a conversation today is the fierce urgency of now, and i have three really great authors who are going to join news conversation, and we want to start off with derey mckesson, an activist, podcaster 0,ed couldogy and writer, abusing on the other side of freedom eye unpacks racial i justice in the out, how oppression persists. henly lou guess gates jr. says on the other side of free tom reveals a mind and motivations of a young man who has risen to the force of millenial activism through study, disminimum and conviction, derey, welcome. i m on mute. so good to be here. i want to also personally thank you for the book. i read your book in five hours, one fell swoop. that s great. i wanted to start with you because before michael brown s killing in ferguson in 2014, you were not an activist. you were a teacher, an educator, and you make this split second decision to travel to from minneapolis which was where you lived at the time to missouri in the middle of the nig
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