i grew up in a malcolm x household. my introduction to malcolm x was probably like four and five and my father who favors malcolm x portrayed him in a black history month special play of some sort. there was malcolm acts literature all over the household. i still have a my night stand right now a copy of the autobiography that my father had, the broken and tattered one. i grew up post enemy and spike lee resurrecting malcolm x is in his iconography, my father had several acts hats and t-shirts. i say all that to say that dr. king is not a part of my foundation, i don't have any particular attachment or reverence or didn't have, because i rejected him accepted the binary idea that if you choose malcolm or you choose martin. i didn't have much contact with martin luther king junior. we had< rojas like most black americans do. if i malcolm x, martin luther king and jesus and now barack obama barbershop i used to go to their only three pictures there. martin luther king, malcolm x and barack obama. the picture in our househ

i grew up in a malcolm x house hole. my introduction to malcolm x, i was probably 4 or a 5, and my father who kind of favors malcolm x portrayed him in a black history month special play of some sort. there was malcolm x literature all over the household. i still have on my nightstand right now a copy of the autobiography that my father had, the broken and tattered one. i grew up post-public enemy and spike lee resurrect malcolm x in his iconography. my father had several "x" hats and t-shirts. i say all that to say dr. king is not a part of my foundation. i don't have any particular attachment or reference or didn't have because i rejected him. i accepted the binary idea that you either choose malcolm or you choose martin. i mean, i just don't have much contact with martin luther king jr. i mean, we had a pick tour of him in hour house like most black americans do. you'll find malcolm x, martin luther king, jesus and now actually barack obama. in the barber shop there's three pictures, martin luther king, mal cox x and

everybody has this perception of malcolm is a big time x felon. but he was only in prison for two years maybe. tamara: oh he was in there for seven years. but he was 20 years old when he went in. randall: okay. and during the time is doing the reading and studies in learning about things . tamara: here's the thing. from his hustling in harlem and in boston and getting into trouble. and even saying that he is getting a harsher sentence than he would have if he was not messing with white women. but he and his friend, they are getting these long sentences. and so he is really like, he's transformed. he's going and angry, moments of being angry and then he is learning that his family is still this and think in jail. it's hard for him music does not like them to see him that's way. within they keep coming. but at the same time, buffy is going through this change while in jail, wilfred finds the nation of islam in detroit for unit and because he's looking for something to be involved with outside of work in his family. sound unusual because he wants the

so it's a revelation to see in this i did play this i didn't think anybody could play malcolm x. after more so you know who can transform that role but he's phenomenal i think we will see a lot more of complete benami ok so just quickly these performances are all from independent films how how to what extent has corona made stream the difficult to identify new talent given that all the festivals have been yeah it's become very difficult i mean i think that's key here these 4 films they did premier in festivals tour and sundance before the us and 2 were in venice which was held in between the lock downs in the us i think that's very important was that we got lost but luckily one thing these films are online. piece of woman's on netflix herself and one night miami on amazon and they're really sometimes always is available but you know i mean can see them go out go online i'm going to leave things to look forward to and a reason to stay optimistic thanks for that cinematic outlook at least for trying to 21 thanks scott roxboro. and speaking of often ism there were tears in germany o

the life of malcolm x. ♪♪ were watching tv on c-span2. every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. the tv on c-span2 great about america's cable television company. today we are brought to you by television companies. ♪♪ >> during our weekly off the internet programs "afterwards", all the fox on american politics. here is portion of the discussion. >> donald trump in the white house, without him, all bets are off. there's no way anyone dismissed what's happening with the party of hate, the democrat party robert, a political squabble. this is a battle for the soul of the nation, a battle for the direction of the nation who we will be as a people and don't melodramatic in any way, it is just a fact. you talk about puerto rico and states the change who we are, it changes what we are. that means then the democratic party has sufficient power to pack the court to insist upon, might as well simply go to totalitarians because that's what the left wants. they don't want to be bothered by things like law and our constitution or

fellow brit kingsley dan i mean shines as malcolm x. in one night in miami playing the civil rights leader as they contemplate an intellectual a good question what's on the agenda my. thought this would be one of which is to reflect on what's happened that night. there's no denying that greater forces were at work. you know. no one else is coming the rest assured my brother and i'm missing. irish newcomer claire dunne makes her mark with herself as a mother trying to escape an abusive partner which done also wrote the screenplay. i want to give you the last and lend you the money to build your house. the smarts. i can you can pay me back oprah's many years is as we decide. what do you say. it's not a yes. i don't see why it's also that. i would say that after the strong. growth problems. american sydney flanagan was working as a janitor before being cast in never really sometimes always as a girl who travels from rural pennsylvania to new york to get an abortion. judging by her quietly stunning performance she's definitely a talent to w

