Bestselling book between the world and me, written as a letter to his teenage son, samori. We will hear him speak in his hometown of baltimore at the Union Baptist church and we will hear him afterwards. Tanehisi coates there is a reaction when our children hear something that has a racist component to assure them that somehow everything will be ok, that some justice will win out in the end. My study, my very elementary, pedestrian, autodidact extent study of history does not demonstrate that to be true. My own life does not necessarily demonstrate that to be true. My belief is in the chaos of the world, and you have to find your piece peace within the chaos. Even within the chaos, with no assurance you will see any victory within your lifetime. Amy Tanehisi Coates for the hour, all that and more coming up. To democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, we spend the hour with Tanehisi Coates, author of an explosive new book about White Supremacy a
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Larsons account of the sinking of the lucetania by a german uboat in 1915. Former president jimmy carter reflects on his life and political career in a full life, and david brooks looks at the lives of ten historical figures as examples for how to achieve success. Thats a look at some of the current nonfiction bestsellers according to the New York Times. Many of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. You can watch them on our web site, booktv. Org. And now a Panel Discussion on economics from the 17th annual harlem book fair in new york. Its next on booktv. [applause] thank you, Max Rodriguez are. My name is rich from columbia university. Its an absolute pleasure to be hereom to introduce the panel tt will launch the harlem book fairs author panels broadcastl on cspan on booktv. The panel is particularly timelp given the crisis that khalil spoke about, but also some staggering numbers about wealth inequality and the race of poverty in the country which should be,th to my mi