Why did you lead your forward with that . Jesse part of the reason why i got into writing about africanamerican history in washington, d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. There was a lot of interest in African American history, having the first africanamerican president in the white house. I was lucky enough to be assigned by the Associated Press to cover obama that weekend. I remember pulling up to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book will i write next. And right at that spot is when it hit me. I got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. She immediately tamped down my enthusiasm and told me to think about it. To make sure that i had a really good idea about what i wanted to do. Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president liv
Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president lived inside the white house. I said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot have been the first africanamerican to live there. And then the thought process went on so who were the first africanamericans to live there . We knew there were africanamerican butlers but i thought there had to be someone before them. I decided to write a book about the africanamerican slaves that lived inside the white house with the first president s and that is when the invisibles the untold story of African American slaves in the white house got its start. Brian we have an artist rendering of the first president s house in new york city. You say in your book that there were nine slaves working for George Washington inside that building. Explain h
Got into writing about africanamerican history in washington, d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. There was a lot of interest in African American history, having the first africanamerican president in the white house. I was lucky enough to be assigned by the Associated Press to cover obama that weekend. I remember holding up pulling to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book what i write next. And right at that spot is when it hit me. I got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. Down mydiately tamped enthusiasm and told me to think about it. Really sure that i had a good idea about what i wanted to do. Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Was still the country talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president lived inside the white house. I said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot h
The longtime civil rights activist has been described as americas most revolutionary mayor. He died of Heart Failure tuesday, less than a year after taking office. He was 66 years old. We will hear lumumba in his own words and speak to several of his close associates. Then as japan pushes to restart its dormant nuclear program, the crisis that fukushima continues. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is ramping up pressure on afghan president karzai to sign a deal to keep u. S. Troops in afghanistan beyond this year. In a phone call with karzai tuesday, obama said he has ordered the pentagon to launch new Contingency Planning for total withdrawal of u. S. Troops by the end of 2014. White House Press Secretary jay carney said karzais replacement after april elections might still sign the deal, known as the bilateral Security Agreement or bsa. The fact that president karzai has indica
In an exclusive interview with fox news, a woman claims she was sexually assaulted by epstein and maxwell when she was just 14 absolutely. I would definitely stand, take the stand and testify because i believe that she deserves to be where shes at today. And she deserves to say stay there for the rest of her life. And i hope that by me coming forward it encourages other victims to stand up and say, to be honest, let your voice be heard. Alicia brain yannis is live in new york city with more. Elise yeah, good morning. This is the first time that this jane doe has publicly spoken about being sexually abused by Ghislaine Maxwell who she says is just as evil as Jeffrey Epstein. She claims the sexual abuse at the hands of ghislaine and maxwell started in 1991 when she was just 14 years old and continued until she was 16 years old. She did not want to reveal her identity which is why we have protected that. She said maxwell not only facilitated her sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein but she cla