and shared with us a world of ideas. and he once took us inside hisily in a very personal way. he s authored 12ooks. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers si there ly not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down witme for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies aoy gentlemen, mr. bills. (upbeat music) (audience applause) but it started before - it you were a journalist.exas something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you wereorhe son of one of the t people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southernoys. if you studied hard, worked hard, moved around town, met people, there were men particularly men in the town who would say, he s a comer let s help him. he s a poor b let s help him.
in a very personal way. he s authored 12 books. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers there s simply not enough time. before aowtudio audience a man for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in marshall, texas but it started before you were a journalist. something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poort people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. if you studied hard, worked hard, moved around town, met people, there were men ly particulen in the town who would say, he s a comer let s lp him. he s a poor boy let s help him. so the rodeo club gave me a scholarsh
he s authored 12 books i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyersway. there s simply not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, ag ed to sit down with me afor a conversation i tshall never forget. em ladies and gen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in rshall, texas but it started before you were a journalist. something unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. rkif you studied hard, hard, move, around town, met peopere were men particularly men in the town who would say, he s a comer let s help him. he he s a poor boy let him. so the rodeo club gave me a scholarship, the city commission let
he s authored books. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers s thermply not enough time. before a studio audience a man known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) (audience applause) - it started in marshall, texas but it started beforeu were a . th sog unusual occurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of the poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor y got the shotou got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. if you studied hard, worked hard, particularly men in met peon the town who would say, r he s a cot s help him. he s a poor boy let s help him. so the rodeo club gave me a sclarship, the city commission let me come in in and sit-in on their me. i was just const
and he once took us inside hisily in a very personal way. he s authored 12 books. i m incompetent to properly introduce bill moyers there s simply not enough time. bemare a studio audience a known for his modesty and his reluctance to talk about himself, agreed to sit down with me for a conversation i shall never forget. ladies and gentlemen, mr. bill moyers. (upbeat music) nc (audapplause) - it started in marshall, texas bsomething unusualore uoccurred in marshall that taught you about this america. you were the son of one of th poorest people in town anywhere else, in any other time, you wouldn t have had much of a shot. how did it happen that a poor boy got the shot you got? - i was the beneficiary of affirmative action for poor, white southern boys. if you studied hard, worked hard, moved around town, met people, there were men ic paarly men in the town who would say, he s a comer t s help him. he s a poor boy let s help him. so the rodeo club gave me a scholarship, th