i didn't know this about billie jean king. and then all of a sudden, i realize i'm talking about the civil rights with my dad. i'm talking about anti-racism with my dad. and it's like, if you can use sports as a way to actually talk to people, i think we live in a country where politics is a dirty word. it's a bad thing at my job if you're a political, to be political. and i think that's because people view politics as what the two ugly white guys with the bad haircuts do on c-span. and not politics as what we live and breathe every single day. and that is politics, politics are an art. politics are in culture and politics are in sports. and we should not like, walk away from that political arena. we should jump in with two feet. have out the fights and get a new generation of people missed -- pissed off at the system and not have them burn up the cars after syracuse wins the championship. but go out and raise some hell about this war and this world. thank you. [applause] >>: you're watching american history tv. twitter at c-s

billy jean. it's bobby riggs. you're a feminist, right? >> i'm a tennis player who happens to be a woman. >> don't hang up. >> i shave my legs. >> billie jean kingt bobby riggs. >> i can beat billie jean king. >> does she have the nerve? >> call bobby. tell him it's on. >> it's good, right? >> this was a big happening, when this -- back in the '70s. >> i think it will be good for people to see. serena and the powerful women. it started here. "battle of the sexes." >> elton john, donating "philadelphia freedom," to philadelphia and billie jean king. there was a tennis league and her team was the philadelphia freedoms. >> i didn't know that. in theaters everywhere, september 22nd. >>> i want to see the home video. is it a home video? >> i think it's a home video. >> her sons provided a glimpse into their mom's domestic life when she was cooking. >> we stole our mom's phone. this is take two of scaring her. come on. [ screams ] >> stop. >> wow. that could have gone terribly wrong. when you're cooking. >> i will say, we can't see that video that well. and it's -- the screaming kind of scared me. >> there's a lot to unpack here. i started smelling --

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about this issue, and another thing that someone brought up was that it was back in 1973 when billy jean kingl reward pay for the us open. >> yes. >> you know what she, she said, you know what, if you don't pay us the same i'm not going play. >> um-hmm. >> then they backed down. do you think that that's something that women could do, they could say look we won't play any nor if you aren't going to support us isn't when he caulk about the julie, mia hamm, ba, in 2000 sand they actually did strike, and we made some headway with us soccer then when we were still wearing the hand me downs from the men. so i think it needs to be strategic the right timing and this wasn't the right time for us because we did get a deal done with us soccer in term of equal play equal pay. sometimes that's what it takes, right? you need to go to extreme measures to get he can treatment results. >> like climbing one of the tallest mountains in the world. >> exactly. >> next summer on top of it. thank you for we appreciate it. definitely you can support her on gofundme page. hey, zen us pictures. >> yes. >> right from