As podcasts. Host hello, how are you . Guest im grateful for you during this. Host to give the audience the opportunity to get to know the bestselling author wes moore author of ims before, and the new book that couldnt have been more timely. Youve covered the book with part of the team that was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for breaking News Coverage of the death of freddie gray and at the event that followed. This book is a beautiful way to understand what happened to freddie gray, whats happened to baltimore and what happens in black and white america, how the lives that connect us in the own truths and half spoken truths and incomplete stories stop us from being one community and most importantly, five days is a way to think about the reckoning in america. Im pleased ti am pleased to bee this conversation with you. Guest thank you. Host lets start by talking about the young man whose life was taken from us, freddie gray. The book begins with with your attending the funeral
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New book that could not have been more timely. Yuko wrote the book with erica greene who is an awardwinning reporter and was a finalist of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking News Coverage of the death of ready gray and the events that followed. This book is just a beautiful way to understand what happened to freddie gray and baltimore, what happened in the lives of black america, how the lives that connect us in the untruth and the half spoken truth and the incomplete stories stop us from truly being one community and most important five days as a way to think about uprising in america and im just really pleased to be able to have this conversation with you. Thank you. Lets talk about the young man whose life was taken from us, freddie gray. The book begins, the entry point is your attending the funeral of freddie gray and leaving the funeral and seeing all the different part of Baltimore Society go back to their corners and you wanted to to paint a story that would really reflect th
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