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Robert walker andeckel cole were sheltering to a pounding rainstorm the only way they could. they huddled inside the scoop of the garbage truck they were riding on. thats not them. but thats a photograph of the way that sanitation workers in memphis guilty dealt with the rain in those days. but the compressor suddenly malfunctioned and robert and eckel were swallowed in the body of the truck. their bodies were crushed and broken up amid all of the garbage that they had thrown into that truck. th...

Rain in those days. but the compressor suddenly malfunctioned and robert and eckel were swallowed in the body of the truck. their bodies were crushed and broken up amid all of the garbage that they had thrown into that truck. they were killed. the horror and degradation were unbearable for their coworkers. they all walked off the job. they demanded the right to join a union. their slogan resonated with black and poor americans everywhere. it was simply, i am a man. thats why martin luther king j...

Welcome back. a new u.n. report predicts the earths population is about to experience its biggest growth spurt ever. currently, the u.n. estimates there are 7.3 billion of us here on the planet, and ha number is expected to rise to 8.5 billion by the year 2030. by the end of the century, the projection on this tiny planet earth is 11.2 billion people. where will we find a place to park? this report predicts most of the population increases will come from high-fertility nations, mainly on the afr...

bookstores. thanks for watching booktv. >> next on booktv, beth leech profiles various lobbyists working in washington, d.c. to highlight the role they play in our political m. this is -- political system. this is about an hour. >> beth is a professor of political science at rutgers university. she teaches, researches and publishes on interest groups, lobbying and policy making. she received her bsj from the ma dill school of journalism at knot western university -- northwestern univer...

theyre recovery difficult, and the state sort of had -- it was trying to fix these people and at the time people thought that if you could get these injured veterans back to work, that it would ease this pain. so the books genesis was this list of every person who contacted the state, related to having lost a limb or they of a limb during the civil war. the names of the veterans, company regiment, what county they were from, and everywhere you can find a document related to their corre...

perhaps as a weakened tropical i storm it will pass to the south and eat. lets talk local weather, today first and no issues this morning. were warmer than yesterday, 66e at reagan national. na 64 the winning number, dulles and bwi marshal. marshal clouds for the thursday, big urs changes after one yesterday. yer we will have showers move in in later this afternoon. after greengreen out to the west somef that will move in later. we will start the downhilldownhl period of rainshowers, t...

>> in many ways it is politically and economically performative. again, the potential for north america, it is tightly woven together. and i think it will be as we go on. there is potential to be doing good for the 300 and plus million americans. it can be one of the great stories. it really is deserving of high level of attention. why am i not a mystic to . >> well, one has to do with technology. three or four years ago, none of us wouldve seen how remarkable this was. so it shows you...

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philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john...

philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john...