and harry belafonte. if you read the fantastic book by bruce watson, called "freedom summer," which i highly recommend, there are a number of great details. it is fantastic. harry belafonte was a famous singer. calypso singer. activist who had been very active in the civil rights movement. sidney poitier was a famous actor. active in the civil rights movement. belafonte was busy raising money in the north through the freedom summer through concerts and other activities. he had raised about $60,000, but he did not trust wire transfer to mississippi. so he decided to take $60,000 in bag and fly out to , greenwood, mississippi and deliver the money in person. he convinces sidney poitier to go with him. they were both very nervous about this, by the way because , they knew what was going on in mississippi. but they fly down there and are met at the airport. by james forman. and three cars full of civil rights activists. they are put in the center car to protect them. and they take off. three cars in a caravan

and you wanted to keep the one where you and harry belafonte touched.ause that was the real one. because that was the spirit of the soul of it. exactly, and the poor guy had to press the button and erase the takes. so you got your way. absolutely. in a sense, that leads me to wonder if you feel, as an artist, a duty sometimes to be political, or to make a statement, if you feel something in the culture around it is going wrong, or is out of kilter. where are you, in terms of being political? well, i don't get into politics, and protest songs, and all the rest of it. but that song you did with harry belafonte, it was a sort of anti—war song. yes, it was an anti—war song, and i had co—written it, and we both felt strongly about the subject. of course, i didn't realise where i was going with this, you know. it was right in the middle of the civil rights movement, and ifound myself in the middle of it, and it made headlines, and all the rest of it. but i had my pianist, my music director in the states, was black, and was with me for 12 years. our choreograp

this book has harry belafonte.you know, talking about his mother and how he said he was an activist before he was an entertainer. in his mother told him, never see an inequity. and not going fix it. so we are influencers as women. we are leaders as women. i even spoke to holly clinton. speaking of a leader, she is a leader. she didn't make it as president she is the leader. she talked about her her mother influenced her, how her mother when she was a kid, in her church, and the youth minister said okay, doctor king is coming to town. in her mother's and you must go because he is a great man and he is trying to make change in this country. but in the church, some of the white parents said no, i'm not going to do it. and she was one of those who attended the service. so i encourage you to read the pages. i encourage you to really listen to the heart of mothers. and there is another piecing here. that i want to share with you. a mother who is one of the most recognized mothers in this country. or some would say she is

i'm in a go back to the historic tia had with harry belafonte. the man who walked with doctor king in march with doctor king and slept on pallets and some of these homes during the civil rights movement of the silva rights marches with john lewis. the man who was under the tutelage of we to boys. they could extend our time in your chair. he said, this is a very important time. he said he's very happy about this time and i thought there something wrong with them. he said, when i talk to him he said to me, this is one of the greatest times because when there's such pain, i'm paraphrasing, with her such pain and i you are hitting rock bottom it is a time for radical activism that creates change. so that is from harry belafonte. one of our guys and pieces of history who is continuing to march. i hope that helped you. thank you, sir. >> so i did not realize this is the topic of your book by the way. as a mother going back to the reason you wrote this book and having presented these facts to your daughters, how they taken this information and how has i

harry belafonte was a famous singer. he was also a civil rights activist. sidney poitier was a famous actor. raised $60,000, but he did not trust wire transfer to mississippi. he decided to take $60,000 in cash to a bag and fly out to greenwood, mississippi and deliver the money in person. toconvinces sidney poitier go with him. they were both very nervous about this because they knew what was going on in mississippi. but they fly down there and are met at the airport. they were met by james forman. and, three cars full of civil rights activists. they are put in the center car to protect them. and they take off. three cars in a caravan. r see therend poitie are other cars following them and they thought they were protected. klan, which was the it chased them to the city of greenwood. protecting -- the cars were protecting sidney --sidney poitier and harry belafonte, the whole way. kl dida not give up until they got to greenwood. --poitier and belafonte delivered the money, and they were guarded by men with shotguns. the next morning they flew immediately ba

