in washington dc. host: i would like to welcome you to politics and prose. and i would like to welcome wil haygood that we see him several times a week. is a customer in front of the store. in the author of the book that we are celebrating tonight. one of the things that i like about this book, a sign that it is a biography of one of the great men of the last century. his title. king of the cats. because it so adequate describes adam clayton powell jr. it was smooth and he was cool and good-looking. he was smart. and he always was a complete package. and he spoke eloquently for african-americans and the poor in this country. one of the great things about this, we have student come in was looking for a biography of adam clayton powell jr. there wasn t one. all of the books about him were out-of-print. so is a privilege really to have king of the cats back in front read and also privilege for us to have wil haygood here to talk about his book. walk on. [applause]. adam: welco
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moderating today s conversation could therefore introduce ruth wilson gilmore i want to thank the organizer and the sponsor haymarket books. haymarket is the publisher in a new series called the abolitionist papers and i m proud to publish patient for this hearing is that the gilmore s forthcoming book change every thing, haymarket has three more important events lined up this week. on sunday too much midnight and on wednesday had discussion of schools in the time of coronavirus and on thursday a week from today a conversation. a bit of housekeeping so many people have joined this call we may need your patience if we have technical issues. if it gets choppy at any point you might want to try reducing your image quality. it will be recorded onto youtube channel and we are reserving time for q&a. please post your questions on the live video feed wherever you re watching it. the pandemic forces us to break with the past and imagine the world anew. some responses to covid-19 is o
today he is a prisoner at guantanamo. shocking new details about his torture have just been declassified. we will speak to his attorney. then part two of our interview with evan young, the colorado high school valedictorian who was barred from speaking at graduation in which he planned to come out. you may have already suspected this, but i hope this does not change your opinion of me. i am gay. i have been attracted to men for as long as i can remember and i ve never had a girlfriend because i prefer members of my own sex. we will also be joined by democratic congressman jared polis of colorado, the first openly gay parent member of congress. he is calling for an investigation of evan young s school. this day and age here in a public school that this kind of discrimination purely on the basis of his sexual orientation is able to occur. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. ukraine has