Attorney
Benjamin Crump has represented the families and victims of some of the most prominent civil rights cases in the country from the shooting of Trayvon Martin to the murder of George Floyd.
Those cases, and his strategy of bringing those stories to the media, have resulted in death threats, which he takes seriously, he tells senior contributor Ted Koppel in an interview for
CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast Sunday, May 16 (9:00-10:30 AM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
“I never take the death threats for granted. When we get them, we report them to the FBI,” Crump tells Koppel.
Actors
Billy Crystal and
Tiffany Haddish open up about making movies, dementia, and a bat mitzvah in an interview with Tracy Smith for
CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast May 2 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network.
Smith caught up with Crystal and Tiffany Haddish to talk about their new film “
Here Today,” which is co-written, directed and produced by Crystal. In the film, Crystal plays an aging comedy writer in the early stages of dementia who meets a young street singer played by Haddish when she wins a lunch with him in a charity raffle. The film will open only in theaters on May 7, which to Crystal is essential.
Academy Award-winning actor Regina King is generating Oscar buzz again this year for her directorial debut in the film “One Night in Miami,” the fictional account of a real-life meeting between Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, NFL star Jim Brown and Cassius Clay, who later became Muhammad Ali.
King tells Michelle Miller she believes God put her on earth to tell these stories in an interview for CBS News’ CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast March 7 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
The characters in “One Night in Miami” discuss using their fame and their voices to make a difference, something King tells Miller, co-host of CBS THIS MORNING: Saturday, that she thought a lot about after the killing of George Floyd. So much so, she wanted to get the film out as quickly as possible.
LeVar Burton rose to fame on the classic 1977 miniseries “
Roots,” based on Alex Haley’s novel about slavery. Now, decades later, Burton says the country is still grappling with issues rooted in slavery in an interview with Mo Rocca for
CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast on
Sunday, Feb. 28 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.
“Roots” featured an all-star cast, but it was the then-newcomer Burton, who became the face of the miniseries that began with the kidnapping and enslavement of the Mandinka tribesman.
“Slavery still exists today,” says Burton. “Mass incarcerations of young men of color, the relationship between the black community and law enforcement, and all of these social issues are rooted in slavery. And America is still grappling with that.”
Vice President-Elect
Kamala Harris and her husband
Douglas Emhoff sat down with CBS News’ Jane Pauley Tuesday in Washington, D.C., for their first joint television interview since the election. Pauley’s extended interview with Harris and Emhoff for CBS SUNDAY MORNING was broadcast today
Sunday, Jan. 17 on the CBS Television Network.
A rush transcript of the report is below:
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS: I was raised to not hear “no.” Let me be clear about it. So it wasn’t like, “Oh, the possibilities are immense. Whatever you want to do, you can do.” No, I was raised to understand many people will tell you “It is impossible,” but don’t listen. I mentor a lotta people, and I tell them that there will be people who will say, “It’s not your turn, it’s not your time. No one like you has done it.” And I’ll tell them, “And don’t you listen.” And then I will go on to tell them, “I eat no for breakfast.” (LAUGH)