In the twelve years since Michele Norris first prompted people to share their thoughts on race in just six words, over half a million people have submitted their stories to The Race Card Project. Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity is a compilation of these stories, along with richly reported essays and photographs that provide a window into America during a tumultuous era. In conversation with Laura Coates, CNN's Chief Legal Analyst and anchor of "Laura Coates Live," and the host of "The Laura Coates Show" on SiriusXM.

This program was held on January 18 in partnership with Politics and Prose.