Douglas Blackmon talked about his book, Slavery by Another Name, which details the age of “neo-slavery” that he asserts took place between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War II. Marc Titus and Helene Gayle then commented on the presentation, and the panelists and other participants engaged in discussion.

The luncheon session of this event was titled “The Economics of Race.” Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and his wife, playwright Janet Langhart Cohen, hosted this conference at the National Press Club on “Race and Reconciliation in America.” They are the co-authors of Love in Black and White, the autobiographical account of their bi-racial marriage.