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A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life

On this edition of Your Call, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy award winning journalist Trymaine Lee discusses his new book, A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America.

Despite making up just 14 percent of the US population, Black people account for 60 percent of those killed by firearms each year. In a deeply personal exploration, Lee explores how gun violence has shaped his life and unravels the generational impact of guns on the Black experience in America.

Guest:

Trymaine Lee, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy award winning journalist, MSNBC contributor, host of the Into America podcast, and author of A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America

A Bay Area native, Ethan is Director of the Climate Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law, with a joint appointment at the UCLA School of Law, where he researches and writes on policies to combat climate change. His book "Railtown" on the history of the modern Los Angeles Metro Rail system was published by University of California Press in January 2014. Ethan received his B.A. with honors from Brown University and graduated Order of the Coif from the UCLA School of Law. You can read his blog on ethanelkind.com.
Nina Kissinger is a producer on KALW's daily call-in program, Your Call.