belafonte said, no, he's going to talk about opera.eir end of the deal. it was very controversial. ratings were great. there was a lot of criticism. newsweek wrote about it and described it as belafonte power. the writer was fair but very concerned with harry belafonte's politics and his opposition to the vietnam war. he brought high and low, black and white, pop culture, high culture, mary ann moore, we had a poet on "the tonight show." it was a fun thing, not all politics, but politics was woven in. >> it's interesting, because that echos the discomfort that people have today, this idea that the way that you create racism is talking about racism. >> right. >> and so that erie, you know, sort of idea that he talked to king two months before he died, he also spoke with rfk, who was also assassinated. >> four months later. >> four months later. so let's listen to robert f. kennedy talking on "the tonight show" in '68. >> there is this great wealth that i talked about and yet great poverty. there are speeches made about treating everybod

belafonte who said he is passing me the baton. money that we earned as well as the influence that we had and shine that light on things that really matter specifically in the community. he wanted to meet with steve harvey. the show time at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you're the best. i really like having you on. we can see you right back here tomorrow. what if we could stop the next epidemic before it happens? what if technology gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? mosquitoes are the ultimate field biologists, taking blood samples from every animal they bite. microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and study the dna they collect. using the microsoft cloud, we can analyze over 100 million pieces of dna in every sample, so we can identify where diseases come from and how they spread. with the cloud, what used to take 30 days now takes 12 hours, and every second counts. if we can detect new viruses before they spread, we may someday prevent outbreaks before they begin. we must be passionate. we mus

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so of mother of eric garner beset i can breathe and has president obama in its n and harry belafonte how he said he was an activist his mother said never see the inequity in not go to fix it. we are leaders speaking of she is still a leader how her mother influenced her when she was a kid in her church in the youth minister said dr. king is coming to town to say he is a great man trying to make change. seven of the white parents said i will not do it but she attended the service i encourage you to listen to the heart of mothers. there is another piece to share with you one of the most recognized leaders in the country but the former advisor to barack obama we talk about the importance of women of african-american women now imagine the true life story to achieve the ultimate one of the most influential unrecognizable people wear any status is confronted not of a physical condition but in the cross hairs of a jaded mental situation first lady michelle obama would be the whitehouse 1600 pennsylvania avenue to venture out for a box with the personal agenda of her let's move campaign and

and in new york, the board of directors has voted to n name 115th street library after harry belafontee civil rights leader and entertainer was born not far from the library that will now bear his name. belafonte was one among luther king's closes confidants and helped organize the march on washington in 191963. he turnsns 90 on and those are march 1. some of the headlines this is democracy now,w, democracynow.o, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on thursday afternoon, donald trump held his first solo press coconference as president. trump began by announcing he had nominated alexander acosta to be labor secretary nominee but then trump soon began an extended attack on the media accusing cnn and other outlets of pedaling fake news. the press conference went on for 77 minutes. here are some excerpts on what happened. pres. trumum the pressss has become so dishohonest that we don't talk about it. we are doing a trememendous disservice to tthe american people. we have to talk about it. we have defined a what is going on because the press honestly is out of control. the level of d

harry belafonte. >> dick gregory does not play around. what he's going to say. >> and even mr. belafonte who taught me a lot and said he's passing me the baton in that sense. to where you can take the money that we earn, as well as the influence that we have and shine that light on things that really matter, specifically in our community, that's what we should do. everybody has opinion now. twitter, we see it. everybody has an opinion. but what i don't think is important is actually going in the wrong direction, when the administration is meeting with celebrities. especially in african american community. it's like, you got them, trump want to meet with steve harvey and everybody -- >> are you going over to trump tower after this? >> hell no! you want to meet with kanye west, meet with cornell west. they want to meet with celebrities as opposed to people -- >> these are issues that he talks about in the special. he talks about everything. new comedy special it's called "stand up don't shoot" premieres this friday on showtime 9:00 p.m. eas

belafonte is about to turn 906789. >> and they're still going. >> let me talk about the kids. so, again, it did not surprise me knowing you as i do that whatever proceeds you may make from this online master class, you're helping the kids in california, tell what you're doing with these kids. >> so a long time ago, 40, 50 years ago, ways curious what happens in elementary school. what happens to kids in the ghetto schools. so i volunteer. twoinlt a few of them. i would take cardboard boxes and say i'm going to build a city. when i went to the classroom, the kids couldn't care less whether i was there or number and they were sort of, i don't know what they were thinking. i got paints and stuff and i had them -- i got one or two of them painting a box. that is the library. and pretty soon they were all doing it. and we put it on the table. we made a city. i told them how to use the surveying equipment. therefore, the pro be tractor. they got it all on the table. and i said now it's beautiful. now let's calculate the area of it. so with what does that sneen so i was teaching math

