From the bus boycott in monger, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. It was dead, absolutely dead, even Martin Luther king said that. In 1960 things did change dramatically in greensboro. Greensboro is the origin of all the events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960. I happened to be there. Mcneil happened to be there. When you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track the train is rolling on. That track is what divides white from black. Thats what separates the white ghetto from the black ghetto. Its the track that heads somewhere but you do not know exactly where. And it is not really for the good of society. And before sitins, walked right across the track in the wrong direction, went to the other side. I think greensboro liked to think of itself as polite and being polite and moderate and open to different points of view. Greensboro is a town tha
Each week here on through the decades we see the exceptional range of our human nature. And this week, weve seen the bombing of an Anarchist Organization in the middle of an american city, the launch of a rocket that would fuel the Foreign Policy of the Twentieth Century, the inauguration of an extraordinary man that signaled peace to all corners of the globe and the failure of an auto maker that set a political precedent decades later. And we begin with an event that happened this week in 1981 when the leader of the catholic became the target of anthe ii assassin. Became the target of anthe ii assassin. Pope john paul the iis election to the papacy in 1978 was unique for a number of reasons he succeeded one of the shortest papal reigns in history, he was the first nonitalian pope in over 400 years, he was relatively young but what really made john paul the ii stand out was his presence. This one could easily be dubbed the tireless or vigorous pope with crowds, especially children. He
Youre wronbart service has resr a bomb threat was called into the west oakland bart station last night. The threat was made on an ac transit bus that was about to pull into the station. The bus was parked under the tracks at 7th and chester streets. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office bomb squad was called to the scene and k9 units searched the area. Service at the station was suspenede for almost two hours causing delays for commuters. i will wearing compared 40 minutes a lot of people or had. I was struck in montgomery for a few hours and heard that the bed was suspended. I heard billabong threat at west oakland bart to. James a spokesperson for Oakland Police says the bus and surrounding area were evacuated. The bus was searched but no explosive device was found. A new case of someone sneaking onto a plane at mineta san jose airport. And the suspect is someone familiar to law enforcment. Kron fours Charles Clifford fills us in on the latest security breach. 62yearold Marilyn Jean Har
The back end of this as we head into the next few hours or so. The high clouds will start to thicken as we head into that afternoon so are talking about a pretty muddy and warmer afternoon with temperatures manley and the 80s. Foggy conditions are early tomorrow morning am looking at a comfortable weather into the weekend. All talk about more coming up and about 50 minutes. george good traffic is backed up solidly into the macarthur maze even they 80 approach here is normally the easy way to the bay bridge is also backed up beyond the east from lanes of the toll plaza. The drive times are 24 minutes from interstate 580 and near that from the e short freeway. Youre ride through the south bay is earlier occurring accident one no one northbound that started this backup but otherwise overall drive times are not that bad at 32 minutes from the capitol expressway to the money via expressway. Even the guadalupe parkway is normal or perhaps little lighter than normal. james and it happened aga
Conduct an investigation but no bomb was ever found. The damage was already done to those who were stuck here at the station or across the bay in San Francisco. As you can imagine that there were many angry and upset commuters. I was waiting about 30 or 40 minutes. A lot of folks were hot and tired and we were wondering what was going on. We just saw a lot of cops. I just got back from San Francisco International Airport and i heard no announcement about some police activity. We left the airport and went back and them. I was stuck at montgomery for two hours. I heard there was stuff causing a delay in transportation to the east bay was suspended for however long. I looked upon googol and saw the bomb threat so i was just waiting. I have never been so happy to see west oakland. In my Oakland Jeff Bush you can hear the frustration in the passengers voices. The bomb threat was not credible and there was no bomb found in everything is back to normal. I am jeff bush reporting live. Pam moor