raised in a racist society so she send her kids all over europe. so the russian troop, harry bell font at the, rich wright, paul. it was just was the place ton the south side. so it wasn t that she was a grim person by any when i talked to her and we did this walk around brownville and just because i asked her to because i want i m working on this into and would like to know brownsville and i said here s all the historical sites, we stop? she said, sure. so, as we were walking along it wasn t like we were just talking about our families. no. no it s like we re talk can about history. she was not a chit-chatty person. richard durham was a radio writer so clarice said she just wasn t but chit-chat. she was about bringing people together to get something done, and that was that s what drove her. host: writing biography is tough and, colin-when you get the contract to do that there had been one only one previous book about nelson, by bet
it s tuesday, november 6. election day 2018. 435 u.s. house seats, 35 u.s. senate seats, 36 governors offices up for decision and your votes today. initiative and ballot measures. good morning and welcome to washington journal of this election day. three hours of discussion on the election. we welcome your conversation, comments and we ll check in on key senate races and house races as well and hear from you and your thoughts on this election day. here s how we we re breaking te phone lines up. if you are not vs election, 202-748-8002. we welcome your comments on facebook. we will look for your we welcome your comments on facebook. we look for your tweets at c-span that bj and try to get some of those throughout the morning as well. you can start dialing in with your thoughts on that election day 2018. matt sums it up simply like this. front page of the drudge report within or against him, present photo president trump yesterday had three final closing rallies in clev
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but if you go back 100 years to a hot-summer day on the shores of lake michigan, you might begin to understand. he and four of his friends decided to go to the beach along with everyone else. they were ordinary kids. black kids? black kids. yes, black kids. reporter: what happened to a 17-year-old named eugene williams started a chain of events that led from rocks to riots. they drove into bronzeville and they opened fire. reporter: to promises broken, again and again. every family that wants to stay in the community will stay in this community. i don t see the black people. where we at? reporter: do you think things have gotten a lot better in the last 100 years? where there s poverty, there s usually high rates of violence. reporter: tonight, i ll meet people who have lived that story. every day, risk our lives. reporter: and are trying to change the ending. we have a new brother. how long you been here? i have been here for three or four weeks