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The son didnt grow up on a share croppers rotation. the son lived in washington, d.c. the son saw the open door to possibility in his life. the father still is carrying the pain and the burdens of the past and feels like you know the son didnt have to get off the street. so hes thinking, what are you doing that for. >> in a way, the son as a response is doing what hes doing ultimately for what he sees as an injustice or for his father. i would like to hear about some of the other cameos. its inc...

Under jim crow, the title of cook, along with share cropper, maid, busboy and porter, one of the list of short lists of positions available to black laborers, shut out of all but the lowest paid and least desirable jobs. working in a kitchen was a means of survival. thanks to the loeshing efforts of the american culinary federation, they officially upgraded chef from service occupation to professional and managerial category. ameri americas career cooks finally arrived. unfortunately, the black ...

the viewers may understand, it basically means that rebekah brooks and her husband, charlie, have been charged with effectively concealing evidence from the police, as they looked into phone hacking at the disgraced tabloid owned by rupert murdoch, "the news of the world." that tabloid closed down last summer but the repercussions of the phone hacking scandal continue to ripple through british society, and internationally as well, of course, but this is significant, because its the fir...

cain says its time to set the record straight. >> i will talk about all future firestorms. heres one thing people dont know about herman cain. im in it to win it. im not going to be discouraged. >> well, mary snow has the latest developments and mark preston is looking at the political fallout. mary, lets go ahead and begin with you. what caused cain to reverse course all of a sudden and decide to hold this news conference? >> you know, kyra, last week when herman cain railed against t...

Was the 10th. and i was born when he was close to cent. he was a share cropper and dirt farmer and i awn think he had all 10 of those kids at that age before viagra. [laughter] that kind of impresses me to know that i come from such strong stock. and my father was a wonderful man, but he was an alcoholic. and i became aware of that when i was five or six years old>> was he abusive >> never except when he was drinking and then sometimes, i think as i god older, my mother left when i was 12 or 13 ...

Brady. please welcome forens henderson. [applause] >> so good to have you here. >> me, too, thank you so much. wow. mause plause thank you. >> i think all of us sort of believe it florence henderson is carol brady and idyllic american life and that is perfect and everything works out in 29 minutes and like a sit com. life was tough for you. talk about the early days growing up in indiana. >> well, i am the youngest of the 10 children born on a little tiny farm in southern indiana . my father did...

Brady. please welcome forens henderson. [applause] >> so good to have you here. >> me, too, thank you so much. wow. mause plause thank you. >> i think all of us sort of believe it florence henderson is carol brady and idyllic american life and that is perfect and everything works out in 29 minutes and like a sit com. life was tough for you. talk about the early days growing up in indiana. >> well, i am the youngest of the 10 children born on a little tiny farm in southern indiana . my father did...

Of african-american delegates, crashed the convention. their demand to replace the delegates and be recognized as the official delegation from the state of mississippi was most profoundly and powerfully expressed by fannie lou hamer. hamer, a mississippi share cropper turned activist who was prui brutalized by police while working in the movement, gave this testimony. >> the plantation owners came and said, fannie lou, do you know desh did they tell you what i said? i said, yes, sir. he said, we...

Contenders growing today. former maryland governor martin omally now in the running. he spoke to hundreds of supporters this morning in baltimore. he launched his political career there, first serving as a councilman at age 28. he spoke about more opportunities for all americans and promised to be a leader for new generations. he joins two other democratic candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. thousands flocking to mississippi to pay their respects to blues legend bb king. king died i...

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