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
america, thank you. [applause] every weekend booktv offers programming focus on nonfiction authors and books. keep watching for more here on c-span2 and watch any of our past programs online @booktv.org. .. next come a look at ways to improve the lives of inner-city cores and what can be learned from initiatives around the country. we will burn for my brothers keeper which looks to improve the lives of minority boys and men. this event is from the brookings institution. it runs an hour and 50 minutes. good morning to all of you here today he is joining br live webcast spirit on behalf of the metropolitan program i want to welcome you to our baltimore and beyond discussion. i m fellow at the masher program and i was an rss to was in rss two opener session today for two reasons. first because of my 14 years here i focus my research and policy development efforts and how cities and metro areas, particularly older industrial areas in the northeast and midwest can revitali
weekends and in the summer, but limited resources mean we cannot provide a backpack to every kid who needs one. we also looked into mobile summer feeding programs but our rural communities are so small and far apart the time requirement of having a kid eat a full meal before going to the next location that s required is cost prohibitive. waiving it to allow program models in hard to reach models will address these barriers and significantly expand the number of children we reach. finally, the summer ebt demonstration demonstration projects provide another model. this model families of children receiving free or reduced price school meals are giving an ebt card to purchase food at retail stores in the summer. we would like to see this expanded in communities that have high need and are difficult to reach. i would like to close by saying i m convinced that child hunger is a solvable problem. it s going to require collaboration between government, business and nonprofit stakehol
screeria nigeria. -our local cable or sat lied provider. watch us in hd likes us on facebook and follow us on twitter. next a discussion about how to create opportunities for communities with unemployment, foreclosures and racial divides. then the senate confirmation hearing for the nominee to be the next transportation security administrator. after that a house hearing on the response to the earthquakes in nepal. the brooksings institution held a forum on the challenges in creating opportunities in communities experiencing poverty, unemployment foreclosures and racial divides. what can be done to help families in distressed communities and the lessons learned since the redevelopment of areas like the baltimore sand town neighborhood. speakers include michael smith the special assistant to the president and director of the white house initiative my brother s keeper which aims to help minority boys and young men. this is just under