it's not often you lump barry goldwater and malcolm x in the same category and malcolm x was a little different than goldwater, but the principle is basically the same. johnson made great political capital out of goldwater's bad bomber image. the slogan was in your heart, you know he's right. johnson backwards lampooned that with in your heart, you know he might. or in your guts, you know he's nuts. johnson's exploitation of goldwater's bad bomber image reached its height in probably the most famous political television commercial in television history. some of you may have seen this commercial. let me show that commercial to you now. >> 5, 7, 6, 6, 8, 9 -- 9 -- >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> these are the stakes. to make a world in which all of god's children can live or to go into the dark, we must either love each other or we must die. >> vote for president johnson on november 3rd. the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> not exactly subtle, but it was a tremendously effective political ad. but goldwater did score points off johnson on foreign policy, on johnson's all

malcolm x would've agreed with that statement. it's not often that you loved mary goldwater and malcolm x in the same category. malcolm x his definition of liberty was different than marigold waters, but the principle was basically the same. johnson a great political capital out of gold waters mad bomber image. cold water slamming it was in your heart, you know he is right. johnson was lab to not back within your heart, you know you're right you might and, this reached the most famous political television commercial in american history. some of you may have seen this commercial, it has been re-shown hundreds of times either in documentaries relating to lyndon johnson personally, or the 19 sixties in general. let me show you that commercial now. >> five, seven, six, six, eight, nine, none -- >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. >> these are the stakes. to make a world in which all of gods children can live or to go into the dark. we must either love each other, or we must die. vote for president johns

he and malcolm x that already talked about in 64 going to the united nations, bringing america to trial for the violation of human rights of black people. that's the margin that scared folks and understandably so. when you're working at that level of love and fire, it can be very very difficult to embrace, but you have to embrace a cause. so of course the texas radical king is gonna win races. >> because we turned him in the santa. clause >> turned into an all-man with a smile antilles in his bag, and everybody can't wait to see you. we did the same thing with nelson mandela but doesn't other text, for another time. brother martin with this radical king, but keep track of the sensuality of the law of commitment, keep track of the essentiality of the compassion and willingness to take a loss. this is a challenge for the younger generation, this is book as many ways a love letter for the younger generation. and passing the seed. i don't need to be center stage. i'll tell that to brother al sharpton, you know? you don't need to be center stage brother. there's something called grassroot le

jim brown, sam cooke, muhammad ali, malcolm x, all in one room on one night having a conversation about their visions for the future and the way they see the world and the way they see life. now, i know that this was also a play. and i know that taking a play and turning it into a film can often be a really daunting task. because a play has everyone there sitting in one place and you don't have to do much because that's the-- you know, the forum. that's the platform. you have to direct to make one space feel like it's going somewhere. talk me through some of those challenges and how you thought about making a movie that doesn't go anywhere, and yet takes us everywhere. >> well i think-- the dialogue was the star of the film to me. and, you know, so kim did all of that heavy lifting. and i just always felt like the right actors, powerful actors who really understood what they were taking on would be half the battle, you know, right there. and then from there, just i wanted to get out of the way of the story, you know. like, sure, i wanted it to be a virginia experience, but not so much,

., ella baker, malcolm x, and ida wells barnett. he not only re-discovers the integrity and commitment within these passionate advocates, but also their fault lines by providing new insights that humanize all of these well-known figures, west takes an important step in rekindling the "black prophetic fire" so essential in the age of obama. helen has been director of the beacon press since october 1995. she holds a masters degree in english literature from the university of virginia. she began her career at publishing in randomhouse in 1976. gale jones the healing, a national book finalist, rasheed khalid, the iron cage, "for all of us." "black prophetic fire" and anita hill's "re-imagining equality." she served for eight years on the board of penn, new england and is the administrator of the hemingway foundation penn award. thank you both for being here today. thank you. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you for that very warm miami welcome. it's a great pleasure to be here today with all of you. and i have the greater h

