Ying Ma, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, Book TV

Book Discussion on [Chinese Girl in the Ghetto] - C-SPAN Video Library: "Ying Ma talked about her book, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, in which she chronicles her experiences after moving from China to Oakland, California at the age of ten. She expected to live a better life in California than she did in her birth country, but instead found Oakland to be a broken city. Ying Ma spoke at he Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley in Mountain View, California."

Book Discussion on [FDR and the End of Empire] - C-SPAN Video Library: "Christopher O’Sullivan talked about his book, FDR and the End of Empire: The Origins of American Power in the Middle East. The 2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center in Hyde Park, New York."

Panel on Civil Liberties and Security in the Age of Terrorism - C-SPAN Video Library: "Robert Higgs, author of Delusions of Power: New Explorations of the State, War, and Economy, and Anthony Gregory, author of The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King’s Prerogative to the War on Terror, talked about the protection of civil liberties in the U.S. since September 11, 2001. This event was hosted by the Independent Institute in Oakland, California."

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