mayberry, ablack blue care -- a blue-collar place to grow up.n incubator of black talent. morreale, mark morreale, the national urban league president, we all came from this neighborhood. lisa jackson. it was annika binder -- an incubator of talents. if it wasn't for us, we knew people would give up on it. moses generation that has done so much to make sure that we have this wonderful neighborhood, what sweet auburn is to atlanta, that is what potter train park was in new orleans. this generation work so hard to give us the opportunity to grow up with a great foundation. it is on us, the joshua generation, to bring it back. we reconstituted ourselves, put together our own corporation. we have a couple of dozen homes with solar and geothermal. we brought the neighborhood back. tavis: i want to ask you what a blessing it has been or how therapeutic -- you will fill in the blank -- to express your artistry in a series like "treÉe " that is based in your hometown. before i do that, every time i hear the story of joseph bartholomew when designing cou

they could make out of a way and that one day there be a white guy from north carolina interviewing ablackm west virginia and he'd be teaching at harvard. >> rose: you've always accused me -- >> of being a brother and i'm pleased to announce i'm doing your d.n.a. in our next series and we're goingo out you, other. you're going to take a pay cut. sorry, charlie, you're going to be canceled. >> what is it you want to be or dorr? >> what i want to be or do? i'm doing what i want to do. i would love to be able to continue to teach my day job as a professor. i love to teach. i'm a university professor so i can teach two courses a year. >> rose: it's a big university, right? >> when my dear friend larry, we team teach a large lecture course, introductionto african american studies and i teach a graduate course in the english department because my ph.d. is in english literature from the university of cambridge. but my weekend job, my night job is a documentary filmmaker. and this -- "the african americans: many rivers to cross" is my 13th documentary film. i've written 17 books and made 13 films.