Understanding the role Martin Luther king junior played in transforming our nation. Won thee way, Taylor Dayton peace prize, the National Humanities medal and many other prizes. But i think he would agree that this extraordinary career really when he took a very lowpay job with Charlie Peters, the legendary founder and editor of the washington politicala very small opinion and reporting magazine which still exists. I suspect taylor learned his trade as a journalist and book author while working for peters for three years. A few years later i went through a similar process myself, working for victor no the nation magazine in new york. Both of us became authors after immersing ourselves in journalism. Taylor and i also worked on the 1972 campaign for george mcgovern. He didnt know this but i was knockingwly canvasser, on doors in california, nebraska and minnesota. Taylor, however, had a more elevated Campaign Position in austin, texas, where he happened to share an apartment with one bi
Honor Taylor Branch. Taylor is best known for his trillage of the Civil Rights Movement, america in the king years, the first volume parting the waters won the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. Two successive volumes and still remain essential text to any understanding of the role that Martin Luther king played in transforming our nation. Along the way, taylor won an in addition to the pults administer prize and many other prizes. I think he would agree that this extraordinary career really began in 1970 when he took a very low paid job with Charlie Peters, the legendary founder and editor of the Washington Monthly, a very small circulation political opinion and reporting magazine which still exists. I strongly suspect that taylor learned his trade as a journalist and book author while working for peters for three years. A few years later i went through a similar process myself but working for victor navaski at the nation magazine here in new york. Both of us arguably became buy og gras fers aft
Humanities medal and many other prizes. But i think he would agree that this extraordinary career really began in 1970, when he took a very lowpay job with Charlie Peters, the legendary founder and editor of the Washington Monthly, a very small political opinion and reporting magazine which still exists. I suspect taylor learned his trade as a journalist and book author while working for peters for three years. A few years later i went through a similar process myself, working for victor novaski at the nation magazine in new york. Both of us became authors after immersing ourselves in journalism. Taylor and i also worked on the 1972 campaign for george mcgovern. He didnt know this but i was just a lowly canvasser, knocking on doors in california, nebraska and minnesota. Taylor, however, had a more elevated Campaign Position in austin, texas, where he happened to share an apartment with one bill clinton. That friendship survived in the mcgovern electoral debacle and taylor later was rou
Debris, ripping down power lines, and snapping and splitting trees. The storm surge pushed into downtown miami, flooding the streets. The hurricaneforce winds snapped a construction crane. People holedup nearby could hear it over the sound of the wind. Gideon ape, riding out the storm . Heard a the latest. Is in tampa with natasha chen is in tampa with the latest. Kron4 viewer bill duggan is in the thick of the storm right now. Hes live on the phone with us in st. Petersburg. justine irma hit florida with devastating storm surge, winds and rain. And she is not done yet. jr stone for the latest on the irmas path. Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is in the weathercenter with the latest. S Lawrence Karnow Hurricane Irma continues to pound florida leave a wake of destruction behind. It came ashore south of naples with sustained winds of 115 mph. Much of the coastal areas have been inundated with ocean waters as the storm surge swept on shore. Flooding rains and winds gusting over 100 mph cont
Weeks. Today is sunday october 8th good morning im jan carabao. We will check your forecast in just a moment but first latest on nate, correspondent courtney is live in biloxi miss sip think morning where the storm made land fall overnight. Courtney, good morning. Reporter good morning, jan well, suns coming up and crew s are getting a better look at the damage. What we are seeing is sand in the road, rocks in the road, police are telling us there are light poles in the road, that there are piers that flew off the beach in the road, you talk about power, 100,000 people are without power, here in miss sip anal bam a and florida but good news, i just saw a truck go down the street , so they said they were going to do this. They will work to restore that power as quickly as possible, jan. Now courtney you did a whole lot of reporting in the aftermath of harvey in houston how would you compare this storm with the storms we have just seen roll through. Reporter no comparison to harvey, to i