Stoically carmichael and caught the man who started the whole thing, James Meredith and we were like sheep lucky to capture all of those. Host lets backtrack about the march how did you choose the title . Guest the title is down to the crossroads civil rights, black power, and the meredith march against fear the civilrights march begins memphis and ends three weeks later in jackson. During those three weeks the Civilrights Movement transforms with the crossroads. The call for black power is first heard. So to unveil the slogan to generate controversy it immediately generates swelling of the enthusiasm with the black people and a new direction of politics over the course of time because it brought together a civilrights leaders from all across the country to put them in to a repertory of black politics moving through mississippi that highlighted the key divisions and also the key strengths. Host speaking of dramatizing of march the people of my generation especially black parents will s
Power and the meredith march against fear. And at the university of memphis for fester tells the story of James Meredith the first africanamerican admitted to the university of mississippi who was shot upon his return to the state to promote Voter Registration. The ensuing civil rights battle rock the black Power Movement to the forefront. The program is about an hour. Host what a pleasure to be with you today to talk about your book. You know i looked at its cover and i was immediately intrigued by it. Some say you cant judge a book i its cover but lets start by judging this book by its cover. Tell me about the cover. Guest thanks for having me. It was actually quite a struggle to pick the perfect image for the cover. It is a picture from the last day of the march june 26, 1966 as leaders lead the final leg of the meredith march into jackson mississippi and it was kind of a struggle to pick the right picture because on the one hand we wanted to capture its Human Element and capture th
Who was shot upon his return to the state promote Voter Registration. The ensuing civil rights battle as meredith recovered about the black Power Movement to the forefront. The program is about an hour. Was a pleasure to be with you today to talk about your book. You know, i looked at the cover and i was immediately intrigued by it. Some say you cant judge a book by its cover but lets look at this cover. Tell me about whats on it. Guest thank you for having me. It was quite a struggle to pick perfect image for the cover. Its a picture from the last day of the march, june 26 as the leaders lead the march the final leg of the meredith march into jackson insisted be. And it was kind of a struggle to pick the right picture because on the one hand, you want to capture the Human Element and of the many people that were part of this long threeweek civil rights demonstration that started in memphis and ended at jackson and on the other hand you want to highlight some of the key figures in the
And this includes James Meredith, the first africanamerican to be admitted to the university of mississippi. You want to capture the Human Element in the people that are a part of this three weeks civil demonstration balsa to highlight the key figures the leaders including were to mr. King, carmichael and the man whos started toeholds saying James Meredith in to capture all three. Host fantastic. Lets backtrack. The march the you are referring to tell us about the title. Guest down to the crossroads civil rights, black power, and the meredith march against fear it begins in memphis, tennessee tennis three weeks later in jackson. You can say it approaches the crossroads. The call for black power stoically carmichael unveils that slogan halfway through the march that immediately generates a great swelling of enthusiasm and a new direction of black policy. Those changes might have happened over a course of time anyway but it traumatized because it brought together civilrights leaders whit
Wrestling video of himself attacking cnn. Despite attacking morning cable hosts the president is still finding time to prepare for this weeks g20 summit in germany. He says he will not bring up the kremlins interference in the United States election. Lets begin our coverage with Suzanne Malveaux at the white house. Good morning, suzanne. Reporter good morning, john. It is here where he will be hosting military families on july 4th for the celebrations. But he spent much of the weekend using his bully pulpit not to push forward the Republican Health care legislation or polishes but rather to ramp up his attacks at the media. The fake media is trying to silence us. But we will not let them. Reporter President Trump escalating his ongoing war against the press, tweeting out this doctored video of himself pummeling a man with an edited cnn logo over his face. The video, drawing sharp, widespread condemnation. It is an incitement to violence. It is very disturbing. Theres nothing lightheart