there you go. bob marley said it best. stolen from africa, gentrified in harlem. american black folks keep losing our connection to the places we come from. so i m headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don t realize black folks still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. again! yes! nice! when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we ll have to take those on another day, because what you probably don t picture is this. but the history of black folks here runs as deep as any other nonindigenous people. they are a critical part of appalachia, and i m here to help tell their stories because it is in danger of disappearing forever. so i m actually walking the appalachian trail right now? you are. you are. those mountains there, those are some of the old
keep losing our connection to the places we come from. i am headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don t realize black folk still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. yeah. nice. when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we will have to take those on another day. what you probably do not picture is this. a history of black folks here runs as deep as any other nonindigenous people. they are a critical part of appalachia. i am here to help tell their story, because it is in danger of disappearing forever. i m watching the appalachian trail. there are mountains, there. those are some of the oldest mountains in the world. you see the swiss alps, they are so big. these are the grandmothers. crystal good is a sixth generation west virginia native, foun
Professor west has written many books including race matters and brother west. Professor george books include making men moral and conscience and the enemies. Host Robert George, when did you first meet the man sitting next to you . Mustve been in the 1990s, a little while after brother cornel came to princeton, and we were together in faculty, seminars a think under the auspices of the center for human values that we didnt know each other very well. We would just say hello. We interacted a a bit in the seminars. We began teaching together in 2007 and is a whole story behind that. I dont know if you want me to go into that kind of detail but thats what our Teaching Partnership and friendship really began to how did that Teaching Partnership began . Guest there was a brother named andrew. [talking over each other] he set up a a magazine i think called green here to his teaching my course on public election. He was taking a course from you, Civil Liberties, and asked me who i would like
Now on booktv, your opportunity to talk with professors cornel west and Robert George lead cornel west has written many books including race matters and brother west living out loud. Robert george has written making men moral and conscience and its enemies. Robert george, when did you first meet the man sitting next to you . Must have met in the 1990s after brother cornell came and we were together in faculty, seminars under the auspices we didnt know each other very well. We would just say hello, we interacted a bit in the seminars. We began teaching together in 2007 and there is a whole story behind that. I dont know if you want me to go in that kind of detail but that is when our teaching and friendship began. Host how did the teaching profession again . A brother named andrew. A good student who studied with both of us. Called cream, my course, resin mucin, david hume, he was taking a course from me on civil liberty and he asked me who i would like to have dialogue with, who was a
Provider. Many books including race matters and brother west living out loud. Robert george has written making men moral and conscience and its enemies. Robert george, when did you first meet the man sitting next to you . Must have met in the 1990s after brother cornell came and we were together in faculty, seminars under the auspices we didnt know each other very well. We would just say hello, we interacted a bit in the seminars. We began teaching together in 2007 and there is a whole story behind that. I dont know if you want me to go in that kind of detail but that is when our teaching and friendship began. Host how did the teaching profession again . A brother named andrew. A good student who studied with both of us. Called cream, my course, resin mucin, david hume, he was taking a course from me on civil liberty and he asked me who i would like to have dialogue with, who was a conservative, i would love to have a chance to engage in dialogue. We got together, we had a 45 minute di