please welcome, the president of the national civil rights museum, terry freeman. good afternoon, everyone. i just want to remind us all the reason why we are here. the only person this is about is dr. king. i would like us to keep that in mind as we move forward. it is a beautiful sight to stand here and it is incredibly humbling for me to stand here at this moment on this day. he was a man, a husband, a father, a son, a brother. he was a preacher and a scholar, a visionary, a strategist, a leader, a servant. he was a radical thinker, a believer in the concept of peaceful direct action and civil disobedience as an effective means to affect change. he believed in the promise of america for all people. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable, rights that among these were life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. he was a dreamer, he had a dream. but he wasn t
we are excited that each of you came out this morning on this beautiful fall morning to join us for a conversation that we started about 35 minutes ago. we have to catch you up to where we are. i am joined by two esteemed journalists. one, adam parker and mark. both of these men are journalists and scholars in their own right. we will take some time sharing and some hidden narratives. one will chronicle the life of an iconic photographer that many of us have seen the images. he will debunk some of those myths. the others will reintroduce a hidden figure in history and give us an idea on why we think he should be on the platform with every other civil rights icon. i will start by introducing our journalist. they will tells a little bit about who they are. we will have organic conversation, if that works for everyone here. good morning. i am adam parker. i don t know if i am in a steam journalist, but i ever share. about 12 years or so ago, i covered for the courier, i work f
sellers and photo journalist ernest who became informant for the fbi.ng someone right there my name is andrea black man and we re here at the public library welcome on behalf of the national public library on behalf of the southern we re excited so that each of you came out this morning under a beautiful fall morning to join us for a conversation that we started about 35 minutes ago so we ve got to catch you up to where we are. joined by two esteemed journalist one adam mark and both of these men are journalist in scholar in their own right and they ll some timesharing hidden narrative and stories that we w know about some storis that we don t know about. one will chronicle life of an ironic photographer that many of us have seen his images and then he s going to debunk some of those mists and other will introduce some of us in reintroduce to others a hidden figure in history and give us an idea of why we think that mr. seller should be on platform with every other civil righ
two esteem to journalist both of these men are journalist and with those hidden narratives and those that we don t know about and then to debunk some of those myths and then to reintroduce to others ahead and figure to give us an idea why we think that should be on the platform with every other civil-rightsry platform so thank you for joining us today i will start by introducing our journalists and they will tell us who we are - - who they are. good morning forgot i am adam parker i don t know if i am the esteemed journalist but i am a steaming that is for sure. [laughter] so about 12 years ago i covered and i worked for the career i worked for the newspaper or a commemoration of the massacre. that is impressive most people don t know but wait until you hear what happened i went to cover this commemoration i met doctor cleveland sellers that paid a price it was a scapegoat. and then i did it again the following year and i got to know him a little bit and this important epis
peter, tomplaint came pouring into npr wn i first started i talked too loud. my favorite one was my laugh was too boisterous. he laughs too bows tmendously. laugh was too much. my cence was wrong. i spo too fast. everything about me isoo big for public radio. you know how npr is. this is national public radio. my style is so different when i first started at npthe betting i wouldn t make it. pb the betting wasn t as high. people didn t think it would rk on pbs. charlie rose had done well for years d nobody expecd for me to make it on pbs. long story short it would be i m still here. host: 25 years or so you ve been doing this. 17 books or so you ever written and edid. your different shows that you ve done, what do you think you ve accomplished? guest: i hope that what we do every day through our public radio and plic television work is the same three things that say all the time. i hope, number one to challen fellow citizens to reexamine the sumption they hold. we all bri