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And her political affect she was on a first name basis with everyone from hermie everyone from harry truman to lbj and sang at the white house. But her own autobiography had hundreds of listings where she was and what she sang and why shes hanging. Why she sang it. There are other people who did as much or more but the hell you jackson was the lone black artists who could afford to do that. The ward sisters to a degree, but they were marching on the front lines, dividing the music at the meetings, giving where they could and doing benefit concerts. That has never been chronicled the way i think it deserved to be. When we started nothing but love and gods water, we went to the places where the movement happened and tried to track down not just the gospel singers, but the pastors, the djs, the people on the front lines, the members of the mass choirs and said what did you sing, where did you sing it and why did you sing it . Why were you compelled to sing this in the face of the dogs and ....
Backpack. Its licensed in the state of louisiana, and ive got a little weed. [laughter] so you know just shut up already. So he ended up having to take a plea. Because he defeated attorneys ability to get the stop, the evidence was obtained as a result of the stop suppressed because he volunteered this information. Everybody will say, you know, you didnt read robbin shipps book. [laughter] she told you to just shut up. So now this kid has a criminal record. Hes got a felony record. And a serious felony record because he was committing a felony, the amount of marijuana he had was a felony amount. And then he was in the possession of a firearm. So he got a gun charge on his record. Hes like 26. No priors, none of that. And he had this long history also though of Mental Health challenges. And we talked about that, and we talked about the fact that black and brown folks dont like to get their kids tested. Well, why not . You know . My ....
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Booktv, television for serious readers. This weekend on booktv Arthur Brooks is live on in depth. Jason so kill sits down on after words, nick childs and robinship advise africanamericans on how to deal with police and the criminal Justice System in the u. S. , robert baer provides a history of political assassinations and a literary tour of waco, texas. Check out our full schedule online, booktv. Org. You give me your name and the title of the book and tell me how you came to the project. Hi, im lawrence knutson, the title of the book is a wave in the white house, i came to the project because i am a retired reporter for the Associated Press and in my last three or four years i exploited a personal interest and wrote a column about ame ....
Explore the history of this Central Texas town of 129,000 since along the river and is home to Baylor University, the oldest institute of Higher Learning in the state. The institute of texan thatre in san antonio says the second most well known thing from the Texas Rangers was the alamo, and we are talking about 200 years of the history and heritage of upholding values of law, order, and justice. Later we will visit the Dr Pepper Museum as we learn how impact of gettings the local economy. In 1885 when a pharmacist was mixing together ine different concoctions the back of the old corner drugstore. Where the pharmacy was located. It came up where a fragrant smelling mixture that he liked very much was, he pr ....
History of communities throughout the country with the help of our local cable partners. Today we feature the music of several of these cities. I can only speak for myself as to why i think gospel music resonates to such a degree even now, even the music from the 30s and 40s no less than very current gospel artists right now seems to me has a certain almost undefinable something. I would say black music in general has an underpinning of the pain and freedom struggle of africanamericans which continues through to this day. Why it never really goes out of style. It has this longing and this resonance of a deeper pool of emotion than songs about puppy love and songs about why i have a bigger car than somebody else has or cant match. When youre talking act a music that sustained an entire race of people through some some of the most brutal times in american history, civil war era and before, right through the Civil Rights Movement< ....