Please note below that C-Span2's Book TV will highlight books about or discussions on Ralph Ellison, the Black Panther Party, and early black filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux.
Book TV Alert
C-SPAN2's Book TV: April 19-21
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 10 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM,
Monday 12 AM ET
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll is the author of Ghost Wars which looks at Osama bin Laden's time in Afghanistan since the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in the early 1980s. His latest book, The Bin Ladens, is a history of the bin Laden family and its rise to prominence in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Coll discusses his new book with Michael Scheuer, former head of the bin Laden unit at the CIA.
Weekend Highlights
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Adam Bradley, 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book - Discussion of Ralph Ellison's Manuscripts for his Second Novel
From the 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, a discussion by Adam Bradley on the unpublished second novel by Ralph Ellison. This event took place at the Central Jefferson-Madison Library.
(Saturday 9:30 AM, Sunday 12:30 AM ET)
Paul Alkebulan, Wesley Hogan, Patrick McGilligan, 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book - African American Revolutionaries Panel
From the 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, a panel discussion on African American revolutionaries. This event features Paul Alkebulan, Survival Pending Revolution: The History of the Black Panther Party; Wesley Hogan, Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC's Dream for a New America; and Patrick McGilligan, The Great and Only Oscar Micheaux: The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker. This event took place at the Central Jefferson-Madison Regional Library.
(Saturday 2:30 PM, Sunday 4:30 AM ET)
Jeremy Bailey, Alan Pell Crawford, Jon Kukla, 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book - Thomas Jefferson Panel
From the 2008 Virginia Festival of the Book, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a panel discussion on Thomas Jefferson featuring Jon Kukla, Mr. Jefferson's Women; Jeremy Bailey, Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power; and Alan Pell Crawford, Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson. This event took place at the University of Virginia bookstore.
(Saturday 11 AM, Sunday 6 AM ET)
Quick Links
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