The equities. New tonight, Jana Katsuyama here with the decision. Reporter frank f city county said tonight that they realize the flag is just a symbol. But they are planning to take a very deep look at all city policies to try and improve racial equity. Reporter the u. S. , california and city of piedmont flags grace the corner oversea and highland avenues in the heart of piedmont. But soon, the black lives matter flag will replace that in the coming months. The five counsel members heard Public Comment from more than a half dozen measures. I want to be proud to to tel kids that we lib in a city thats on the right side. Reporter along with fliers a black lives matter matter flag for one month theres also a policy for racial discrimination. The history of piedmonts first black residence, sydney and thelma and their two children who were driven from their home in 1984. Reporter theyre calling for ordinances for any stereotype. Im always cognizant of the lack of diversities in the area.
Route and that will polarize and poison the political atmosphere even more than it is now which is bad enough. To watch the rest of this program and find other episodes, visit our website , booktv. Org and click on the after words near the top of the page. Assistant director of an organization dedicated to unleashing the impact of libraries. We dont have a power point today because we divide this as a guided conversation. I want to be sure we make the most of our time today. I will have each of our experts introduce themselves and i am looking forward to what our panelists have to say and i hope you are too. Be sure to visit the resources page and we will put that link in the chat for everyone. In true librarian fashion we will have everybody introduce themselves in alphabetical order by first name. Go ahead and get us started. That is a curveball, first name. Im jennifer pearson, director of the Marshall County Memorial Library have between there and alabama. Ive been here about 5 and
Booktv continues now on cspan2. Television for serious readers. Today i had the pleasure of speaking with author of our town. 100,000mile journey to the heart of america. Cank you for coming today. His coauthor not here today. The extra burden hes bearing for this one. Thank you for hosting this station. Through the miracle of cspan, ill speak right out to my wife, that many of you may have known over the years. Shes in florida with her father who has required this week her attention. This will be less interesting than it would be if youer were here. I think making can pick up that burden. You can imagine you are channeling her, make fun of me wherever you can. I be happy too. Before we get started, i like to share a short video to introduce this wonderful book. Its only one minute long. The idea of over america, the opposite off what they are in america. 3 miles out. When we went into the town, we never asked people about it. We went in asking about what is your talk my . Theres this
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Time dilation. Andrew was gone for two weeks. That went by quick, didnt it having fun. Having fun. You look tan and so do you. I dont know why. Thats that 75 degree weather. You must have got it on the slopes. Maybe a little on the slopes, last week in l. A san francisco. Lets take a look at the u. S. Equity futures at this hour. Last week was a big week for the markets. Dow was over by over 400 points a gain of 1. 7 for the week dow futures are indicated up another 172 points s p futures up about 117 points and the nasdaq up by 65. China was a bright spot, stocks surging after a private Manufacturing Survey showed a surprise surge in march. Economists had been expecting a slight contraction that data underscored the official Government Manufacturing data that was release add day before you can see big gains. The shanghai composite was up by 2. 5 , and then the nikkei in japan up by 1. 4 . Youll sthee that things are up across the board the dax up by 1. 2 you see gains of better than h