Ainsfieldwolf who had this prize way back in 1985in she understood that literature could serve as the potent elixir in this fight. In the 84 years since the prize was established, our country has made Great Strides forward with regard to respecting and embracing our diversity. But recently we have taken disheartening steps backward. Reported hate crimes have risen sharply in the past several years, including, of course, the mass murders at the Mother Emanuel Ame Church in South Carolina and the tree of pennsylvania. This is a national trend, but it also hits close to home. According to the southern poverty law center, there are more organized hate groups in the state of ohio than in kentucky and West Virginia combined. A great source of re was one, ba clarion call for action. We must rewrite our Current National narrative to vigorously oppose bigotry in all of its forms. [applaus [applause] and tonights ceremony provides an opportunity to energize that sense of purpose. This is the 16t
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Books and authors. Television for serious readers. Heres a look at some authors recently featured on booktvs after words, our weekly Author Interview program. Manhattan Institute Senior fellow Heather Mac Donald looked at the state of policing in america. Ney that would ya holt profiled the women instrumental in the development of americas Space Program in the 1940s and 50s. And historian pamela haig looked at the history of gun ownership in america. In the coming weeks, karen greenberg, director of the center on National Security at fordham university, will report on the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. Eric fehr will discuss his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. Also coming up, wall street journal columnist Kimberly Strassel will argue the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. And this weekend republican congressman darrell issa talks about his time as chairman o
I started thinking about competitive elections long ago, and i started the project thinking that i was writing as a devils advocate. I saw people assume without question the competitive elections are intrinsically good and intrinsically healthy, and i thought it was important to have somebody make the argument in the other direction. Later, go inside the Cleveland Public Librarys special collections to explore the life of harlem renaissance writer Langston Hughes and his connections to the city. During Langston Hughes time here, he lived in about five different residences. He said he lived in a lot of basements. He enrolled in Central High School which was one of the first public high schools in the country, first in the city. But first, we hear from author john gras bow sky about the history of cleveland and how transportation has shaped its identity. East boulevard and University Circle, but i wanted to look at a history, and i worked on this with my wife, diane, that looked at the i
[inaudible conversation] book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading this summer. I hope to finish a couple books, first of all im reading freedoms task which was given to me by senator roy blunt and this is a book that is about the dome being put on the Capital Building precivil war but what i found is especially interesting is as i get into the book of focus on the House Chamber and Senate Chamber and how those were added to the original Capital Building and one of the main proponents of that is Jefferson Davis so while we are approaching the civil war, we have Jefferson Davis really helping our country, helping build a Capital Building which would serve our entire country and we know later that he became the president of the confederacy so that the book im hoping to get through, i started it and i need to finish it. I also want to read about destiny and power which is the book by john meacham on george hw bush. I would like to get that done t