it's not often that you would lump malcolm x and barry goldwater into the same category and malcolm x's definition of liberty was different than the gold waelt but the message is the same. johnson made political capitol out of the mad bomber image. the campaign slogan for 1946 was in your heart you know he's right and johnson backers lampoon that had in your heart you know he might or in your gut you know he's nuts and johnson's exploitation of the mad bomber image reached its height in probability most famous political television commercial in american history. some of you may have seen this commercial, reshown hundreds of times, in documentaries relating to lyndon johnson personally or in the 1960s in general. let me show that commercial to you now. >> five, seven, six, six, eight, nine -- nine -- >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one -- >> these are the stakes to make a world in which all of god's children can live or to go into the dark. we must either love each other or we must die. >> vote for president johnson on november 3rd. the stakes are too high for yo

so it's a revelation to see in this play this i didn't think anybody could play malcolm x. after it was you know who can transform that role but he's phenomenal i think we'll see a lot more of can see ben i mean ok so just quickly these performances are all from independent films how how to what extent is corona. streaming difficult to identify new talent given that all the festivals have been yeah it's become very difficult me think that's key here these 4 films they did premier in festivals tour and sundance before the us and 2 were in venice which was held in between the lock downs in the us i think that's very important was that we got lost but luckily with krone these films are online. piece of woman's on netflix herself and one night miami on amazon and never really sometimes always is available but you know i mean i can see them go out go online and i want to see who leaves things to look forward to and a reason to stay optimistic thanks for that cinematic outlook at least for trying to 21 thanks scott roxboro. and speaking of off to ms i'm there were tears in german

and in this book malcolm x. as mentioned quite early on in punching the air i should say julian assad's talk about black eyes matter back then but of course he was exposing entering clinton you. obviously have feelings about donald trump taking out those advertisement calling for your deaths but of course it was biden who is responsible for mass incarceration policy harris the vice presidential nominee was. there's a case daniel lawson an innocent man she wanted to jail for the 3 strikes law what can americans do now to prevent future central. well you know what i look at i look at the fact that we have the opportunity now that we understand that it's not about just so to speak having a plan for the weekend we can't even just have a 5 year plan we need to have generational plans and as we play on this game of chess the idea in the understanding is that we're making incremental successes in games and so yes right now we where we're looking at the current election and the possibilities of what ought to calm but i

malcolm x, assassinated at age 39, after his bitter split from the nation of islam. sam cooke was shot in a los angeles motel, under suspicious circumstances. he was 33. muhammad ali had his title stripped for refusing to serve in the vietnam war, won it back, and achieved a level of global adoration rare in sports history. he died in 2016 at age 74. only jim brown, who went on to a film career, remains alive. ( protests and chants ) regina king finished her film even as the culture was again convulsed by protests over racial injustice. >> as much as we love being americans and love america, you know, just, even what's going on now and, i think i've heard president-elect biden say, "america, this isn't us." it is us. it is a part of who we are. the question is, how are we, are we going to change what we write in history to come? >> brown: king says she enjoys the different rhythms of acting and directing, and will continue to alternate between them. the film, “one night in miami,” is now streaming on amazon. for the pbs newshour, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: l

fellow brit kingsley ben a mere shines as malcolm x. in one night in miami playing the civil rights leader as they contemplate an intellectual good question was only agenda my. thought this would be one of which for us to reflect on what's happened that night whether there's no denying that greater forces were at work. you know. no one else is coming the rest assured my brother and i'm missing anything. irish newcomer claire dunn makes her mark with herself as a mother trying to escape an abusive partner which done also wrote the screenplay. i want to give you the lab and lend you the money to build your house. the smarts he can i can you can pay me back oprah's many years is we decide. what do you say. it's not a yes. i don't see what's causing it. i would say that after. problem. american sidney flanagan was working as a janitor before being cast in never rarely sometimes always has a girl who travels from rural pennsylvania to new york to get an abortion. judging by her quietly stunning performance she's definitely a talent to watch

