i was looking for another idea. my brother sent me an article and i was astounded to find i ever heard of this marine. - man. o it was an article that ncapsulate s his life. i just was intrigued and i couldn t stop reading about him. we don t know who his father was. it was a name chosen by robert himself. who were the mckees? a very wealthy family in buford. pretty much royalty at the time. they were a prominent family who had the respect of a lot of people. he was very fortunate that henry mckee was a kind owner. he was still enslaved which made it a difficult life. but he was fortunate in that he is raised as a house slaved a mother. compared to the life he could have had it was much more. they had access to information and they had regular food and hand me down clothes. it was not ideal but it was better than the life of a plantation slave. we know his mother had one son by the time she had robert. he grew up as an only child living in the slave house behind the
and authorjournalist eberry discusses her book, the amazing story from freedom from slavery to freedom. brian: cate lineberry. when did you first get interested in robert smalls, and who was he? cate: i first learned about history a few years ago. i was looking for another idea. my youngest brother sent me a short article on robert smalls. i was astounded to find i have never heard of this man. i have done a lot of writing for the new york times. i worked for smithsonian magazine and read about the civil war for them and i had never heard of him. it was a little article that encapsulated his life and i wanted to know more. i wanted to know how this man, who have been told from the time he was a young child that he was not worth anything could have had the courage and determination to find a way out of slavery. i was intrigued and could not reading about him. brian: born in 1839. where was he born and into what situation? cate: he was born in beaufort, south carolina,
talks of iran s nuclear capability beyond the deal. we re in tehran. as of one hour ago greece has officially failed to pay back nearly $2 billion to the international monetary fund. in a historic development greece is the first developed nation to be in default to the imf. the uncertainty of this financial crisis is playing out on the streets of athens, and it s also creating some deep divisions. [ chanting ] they say that the country could slide out of euro zone. they call themselves they want a yes vote in the referendum. there s talk of last-minute goings, but perhaps the most important player in europe, the german chancellor is giving nothing away. it s clear that we re not going to have the channels of communication after midnight tonight. and otherwise the european union, and that means that the doors are not open to talk to say this. whatever is to come, many in athens don t have much ahead. he is unemployed and lives with his parents and dismayed by growing
what if my regrets was that i had never seen strom thurmond one of my regrets was that i had never seen strom thurmond. he has such a unusual appearance about him. i am on the flight and i look ahead in front of me. i see a man who has got orange colored hair. these first-generation hair plugs. think to myself, that must be what strom thurmond s head looks like. of course, it was strom thurmond. i knew that when people were trying to shake his hand, that kind of thing could i wanted to shake his hand thing. i wanted to shake his hand too. i was about to speak to my father s rotary club and tell him about all the famous people i have met in washington, and so i was trying to shake his hand, but as i got off the plane, there were already people lined up to shake it could shake his hand. i did not get . i m not a softer linnean, i don t have anything to say to him, really. i was a bit self-conscious, it was a busy airport with a lot of different kinds of people. this is
begins in late july, 1992. i m on a flight from washington to charlotte. i have been an intern on capitol hill that summer. what if my regrets was that i had never seen strom thurmond one of my regrets was that i had never seen strom thurmond. he has such a unusual appearance about him. i am on the flight and i look ahead in front of me. i see a man who has got orange colored hair. these first-generation hair plugs. i think to myself, that must be what strom thurmond s head looks like. of course, it was strom thurmond. i knew that when people were trying to shake his hand, that kind of thing could i wanted to shake his hand thing. i wanted to shake his hand too. i was about to speak to my father s rotary club and tell him about all the famous people i have met in washington, and so i was trying to shake his hand, but as i got off the plane, there were already people lined up to shake it could shake his hand. i did not get . i don t have anything to say to him, really.