join me next time as we celebrate the 90th birthday of the legendary harry belafonte.xt time. we'll see you then. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> be more. pbs. >>> good evening from los angeles. tonight, a special program featuring this year's academy award nominees. this evening we'll highlight oscar nominees from best actress, best supporting actress, best actor, best director, best documentary film and, of course, best picture. we'll also look back on a recent conversation with legend airy documentarian frez riction wiseman who received an hohn arie statute earlier this season for his achieve ments. we're glad you joined us. all of that in just a moment.

and that would be everything from harry belafonte live at carnegie hall to machito and his afro cubans to tito puente, jibaro music from the folk traditions in puerto rico to, you know, jazz, brazilian music. i remember when he played something by sergio mendes and brazil '66, mas que nada. i go, "hey, pop, that sounds like spanish, but it isn't." and he said, "no, because it's portuguese." you know, that's what they speak in brazil. so he's giving me a little social studies lesson at the same time. >> hinojosa: so you said another word that i bet some people stopped for a second. you said jibaro music. so what is jibaro music? >> jibaro music is the music of the countryside, the mountain people from the island of puerto rico, the obreros, the workers, the farmers, et cetera. >> hinojosa: and what would, like, jibaro music sound like? >> well, it's very guitar oriented, very string oriented. we have a mandolin type of instrument in puerto rico known as the cuatro that has ten strings. and, of course, anybody that knows spanish, it's ten double strings. so people would go, "well, how co

harry belafonte sitting next to loretta king.ing about not weeping in product and i was concentrating and holding myself together. i did not want to weep for martin. tears seemed futile. but i may also have been afraid. and i could not have been the only one. that if i began to weep, i would not be able to stop. i started to cry and i stumbled. sammy grabbed my arm. the story of the negro in america is the story of america. it is not a pretty story. >> it's unbelievable. do you think -- he witnessed so much. the death of malcolm x and dr. martin luther king jr. and medgar egers, alive in the civil rights movement and witnessed in his writing. he was a -- took a lot of risks. even his own life. >> absolutely. and he was prescient, felt the fundamentals of those issues. imagine he wrote all those words 50 years ago and you feel as if he sat down this morning and wrote about them. it's incredible that you can use any type of image between the time of the civil rights to today. it will fit those words. >> i was watching in the film w

this book has harry belafonte he said he was an activist before an entertainer and his mother said never receive an inequity and not to fix it so we are leaders as women. she talked about how her mother influenced her when she was a kid in her church into the youth minister said doctor king is coming to town. you must go he's trying to make change in this country but in. the church some of them said i'm not going to do it and she was one of them that did the service so i encourage you to read the pages and listen to the heart of mothers. there's another piece in here i want to share with you was one of the most recognized. we had a conversation into the former president barack obama to talk about the importance and i will read this to you and open up for questions. ine the story of a black woman in the 21sthe 21st century washing, d.c. one of the most influentia recognizable people where any status is confronted with that she was also in the process of the situations of being unnoticed in the obama administration's ears she would leave the bubble of the white house 1600 pennsylvania aven

watson tells the story -- harry belafonte was a famous singer, and civil rights activist. actor,oitier, famous active in the civil rights movement. bellefonte was busy raising money in the north for freedom summer, through concerts and other fundraising activities. butad raised about $60,000, he didn't trust wire transfer in mississippi. said he decided to take the $60,000 in cash, in a bag, and fly down to greenville, mississippi and deliver the money in person. and he convinces sydni poitier to go with him. they were both very nervous about this about this. they fly down, are met at the airport. james forman. cars full of civil rights activists are put -- they are put in the center car and they take off. three cars in a caravan. bellefonte and poitier see there are other cars -- we are really protected. forman notified, no, that's th e e klan. they chased them clear back to the city of greenwood, running into the car protecting them the hallway. -- the whole way.