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one night miami portrait of 4 civil rights giants including malcolm x. and muhammad ali. because we are fighting. in which director lee isaac chung tells his own immigrant story. we need to find somewhere his family moved from korea to arkansas on the 1980 s. to become farmers. in the acting categories pay close attention to anthony hopkins who turns in a late career master class as a patriarch suffering from dementia and the father a bit confused something wrong. beautiful and in our night to kate winslet and social ronan as 1900 fossil hunters and secret lovers. but the big oscar front runner is no mad land from director. frances mcdormand is eyeing her 3rd best actress award with a bare all performance as a woman living as a modern day nomad travelling the american west 'd in a camper van. there's no fun no mad land one the venice film festival and it's the odds on favorite to take oscar's top prize. is just sail. this is do w. news live from berlin sports life is up next i'm amin he said i'll be back at the top of the hour with more in. germany which. any time any pla

one night miami portrait of 4 civil rights giants including malcolm x. and muhammad ali. because we are fighting. in which director lee isaac chung tells his own immigrant story. redefine words somewhere his family moved from korea to arkansas in the 1980 s. to become farmers. through the right in the acting categories pay close attention to anthony hopkins who turns in a late career master class as a patriarch suffering from dementia the father the bit confused something wrong. and in our night to kate winslet and social rona as 1900. and secret lovers. but the big oscar front runner is no mad land from director. frances mcdormand is eyeing her 3rd best actress award with a bare all performance as a woman living as a modern day nomad travelling the american west in a camper van. there's no fine no mad land one the venice film festival and it's the odds on favorite to take oscars top prize. this is deja vu news live from berlin up next the documentary china us who's in control don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site that's w dot com and you can follow u

malcolm x, sam cook, and jim brown, the great football player. and this is something that in 1964, these guys actually got together when ali beat sunny liston to win the heavyweight title. >> yes. >> jimmy: and what an incredible group of people. how did you find out about this? >> well, tim powers, the writer, it was actually a play that he had written. and he adapted his play into a screenplay. and i had told my agent that i was interested in telling a story or directing a story that was a romance. and he brought me this. maybe this is more of a bromance. but it was exactly the type of story that i wanted to tell, that i wanted to be a part of. >> jimmy: we have a photograph from i believe that night, that weekend. there you can see ali and malcolm x taking a photo of muhammad ali. i love that so much. i grew up in las vegas and muhammad ali was -- he's one of my favorites. and to see him portrayed as a 22-year-old, just a kid, was great to see. and also, you know, this kind of crossroads in all of their lives at this time in their lives. jim b

so it's a revelation to see in this play this i don't think anybody could play malcolm x. after denzel i don't want to you know who can transform that role but he's phenomenal i think we will see a lot more of complete benami ok so just quickly these performances are all from independent films how to how to what extent has corona made streaming difficult to identify new talent given that all the festivals have been yeah it's become very difficult i mean i think it's key here these 4 films they did premier in festivals tour and sundance before the us and 2 were in venice which was held in between the lock downs in the us i think that's very important or was it took off last but luckily. these films are online. piece of woman's on netflix herself and one night miami on amazon and there are really sometimes always is available but you know i mean it's not can't see them plus go out go online and order these things to look forward to and a reason to stay optimistic thanks for that cinematic outlook at least for trying to 21 thanks scott roxboro. and speaking of off to ms i'm t

one night miami portrait of 4 civil rights giants including malcolm x. and muhammad ali. because we are fighting. in which director lee isaac chung tells his own immigrant story. we need to know where his family moved from korea to arkansas on the 1980 s. to become farmers. in the acting categories pay close attention to anthony hopkins who turns in a late career master class as a patriarch suffering from dementia in the fog a bit confused something wrong. and in our night to kate winslet and social ronan as 1900 centuries fossil hunters and secret lovers. but the big oscar front runner is no mad land from director. frances mcdormand is eyeing her 3rd best actress award with a bare all performance as a woman living as a modern day nomad travelling the american west in a camper van. there's no fun no mad land won the venice film festival and it's the odds on favorite to take oscar's top prize. to sail around the room. this is news live from berlin up next is our tech show shift to get the latest news on a website that's g.w. dot com thanks for joining us. they want to know

the nation lays out an elaborategvqn%c malcolm x for tw president. as the final day approaches, tens of 76w from every state and territory arrive to witnessed a momentous event. for many without tickets it is a long and cold week. january 20th began with below freezing weather and thousands of visitors sit out early to locate a vantage point close to the inaugural stand. wherever they hill from, american citizens claimed two towns and once every two years they congregate in one of them to rededicate themselves to their republic. this urge to participate in the ceremony stems partly from the fact that american governing institutions belong to the people. the inaugural ceremony is the transfer of presidential power. it also symbolizes the strength of all three branches of government. in this spirit, the nakuro platform, the very help of this ceremony shared by distinguished guests from the congress, supreme court, and presidents cabinet. at 10:30 am, both the senate and the house of representatives convene. moments later the sergeant at the house carri

