Duke. Visiting professor of american christianity and southern culture. At the duke divinity school. And professor of American City at unc chapel hill. He is a very inclusive guy. He has an appointment we will not talk that tonight. He is the author of and a book called radio free, robert of williams and the roots of black power. Tim also served on an executive board of the North Carolina naacp. Tim can tell you more about, way more about this book than i can. I just want to say that he does a marvelous job of putting emmett till murder and lynching into a context of American History. Tims earlier book is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford North Carolina. About 25 miles from here. And i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here. At the intersection of carr boulevard and ninth street. Where a black, during the war in 1944, a black soldier in uniform would not, he was from philadelphia. It would not move
One taxi cab driver very lucky to be alive after this massive tree fell right on top of his car as he was driving down maple street towards millwood. Luckily the driver is okay. He was checked out by paramedics. We will send things over to South Carolinas weather man who is not in the studio tonight, he is at a special event tonight. Jim, where are you . Reporter i am at the kroger store, two notch road and sparkle barry lane. This is our weather fest, going on since 8 00 a. M. This morning. We had a hard time getting out here because of the tornado watch that was issued earlier. The bad weather moved out of the midland right now. It seems like the pd region, are now under the gun. The reason for the weather fest, the fact that we have Severe Weather at this time of the year and we want you to be prepared incase there is Severe Weather. At the weather fest today we have been selling the radios at a discount and they have been flying off the shelves here. And in fact, one of the models
Would meet the authors of dallas in 1963 step two. Steves a curator at texas state university. Hes the author several other books including the literary outlaws. Those on a professor of journalism at the university of texas at austin. Ive read a couple recent interviews. When you are in and pr can you describe in the early 60s dallas could become the most singular city on planet earth. I was wondering if you could start by explaining what he meant by that. Sure. I think im a little biased to speak in such broad terms as he wrote a book about dallas called a substitute. In the years prior to the assassination, it seemed like there is no other place like that cd, certainly in america. But we had better wear a handful of people who lived above the cloud and who are forming a confederacy really is antikennedy fervor. Another french. They are tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people who leave their loved president kennedy or the minimum respected his office. Our book is real
Message voters want to hear from the Biden Campaign. An indepth look for you. The president S Supreme Court announcement coming this afternoon. Nbc news has learned from multiple sources the president s pick, Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. She serves on the seventh Circuit Court of appeals, former law professor at her alma mate r, notre dame. A devout catholic and, if confirmed would cement a conservative majority on the high court. Carol lee is in washington for us. Carol, good day to you. We have the president settling on judge barrett. What all led to his decision . Well, judge barrett was on the president s short list the last time there was an opening on the Supreme Court and he had to put forward a nominee. She is seen as someone who is a known quantity. Shes seen as someone who can move quickly through the senate process. As you know, this will be a process that the president and Senate Republicans hope moves very quickly, in a matter
The lynching of Wes Johnson and one man s effort to preserve a piece of history wtvy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtvy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.