he visited them in prison, so he had a role, and many other people like harry belafonte, they were verynd protective of the younger generation. charlie: do you see something of his voice in -- yes, he is a young writer and very promising, and i think he is -- i would call him a son ,f baldwin, like toni morrison as well. they always say how baldwin was important for her to become a i think, webaldwin, do not understand an off of how baldwin is one of the greatest american writers of this century -- we do not understand enough how baldwin is one of the greatest american writers of this century. at a time when nobody else would writing a novel about a mixed gay couple. that was unprecedented. well,a black author, as many,as -- so he opened many doors, and he changed the life of many, many young men and women, both white and black, and not only in this country but elsewhere, and he changed my life, as well. thank you for being here. raoul: thank you. charlie: "i am not your negro" is nominated for best documentary feature. thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ ♪ is one ofarry bens

danny glover, oliver stone, sean penn and harry belafonte praised hugo chavez.t his picture is still on walls everywhere, and one of his flunk key -- 401(k)ies now presides. is some of the people who voted for it are mad they didn't get all the goodies they were supposed to get, and others are mad because since chavez took over, venezuela's economy has been in the tank. the news site the pan am posts latin america and its experiments with social justice. its editor, what's going on? >> people living through a nightmare of socialism. it's been -- we're seeing the outcomes now that's been building for more than ten years. there is a wave of corruption, crime, inflation. the people are leaving in droves. so -- john: why does that have to go with socialism? this was supposed to your everything. >> right. they have ruined incentive to be productive. they've violated property rights, they've confiscated property. so they have taken away the incentive for companies to be there. so if you can't keep the fruits of your labor, what incentive is there to build a productive

so he had really a role, and many other people, like harry belafonte, sidney poitier, they were reallyeful and protective of the younger generation. >> rose: do you see something of his voice in people like ta-nehisi coates? >> yes,ta na,ta nay, ta-nehisi a writer. baldwin, we don't understand enough how baldwin is one of the greatest american writers in this century because he wrote this at a time when nobody else would dare. writing a couple about mixed gay couple in giovanni's room was unprecedented, and being a black author as well. so he opened many, many doors, and he changed the life of many, many young men and women, both white and black and not only in this country but elsewhere, and he changed my life as well. >> rose: raoul, thank you for being here. >> thank you for inviting me here. >> rose: "i am not your negro" is nominated for academy award for best documentary feature. thank you for joining us. see you next time. for more about this program and earlier episodes, visit us online at pbs.org and charlierose.com. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by med

. >> benny: i've dealt to diana ross, harry belafonte, sinatra, sammy davis. >> anthony: sinatra was class. >> anthony: really? >> benny: he was class. he was a gentleman. but those were the good days. but, it's nice now too. >> anthony: would you describe yourself as a degenerate gambler? >> erick: yeah, i definitely have been, i'm trying to move past that. we have a 2-year-old at home. so i'm working in that phase. but i'll always have that gambling gear, there's no doubt about it. >> anthony: erick and erica lindgren are professional gamblers. poker players to be precise. it's routine for them to sit down to a game with a bankroll of half a million dollars. tonight? slightly smaller stakes. >> erick: hey benny, how do you like my chances? >> benny: good. good. >> erica: that's a trained answer. >> anthony: instead of actual poker, we're set up with a dumbed-down, for the camera version, of texas hold 'em. you play against the house. the odds, to say the least, are stacked against you. >> benny: oh here's a winner! here's a winner! yep, two pair. he's cutting up over there. see how

activists are people like harry belafonte that go down there, you know, and get hit in the head and stuffs a prominent subject, so i would probably try to say something about it maybe, but you know, i'm from coal mining country, west virginia, and i look, and i look at this whole thing and this guy was smart enough to speak to people who were predisposed to hear what he had to say. >> yeah. >> now you know, my father was a coal miner. i'm the only man in my family that warrant a coal miner, and they want to believe they were predisposed to believe, you know, so really now is a time of shifting the position of somebody's predisposition. >> how hard is it to do that? that's not easy. if somebody wants to believe that donald trump will bring back coal mining jobs, then i would doubt in a way, that lots of demonstrations go along on people that look down on them culturally anyway will change their mind. >> right, but that's the brilliance of people. very few people can change people's minds, see? >> yeah. >> and now activism is hard because where do you go? it was easy when you knew go down h