The great story we have two minutes left, i wanted to thank everybody for being at the 7th annual book festival. Please check john norris hold it up please about crime, journalist mary, john is at twitter welcome at john underbar 8 underbar norris on twitter and the book about mary the delightful read about history and journalism. And marlene is at Marlene Trestman on twitter about bessy will inspire you, and cause us to all be indebted for places that we are now injustice in our labor law, and elsewhere because of her long career. So check out their book. Check them out on social media. Co check them out on social media. Next year to the book fast on instagram and twitter and come here in person. If you you are not here personnel, maryland is a great place to visit. Book. Thank you to you, thanks to cspan and thanks to jonathan noris. [applause]. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this is the tv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Cures are primetime lineup ton
Maryland library for the blind in handicap, we welcome you here this evening. It is my pleasure to bring to you Sean Robertson who is a Career Development trainer for the center for urban families. He will introduce this evenings guest speaker, michael denzil smith. Sean. Good evening. How is everybody. Its a privilege to introduce this young man. I told him i spent four hours reading his book. If you havent read it, you have to. Its every mans education. To that degree, to the further extent its actually a womans education as well because when you read his book and you see how rich his perspective is, you get an idea of what it looks like for folks in this generation to really have a global perspective on what it looks like for justice. He has written, i just want to do a quick excerpt excerpt of something he wrote that struck me. He said anger is what makes our struggle visible. It exposes the hypocrisy of a nation that fash is itself a moral leader. Consistently you see things like
Wondering how theyre going to make it in the real world . [inaudible] [inaudible] when do you know . Went to know how capable they will be to be dependent . I watch karen watch work this question through and i will like to take it but i have seen you go from is going to be great to ive got to get realistic, to where you are today. I think you dont lose hope. [inaudible] other specific indicators . [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] it is a great question. I do not have the answer. I am still working on it. My son is 21. I felt in the early years that they were all the steps i could take because their people before me had taken him so i was always on the five year plan. Now that he is 21, im okay, now what am i going to do for the rest of his life. You do not know how much more they will continue to grow, how they will change. Adolescence for kids with autism is much later, 12 years old, you have like five or six years before you hit adolescence. That changes everything. So
Techniques. It, iabout nine years of know it was torture. I wrote it as a confession. I hope the nation joins with me. Amy we will speak with eric fair, author of the new book consequence a memoir. Then professor and journalist Melissa Harris perry joins us in one of her first interviews since leaving msnbc. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The race between Democratic Candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton is growing increasingly contentious ahead of the New York Primary on april 19. During a rally in pennsylvania wednesday, Bernie Sanders responded to Hillary Clintons claims that he is not qualified to be president by saying that she is the one who is not qualified. Well, let me just say in response to secretary clinton, i dont believe that she is qualified if she is [cheers] , through her super pac, taking tens of millions of dollars in special interest funds. I dont think that you are qualifi
2004, i utilized a variety of techniques we were calling enhanced to nation enhanced techniques. It, iabout nine years of know it was torture. I wrote it as a confession. I hope the nation joins with me. Amy we will speak with eric fair, author of the new book consequence a memoir. Then professor and journalist Melissa Harris perry joins us in one of her first interviews since leaving msnbc. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The race between Democratic Candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton is growing increasingly contentious ahead of the New York Primary on april 19. During a rally in pennsylvania wednesday, Bernie Sanders responded to Hillary Clintons claims that he is not qualified to be president by saying that she is the one who is not qualified. Well, let me just say in response to secretary clinton, i dont believe that she is qualified if she is [cheers] , through her super pac, taking ten