Read white rage which one the american critics circle award , lets talk about that we should be talking about now with all the Voter Suppression and all the statewide initiatives to limit Access But Today were going to be talking about Professor Andersons new book the second which is about the second amendment and were going to dive right into it. Welcome and thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me, jeff. Whats interesting when i first saw this book about the scope that you cover here. I think a lot of times we think about the second amendment in very contemporary terms arguments we may be having all the national Rifle Association were School Violence or those contemporary problems. But this book takes us in the way back machine centuries into the this was the killing of Philando Castille because here you had a black man that was pulled over by police and he said officer, i have a licensed weapon. He kills Philando Castille so hes gone down simply because he has a license. Wa
Charter along with these television companies supports cspan2 as a public service. Today were talking with Professor Carol Anderson of charles howard Chandler Professor and chair of africanamerican studies at si emory university and also the author of many wonderful books. Im sure many of you have read what rage, which won the national book critics circle award. One person, one vote, talking about we should be talking about right now the goal of Voter Suppression around the country and all these different statewide initiatives to limit Access But Today were going to be talking about Professor Andersons new book the second is as you may guess about the second amendment, race and guns and the fatally unequal america. Lots to talk about. Were going to right into it. Professor anderson, welcome to the virtual program. I was interested when i first saw this book about the stove that you cover here and i think a lot of times we think about the second amendment and very contemporary terms of
Access. But today were going to be talking about professor andersons new book the second which is as you may guess about the second amendment, race, and guns, and a fatally unequal america. A lot to talk about here. Were going to dive right into it. Professor anderson, welcome to tulsa virtually and thank you for joining us. Thank you very much for having me, jeff. I was interested when i first saw this book about the scope that you cover here. I think a lot of times we think about the second amendment in very contemporary terms about arguments we may be having about the national Rifle Association or even School Violence or some of those very contemporary problems, but this book takes us in the way back machine, centuries into the past and talks about the seeds that were planted that led there. Maybe we can kind of begin with where you start this narrative and how you kind of saw the arc of this story beginning. What launched this book actually was the killing of Philando Castillo in 2
Of theseauthors to here in the near future on book tv. Today where talking with professor carol anderson, charles Howard Professor of africanamerican studies at emory university and also the author of many many wonderful books. Im sure many of you have read white rage which one the american critics circle award , lets talk about that we should be talking about now with all the Voter Suppression and all the statewide initiatives to limit Access But Today were going to be talking about Professor Andersons new book the second which is about the second amendment and were going to dive right into it. Welcome and thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me, jeff. Whats interesting when i first saw this book about the scope that you cover here. I think a lot of times we think about the second amendment in very contemporary terms arguments we may be having all the national Rifle Association were School Violence or those contemporary problems. But this book takes us in the way back machin
Steinbeck, mad at the world. Booktv will bring news programs and publishing news, you can watch all of our past programs anytime, booktv. Org. Thank you for joining us. I am John Sanchez with blue bicycle books, really excited about this book. We heard about it coming out a year ago, reached out to a publisher to do an event on this. We are a couple blocks away from Calvin Street and there is a large statue towering over that street and no longer anything there. There has definitely been a man who has been in the news lately although he has been dead for 150 years. The book itself is for sale and a number of you have already purchased it, thanks for doing that. It is fantastic and he is coming to us from Baylor University in the midst of a very intense winter storm, recordsetting winter storm. He and the good people of the postal service of gone to great lengths to sign these books, so you will get assigned Bookplate Book of calhoun. All right. Just so you know theres a feature on zoom