that was after words, booktv s signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policymakers and others familiar with their material. it air every weekend on booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch after words online. go to booktv.org and click on after words in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. and now on booktv, carla peterson recounts the leaves of african-american elites in new york. she examines african-american new yorkers, some of which are her descendants prior to the civil war who were afforded upper-class status under the constant threat of racial violence. this is about an hour, ten minutes. um, i want the start out my talk with two quotes. um, they re both from the prologue of my book, and i ll give a little explanation for them, um, but they introduce why i decided to write book. write the book. so the fir