She saw a future in a millionaire. Out of the blue, lit lite went missing. If hes missing he doesnt want us to know where he is. A former player disappeared. We got to investigate. We got to investigate. What was your interaction like with the police. I was on them. Check this person out and this person out. I am the mother of Lorenzen Wright. Thats a mothers love for a child. When i heard that story i didnt know what was going on. I felt like i was in the twilight zone. Is it possible his friends, people who knew him and loved him might not have known about this other side . Last one standing germantown 911. Where is your emergency . To actually hear the 911 call, its bloodcurdling. And you hear gunshots. You hear that dispatcher say hello over and over again. Hello . [ gunshots ] hello . You hear the gunshots, and you hear silence. Yall, i got nothing but gunshots. That 911 call and what would come after would start a mystery in the city of memphis that would transfix it for more tha
Talk we will have an author signing. Finally located across the lobby and finally we will have a question and answer session after the talk so come down to the microphone where you can ask questions and then you can access the microphone. Now want to turn to our speaker. The awardwinning investigative journalist and the twitter writers of the boston globe had the documentary series on pbs. Please join me to welcome our author. [applause] and with the introduction. Thank you to the Boston Public Library for sponsoring this event and to cspan books. Can everyone hear me . No. Into the stellar, columnist joining me later in the program so that is the format for 25 minutes or so and with the introduction of the highlights to you and then we will open the conversation i brought a few photos of material i also brought a few audio clips and some excerpts from interviews that i conducted while i was working on the book. On the morning of april 3r april 3rd, 1968, Martin Luther king junior died
Past 12 months, helping us learn the history and literary life of cities around the country. For eight years we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits itiestour. Org c many think the selma to montgomery march just started up overnight and was a oneoff idea, but a Voting Rights movement had been brewing in selma since the 1930s. [gospel singer performing] here in selma and in many places throughout the south, africanamericans were done night were denied the right to vote, not because it wasnt their right, but because there were folks in position of power who did not want these folks to have the right to vote. That way they could be considered secondclass citizens. Andes and literary literacy tests were used to prevent americans from getting the vote. Poll taxes was a price you had to paper year forgetting on the voter rolls. Lets say i live in a rural area and i am making 60 a year, but poll taxes are one dollar a year
Nightline five. Thank you for joining us. New details in the murder case of a young, promising College Student. Tonight, the clues that helped trigger a multistate manhunt and an arrest. Heres abcs har cumarcus moore. Reporter she was the girl with the bright smile and even brighter future. This newly released Surveillance Video may have captured the last images of her alive. A College Student from st. Louis has been found dead in mississippi. Reporter the 21 year old College Student was found in the remote mississippi woods. Her autopsy revealing she died of multiple gunshot wounds. Foul play is involved. Reporter but how she ended up in those woods 30 miles away remained a mystery until Police Arrested this man. It turns out he was allys classmate at old miss, seen by her side in this photo in a social media post. Possibly armed. Reporter police in tennessee track him down at this gas station in memphis. 23, male. Reporter tonight the mystery surrounding one womans horrific murder. I
Learn about their history and life. We will look at highlights of some of these stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Alabama,n selma, africanamericans were denied the right to vote. There were folks throughout the south that did not want these people to have the right to vote. They can be considered second class citizens. Poll taxes would be the price you had to pay per year in order to get on the voting rolls. Say i live here in Dallas County and allke 60 dollars taxes are one dollar a year. Raise that isa 40. Thenf my 60 will go i will have 20 which i have to feed and flow my kids. There are not very many black people who will have extra money left over to pay a poll tax. On something when i have an extra dollar left over and i go down to this courthouse and i show up saying i would like to register to vote. I would go to the county registrar, have my poll tax ready. Takes my pollnel tax but he also administers a literary tax. That tests could take many forms. Ask me the name of the pr