Colonist, contributor to the wall street journal at the manhattan institute, fox newsey contributor among your books i want to begin where your book concludes because you say the following quote, liberalism as succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. Yes, i believe that is a big part of a political strategy actually. They have been added for some time and unfortunately they have had a lot of success in painting blacks as primarily f victims ad as defined by their demise asian first and foremost and then thei followup of course is that we have a Government Program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood so its a political strategy. Your book writes about this and they have been a number of essays in Lyndon Johnson in the Great Society and wasnt a failure or success . I think if you look at the actual track record of the program and if you look at the goals that the objectives that were stated at the time you would hav
Exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road with support from our spectrum Cable Partners we travel to indianapolis. Coming up in the next hour, we will learn about the citys Literary History and speak with local authors including ray boom hauer on Robert F Kennedy and the 1969 indiana primary and in 15 minutes we visit the home of the hoosier poet James Whitcomb riley and following that in 20 minutes travel with us to the Kurt Vonnegut museum and library. We begin our special feature with Robert F Kennedyin indianapolis. [inaudible] could you lower those signs please . I have some very sad news for all of you. And that is that Martin Luther king was shot and was killed tonight. Martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. Youre actually standing at the intersection of 17th street and broadway in indianapolis indiana, 46202. This is the spot where on april 4 Robert Kennedy gave his impromptu speech inf
And Candace Mueller hard has several books like that about roosevelt, his trip to the amazon and another book about garfield, those are great books but also very entertaining. We want to hear what you are reading. Send your list via social media, booktv. The cspan city store is exploring the american story as we take a booktv and American History tv on the road with support from our spectrum Cable Partners this weekend we travel to indianapolis is coming up in the next hour learn about the citys Literary History and speak with local authors including from Robert F Kennedy in the indiana primary. 15 minutes we visit the home of the hoosier poet james riley and following that in 20 minutes travel with us to the Kurt Vonnegut museum and library. We begin our special feature with Robert F Kennedy in indianapolis. Could you lower those signs please . I have some very sad news for all of you. Martin luther king was shot and killed tonight. Martin luther king dedicated his life to love and ju
Seems this is happening every day during certain periods but we are rushing into the street because there is power in these numbers. Host do we know who left cuecue guest we dont. It was one of the demonstrators, that was a night that was probably a few dozen protesters, wasnt one of the massive nights but i remember seeing that, making a note in my notebook that day that it captured a lot of the feeling i have been seeing and hearing from demonstrators. Host what was your experience in ferguson . Guest i went to ferguson two days after Michael Brown had been killed. I was a National Reporter for the post covering congress and very different be. I happened to be free. Had a bag packed, got back from a trip covering up senate race in michigan and we were having a conversation around the office about see what is going on in missouri, what is the coverage plan. I offered i can call from congressional representatives, maybe they will call for a little Investigation Committee get a dc scoop
Thank everyone for coming, my name is parker van houten, fifthyear senior at the university of kentucky, i start study Performance Arts administration and im happy to be here on this blustery ca morning. So our first presenter today is an associate professor of Political Science at kentucky state university. Author of the books taboo 10 fax you cant talk about. And the 50 million question, please welcome wilfred riley. And our next speaker is the author of 11 books including thought criminal, beyond woke, google archipelago, and the simulation of freedom to name a few. Please welcome michael rectenwald. And finally these gentlemen are joined by kylie carlino, senior media strategist at Regnery Publishing who will moderatethe panel. Thank you for coming to this. Im excited about this conversation. Were going to be talking about the state of speech and Book Publishing specifically. The dystopian idea of book banning is becoming a trend among american publishers. Regnery publishing where