Jimmy and his guests senator Kamala Harris. Talib kweli. Roy wood, jr and the legendary roots crew its the tonight show at home edition. And now, heres jimmy. Jimmy welcome, everybody thank you so much for watching were going to get to everything thats going on in the country right now. Last night, there were a lot of peaceful protests around the country, more peaceful than other nights so thats a step in the right direction. Also today, all four Police Officers were charged in the murder of george floyd so heres hoping for some justice for that family. And theres many more families that deserve justice, as well. But again, these are all steps in the right direction my guests tonight are senator Kamala Harris. We also have talib kweli, who is a rapper and activist, and we get to catch up weve known each other for a a long time. And we also get to hear fromr. Its going to be a fun show. Lets get to some news here, you guys after nine days of protests, a a new poll found that pretty much
We in the house tonight, senator Kamala Harris talib kweli. Roy wood, jr and the legendary rootcrew its the tonight show at home edition. And now, heres jimmy. Jimmy welcome, everybody thank you so much for watching were going to get to everything thats going on in the country right now. Last night, there was a lot of peaceful protests around the country. More peaceful than other nights. So thats a step in the right direction. Also today, all four Police Officers were charged in the murder of george floyd so heres hoping for some justice for that family. And theres many more families that deserve justice, as well. But again, these are all steps in the right direction but guests tonight are senator Kamala Harris. We also have talib kweli, who is a rapper and activist, and we get to catch up. Weve known each other for a long time. And we also get to hear from comedian roy wood, jr. Its going to be a fun show. Lets get some news here, you guys after nine days of protests, a new poll found
Between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies. It might be more than that. I was losing count because Randy Roberts has written so many. Youve written more than half of our total number i think. So we have a lot of experience in the genre. We have obviously been drawn to it and have an affinity for it some way or another. Before we begin, let me introduce the panelists, and as i introduce each of you, if you could just stand a minute or two, telling the audience what was it that you used for your biography. What is it you love about the genre. First we have larry, from New York University of arts and a musical writing program. He is particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy. He has written a play with Richard Rogers in addition to several other books. His most recent biographical word is the documentary film semi davis junior, i gotta be me. Larry, tell us what has drawn you to this. I may be a little different from the rest of the panel my venue is
Having a disproportionately negative effect on the africanamerican population, and then there are so many reminders of the pandemic of racism. And i think the incident in minneapolis and what was the straw that breaks the camels back. Reporter add all of that to the hurt and anger after the killings of trayvon martin, philando castille, sandra bland, all leading to outrage in the streets. Talking about what happened to people like sean bell, eric garner. Reporter this time the protest and outrage isnt just marching through black and brown communities, and their faces look like all corners of america. Theyre on main street, outside the white house. These americans are forcing the tough conversations, and its not always easy to watch. I certainly think that theres some awakening happening within segments that White America that perhaps have hit the Snooze Button on previous incidents. We saw eric garner and we hit the Snooze Button. Philando castille, we hit the Snooze Button. Its sort o
Conference called remaking american political history. Welcome. Thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. I will have to compete with the outdoors. And hopefully will convince you that you have made the right choice hanging out with us to talk about media and biographies in political history. Between the four of us we have written at least 17 biographies, it might be more than that, i was losing count because Randy Roberts had written so many, more than half of our total number. We have a lot of experience in this genre, we have been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. Let me introduce the panelists. As i introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience, what was it that drew you to biography . What is it that you love about the genre . First we have larry, professor in the graduate acting program in the New York University of the arts with an affiliate in the graduate musical theater writing progra