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Lynne Olson talked about her book, Freedom’s Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970. The book contains the untold story of the extraordinary women, bot…

Former Army Major McGowan talks about his book Major Conflict: One Gay Man’s Life in the Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Military, published by Broadway. In his book he recounts his service in the U.S…

Author Debra Dickerson talked about her autobiography An American Story, published by Pantheon Books. The book examines her life and her rise from the black working middle class through the …

Ms. Dickerson talked about her book, The End of Blackness: Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners, published by Pantheon Books. In the book, the author explores the conc…

Mr. Thelwell talked about Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael, published by Scribner. Mr. Carmichael, who changed his name to Kwame Ture in 1978 in honor of h…

Drs. Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt discussed their book, The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream, published by Riverhead Books. In it, they tell the story of how a pact they …

Author Edward Said talked about his book, "Out of Place: A Memoir", published by Knopf. He described his personal development as a critic and thinker and his books about both the East and th…

Author Robert D. Manning talked about his book Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America’s Addiction to Credit, published by Basic Books. This book is an examination of how the credit …

Rebecca Walker discussed her book Black ,White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self, published by Riverhead Books. In her book and talk, Ms. Walker recounts the story of her quest t…

Noelle Hanrahan talked about the book she edited by convicted felon Mumia Abu-Jamal, All Things Censored, published by Seven Stories. The book contains essays written by Mr. Abu-Jamal, cover…

Co-editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. talked about his book Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience, published by Hardcover. Mr. Gates talked about the early eff…

Author Erin Gruwell and her students talked about their book The Freedom Writers Diary. The book is a collection of diary entries from their freshmen English class. They focused on how the b…

Author James Loewen talked about his book, Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, published by New Press. He focused on how many of our most visited historic sites tell the …

Ms. hooks talks about her book, Happy to Be Nappy, published by Hyperion. She focused on how the book teaches African-American children to be proud of their distinct characteristics, and her…

Farai Chideya talked about her book, "The Color of Our Future: Our Multiracial Future", published by William Morrow & Company. The book describes, through interviews from across the U.S., ho…

Wall Street bond trader Joseph Jett talked about his book Black and White on Wall Street: The Untold Story of the Man Wrongly Accused of Bringing Down Kidder Peabody, published by William Mo…

Carolivia Herron talked about her book, "Nappy Hair", published by Knopf, which used the African-American tradition of call-and-response to convey the story.

Author John Hope Franklin talked about his book From Slavery to Freedom published by McGraw Hill Text. Alfred A. Moss was a contributor to the book. It was about the history of African-Ameri…

Mr. Crouch talked abut his new book, Always in Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives, 1995-1997. It is a collection of essays on several topics, including popular culture, politics and race. …