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Was remembered at all. >> mr. freedman, i remember 1968. i was just turning 13 years old and had joined the operation bread basket chapter here in new york of dr. kings organization. dr. king was killed that year and i was later appointed youth director by william jones and jesse jackson. i looked up to them. all of them talked about hubert humphrey in great terms and were stunned he was defeated by richard nixon. i think this book is absolutely necessary. what i want to bring up for you to addr...

That were not always positive and did not always center black life and culture in a way in which we wanted to see ourselves. - and these were very much shows that were made to allay white fears and to protect white comfort. youre talking about the jim crow era. - and ive seen the promised land. - as the civil rights movement was kicking up, the naacp wanted to show black people in a different light. black people were going to college and making money and entering the middle class. took until 196...

Wiehl: roman polanski was a very famous director at that time, sharon tate, an up-and-coming young actress. sidner: sharon tate and roman polanski had met three years earlier, on polanskis film, "the fearless vampire killers," in london. i -- im going to save you. well go away together. she was a stunningly beautiful young woman. as one person said to me, she literally turned heads when she walked down the street. sharon and roman were married in london in january 1968. the newlyweds had moved i...

Youre talking about the jim crow era. - and ive seen the promised land. - as the civil rights movement was kicking up, the naacp wanted to show black people in a different light. black people were going to college and making money and entering the middle class. took until 1968 for us to have a show that was served as a counterweight to shows like "beulah and "amos n andy." - when i think about the history of black television, i think of diahann carroll. she personifies the brilliance that has ex...

All the answers to their problems and that they could find peace, love and serenity in their lives if they would just do exactly what he said. >> as time goes on, those women become even more manipulatable, more malleable to his hands to a dark demonic future. >> charlie believes hes destined to be a rock star and to have everything he never had. >> i think he came out of prison with like 80 some songs that hed written. ♪ look at your game girl go on look at your game girl ♪. >> in may 1968 ...

Children and blood everywhere and crying. and that put me in a traumatic state realize my mortality and also i might not live and that russia was going to bomb us and that we didnt have much time. and i get emotional now about it because it still sits here. >> most people i think will be surprised to see this is who goldie hawn really is. most of us who saw you when you first started you were the goofy blonde on laughing. >> hey, has anybody seen goldie? >> yes, i did. i brushed my teeth this mo...

Choice. theyre offering a allusion. theres absolutely no way that a third party candidate is going to win a election. no third-party time that has ever come close. no third party candidate has won single state since 1968 when george wallace ran as a racist. second problem is that no labels is not very democratic. they dont reveal who their donors are. their secret, they raise money in unlimited amounts, and so theyre not playing on the same playing field as political parties. there have to say w...

In an anglo—saxon way, really. so my dad, all his friends, they said, "come down to margate, its just like the mediterranean!" john laughs this was about 1968, so my dad went down to margate and bought all these properties and joined them together and made this hotel, and my mum and dad were not married, and my mum, my dad spent three days with us and three days with his wife, and me and my mum always stayed one day somewhere else, and when the big recession hit in about 1970 or whatever it wa...

Sort of making real caricatures of black life. - i learn a lot of things. i just dont retain em. - so you had these examples of black representation that were not always positive and did not always center black life and culture in a way in which we wanted to see ourselves. - and these were very much shows that were made to allay white fears and to protect white comfort. youre talking about the jim crow era. - and ive seen the promised land. - as the civil rights movement was kicking up, the naac...

And entering the middle class. took until 1968 for us to have a show that was served as a counterweight to shows like "beulah and "amos n andy." - when i think about the history of black television, i think of diahann carroll. she personifies the brilliance that has existed in black hollywood. - "julia" premiered in 1968. the country was in the midst of incredible unrest. this is right around the time that martin luther king, jr. was assassinated. - diahann carroll herself, she didnt feel that i...