and sara waggoner who wrote what remains. and saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, on after words while professor john fabian witt, author of america contagions, academics and the law from smallpox to covid-19, he is interviewed by georgetown university law professor and director of the institute for national and global health law, lawrence and austin. why should book tv on cspan2 this weekend. hello everyone. thank you all for tuning into nights. today we are hosting a panel discussion that a person they am excited for. peterson for her new book can t even, how millennial s have the now generation bridge she will be joined by some writers kate young, kate smith. if you have not yet ordered a copy of the book please consider grabbing one, we ship everywhere. we have curb side pickup. we are also currently open to the public at a limited capacity. make sure you swing by on monday or tuesday because weekends are really busy for us. just a member that your purchase is support
incredible list that highlights minority business. it includes a lot of work about african-american businesses that i have contributed. all kinds of articles that you can find there as well. i will be sure to send that link thank you so much. on behalf of all of us at the museum, thank you so much. we had a terrific one hour with you. so informative. we know we will hear a lot more from you in your career. thank you. thank you. week nights this month we feature book tv programs to preview what is available every weekend on c-span2. tonight, as part of our 2020 year end review we focus on books on u.s. history. first historian hw brandt provides a dual biography of abolitionist john brown and abraham lincoln. then historian joseph talks about the lives of malcolm x and martin luther king junior with his book the sword and the shield. morgan jerkins looks at her family history through the late migration with the book wandering in strange lands. it all starts at 8:00 p.m
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fight the privatization of public schools. this comes as denver teachers vote to strike on monday. we will go to los angeles for the latest and hear from some of the teachers and students on the picket line. i m here for my kids. they can t fight for what they deserve. and what they deserve are fully funded community schools. if the community school is not the best school available, that is a problem because community schools should be every single student can come and get a quality education. amy: than the supreme court votes to allow president trump s ban on transgender troops to go into effect. we will speak with the aclu s chase strangio on the legal fight to overturn the ban. it is looking to ban people from enlisting, restrict promotions and give the department of defense asked discretion to take people out at will. this is just transparent determination we have seen from the administration towards transgender individuals and so many others. amy: all that and
fight the privatization of public schools. this comes as denver teachers vote to strike on monday. we will go to los angeles for the latest and hear from some of the teachers and students on the picket line. i m here for my kids. they can t fight for what they deserve. and what they deserve are fully funded community schools. if the community school is not the best school available, that is a problem because community schools should be every single student can come and get a quality education. amy: than the supreme court votes to allow president trump s ban on transgender troops to go into effect. we will speak with the aclu s chase strangio on the legal fight to overturn the ban. it is looking to ban people from enlisting, restrict promotions and give the department of defense asked discretion to take people out at will. this is just transparent determination we have seen from the administration towards transgender individuals and so many others. amy: all that and more