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Chris Hayes talked about his book, A Colony in a Nation, on race relations in America. He spoke with Heather McGhee, president of Demos. This talk took place at the 2017 Brooklyn Book…

Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? talked about addressing racism and hate in classrooms throughout the past few decades and in…

Ibram Kendi talked about his book Stamped from the Beginning, in which he examines the history of racist ideas in America. He spoke with Andy Shallal, founder of Busboys and Poets.

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the news surrounding ESPN host Jemele Hill, who made headlines earlier in the week when she tweeted that President Trump was a “white…

William Julius Wilson talked about the state of race relations in America and what he calls “income and residential segregation.” He also spoke about the effects of Donald Trump’s candidacy…

Zocalo Public Square hosted a forum on the impact of education technology on race and on the American class system. Panelists included Google’s chief education evangelist, the president of…

Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire is a CBS Reports documentary from 1965 that traces the history of the Ku Klux Klan from its 1915 resurgence, inspired by the silent film Birth of a…

Professor George Michael talked about white supremacist groups in the mid to late-twentieth century. He described the difference between white supremacist and white separatist groups and…

American History TV presented live coverage from the Detroit Free Press newsroom to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riots. Over five days in July, 5,000 federal troops were called in, 43…

Reverend Al Sharpto, led the “Ministers March for Justice” on the 54th anniversary of the March on Washington during which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. The march…

Devon Carbardo talked about his book, Acting White?: Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America. This interview, part of Book TV’s College Series, was recorded on the campus of UCLA.

Saraya Wintersmith spoke via Skype about the debate over Confederate monuments in Virginia.

Pamela Wood spoke via Skype about the debate over Confederate monuments in Maryland.

Speaking to a large crowd of supporters at a rally in Phoenix, President Trump strongly defended his responses following the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. He blamed the media for…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the removal of Confederate statues and monuments.

Steve Contorno spoke via Skype about the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments in Florida.

Ryan Poe spoke via Skype about the debate over Confederate monuments in Tennessee.

Cristela Guerra spoke by phone about the debate over Confederate monuments in Massachusetts.

Greg Bluestein spoke by phone about the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments in Georgia.

Blain Roberts talked about her book Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women: Race and Beauty in the Twentieth-Century South, in which she looks at the role of beauty in the racial conflicts in the South during…