i'd like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend, jelani cobb. jelani has been a staff writer at the new yorker since 2015. he writes frequently on race, politics, history, he is a renowned teacher of journalism at columbia university. h yes phd from rectors in history. he co-edited and wrote the introduction to the essential kerner commission her book which was published recently here. jelani and i edited this book together, hold it up for you to see. but i think jelani is going to say if they new yorker had attempted to do such an anthology in the 60s this would be slender in the. the anthology begins with james baldwin and his piece that came to be known as the firenext time . and i just wonder if you could talk about why it begins the book and its central place. >> the other thing i would say about this: is that people are still working out from home and so you can read it but you can also work out with it. >> biceps and triceps. >> dual-purpose year. you know, your piece is so incredible and so insightful and i've come back to that piece man
