Cspan. Announcer this week on q a, musician and lecturer daryl davis. For over 30 years, he has befriended members of the kkk to try to understand their hatred into convince them to change their ways. Brian daryl davis, what impact did chuck berry have on your life . Daryl chuck berry had a very profound impact on me. The man was a genius. Not many people can say they played a song that invented a genre of music. Chuck berry did that. We would not have rock n roll without chuck berry. When i first heard chuck berry, i fell in love with that music , and when i first saw him, i changed my career trajectory. I was going to be a computer programmer. Back then, computers were of course twice as big as this room. Or an espionage agent. Each one was pulling at me with equal force. I was immobilized and i was trying to figure out how to do both. Back then there was no way. Today you can through cyber espionage. But, i saw chuck berry somewhere along the pathway as a kid and said, that is what
Life . Daryl chuck berry had a very profound impact on me. The man was a genius. Not many people can say they played a song that invented a genre of music. Chuck berry did that. We would not have rock n roll without chuck berry. When i first heard chuck berry, i fell in love with that music, and when i saw him, i changed my career trajectory. I was going to be a computer programmer. Back then, computers were of course twice as big as this room. Or an espionage agent. Each one was pulling at me with equal force. I was immobilized and i was trying to figure out how to do both. Back then there was no way. Today you can through cyber espionage. But, i saw chuck berry somewhere along the pathway as a kid and said, that is what i want to do. It was chuck berry and another fellow, Elvis Presley, i saw him, too. They had made millions upon millions of people happy with their music. They touched them without even knowing them. That fascinated me. I thought, i want to be able to bring joy to peo
Recentonths, a n York City Taxi or livery driver has committed suicide as they face financial despair. Can uber and lyft be blamed . We will speak to the head of the new york taxi alliance. And in baltimore, one of the most startling Police Scandals in a generation. Elite officers accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, breaking into homes, selling drugs, and carrying bb guns. We will speak with Sherrilyn Ifill. Then a 16yearold girl who killed her abusive father is finally home from juvenile detention after her case sparked National Outcry over the treatment of Domestic Violence survivors. We will look at the case of of Bresha Meadows. Could have done something that as a scared 14yearold, bresha thought she had to do what she did to protect her family. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is calling for an immediate onemonth ceasefire in syria after more than 85 people
We will speak to the head of the new york taxi alliance. And in baltimore, one of the most startling Police Scandals in a generation. Elite officers accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, breaking into homes, selling drugs, and carrying bb guns. We will speak with Sherrilyn Ifill. Then a 16yearold girl who killed her abusive father is finally home from juvenile detention after her case sparked National Outcry over the treatment of Domestic Violence survivors. We will look at the case of of Bresha Meadows. Could have done something that as a scared 14yearold, bresha thought she had to do what she did to protect her family. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is calling for an immediate onemonth ceasefire in syria after more than 85 people were killed on tuesday by syriagovernment bombing and artillery strikes against two rebelheld enclaves eastern ghouta, a suburb of t
Recent months, a new York City Taxi or live driver ha committed suicide as they face financial despair. Can uber and lyft be blamed . We will speak to the head of the new york taxi alliance. And in baltimore, one of the most startling Police Scandals in a generation. Elite officers accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, breaking into homes, selling drugs, and carrying bb guns. We will speak with Sherrilyn Ifill. Then a 16yearold girl who killed her abusive father is finally home from juvenile detention after her case sparked National Outcry over the treatment of Domestic Violence survivors. We will look at the case of of Bresha Meadows. Could have done something that as a scared 14yearold, bresha thought she had to do what she did to protect her family. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is calling for an immediate onemonth ceasefire in syria after more than 85 peopl