you had malcolm x. you had a plethora of murders, of social movements, being gathered and i think ‘68 was one of those times when people would have to stop, and they did stop and think of why that victory stand had to happen. it is not plentiful in thought that tommy smith wanted to do it, but it was his responsibility to show that need and i think the athletes today are doing basically the same thing, people like colin kaepernick, who has been seen all over the world, took a knee. i took a stand, but we're moving in the same direction. have you seen the footage of george floyd's final moments and what was your reaction as you watched that video? very sad. very uncalled for. totally uncalled for. but murder is always uncalled for. especially when you have no confidence in your being in a position that you are, which the police were. totally eradicated a life, which was uncalled for and certainly desperation on their part was so outlandish that it cost a life of a person who should not have been in the

x, former german ambassador to the u.s. thoughts on the challenges facing europe and cathryn flowers on her efforts to improve water and sanitation conditions in rural areas around america. find more schedule information online at booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. tonight is the seventh day of an eight-day festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. it has been a tremendous week of literary celebration and we are very grateful to isabel wilkerson and michael eric dyson with us

x. books where reading and literacy as self making and freedom were important ideas thatwere completely carried through in dreams from my father . so also we saw there was a picture of you a few days after that first election carrying a derek walcott collected poems while going to your daughter's school there were people who said the poets all cheered and said there's something about holding complexity simultaneously at poetry does and we thought he does that too. so what i would love to know is what has your being a writer, a writer writer , how has that informed your governance and your leadership? >> it's an interesting question and i think a timely one . because the essence to me of writing is being able to use your imagination to stand in somebody else'sshoes and see through their eyes . to engage in this radical act of empathy and shape shifting where you can say all right. i can imagine what it might be like to be a young girl who's enslaved. and in the antebellum south. or i can

x. what he said he said they'll bus you in the mouth and then they'll charge you for being the accuser or the abuser it's like victim blaming we we've had enough of that and even if a new president is called into office the greatest thing that happens is that we the people have a new mind and we have a new opportunity because we're not looking at things like ok we'll just put that person in office and then we'll turn a blind eye and go back to do what we're doing we see what's going on in the streets and enough is enough it's about abolition now not about making a band-aid over the cut well we saw the defunding the police campaign we saw a brief flicker of statues coming down of racists it even happened over here after the george floyd killing your book weaves in and out of imperialism colonial legacy is in africa what about the fight back to all trump said just in the past few days no set as a coming down on his watch. well see that's the thing we're still talking about rick knology rig

leadership, a look of the life of malcolm x, former chairman ambassador to the u.s. wolfgang on the challenges facing europe, and catherine flowers on her efforts to improve water and sanitation conditions in rural areas across america. for more schedule information at booktv.org or consult your program guide. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon and welcome to washington post live i am a national investigative reporter at the washington post you're not privileged to have with me today former fbi director jane m comey saving justice, truth transparency and trust but i'm really glad that you could join us. >> thanks for having me it's good to be with you. >> this is her second time in this form but a lot of things have happened since we last saw each other and i think we have to immediately go to astonishing few days from what we just experienced. let's go right to questions about the siege on the capital. tell me first off what is your reaction what were you thinking when you saw this unfolding on january 6? >> i had two different reactions one i hope is that every human be

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x, books were reading and literacy self making in freedom were very important ideas completely carried through in dreams from my father. also, there's a picture of you a few days after that first election carrying a book of poems while going to your daughter's school. there were people who said, the poet all cheered and there's something about holding complexity simultaneously that poetry does. we thought he does that, too. what i would love to know is what has your being a writer, a writer writer, how has that informed your governor government and leaders? >> that's an interesting question and i think a timely one. the essence, to me of writing, being able to use your imagination to stand in somebody else's shoes and see through their eyes. to engage in this radical act of empathy and shape shifting where you can say all right, i can imagine what it might be like to be a young girl is enslaved. or i can imagine myself as duke or whatever. as a reader and a writer. my politics i think has always been premised on the notion that is in fact america is to work, it's going to be because we

