This wasnt a history that you could find. Betty at first was surprised there was such a thing as a black marine. You dont believe it, ask a tuskegee airman. Hell tell you. Victor green was a mailman for 40 years, lived in harlem, lived right across the street from duke ellington. Victor green was a man with a seventh grade education yet he put together a publication that touched all aspects of life. My parents liked to travel. They figured that was helpful for our education. The thing was, finding the black section of town and you used the green book to find places to eat so i always knew that we couldnt stay places. Mr. Green was distinguished and even as a child, a very lovely man, and i would say it was unusual to have a black client working with a white printer. The green book, my dad found what was the first place that he could stay between new orleans and the end of the drive for that first day. And the next day we drove all the way to miami and we stayed at the Lord Calvert Hote
The roll will pit the shuttle toward an imaginary target in space. The 1981 nasa documentary, Space Shuttle a remarkable flying machine on the voyage of columbia. Sunday morning on road to the white house rewind, the 196 Campaign Film for candidate Richard Nixon. I have decided that i will test my ability to win and my ability to cope with the issues in the fires of the primary. And not just in the smokefilled room of miami. At 1 00, a panel of authors on their books chronicling mix can American Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1970s. This coalition of labor unions, mexican American Civil Rights leaders and religious authorities came together to protest the exploitation of the program and, in fact, accelerated Congress Decision to terminate it the next year in 1964. I think this was a moment of blossoming for the chicano movement. For the complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. On lectures in history, Dickinson College professor David Oconnell examines president ial legacies and what fa
Generations. This half hour interior Department Film was produced by the naval photographic center. Pres. Kennedy our greatness today rests in part on this good piece of geography that is the United States. But what is important is what the people of america do with it. This document, produced prior to the death of president kennedy, spans a continent on the days between september 24 and 28, 1963. Its message is eloquently expressed in the concern of a nations leader for the resources of the earth and water or of the human spirit that are the indestructible fabric of these United States. Pres. Kennedy i have come upon a journey of the United States to talk about the conservation of our resources. I was reminded when i read my itinerary of a poem by Steven Vincent called american names. Snakes and snakeskin title, mining claims. Tucson and deadwood. The names were las vegas, whiskeytown, and tacoma. Salt lake city, great falls, and billings. Laramie and cheyenne. Grand forks and duluth
Mr. Mcgovern is down to campaigning in only one state, massachusetts. And if he doesnt do well there, he may withdraw. Plchl h m mr. Glenn has yet to get a victory. Mr. Mondales hopes for a quick and decisive lead in all of this hasnt been fulfilled. I believe i heard him use the word clobbered to describe one of his defeats. Mr. Hart has done well. Hes presented himself as a man with ideas for the future, but his opponents say thats justin sell. Glamour but no substance. Well, on to the substance, ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Jackson, youve got a lot of frontline combat experience in civil rights. Now that youre campaigning in the south where there are a lot of black vote, youve been hitting that civil rights theme very hard, saying in effect youre better than your opponents on that issue. Does this tend, do you think to narrow your candidacy. Theres a lot of white voters who didnt rally to your rainbow coalition. Have you reached the point where your support will come almost exclusively
I saw a lot of hands. Okay. I was curious about hotels in new york. I mean i know my parents stayed at one of the few hotels in new york that allowed black people to stay there. Well, you know, it was different. Like up where i interviewed paula, up at the polo grounds, she mentioned in her building at one time walter white from the naacp, Thurgood Marshal stayed there, judge bruce wright stayed there at one time in that building. But further up is a building count 555. Gnat king cole would come in town and he couldnt stay in town. He could playdown town but couldnt stay downtown. What years were your parents stay ting there . They got married in 54. Well you know, i guess it happens. But i know i read his article not too long ago that hairy bell fon taye was having a hard time finding a place. He ended up buying the building and sold the penthouse to lena horne. Thats how he was able to get in the upper westside. Do you know the websites url for the green book chronicles so people wit