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Citizen if they could claim that a person committed a crime. it was made the law of the state in 1863, its no coincidence that that law was put into place that year. 1863 was, just after president lincoln signed thesident lincoln signed the law was codified just afte president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation and enslaved people in georgia started fleeing their captors. and it remained the states law during jim crow when it was used to justify the lynchings of four black people in ja...

One real curiosity, in the 1960s, the beatles actually wanted to make a lord of the rings movie directed by stanley kubrick. what do you know about that? ive been scraping together little pieces of information and interrogating paul about it. when they went to india, when they stayed in india for three months with the maharishi in the beginning of 1968, john paul and george each got one lord of the rings book to read in india and they got excited about it and ultimately they couldnt get the righ...

>> a all closed at 2:00 a.m. from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. you would barrel get in on a friday and saturday night, duke ellington, bailey, nat "king" cole, of joy time music on jukebox, musicians coming in in 60s civil rights took over still a meeting place. >> in town, on occasion he would come back to the chili bar have a sandwich an opportunity to sit listen to him talk about his dream. >> in 1968 dining was assassinated much of the street burned down or boarded-up. >> -- that was allowed to re...

From 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. you would barrel get in on a friday and saturday night, duke ellington, bailey, nat "king" cole, of joy time music on jukebox, musicians coming in in 60s civil rights took over still a meeting place. >> in town, on occasion he would come back to the chili bar have a sandwich an opportunity to sit listen to him talk about his dream. >> in 1968 dining was assassinated much of the street burned down or boarded-up. >> -- that was allowed to remain open scary but -- >> in ...

Franklin as the first black member of the peanuts gang. but you know, thanksgiving special five years later, this picture still brings up a lot of feelings of thoughts for people. joining right now right now as robin reid, the voice of franklin in that thanks giving special. and also see oh of that black chamber of arizona. robin, good to see you. we saw your names come up in the credit. thanks for joining us. so, how did franklin come to be a what sort of cultural impacted he have? >> so, frank...

You know, what we see are images of your neighbourhood in london which focus on trash, refuse, the paraphernalia of drug use. and you two, as ever, appear in every picture. and you look, frankly, weary, beaten, deeply subdued by experience. is that the way youre feeling? it was quite, i mean, extraordinary, because we managed to create a world for ourselves now that we are the centre of our art. that was very important. and that, from the very beginning, was a concept... in 1968—69, we made us...

We are the centre of our art. that was very important. and that, from the very beginning, was a concept... in 1968—69, we made us centre of our art. like some artist do apples, some artists do a sky, we made ourselves. and then it became a journey through our life that was extraordinary. the journey — what are we confronting every single day? and that became our subject. and this subject, when we open our door in fullness, there we are. what do you call it? the drug bags are there, the newsp...

Moral dimension. the moral dimension that we create for ourselves — how to behave as a human being. moral dimension. thats quite interesting. over 50 years, youve sort of been in and out of fashion. there was — you did have a major retrospective at the tate modern, the leading, sort of, modern art gallery in london. but i think im right in saying that pretty much all of the pictures they own of yours, theyre now no longer displayed. yes. — does it hurt that...? thats why we create our own ...

Small "c" conservatives? yeah. and you certainly — look at the way you dress. i mean, you couldnt be trying to evoke a more, sort of, you know... normal. normal appearance. ..conservative image with the way you look. and yet, as weve discussed already in this conversation, the subject matter is — is often deeply sexual, its covering all of the taboos that weve discussed. youre sort of conservatives who then play, and have almost a joke at the expense... no, no playing. no playing. but... noj...

Yes. does it hurt that...? thats why we create our own space. because they are all aimed towards different agendas all the time. mm—hm. but the last two years, we did six museum shows. your journey clearly isnt over, but if i — again, to be brutal about it — youre both in your 70s now... but we like our public. we like our public. thats why were doing it. after all, we started off with the message in 1968, 69, and we like that journey for the public. we want people in front of our art, we ...