Number two. My name is rosa parks. And number three. My name is rosa parks. Once again, panel, these three ladies all claim to be civil rights champion rosa parks, and lets start the questioning with kitty carlisle. Number two, what led up to this glorious moment on that bus . How did you feel at the moment of arrest . [ bell dings ] that bell tells us the time is up. And now, of course, its time to vote whoever, in your opinion, is the real rosa parks. I voted for number two, and its just based on a feeling. She just has that gentleness, i think, that would allow to be defiant. Okay. Any one of these three ladies could have had the courage, and im ashamed to say, i dont really know which one it really is, but i voted for number two. All right. And nipsey, who got your vote . Well, ill have to disqualify myself. I know mrs. Parks, and i was one of the entertainers on that show between selma and montgomery, but ms. Rosa parks is 10 foot tall, and shes a legend and a hero in the democrac
There are lingering questions about how far detroit has come in a half century in addressing the issues that led to the rioting. We are here at the Detroit Free Press where it won a Pulitzer Prize for its 1967 riot coverage. Were joined by Heather Ann Thompson and Detroit Free Press page editor steve henderson. Well be live for the next two hours taking your calls, tweets and facebook posts. Can we start with the definitions in the sense that the events that took place 50 years ago described as a riot. I would say its absolutely not a riot. Because that term connotes chaos and it suggests that everyone just showed up and destroyed the city for no reason. It also suggested how we should understand what happened and what the impact of it was. We prefer to think about it like a rebellion. Because all of the energy and anger and activism that went into that moment had long been predicted. People had been begging for some remedy, for the housing discrimination. The Police Brutality. The eco
Welcome to bbc news. Thousands of people have had to be rescued in and around the us city of houston, as waters continue to rise in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The areas expected to have received a years rainfall within a week. Helicopters have plucked victims from rooftops, as roads have been turned into rivers. And the flooding, already described as catastrophic in texas, is not only expected to get worse, its also expected to spread with concerns now for neighbouring louisiana. Lets crossed now to our correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, he was at the grange, in texas, in houston. Welcome to la grange. This isa houston. Welcome to la grange. This is a small tax on town of 500 people. Many homes have been evacuated. There is extensive, catastrophic, devastating flooding. The Colorado River, we can land, by the way, has broken its banks and is just about peaking at 55 feet. Normally the river level is about eight feet. Flooding level is 2a feet. More than double the normal flooding level
Who is serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, may have killed 84 others. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejohn crowley, managing editor of Newsweek Media group, and the broadcaster, lynn faulds wood. Thank you very much for coming in. Tomorrows front pages. We start with this. The telegraph says that the brexit talks between the uk and the eu have descended into a slanging match with the eus chief negotiator, Michel Barnier being called unhelpful. Whereas the times picks up on the frustration on the other side in its headline its time to get serious, brussels tells britain. The ft says that theresa may is set for disappointment this week because, the paper claims, the japanese government wont rush into free trade talks with the uk. The metro reports that the driver accused of killing eight people in a motorway crash on the m1 was almost twice over the drink drive limit. T
Later, 43 people were dead and 7000 have been arrested. President lyndon b. Johnson said send in 5000 troops and Property Damage was estimated at more than 30 million. Affected areas still bear the scars today. Are lingering questions about how far depart detroit has come in addressing the issues that led to the writing. Rioting. We are joined by professor heather nan heather and thompson and we will be live for the next two hours taking her calls, tweets, and facebook posts. Can we start with definitions in the sense that we hear this event that took place described as a riot, would you describe describe it as such or is there a better way to define what happened . That term connotes chaos and suggests everyone showed up and destroyed the city for no reason and it suggests how we should understand how what happened and the impact of it was. We prefer to think about it like a rebellion because all of the energy and anger act and activism that went into that moment had long been predict