there was king and malcolm x in the panthers and new africa. there was tension but the tension was always around agency. what we were going to do to promote our advancement. and it seems to me that you are suggesting the same thing in your book and these are the kinds of issues that you're stirring the pot with. and you mentioned booker t. washington. in your reference and not any people who propose would you do have a reverence for him. and so i was wondering if you would talk about that . charles: absolutely. one thing that i want to make clear is threat american history, black people have struggled with how best to lead in that struggle. and then there are people who absolutely love black people and want the best for them who made horrible miscalculations. i do believe for a second and booker t. washington didn't love black people with every fiber of his body wanted the best for them. he just made horrible miscalculation. and i think we keep making it which is that we think that white supremacy can be negotiated. we think that if we just see

x and al sharpton and me and michael harriet. obviously the fourth amendment is important to stop the government from doing so. but the private companies, the tech companies, they are the ones who are supposed to get to make these decisions, and the way that we keep them from silencing voices that we like is to vote with our feeds. the reason why twitter will not take black people is because black people bring the culture to twitter. that is a business decision. all these republicans have spent most of their lives telling me that we should let the market decide. i am the progressive, i am the one who thinks we should not let the market decide who gets housing. republicans think that they should. republicans will be the ones to tell me if i get health, if i get a good job. the market can decide all that. but now the market is saying we don't want insurrectionists and republicans are like, i think that is bad. nah. the market is deciding on this speech and that is ok. the government cannot decide on speech and that is critical. hos

we have the author of the sword and the shield, the lives of malcolm x and martin luther king junior. i know it will be a pass nating conversation with you. what is the significance of president biden trying to speed up the process with harriet tubman on the 20? >> well, don, it's great talking with you, i think it's both powerful, symbolically and substantively, the fact that this announcement follows on the heels of orders promoting occasional equity and racial justice. the irrevocation of the 1776 commission is huge. harriet tubman is a freedom fighter. symbolism matters. representation matters and representation always has to be linked to substance, this president has done more in the first week when we think of executive orders and centering racial justice than any president since u.s. grant in 1869 and 1870. so, we are seeing the fierce urgency of now in terms of the bid enadministration and the stimulus package will impact black and brown and under served communities in big robust ways. so, this is good news. >> and 2016. i'm sure you remember the than can tate trump called it

x was. he reminds me of being in south africa where everything was nelson mandela and south africans will have quarrels with you about that. we have the habit and the practice of making symbols out of people and it's a way for us to tell the stories of history how we got here and the way we talk about who we are but it can also be very dangerous. that is why we keep fighting and that is why we build movements. >> the last question, the actual last question. how do we prioritize organize ways of teaching and educational spaces in our circle? >> honestly the way to prioritize it especially in a moment where antiracist education is being attacked by the president of the united states. he's attacking critical race theory and attacking values and everything that is changing the unwritten rules of how it is that we live together. so i think the way to counter that is with audacity. this isn't the first time we have seen this. we saw the in arizona when they tried an ethnic studies. people still pe

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., malcolm x, rosa parks, web deployed, betsy coleman and president barack obama. the celebration was held at the jacob neighborhood settlement house for a long nonprofit held immigrants in use. giselle stood on the stage with her children and scouts from the sunnyside with five troops, the proclamation made no mention of giselle's homelessness or the "troop 6000" but a reminder for giselle that people were expecting her to be great, she had to make "troop 6000" big or than eight girls, but whereas giselle's work had a ripple effect in the grocery recruits and mentors go on to build a better world of community and miss produces an incredible role model not only to her five children but the children across queens and where as giselle had truly enriched all of us with her service and she is worthy of all of new yorkers, now therefore the jimmy van bremer majority leader of the council honored giselle burgess for her outstanding service and enduring contribution to the community. expectation were now in writing, giselle gave herself two weeks to find volunteers and to

maya angelou, rosa parks, martin luther king, malcolm x. so you were built up as a child of color or a black child to be proud of who you are, where you came from and understand your history. >> it was more than just a school, more than just day care. >> absolutely. it was a family. >> mrs. shelton's family would take the girls to a christian church. now was shyamala christian? she was a very spiritual person, but she wanted them to experience whatever there was there for them that would accept them and love them, without abandoning anything of who she was. she was indian. >> as a young child, harris was bussed to school an hour drive but a world away to an upper middle class neighborhood. do you think it changed the course of your life? >> i don't know that it did. i certainly do think that there were so many resources being put into our education and at the earliest stages that allowed me to be on a path that allowed me to blossom. >> a path that led her to howard university. >> it was the opportunity to step out of minority and to step i

