Find offensive. [applause] thanks. Go ahead. You start. Figure out what to do. So much of this book is based on the interview, interviewing people. I am going to be up front. I am really intimidated by this guy. I thought i was intimidated by you. I want to give a little bit of background. I never really met john. I heard of jon else. He is this ghost. My first job was with chinese american filmmaker, legendary filmmaker and i came on the tail end of a series called bean sprouts. The crew a crewmember they would talk about jon else as the white guy that passed the asian litmus test and so i never met him but heard of him. I was working with wayne weighing in monaco and john was her, wayne congratulated him, winning the macarthur fellowship. I had no idea what it was at the time. Wayne said it is called a genius grant. And then i was actually in started working on a film that was actually because what we did is we gave don a camera to just film his everyday life for a full year of his s
Freedom summer to lend their hands in the struggle against racism. White supremacy and black subordination ruled not just in mississippi but across the country. So we were part of the events that actually brought that constitutional era to an end. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I s
Racism. White supremacy and black subordination ruled not just in mississippi but across the country. So we were part of the events that actually brought that constitutional era to an end. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ow
White supremacy and black subordination ruled not just in mississippi but across the country. So we were part of the events that actually brought that constitutional era to an end. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership
In selma. Congressman lewis passed away last week of bank pancreatic ca, he was 80 years old in addition to his more than three decades in washington, lewis was a giant of the civil rights movement. Famously led a march from selma site of the memorial across the ed monobridge to Montgomery Alabama for Voting Rights in 1965. After police descended on march percent dozens of them injured including lewis himself he suffered a fractured skull. And we have Live Team Coverage of tonights memorial. Well discuss john lewiss life and powerful legacy with Eleanor Holmes norton and dr. Taryn who was once an intern for congressman lewis but we first begin with first steve [inaudible conversations] reporter just really a stunning picture here when you think about the history involved. Weve just seen the coffin of john lewis being taken into the church here by a military honor guard. It was 55 years ago, just a short distance from here on bridge when he was leading 600 nonviolent protesters they wer