Men of the Twentieth Century is the title king of the cats the life and times of Adam Clayton Powell, jr. Because it so aptly describes Adam Clayton Powell. He was smooth, he was cool, he was goodlooking, he was smart, and he always was a complete package that spoke eloquently for africanamericans and the poor in this country. One of the great things about this is not long ago we had a student come in who was looking for a biography of Adam Clayton Powell and there wasnt one. All the books about him were outofprint so it is a privilege to have king of the cats the life and times of Adam Clayton Powell, jr. Back in print. It is a privilege to have wil haygood here to talk about his book. Welcome. [applause] welcome, thank you. It is always nice to be here at this bookstore. They do treat me like i live in the neighborhood which i do, treat me as if i come here and do my book shopping which i do. I also notice there are these posters advertising the authors for the month of february. My
Cut out for them. Born in lafayette, louisiana, Darren Walker was one of the first children in the nation to benefit from the head start program. He went on to were a scholarship at the university of texas at austin, where he would graduate with degrees in government, speech communication, and law, before pursuing a successful career as an attorney and an investment banker. For the past three decades, mr. Walker has been one of our nations foremost philanthropic executives. He has served as chief operating officer of harlems Largest Development corporation. Vice president of the rockefeller foundation, cofounder and chair of the u. S. Impact investing alliance, and for the past seven years as president of the Ford Foundation, where he overcease an endowment of 13 billion and 600 million in annual grant making. He is dedicated to tackling the most difficult issues in the world. He was among the most committed supporters of residents in new orleans after hurricane katrina. He led the way
Here and now. As the president ial Campaign Heats up, fists have been flying along with the expected political rhetoric. Critics are accusing republican frontrunner donald trump of stoking that violence and hate. Now, whos really to blame for the escalation of tension on the campaign trail, and how did we get here . Joining us today is the executive director of the new York State Democratic Party and political analyst, basil smikle jr. Welcome back to here and now. Thank you. Nice to see you. Oh, man. Lets get to it. It has just been, really, a realitytelevision show on the campaign trail. Say that, from the beginning, trump was kind of stoking this animosity and it just finally boiled over. Whats your take on that . Well, youre right to say that its somewhat of a reality show, right . And you have the carnival barker leading the pack, so to speak. You know, when i look at whats happening on the republican side, to me, theres a pall that has descended over this election season, mostly
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