From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Roger cohen is a columnist for the new york times. His new book is called the girl from human street. It explores the nature of modern jewish identity. I am pleased to have him at this table. Just thinking about this, before you made the commitment to do it, what goes through your mind . Is it you have to commit yourself to do it, because you know it is going to be easy . There was the imperative because there were mysteries in my family i wanted to explore. On the other hand, doing something so personal is always very difficult. My editor, john siegel if yet not pushed me, i might have shied away from it. I was going to write a book about iran. He said, that is a little depressing. Why not write about suicide, loss displacement. It is a story of love. It moves from lithuania . To britain. To israel. Than the United States. The family has been on the move for war generations four generations. In the u. S. , we think of immigratio
To get his education, housing and property bills passed before he goes back to Voter Registration because he just got a Voting Rights bill passed the previous year. He tells dr. King, there are two things you can do for me. One, find the worst example you can of voter intimidation, and get it in the papers, he says. Get it on the tv. The other thing is, help me get my other legislation passed. If you have seen the movie selma, it paints the president s role as a little bit more of a villain than the phone calls will. Help us remind people how pervasive, how numerous the barriers to Voter Registration were for black citizens in the south. Im not sure how many have seen the movie. What you see is a quintessential example of what it was like throughout the south. I was a part of the Mississippi Movement of sncc. In the movie you will see that sncc had been in selma, as it had been in other parts of the south for a long time, and when things got to the point where it looks like there was g
Countries on for information for basic intelligence about whats happening. Rose roger cohen and a look at the future in libya and yes, maam em. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose roger koen is here, a columnist for the new york ties. His new book is called the girl from human street. It explores the nature of modern jewish identity. I am pleased to have him back at this table. So just thinking about this before you made the commitment to do it, what goes through your mind . Is it the imperative to do it . Is it you have to convince yourself to do it because you know its not going to be easy . What is it . Well on the one side, there was the imperative because there were mysteries in my family that i wanted to explore. On the other hand, doing so
Countries on for information for basic intelligence about whats happening. Rose roger cohen and a look at the future in libya and yes, maam em. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose roger koen is here, a columnist for the new york ties. His new book is called the girl from human street. It explores the nature of modern jewish identity. I am pleased to have him back at this table. So just thinking about this before you made the commitment to do it, what goes through your mind . Is it the imperative to do it . Is it you have to convince yourself to do it because you know its not going to be easy . What is it . Well on the one side, there was the imperative because there were mysteries in my family that i wanted to explore. On the other hand, doing so
Consequences. The germans believed that the machine we demonstrated couldnt was perfect and could never be broken. That wasnt the case and for the rest of the world it pays a high price. It always pays to check out your assumptions. You are watching American History tv. All weekend and every weekend on cspan three three to join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. Coming up next, congresswoman Eleanor Norton and cbs White House Correspondent bill platt look back on the Civil Rights Movement and the struggle for Voting Rights 50 years out of the protests. They discussed the film, selma, and the fraternal of events. The 50 minute event was held by the museum in washington dc. Hello, and welcome. This is the first inside media of 2015. I will be your host for the program that highlights the exhibit. This is a feature that we began back in 2013 and we take a look at, march on washington. Were looking back on another marched that led to a major civil rights victory. Some