new boat, "the billion dollar spy: a true story of cold war espionage and betrayal". a gripping tale that engages the reader in the first few pages of the prologue. "the billion dollar spy" focuses on the intriguing story of a spy in the soviet union who assisted the cia for more than 20 years. true to us to other nonfiction books including the 2010 pulitzer prize-winning title, that hand, the untold story of the cold war arms race in the dangerous legacy. he's a contributing editor to the

we want to thank pamela newkirk for telling this story. for the first time in its full list dimension for setting the historical record straight and throwing the gauntlet down to the nation's audience the teachers, because this is a story that must be told. thank you for being here and thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our face book page facebook.com/booktv. >> in depth is booktv's live monthly three our interview program where authors take your questions about their books. this past year guests have included talk show host tapis smiley, biographer walter isaacson, a law professor lani g guinere guinere, john robinson and peter schweitzer and killed a surprise winner lawrence wright. in the coming months we will speak with former second lady lynn cheney, talk radio host tom hartman, economists and political commentator walter williams and cokie roberts of npr and abc news and co-founder medea benjamin is our gue