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(indistinct chatter) - [carolyn] i don't remember ever talking about race growing up. it felt like sort of the safest possible world a young child could grow up in. (somber music) (gate clacking) (cash register rings) - [margaret] it was a very peaceful, almost idyllic place. the only black people that i knew were the ones who worked for us in our family. and we loved them. - [carolyn] when i was 17,
a knife and that it was self defense." the town regrouped real quickly and the story got changed. - [bob] it was a murder. it was a blatant, outright murder of jonathan daniels and the shooting of father richard morrisroe. - [carolyn] he was able to do that because all the people who went to church, and held respectable jobs, they didn't confront him and challenge that. it's not like tom was acting in a vacuum. - [margaret] i feel sure that was not the only violent thing that he ever did. his family grew up next door to my family. and i knew that tom coleman was prone to i knew how he felt about black people and his job for the state of alabama
that's how incredibly fast it happened. - [carolyn] well somebody called me right after it happened and said, "tom coleman just killed one of those civil rights workers, and this town's gonna go up in flames." - [ruby] and before we could turn around the next thing i knew someone had pulled me from behind and i stumbled down the steps, and i fell to the side, and then i heard a shotgun blast, and i saw jonathan daniels fall down to the ground, fall backwards on the ground from the top of the, from the steps and he grabbed his stomach. - john daniels pushed ruby to the ground. and father richard caught me by my hand and jerked me around the car.
- [wendell] we hadn't heard anybody that would talk to white people, the way that sncc talked to white people, straight to their face in a language that they understood. - [hasan] so they fall back and they huddle up. it's like, "okay, well we're gonna tell them to figure out what we gotta do." and carmichael is like, "hey, y'all need to hurry up. you either gonna arrest me or you need to let me do what i gotta do." - [john] and he wasn't afraid. and all those sncc people knew how to work together and help each other and taught us that. - [carolyn] i heard about black people coming from outside the area to organize. just a lot of anxiety about what that was gonna mean. - [margaret] the implications of voting meant that there would be different people in control and very, very much worried about outside agitators. nicorette knows quitting smoking is freaking hard.
division of the department of justice to take over this investigation. remember, reverend al, with this young man, he told his mother about, you know, being chased by a truckload of white people in mississippi. and then, he was caught and decapitated -- 200 people were there, and the sheriff said, they didn't think there was any reason to suspect foul play. how could you say that is not felt play, if a mississippi lynching, and we have to get answers, because raheem carter could not die of that cause. >> well, let me say, carolyn, i will do all i can to raise this issue about your son. i think irvine otieno it's a symbol of many, and you are a
>> i know what i must do, but i'm afraid to do it. >> movies became much more focused on big tentpole things that can bring in as much of an audience as you possibly can. meanwhile, tv which had always been a big tent medium started going smaller and more interior and saying, all right, we want to tell stories for grownups that maybe don't get the biggest audience, but get a really passionate one. >> i had an idea of doing a show about death. >> are you smoking? >> nope. >> yes, you are. >> i heard you. >> no, i'm not. >> look, forget you'll give yourself cancer and die a slow and horrible death. you should not leave stinking up that new hearse. >> i met with carolyn and she said, i'd like to do a show about a family that runs a funeral home. and something in my head just went click. i thought, what a brilliant idea. >> i'm quitting right now. i promise. okay, i'll see you tonight.
when they realized he wa really not in their camp, he was not supporting, and giving truth to what they had gon through, like, pretending that it didn't happen the way tha it did but one good thing we have going for us as a country and, i don't say this with an partisan view, but just as a journalist thinking abou security and safety an monitoring that closely, the one thing we have going for us is the new york police department is incredibly seasons and veterans and disobedience and violent protests so, i think where is the ver real sort of muscle that the will bring to that city, i such a protest arrives on it doorstep i would think they are going t be a lot of law enforcemen officers in new york who are not thrilled to see th president bringing that heat t their city and bringing th heat towards them, and kevin mccarthy signing along with it >> carolyn of the washington
live pictures right no in selma, alabama, marking 58 years since bloody sunday. president biden to speak soon. >> nba superstar john morant has been suspended by the grizzlies after flashing what appears to be a gun during the live stream. carolyn. >> reporter: as a young superstar with fans and the world, he said he's struggling to cope with the pressure of being one of the most recognizable faces in the nba. when he was streaming, he pulled out what looked like a gun. memphis plays tonight against the clippers and on tuesday against the lakers and the nba is also investigating this incident. it's possible that morant could
everything everywhere all at once. but we don't know what the oscar voters will think. it won produces a ward, it has got a lot of acclaim, but you just really can't tell what will happen in the oscars. and yet, a night like tonight, very glamorous, some of the same stars you will see the oscars. michelle yeoh beat out cate blanchett. jamie lee curtis beat out angela bassett. let's talk about _ beat out angela bassett. let's talk about the _ beat out angela bassett. let's talk about the men. _ beat out angela bassett. let's talk about the men. brendan i talk about the men. brendan fraser getting the best film actor for a whale. fraser getting the best film actorfor a whale. where fraser getting the best film actor for a whale. where you surprised about that? austin butler is seen as a bit of a favourite for his betrayal as elvis —— the whale. you also have carolyn —— colin farrell. your thoughts? i have carolyn -- colin farrell. your thoughts?— your thoughts? i would have thou~ht your thoughts? i would have thought austin? _ your thoughts? i would have thought austin? but - your thoughts? i would have thought austin? but would i your thoughts? i would have l thought austin? but would win and that puts that into
♪ i'll be home for christmas ♪ >> i had an idea of doing a show about death. >> are you smoking? >> no. >> yes, you are. i heard you. >> i'm not. no, i'm not. >> look, forget you'll give yourself cancer and die a slow and horrible death. you should not be stinking up that new hearse. >> i met with carolyn and she said, i'd like to do a show about a family that runs a funeral home. and something in my head just went, click. i thought, what a brilliant idea. >> i'm quitting right now. i promise. okay? i'll see you tonight. ♪ i'll be home for christmas ♪ >> alan ball comes up with a show with a perfect structure. each episode starts with the death of a character, and then