malcolm x only a coward would allow children to march in a man's wart. george wallace said that it proved martin luther king was the prayed that he would allow this to happen. all the politics and media said that these demonstrations proved the civil rights movement had lost its moorings, yet those photographs broke through peoples emotional resistance to the civil rights movement. it's demonstrations broke out in over 700 cities. forced president kennedy to introduce the civil rights bill. as never before except passover, the fate of small children turn the power of relations of a great nation from segregation to the civil rights act of 1964. it was all on the witness of the school children. my point was where did this come from? the time i got to college, the movement kept intensifying through selma. i dropped my premed courses and went to political scientists. but then i finished a chapel hill, i went down to work with julian bond. we put together a challenge delegation while i was still in school, to challenge mattocks our governor at the convention

the life of malcolm x. caps on the challenging phase conditions in rural areas across america find information on my booktv.org program. ♪♪ the american enterprise institute, i have been delighted today, the compost of msnbc's morning joe, author of the outstanding, all advocating for. >> economic conservatism. before the congress thousand seven, joe, and other journalists have discussions on the talkshow morning joe diving into daily political conversation. saving freedom, he offers a historical account for harry truman necessary steps taken tonight the western world and begin soviet communism. to do so, he has a first rally republican and democratic forces in congress to cooperate and curb -- phone break. [laughter] the triumph over his personal and political and saving freedom. about leadership and even american legislative leadership in the graph often, but your question to training i was intensely you about historians are good popular historians. affected make history not accessible but exciting to

maya angelo, malcolm x, you were built up as a black child to be proud of who you were and understand your history. >> it was more than just a school or daycare. >> right, it was a family. >> her family would take the girls to a christian church. now, you know, was her mother a christian? she was a spiritual person, but she wanted them to experience whatever was there for them that would accept them and love them without abandoning anything of who she was. she was indian. >> as a young child, harris was bussed to school, and an hour drive but a world away to an upper middle class neighborhood. do you think it changed the course of your life? >> i don't know that it did. i certainly do think that, that there were so many resources being put in to our education and at the earliest stages that allowed me to be on a path to be able to blossom. >> a path that led her to howard university. >> it was the opportunity to step out of minority. and to step in to the place of being part of the dominant culture. jill lewis, met harris the night they were initiated in to alpha kappa alpha incorpora

x books where reading and literacy as self making and freedom were very important ideas that were completely carried through in doing dreams from my father. also we saw a picture a few days after that first election carrying a book of walter cott poems will going to your daughter's school so there were people who said the poets volunteered and said there was something about holding complexity simultaneously that poetry does. we thought he does that too. so, what i would love to know is what has your being a writer, writer writer, how has that informed your governance and your leadership? >> it's an interesting question and i think a timely one. because of the dashes the essence of major writing is being able to use your imagination to stand in somebody else's shoes and see through their eyes and to engage in this radical act of empathy and shape shifting where you can say all right, i can imagine what it might be like to be, you know, a young girl who was enslaved in the antebellum south or i can imagine myself as a elizabethan duke or whatever both as a reader and as a writer. my politics,

x, former german ambassador to the u.s. thoughts on the challenges facing europe and cathryn flowers on her efforts to improve water and sanitation conditions in rural areas around america. find more schedule information online at booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. tonight is the seventh day of an eight-day festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. it has been a tremendous week of literary celebration and we are very grateful to isabel wilkerson and michael eric dyson with us tonight. i would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. they are authors with books after all, and i'm going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. thank you very much. >> thank you very kindly. i'm honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. -- three or four -- i'm going to make that argument. it is an extrao

kingsley ben-adir plays malcolm x. eli gore ray plays cassius clay, leslie odom jr. plays sam cooke and aldis hodge plays jim brown. >> and why were they the right men for this role? why were they the right actors for this role? >> because they understood that they weren't doing impersonations. that these were -- they were embodying these men, you know, this is -- this is -- i wanted actors that understood that but also weren't scared to walk in the shoes of greats, of the greatest, you know. and they did and their performances are just breathtaking. i know that i'm the director and i'm supposed to say that but i'm saying it as an audience member, as a fan, they just truly gave it everything they had and just left it on the floor and i just got to be a fifth wheel to witness that up close and personal. >> they had equally eye praise about you, you should know that. equally high praise. >> we know this movie is as timely as ever, regina so what do you hope -- what do you want the viewer to walk away with? >> you know, it's interesting. there are a few hopes, you know,