[applause] my name is justin desmangles. i am the chair of the before columbus foundation. about eight years ago i proceeded in that position, our founder, ishmael reed, we are very fortunate to have with us joining the program today. there were some very big shoes to fill. of course, i want to thank our friends at the san francisco jazz center who had been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years. also our friend at c-span who continue to support the historical mission of the before columbus foundation and american book awards. i will say a few things about our direction that we embarked on recently. over the past several years we have expanded our programming to include a number of partnerships in the bay area and nationally, including those with the san francisco public library who i am very honored to say, one of the representatives, stuart shaw who has been instrumental facilitating the collaboration between the before columbu
of the before columbus foundation. where about it was about eight years ago, i succeeded in that position our founder ishmael reed who we re prpght to have with us during the program today. needless to say there were some very, very big shoes to fill. orveg toipght thank our friends here at the san francisco jazz center who have been so generous in their support of the american book awards for the last several years also our friends at c-span who continue to support historical mission and hern book awards. i ll say a few things about our direction that we ve been embarked on recently. over the past several years, we have expanded our ramming. to include a number of partnerships here in the bay area and nationally. including those with the san francisco public library who on very honored to say one of their representatives stewart shaw who has been so instrumental in facilitating collaboration between then an san francisco public library has been about just this year we pres
they weigh in on the u.s. drone program. to talk with local authors and in visit the city s literary sites. as just a few of the programs you will see on book tv on c-span two this weekend. for complete television schedule book tv.org. television for serious readers. first up here is peter hayes discussing his book why explaining the call cost. holocaust. good evening and welcome i m wendy lower director of the museum s advanced holocaust studies. to tonight s program. why did the holocaust happen. like to welcome the digital audience joining us from around the globe. with the hashtag u.s. hh why. what happened and how it was possible and where the most advanced civilized regions of the world. if you were to look at continental europe and specifically germany before hitler came to power unified democracy. your fine democracy. struggling once. you d also find growing anxiety and fear as a result of the great war the economic depression and the rise of a communism and you wou
today. he is hard at work. we regard his efforts as a journalist to be heroic. in the waning months of the bush/cheney junta in american politics, a daily use of policy papers for right ring think tanks began to flood with recommendations that the emerging front in the war on terror was going to be on the continent of africa and with that in mind the united states government formed africa, central command for us military operations in the continent of africa. as obama succeeded to the presidency and in the years since, the united states military has expanded across the entire continent of africa with the largest military presence in our nation s history but this story has almost gone completely unreported. you can search through the database, papers of record, you will find area people about anything having to do with military operations. again, to be clear, the largest military presence we have going. recently, this coast so-called war on isis which that the purpose of def
antiwar activist and a vocal critic of racism in america. he was sentenced to five years in jail for refusing to fight in vietnam and was stripped of his heavyweight title. oppose what i want justice you who i oppose what i want equality. you will not even stand up for my religious beliefs and you will not even stand up for me. today, we will look at a side of mohammed ali that the history books often overlook. we will see the author of the complete mohammed ali and the polity elizabeth alexander who will read her poem. in 2009, reciting the inaugural poem when president obama first took office. all of that and more coming up. democracy to democracy now! thousands are expected to gather at the funeral for mohammed ali, one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century. he was considered the greatest boxer of all time and will also be remembered for his activism, after he his role refused military induction in 1967. this title was taken away from him and he was sentence