Paris had never seen anything like it it wasnt ballet or burlesque and it wasnt tribal dance either it was the spirit of an era. The spirit of laughter desire and freedom that took the french capital by storm in the 1920 s. Josephine baker dazzled white audiences with her uninhibited performances. But behind her exuberance lay troubled memories of a childhood marked by poverty and. Buz the searing sting of segregation and entrenched racism on the other side of the atlantic i i i i i. I. I i i it would take 40 years until she felt this burden lifted. I gone with the feathers the sequins and glitter it was in military dress that she participated in a defining moment in the American Civil Rights movement i want. That there is the happiest day of my and i like i just said the baker put her global celebrity to use as a champion of racial equality this is the story of the worlds 1st black superstar. Dancing to stay alive dancing to forget the harsh missouri winters. With dance steps passed d
Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. One of englands world cup winning heroes. Martin peters, who scored in the 1966 final, has died at the age of 76. A catastrophic fire warning is issued for parts of eastern australia, including sydney, amid record breaking temperatures following months of severe drought. These are very difficult and trying times. We are up to day 105 of the bushfire emergency across New South Wales and the community is going to have to stay alert and understand what they are going to do as they are threatened by fires. The government approves the takeover of uk defence and aerospace specialist, cobham, by an american company. Prince philip has spent day in hospital in london, to be treated for whats being described as a pre existing condition. And another victory for fallon sherrock, the first ever woman to beat a man in the world darts championship, has won again and is now through to the third
Bringing us tomorrow. With me are chief sports reporterfor the sun, martin lipton, and broadcaster penny smith. Bringing a little bit of festive cheer. Sparkle. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. On the front of the independent, a photo of footballer Martin Peters, whos died aged 76. He scored for england in their 1966 world cup victory over west germany. Peters has made it onto many of the back pages too, with the telegraphs sport section saying goodbye to englands gentleman. Back to brexit on the front of the sunday telegraph which reports that house of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle will let big ben bong to mark the uk leaving the eu at the end of january. The sunday express reports that the Us Ambassador woodyjohnson has declared brexit will pave the way for the Roaring Twenties with wealth reportedly set to flood in from the future uk us trade deal. The observer leads with claims that the home office has ignored more than 1,400 offers from local councils, including wilts
Entire site. Every year you may be tuning in from right around the globe this hour welcome to Moscow International my names you know. Police used tear gas to Disperse Protesters in part this. Braces for a tense weekend sunday marks the one Year Anniversary of the yellow Fast Movement rallies are expected across the country at this stage we believe 41 demonstrators have been arrested in the french capital. As there are 2 in the thick of the action. This is how the yellow 1st movement in paris is marking their one Year Anniversary week and now this protest for them is quite symbolic because theyre here essentially making a stand to saying that their movement that the Yellow Vests Movement one year on is not going anywhere it is supported by the Public Opinion as well because some 63 percent of the people are saying that they will they indeed believe that the movement is alive and kicking and sometimes quite literally in clashes with the police because right now over there there is the po
My name is eddie selassie. Im a coolidge of the class of 2021 and a freshman at Harvard University studying economics and our panel is session six. It is titled the results of coolidge policy, the roar of the 1920s economy moderating. This panel is john childs john childs is the chairman of j. W. Childs associates, a private Investment Firm focused on sciences, real estate and, Consumer Brand investments. Prior to forming his firm in 1995, mr. Childs was senior managing director of thomas lee company and prior to that he ran Capital Markets group of prudential insurance. Mr. Childs served our in the u. S. Army. Hes a trustee of the Coolidge Foundation and serves on numerous other corporate and boards. Please join me in welcoming mr. Childs and our panelists to the stage. Good. What do you want . Im going to put that there. Wheres. Yeah. Good have to be. Ill come down here. Yeah. Let start by thanking edie for that lovely introduction and then ill pat myself on the back. I was on the bo