chance to get up close view of the presidency of the united states. what is the black-and-white? the black and white is cyclical and continues to happen. the placement of africans in the country. there s a problem with race in this country and has yet to be fixed. we saw major legislation, major laws, there is an intrinsic problem that should be fixed. today we are seeing tensions between the black community and police, not saying we don t enforce law enforcement, wholeheartedly, but they have to be winning out of that. a lot of the problems, settled, some of it is over. i talked to president obama recently on a flight, he is here to close the gap, gaps still remain in this nation, there are still gaps. this is an issue that is not going away. other countries are watching us. if someone picks up the presidency in black and white will they hear stories something you want to share? when the person picks of the presidency black and white, three presidents in america, d
exhibit, descendants of slaves, in alabama may be close and i am giving you a synopsis of a synopsis, ultimately the first lady, at the end of the tour, these black women, five black women who i do not believe were republicans, they were so happy, they embraced the first lady in a huddle, thank you jesus and started to climb and a descendant of a slave, fifth generation removed from a slave. mayor are a lot of human stories people can relate to in this book and it is about you and me, not just black but white and all of us coming together. people go to booktv and type in april ryan, they will see this big panel, an author panel, what was that? panel discussion on race. he talked about criminal justice. wheat had julie reid, an author as well. and we had michael eric dyson, author himself. i was a moderator. we had a serious discussion, serious civil discussion on issues of race, and my authors have written about it and researched it. we had a panel discussion, people from
join us live next weekend to discuss all of her books and take your questions. that all happens tonight on c-span2 s booktv. former new york city police officer steve osborn is next. talks about some of the experiences he had throughout his career. our you doing. my name is steve osborn. i used to be in new york city cop for 20 years and years, the accent is real. the funny thing is a didn t know i had an accent and a liking to savannah. i was a cop for 20 years and became a writer. people ask me how do you go from being a cop to a writer? i don t like telling this story especially at a book festival with all the writers because they want to strangle me. a happened by accident. after retiring from the police department my life went from the fast lane to the slow lane and all of a sudden i have all this time on my hands. when you are caught, like a real cop and living that life you have no life. working around-the-clock, working nights, we cans, holidays, and never home. t
you re watching booktv on c-span2 with top non-fiction books and authors every weekend. booktv television for serious readers. from my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when one s own interests or even one s own life is in peril. growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the second world war and greece that i always kept close to my heart. the first was in 1940 when benito mussolini italy s prime minister asked the greek prime minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3:00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. it was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. it prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest
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