david maraniss is our topic tonight.he has spied a freeze on president bill clinton, resident barack obama vince lombardi roberto clemente. the program we are about to show you though is about the city of detroit. it's called once in a great city and it's from 2015. david maraniss offers a snapshot of detroit in the mid-60s. ..

david maraniss and his wife linda. coming culpable revisit his trip to kenya when he was doing research for his research for barack obama. we'll show you his history of detroit in the 1960s. but first in 2002 we accompanied david maraniss to vietnam when he was doing research for his book they marched into sunlight it's a book about the vietnam war it's a winner of the j anthony lucas pride and a finalist for the pulitzer prize. here is david maraniss. >> this is a rubber plantation north of saigon in vietnam. thirty-five years ago members of the army's 20th infantry regiment known as the black lines were ambushed here in the battle, 61 were killed, many were injured. this is the university of wisconsin and madison 35 years ago antiwar students tried to keep

here is david maraniss. >> this is a rubber plantation north of saigon in vietnam. thirty-five years ago members of the army's 20th infantry regiment known as the black lines were ambushed here in the battle, 61 were killed, many were injured. this is the university of wisconsin and madison 35 years ago antiwar students tried to keep dow chemical from recruiting on campus. they held a demonstration, the demonstration turned violent. these two stories from different parts of the world come together at a new book titled they marched into sunlight, the authors david maraniss. hello david maraniss. your epilogue you write that connections fascinate you more than ideology. what is that mean? and how was it reflected in this book? >> i guess it means i am a journalist and historian. i am not trying to make a specific theological point when i do my reporting. i believe over the course of years our history is looked at different ways. i want to present 1967 and that point in time as actively and deeply as i could and stripped away some of the stereotypes of the 60s that sor

david maraniss is our topic tonight. he has spied a freeze on president bill clinton, resident barack obama vince lombardi roberto clemente. the program we are about to show you though is about the city of detroit. it's called once in a great city and it's from 2015. david maraniss offers a snapshot of detroit in the mid-60s. .. >> let me put it that's right. i will give you little commercial here all week finish up the last details and production here. we're glad you're here today. the detroit historical society is pleased to host this very special event. after today's presentation, if, you are welcome i to stay as log as my credit there a lot of new things and will find very interesting. in fact on first floor, i think you will see some of the stories and some of the recollections were here today. come to life through some videos and some artwork and photographs prince of the motown music venture we will be reference is also featured upstairs. so please don't miss that before you leave. the format today, we will have a

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