. >>> july 2010 is probably the first time you heard the name shirley sherrod. the usdas georgia state director for world development and the latest target of andrew breitbart's attacks. he pushed out a decent tiff portion of her speech at the naacp story. including this part. >> so many black people have not seen farmland and here i was faced with having to help a white person save their land. so i didn't give him the full force of what i could do. >> if you didn't know any better or bother to listen to the entire address, she appears to be promoting a discriminatory agenda. it was taken out of con text and edited in a way to misrepresent the message. far too many people who should have known better and should have taken the time to listen to her entire speech turned on her. the administration hastily re p repudiated her and the naacp issued a statement that it was a shame. july 2010 should not have been the first time that you or the administration or the naacp have heard her name. she and her husband are stalwart civil rights activists that worked tirelessly

i stood up to the poetry from shirley sherrod. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] next weekend on booktv on c-span2, the 2012 annual national book festival will take place on the national mall in washington, d.c. some of the panelists and guests that will be covered live include doug brinkly, daniel, sally smith, david and jewelry nixon eisenhower, tom freeman, these are some of the authorities. join booktv on c-span2 next weekend. >> here's a looked at books being published this week. in life after death, dameon one of three individuals convicted of murder known as the west memphis three trial recounts the experience while incarcerated. the thoughts on the judicial system and the release from prison in 2011. jeffrey, staff writer for the new yorker exams the relationship between the obama administration and the supreme court in "the oath" the obama white house and the supreme court. in free market revolution, how rand idea can end big government, president of the substitute and don watkins and forbes.com argue that the i

the book is called "the courage to hope," shirley sherrod. [applause] [applause] >> during the national book festival next week and on the national mall, lots of ways to contact some of our call-in authors. you can call in, you can e-mail, you can tweet and you can send a -- go to booktv.org for the full schedule of collins and author presentations. >> hear the best-selling nonfiction books according to "the new york times." >> lets let's look at what the emancipation proclamation said. the proclamation enslaves people in those states or part of the state still in rebellion on january 1, 1863. it does not free everybody. just the states or parts of the state still in rebellion so there are several parishes and louisiana where slavery still exists because the union army did not have control of that area. there are parts of virginia where the union army has a foothold. slavery still exists in those areas. mary stuckey talks about her book "defining america" the presidency and national identity [applause] >> now i have to try to be engaging. i t

. >> we also have shirley sherrod, a different subject altogether.he was in the news so much. >> remember her story? >> the subject of race. she has a new book out, talking about her life, her struggles with some really new interesting revelations. you'll want to stay with us. you're watching "starting point." ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. ♪ ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to

shirley sherrod. you are serious.pplause] >> every weekend booktv offers 48 hours of programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> here's a look at some books being published this week. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger recounts his own life from austrian immigrant to governor in his memoir total recall:my unbelievably true life story. in a life on the left historian martin zimmerman presents a biography of howard zinn, political activist and scholar. former republican presidential candidate rick santorum details personal stories of america's founding fathers and their fight for freedom in american patriots:answering the call to freedom. in a man who saved the union:ulysses grant in war and peace, the life and career of general grant. and the political rise and career of an richards, in what the people in:the life and times of and richards. in the liberal warren transparency confessions of the freedom of information critical, the obama administration is keeping too mu

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. >> we have shirley sherrod on last week.n our conversations about poverty in this country, we have very few, when we do have them, they are almost -- exclusively about urban poverty and not bought nearly enough about what is going on in terms of rural poverty. is there a way the 47% conversation might move us back to a broader conversation about who is truly -- >> i think that's that's it. as if mate thing is most of the people in this country who don't earn enough to live work. and that's the reason why there is no contribution on the federal income tax. they play the regressive 15% payroll tax which is more than governor romney's tax rate. but that's an important point the keep in mind is that one out of three people in this country are poor and either close to poverty, work and don't make enough to live. >> shame of this nation that that's the case. and the fact that there isn't as much attention as there should be in this campaign to the poor, i mean, every morning you wake up, this, again, is urban. but it is about pove

my simplest example, a little one, comes to mind, shirley sherrod. remember that in we immediately concede to this orchestrated right-wing media -- >> can you explain who she is for people who don't know? >> the african-american secretary of agriculture who was falsely accused of making, quote, racist statements and some of the civil rights organizations joined in that accusation. i won't name them. but the point is we should take every opportunity to organize an agenda further to the left and with that, ironically, would come some of the white american left. so you have both groups that were not as well organized as they should have been. there could be a long explanation or discussion as to why but one of the reasons that african-americans switched to the democratic party in the 190 -- 1930's was that roosevelt had a progressive agenda. if that agenda looks for viable and you get over to the republican backlog, you would get more coalitions mobilized. if you watched the testimony in congress the other day you see african-americans taking the lead i

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my simplest example, a little one, comes to mind, shirley sherrod. remember that in we immediately concede to this orchestrated right-wing media -- >> can you explain who she is for people who don't know? >> the african-american secretary of agriculture who was falsely accused of making, quote, racist statements and some of the civil rights organizations joined in that accusation. i won't name them. but the point is we should take every opportunity to organize an agenda further to the left and with that, ironically, would come some of the white american left. so you have both groups that were not as well organized as they should have been. there could be a long explanation or discussion as to why but one of the reasons that african-americans switched to the democratic party in the 190 -- 1930's was that roosevelt had a progressive agenda. if that agenda looks for viable and you get over to the republican backlog, you would get more coalitions mobilized. if you watched the testimony in congress the other day you see african-americans taking the lead i