he is also the editor of conversations with tony kaye bambara and ballers of new school race and sports in america. at and last but definitely least is historian kahlil gibran muhammad. he has served as director the schomburg center for research black culture in harlem in late 2015, he joined the faculty of harvard's kennedy school as professor of history, race and public policy. he has also he was also hired as a suzanne young mary professor at the radcliffe institute advanced study. he released the condemnation of blackness race crime and the making of modern ah of of modern urban america. in 2010, which was awarded the john hope franklin publication prize from the american studies association in 2011, muhammad's contemporary on the commentary on the racial past of the united states and contemporary policing and criminality was published in the new york times, washington post, national radio and others. please welcome our guest. over here, which you also feel so disconnected. okay, so thank you all again for being here. so the focus of our discussion today is writers letters to americ