with the academy awards taking place this weekend we want to look back at some of the authors we had covered on book tv with have the books adapted into the film. first up is just mercy. his book tells the story of walter mcmillan. he was accused of murdering an 18-year-old girl. brian stevenson spoke with us about his book at the miami book fair. here is a look. the story focuses on walter mcmillan. there is a murder downtown young white woman was murdered. after seven months they were putting a great deal of pressure there. i think they decided to arrest someone. they didn t have a crime. it was not the kind of person you would expect. it was having an interracial affair with young white woman. he was arrested and actually put on death row for 15 months before the trial. actually put on death role death row before the crime. and then i talked to his family. at the time of the crime he was 11 miles away and about 20 people from his church and family raising money. all of t
And incredible books that think youre going to find surprising in many ways as i did when i was able to read them. First is loving, and the second is one nation after trump. And these books at first blush would seem to be very different, having that much in common. After all one book is about interracial sex, procreation and marriage and not nestled in that order but thats what its about. And of the book by my friend norm ornstein is about erectile dysfunction and major flaws in governance in our government that have been worsening for three decades. And yet both the books have a lot of income. For example, they both have incredibly bland, noncontroversial titles this one by professor Sheryll Cashin is loving, interracial intimacy in american the threat to White Supremacy. Okay. Thats very bland. And then this one is really does not choose sides and is very sort of day right down the road one nation after trump a guide for the perplexed, the disillusioned, the desperate, and the notyet
[applause] president obama what has changed is that in recent years eyes have been opened to the street. Partly because of cameras. This truth. Partly because of cameras. Partly because of tragedy. Partly because the statistics cannot be ignored. We cant close our eyes anymore. And the good news and this is truly good news, is that people of all political persuasions are starting to think we need to do something about this. Charlie Bryan Stevenson is a publicinterest attorney and the founder and executive of a Nonprofit Organization that represents prisoners whose trials are marked by racial bias or prosecutorial misconduct. He has won relief from death row for wrongly convicted prisoners and secured life sentences for parole for juveniles. His efforts have been recognized by numerous awards, including the macarthur genius grant and 21 honorary degrees. Archbishop desmond tutu has called him americas young nelson mandela. His memoir, just mercy, was named among the 100 most notable boo
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Susan burton ks is an advocate powerful story is detailed in a new memoir called becoming ms. Burton from prison to recovery. It is my honor to welcome susan burton back to this program. Can i start by saying having met you a few years ago and had you on the program before, i am so honored and pleased and delighted to see that people are getting the work that you are been doing for some time. Sometimes you labor in the vineyard and not that it matters because you are not doing it for the praise but it is nice when people finally catch up to what you have been doing and how well you have been doing it. How are you handling all of this michelle alexander, john legend, Nicholas Christophe love . Its wonderful. I dont do the work for recognition. I do it because it needs to be done. And somebody needs to do it so i picked up the banner to help women escape the criminal justice system. Myself. I travelled in and out
They will start to fill in, and please be nice and show them where there are seats available. Tonight is an elson lecture, and we thank our sponsor, ambassador and mrs. Edward elson, for supporting this program. Tonight angela j. Davis just to be really clear, this is angela j. Davis for anyone who is confused, okay . [laughter] shes going to be talking, shes the editor of policing the black man arrests, prosecution and imprisonment, which she will be discussing this evening. She is, throughout her career as a lawyer, author and professor, angela j. Davis has dedicated her efforts to studying and bettering the criminal Justice System in america, particularly as it relates to prosecutional power and racism within the system. Tonights program is being broadcast for cspan, so this will probably show up in about a week. But that does mean that if you have a question, you should go to the microphone to ask it. And i forgot to say that, so now im going to go back to her bio, but i wanted to