York. A look at the Civil Rights Movement in new york. Greetings. With the book of Historical Society as of today the brooklyn Historical Society is the new center for brooklyn history i am marsha eli i wanted to welcome you all and say that those of you that have enjoyed the Public Program at this one. We will keep presenting about the issues of our times. In the history that needs to be told more freely. Visit our programs page at the center for brooklyn history website. It is such a pleasure to be partnering with the brooklyn book festival on this. A long history of yankee racism. I have unfortunate news that one of our speakers have a sudden family emergency this morning. He will not be with us today. It is my pleasure to introduce to scholars who have done an enormous amount of work to correct a misguided narrative about racism in the north i urge you to buy their book by clicking on the buy bulk button and the books well also continue to be for sale on the festival website afterw
be affecting the area. it s a great opportunity to let them know that our beaches for the moment are okay. but you know, we do not know, it s a big unknown, what the future is going to be like. well, thanks to all of our guests, kenny, thank you, baker, thank you. and emily, thanks to you as well. and the best this holiday weekend. it s a big one for you, we know and the rest of the summer. thank you. let s get to a break here in the cnn news room.
ahead of the fourth of july holiday weekend. baker clark owns the best western. navarre beach outside pensacola beach, florida. and kenny glavine is with the four seasons hotel in biloxi, mississippi and emily is here with the marketing manager for kaiser realty in gulf shores, alabama. everyone is on board, baker, this is the beginning obviously of peak season for navarre beach and the best western there, what s the outlook for the holiday weekend? tomorrow night we ve got about a 50% occupied house, saturday and sunday. we re at about 70%. normally we d have 100% right across the board. how much next week sorry. how much is a weekend like
this? the summer in general, account for your entire year s profits? about 80%. about 80%. our runs from about middle of may until the middle of august. we run pretty near 100% occupancy all during that period. with that being said, we re running about 50% across the board so far. and it looks like it s going to get worse. now we ll say our beaches are fairly clean. hey, baker, is the top concern the oil? is that what is holding down the bookings? or is the overall sluggish economy playing a role in this as well? well, in april the economy looked like we were going to have a pretty good season this year. the oil has absolutely devastated the summer season. okay. like i said, the beaches are fairly clean, they re doing a pretty good job of cleaning it
cnn s thelma gutierrez has the story of one woman fighting to stay in the united states while her son fights to defend the country. reporter: somewhere in phoenix, arizona a mother lives in fear. her son is at war and in many ways, she is, too. her name is maria. she welcomed us into a small apartment she shares with five children. maria told us, it was risky to go public with her story. but she wanted her voice to be heard in the national immigration debate. maria and her husband came to the united states illegally more than 20 years ago. her husband supported the family as a baker. but nine months ago, he was detained and now he s about to be deported. with the tough new immigration law about to be enacted in arizona, maria is now afraid to walk her kids to school, even go to the grocery store. [ speaking spanish ] reporter: what are you afraid