[inaudible conversations] okay. Greetings, everyone. My name is ted. Im the editor of Frederick Douglass in brooklyn and a professor of journalism. At st. Josephs college in clinton hill here in brooklyn. I want to welcome you to the brooklyn book festival paneland assure you that books for sale are available in the courtyard after the panel. The authors will be deeply grateful for your support. Our panel today includes mr. Matt tie even by. Taibbi who is a Rolling Stone Kole Jim Nuss and hi latest book is hate inc. The next is jonathon mettle. Hi book is dying of whiteness and also a professor of sociology and psychiatry at vanderbilt university. And to my right, the president of new american leaders, an organization that promotes the incoming new immigrants into politics and her book is people like us, the in the wave of candidates knocking at democracys door. Thought we would start with a moment of silence for bill deblasios president ial campaign. And now continue. So, well start w
It has very rich history. Illinois on booktv with the help of our comcast part nosers next 90 minutes well travel the city and talk with local authors about the history of the area. We start with a look at organized crime in peoria during first half of the 20th century. As we explore the life and times of the shelton brothers gang. A gang war, famous car war erupted for three or four months in 1926 and it was tweeng the shelton brothers and the burger gang. About 40 or 50 men were killed but the shelton this was a vicious gig where fought out and it included the first aerial bombing first and only one of american soil when the sheltons comen deered a biplane and flew other charlie burgers hideout which was a little state lodge called shady rust in illinois and dropped them down. One created only fatality in American Bombing history because this was the only airplane ride we have in american history. I wrote the book because first of all ive had a lifetime interest and ive been around a
It has very rich history. Illinois on booktv with the help of our comcast part nosers next 90 minutes well travel the city and talk with local authors about the history of the area. We start with a look at organized crime in peoria during first half of the 20th century. As we explore the life and times of the shelton brothers gang. A gang war, famous car war erupted for three or four months in 1926 and it was tweeng the shelton brothers and the burger gang. About 40 or 50 men were killed but the shelton this was a vicious gig where fought out and it included the first aerial bombing first and only one of american soil when the sheltons comen deered a biplane and flew other charlie burgers hideout which was a little state lodge called shady rust in illinois and dropped them down. One created only fatality in American Bombing history because this was the only airplane ride we have in american history. I wrote the book because first of all ive had a lifetime interest and ive been around a
But also, we need these moments to place these vvicto these vid campaigns as part of a broad vision and agenda that works for all. The renewed social contract for the 21st century if you will. So thank you, david, for this amazing piece of work that is this book and all that you have led and are continuing to lead in the world and creating this moment and similar moments across the groups to come together and reflect and animate us forward. I also want to thank mark and nikki and diane from new press. A few years ago we began talking about how great it would be to have a series of books about the future of work. Uplifting stories into the values of the activists and changemakers. The first we also launched a few years ago. Weve bee been proud to partnerh you and its exciting to see the second book come into the world and i know that it will indeed and already has been a powerful tool as the Movement Continues to evolve and grow. So because i feel like i in anya room of friends and i th