illinois exhumed the body of emmitt till whose kidnapping, torture and murder in 1955 was a galvanizing event of the modern civil rights movement. the exhumation of his body was ordered by the justice department in an effort to reopen the case and offer some semblance of justice after more than 50 years. less than a month later on june 21st, 2005, a mississippi jury convicted edgar ray killen on three counts of manslaughter for the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers. james earl cheney, andrew goodman and michael shwernor. he was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison so that renewed till investigation and that late killen prosecution were public statements that are you repudiated a time when dissenting black voices were silenced. perhaps the most profound and unlikely moment of racial sec sill yags in the summer of 2005 came on june 13th. on that date the united states senate apologized for failing to act to halt lynching in america. you see, between 1880 and
you can watch this and other programs online at the booktv.org. uruguayan author eduardo galeano talks but his latest book of world history, children of the days. in the book, mr. galeano writes about an event that happened on each day of the year. this is about an hour 20. thank you very much. thank you, julie, for that lovely introduction. i suspect all of you know this, but ladies and gentlemen, tonight he will be in the presence of a literary giant. among latin american giants, marquez is known for mesmerizi mesmerizing, for wooing, educates, captivates, and then there is eduardo galeano, truth teller, galvanize her, firebrand, a writer who tells us about history of those who inhabit power don t want us to know or truly understand. eduardo galeano was born a commentator it seems. by the time he was 14 he was publishing cartoons in newspapers. by 20 was the editor of the famous left wing weekly paper. shortly after he became the top executive of the paper of record
plural pluralality. what bill o reilly is asking for is more social the very thing that they now that is the conservatives rail against is what they were given in the 1940s and 50s. as a result of that, it created the middle class as we know it. read the book by ira katz nelson when affirmative action was white. that s what he wants to go back to. that s what he doesn t want to deal with. what a wonderful critique. krystal, do republicans understand that if they hold up this process of immigration reform, they are likely to pay a gain in the ballot box, aren t they? right. there s a long term/short term problem here, right? for the long term image of the republican party there is no question what direction they have to go in. but for some of these members of congress, for the short term, for 2014, that are running in
0 sandy hook massacre, the proposal appears to be the best hope for meaningful change. it would close some gaping holes in the system. expanding background checks for sales at gun shows and the burgeoning marketplace that is online. but would leave private sales untouched. now, whether a gun safety package will actually pass the congress, well, that remains to be seen. while democrats believe they can break the threat of a filibuster, senator ted cruz told laura ingram s radio show, his view hasn t changed. for any legislation that is potentially infringing the bill of rights, taking away our constitutional protections, i think it should be a 60-vote threshold. and even if a bill does pass the upper chamber, that leaves the house where speaker john boehner suffers with severe megraine just thinking about it. just one thing for members to come to some agreement that doesn t substitute the will from the other 98 members. so we ll wait and what the senate does. speak of boehner s
alexandria. we like to say this is george washington s hometown. this gives our visitors a great picture of what the interior of a civil war fort would have leaked like. did you know alexandria was part of the original district of columbia? welcome to alexandria, virginia, on booktv. with the help of our cable partners, for the next hour we ll take you to this town on the potomac river just a couple of miles south of washington d.c. join us as we explore its rich and varied history through the works of local authors beginning with a look at some of the city s hidden stories from the past. book is hidden history of al alexandria d.c., and the last part of that title is very important because it s not about alexandria, virginia, or it s about a period in history when the district of columbia included parts of what s now virginia. what i wanted to do was look at this 50-year time period and get a sense of why al sabd drink ya became part of the district of columbia, wh