In 2007. It is about an hour. I had the pleasure of introducing him two years ago. When he was discussing luckiest man, the life and death of lou gehrig. Now to be introducing him as he discusses his book opening day the story of Jackie Robinsons first season feels like a book end experience. I was looking at the similarities of the two men he has chronicled in baseball and beyond other aspects of their lives. Both men share these qualities courage, commitment, and commitment was not just playing excellent but to citizenship and contribution to larger society. The other quality both had indeed was character. They both died young. But are remembered as sports icons and in both cases as spectacular as their baseball statistics were there was a lot more to each man. And of course they each represented fabled new york teams and i guess mortal enemies and as such as the transition in life as i started off the fan of one and later made the crossing to the other. But have an appreciation for
By sunday, we are up to 70. As we head into the start of next week, temperatures will be staying there. I hope everyone can get out and enjoy it. Kerry well check back in a bit. Theres a new warning. People are trying to sneak invasive pictures when women arent looking. Lets go live to jen lahmers with more on that. Reporter yeah. This is one of those areas where the manhattan d. A. Is telling women to be on guard, so to speak. This has been a problem in the 59th street subway station. Such a problem, the manhattan d. A. Put out social media adses letting women know of the voyeuristic crime of upskirting. As the weather warms up and we wear less, the d. A. Is warning women to be on the lookout for creeps with cameras. Its good to know about it. I will certainly start taking the proper precautionary measures as im wearing a skirt. Theres a lot of things to look out for. I know that we have to be careful going up the escalator. Twitter and facebook urge victims of whats called upskirting
Baseball and rhethe rethinking the Civil Rights Movement. Let me start out with a confession to you. As long as ive been teaching the Civil Rights Movement, it didnt make sense to me. V a im a baby boomer. I was born at the end of world war ii. I came of age if the 1950s and 1960s, so why does a historian present something current . My mind changed in 2001. Let me tell you what happened in 2001. I had the great privilege to serve as moderator for a session on pastime, baseball is history at the organization for american historians. And the session was focusing on judec tyjeels new book. We had a great panel with stanley cutler, james marin from Princeton University and jewels augusty from San Francisco state, and then our surprise anchorperson, sharon robbins, head and founder of jackies 9 and the daughter of Jackie Robinson. And we had a great session. It was well attended. At the end of the session, i had the chance to chat with Sharon Robinson. And we were both concerned about a fa
The inspector told plea mee tloor other leads theyre follow chg make kelly a prime suspect. And kevins family has been waiting for answers since he first disappeared his mother learned about the search yesterday afternoon z while that search has not yet produced clues, she says it still has been very emotional. There is that little thing, just to find him. Its going to, i know its going to devastate me. And when jaycee dugard was found i could not believe that. I all of these years i deserted kevin. Was alive. Maybe hes alive out there, i went through hell over that. Ann doesnt know what sparked new information this the case, but shes encouraged by any development that may provide answers. Parents of another missing child are remembering her. Eileen mismt shelof was last seen in dublin when she was 13 years old. Tonight her parents say new information in the kevins collins case gives them hope. People start thinking about missing children. And that brings back the fact thaits not just
who had been a black umpire named bob motley and they wrote a book together about his dad s adventures in the negroni. they want to make a film and former nicoli players like in monte irving. so we started that long journey of trying to raise the money, and it took about seven or eight years before we got all the money in place and they started making a film. but it was really a real pleasure to dig into this very complex and fascinating history. you know, sam, and watching this film, it is incredible the number of great athletes, baseball players and they happen to be black, and that is why they could not play in the major leagues, but the other thing that struck me and watching the thumb was the idea that when they eventually were coaxed into the major leagues and allowed to play in the major leagues, players like larry dolby and monte irving, it seems that they played for in the negroni s were not reimbursed.