The dark days when they had to leave behind everything they knew for a frsh start in fresh start for america. It was pretty rushed. I had a glimpse back at my mother and she was waving goodbye. Im lisa fletcher, sitting in for joie chen. Two countries highlighted with 5 decades of silence between them. Secretary of state john kerry called it a day for pushing aside old barriers and exploring new possibilities. But more than 50 years of bitter memories of exile and bitter relations, more for those who had to leave everything they had in cuba to forgive. Lori jane gliha, has the story even its impossible to forget. I remember wake up thinking, this is my last day here. I may never see my parents again. Carlos was alone on a flight to the United States it was the height of the revolution. When it first came up i was very happy to hear oh great i get to leave. I was scared about leaving my parents but i thought life was so horrible that seemed better for me. He packed a few articles of clo
Same. America tonights joie chen with an in depth look at Race Relations in america and what i. T. Means today. Also tonight, restored relations. The u. S. Restored its relations with cuba after more than 50 years but many will never forget the dark days when they had to leave behind everything they knew for a frsh start in fresh start for america. It was pretty rushed. I had a glimpse back at my mother and she was waving goodbye. Im lisa fletcher, sitting in for joie chen. Two countries highlighted with 5 decades of silence between them. Secretary of state john kerry called it a day for pushing aside old barriers and exploring new possibilities. But more than 50 years of bitter memories of exile and bitter relations, more for those who had to leave everything they had in cuba to forgive. Lori jane gliha, has the story even its impossible to forget. I remember wake up thinking, this is my last day here. I may never see my parents again. Carlos was alone on a flight to the United States
Housing, jobs, schools, and some called it a riot; others a rebellion. What is certain is the most destructive and deadly unrest in the United States since the 1863 draft riots during the civil war. In the end, detroit had 43 dead, 1100 injured, over 7200 arrests and more than 2000 buildings destroyed. Detroit, 1967. A city in flames. A lot of the smoke was right up in here on 12th street, which is what it was called then. Soledad disturbances began on 12th street, since renamed rosa parks boulevard. They started spotaneously after a routine police raid on an illegal bar, or what locals called, a blind pig. Dan mckane was a young street cop in detroits tactical mobe unit. Soledad how would you have described the Detroit Police department in 1967 . Dan well, it was majority white male. Soledad Loretta Holmes was in that blind pig that night, to welcome back soldiers coming home from vietnam. Suddenly, police burst in. Loretta they took us downstairs, to about four i say three or four pa
Buildings destroyed. Detroit, 1967. A city in flames. A lot of the smoke was right up in here on 12th street, which is what it was called then. Soledad disturbances began on 12th street, since renamed rosa parks boulevard. They started spotaneously after a routine police raid on an illegal bar, or what locals called, a blind pig. Dan mckane was a young street cop in detroits tactical mobe unit. Soledad how would you have described the Detroit Police department in 1967 . Dan well, it was majority white male. Soledad Loretta Holmes was in that blind pig that night, to welcome back soldiers coming home from vietnam. Suddenly, police burst in. Loretta they took us downstairs, to about four i say three or four paddy wagons. And oh, my god. It was a Million People out there. It was like, somebody got on a bullhorn and said, come to 12th and clairmount. Soledad the angry crowd outside exploded into five days of full out violence. In the years that followed, detroit fell on hard times. The Aut
How she went from a federal bureaucrat to a household name as one of americas beloved cooks. I taught myself how to cook when i worked in washington, using julia childs cookbooks. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan moving and shaking today, in the White House Communications staff. Sean spicer resigned as press secretary after just six months, saying the president needs a clean slate. But it was widely reported that he objected to the naming of wall street financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. At