May never be achievable, lets think about what it is we want and what it is we would like to chahange and whwhat where we would like to be. How would we like to be . That k kind of thing. And i thouought, thats part of what that is part of what the show is. It shows people an alternative way of being. Amy all that and more, coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the e war and peace report. I am a amy goodman. Today wewe are joined by david byryrne, the celebratated musician, artist, writer, cycling enenthusiast, fifilmma, and nonow broadway star. His new broadway show is called american utopia. It is receiving rave reviews. amy american utopia grew out of david byrnes recent world tour, which the British Music publication nme said may jusust be the best live show of all time. The e production feaeatures dad byrne and 11 Musical Artists from around the globe, including six percussionists performing a s selection of sons from throughout his remarkable career feated on
Will speak with local authors about the citys history, starting with its link to booker t. Washington. And in about 20 minutes, the Chemical Spill that contaminated charlestons water system and then in 50 minutes, theWest Virginia teachers strike. We begin with booker t. Washington. Booker t. Washington was for 20 years the spokesman and leader of African Americans in america and at the time we had horrible jim crow race notes in the south, that didnt happen here in West Virginia. It was a different sort of Race Relations and what he observed with his heroes was the building of a black middle class and that became his path, his career path as he went from dusky to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born in a place called hales ford south of roanoke virginia, 220 miles from here and in those first nine years he was a slave boy. He didnt have pants. He wore a slave boys shirt, shoes were two wooden slats with a piece of leather across each toe across thetop. He wanted very much to go
Court, and Public Policy events from washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979. Cspan is brought to you by your local or cable satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With the support of our link by all teas cable partners, this weekend we travel to charleston, West Virginia. Coming up in the next hour and a half, we will visit notable locations and speak with experts about the citys history, including a home dating back to the early settlement of charleston. Then in about an hour, we will tour West Virginias capital building. Later, we hear the true life story of the movie Hidden Figures. In an africanamerican woman played in putting a man on the moon. We begin our special feature with a visit to the state history museum. Welcome to the West Virginia state museum at the state Cultural Center in c
May never be achievable, lets think about what it is we want and what it is we would like to chahange and whwhat where we would like to be. How would we like to be . That k kind of thing. And i thouought, thats part of what that is part of what the show is. It shows people an alternative way of being. Amy all that and more, coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the e war and peace report. I am a amy goodman. Today wewe are joined by david byryrne, the celebratated musician, artist, writer, cycling enenthusiast, fifilmma, and nonow broadway star. His new broadway show is called american utopia. It is receiving rave reviews. amy american utopia grew out of david byrnes recent world tour, which the British Music publication nme said may j just be the best live show of all time. Ththe production f features dad byrne and 11 Musical Artists from around the globe, including six percussionists performing a a selection of sons from throughout his remarkable career feured on
With support from Cable Partners this weekend, we traveled to charleston, West Virginia. Coming up in the next hour we speak with local authors about the citys history starting with the link to booker t. Washington. In 20 minutes the Chemical Spill that contaminated charlestons water system and in 50 minutes the teacher strike. We begin with booker t. Washington. Booker t. Washington, the spokesman and leader of africanamericans in america, at the time, had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. That didnt happen in West Virginia. What he observed in his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middle class that became his path, his career path from teske to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born south of corona, virginia, 225 miles from here. And those nine years he was a slave boy, he didnt have pants, he wore a slave boy shirt, shoes, across the top, he wanted very much to go to school and he wasnt able to do that. He left the farm in 1865 after the civil war end, there w