Date: April 8th 2008

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A major MSNBC special on race in America will feature two Soft Skull authors.

Kevin Powell is the author of No Sleep Til Brooklyn: Selected Poems, publishing this month, as well as of Some Day We'll All Be Free (Soft Skull, 2005)

Tim Wise is the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull 2005, revised edition Jan 2008), and the forthcoming Speaking Treason Fluently (Soft Skull, Sept 2008)

The full text of the MSNBC press release follows, please reply to this email with your mailing address for a review copy of any of the above titles.

NBC NEWS DEVOTES THREE HOURS TO ISSUES OF RACE AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION IN AMERICA
MSNBC PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "MEETING DAVID WILSON" AND A 90-MINUTE LIVE DISCUSSION ON RACE RELATIONS MODERATED BY BRIAN WILLIAMS FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY ON FRIDAY, APRIL 11 STARTING AT 9:00 P.M. ET
Panelists for "A Live Conversation About Race" Include Tom Joyner, Michael Eric Dyson, Malaak Compton-Rock, Kriss Turner, Kevin Powell, Mike Barnicle, Tim Wise, and Rev. Buster Soaries

Following on the heels of the 40th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., MSNBC will air three hours of programming devoted to issues of race and racial reconciliation in America on Friday, April 11. At 9:00 p.m. ET, MSNBC will premiere "Meeting David Wilson," the remarkable and inspiring story of a young man's reconciliation with his ancestors' history as slaves. Immediately following at 10:30 p.m. ET on MSNBC, NBC News will present "A Live Conversation About Race." The 90-minute live discussion, which will be broadcast from Howard University's Washington, D.C. campus and stream simultaneously on msnbc.com, will focus on racial themes in America. "NBC Nightly News" Anchor and Managing Editor Brian Williams will moderate the event.

Joining Williams as panelists for "A Live Conversation About Race" are some of America's more important voices on issues facing our nation including radio host Tom Joyner, author Michael Eric Dyson, entrepreneur Malaak Compton-Rock, screenwriter Kriss Turner, writer Kevin Powell, and columnist Mike Barnicle. Tim Wise, the Director of the Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE) and Rev. Buster Soaries will also be featured panelists.

"Meeting David Wilson" is produced by Official Pictures, LLC. The broadcast event is sponsored by the Ford Motor Company and Procter & Gamble.


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