. >> we speak with fred gray about the montgomery bus boycott changing the system by the system, the life and works of fred gray". >> montgomery's pattern of segregation touched all forms of the city's life, long frustration with negro citizens erupted, riding in a bus, refused to honor the traditions of segregated seating was a protest movement headed by doctor king, then an obscure pastor of a baptist church, took the form of a boycott of the city's buses. >> if you look at the cases that i have handled since the montgomery bus boycott involving voter registration, employment, jury discrimination, desegregating the buses, education and voter registration, represented the persons in the city, freedom rides, the selma to montgomery march, all those things contributed the passage of the voting rights act of 1865 and helped change the landscape of america. we sit here in montgomery, alabama, across the street from the federal building where i filed most of my in "bus ride to justice: changing the system by the system, the life and works of fred gray". when i was growing up in this city

he turned to the 1st page, and the 1st address is attorney fred gray, one of the more prolific civilights attorneys. the next name is doctor martin luther king. and then his book is replete with these types of individuals. if you turn to his dates, you will see that he was involved in a variety of speaking engagements. on january 16 at 1:30 p.m. he had a meeting in doctor king's office about the project. so all throughout the book you see his encounters with history. his encounters with and activities and events that he participated in that really intersect the modern civil rights movement. just a novelty aspect of it but a very interesting, very observed history over time. another part of our collection, the montgomery improvement association, and you see that the montgomery improvement association published this comic book that shows martin luther king and really depicts the bus boycott. we have a number of these copies. it is set up like a typical comic book. you can see how the story is told in pictorial comic book fashion. this is one of those items that i think is interesting.

. >> but first, we speak with fred gray about his book, "bus ride to justice," as well as learning about his role as an attorney in the civil rights movement. >> in the heart of the deep south, montgomery's traditional pattern of segregation touched all forms of the city's life, a long frustration which erupted when a colored seamstress riding in a bus refused segregated seating. from this incident grew a protest movement headed by dr. king, then an obscure pastor of a baptist church in montgomery. the protest took the form of a boycott of the city's buses. >> i think that the history, and if you look at the cases that i have handled since the montgomery bus boycott involving voterrer registration -- voter registration, involving announcement, involving jury discrimination, involving desegregating all the buses and education and voter registration, it tells -- and i represented the persons in this city in demonstrations, the freedom rides, the selma to montgomery march. all of those things contributed toward the passage of the voting rights act of 1965 and helped to change the landscape

. >> fred: die gray is order -- death of freddie gray is ordered to test against his colleagues and. >>> we're now learning about information about camill cosby's donesition in her husband's defamation lawsuit. she failed to answer 98 questions under oath. >>> today is the nation's first chance to pay the respects to former first lady nancy reagan. a public viewing had been held in california and her funeral is friday. >> and let's look at the day planner and you can see the temperatures rising about is degrees this afternoon and going to the upper 60s and >> and on 271 northbound at broadway avenue and a huge backup on 71 and that is a mess there and a fed ex truck, we can show the shot, and it hit something on the road there at broadway. the right lane is blocked. you can zoom in and see the truck that caused the spill. diesel and oil spill and the e.p.a. is out there and so is odot and we have billion talking about this all -- have been talking about this all morning long. >> a busy morning. >> absolutely. >>> and another update in 25 minutes. >> corrina. >> and yes. >> and -- [ l

gray --attorney freddie fred gray. is practicing law today in tuskegee, alabama with the sun. is a pastor, but told everyone he was a news reporter to interview dr. kane. he was sent by the fellowship of reconciliation to teach dr. king nonviolent tactics. on the inside is dr. martin isher king and beside him reverend abernathy, one of dr. king's closest friends. with the protest when he had to be away on other business. there were no incidences the first day, seven days after this , a lady by the name of rosa jordan were shot in both of her legs while sitting on the back of the bus. killed, but they eventually suspended the night route until it went away. they wanted everything to go back to normal, so people eventually started riding the buses. some elderly said in the first time in their lives, they were called ma'am or serve. they took with a did here in -- used it in freedom -- whatreedom counters, you begin to see is a new revolution in the united states. >> every weekend on american history tv, future programs that showcase the american story. this evening at 8:00 p.m.

>> they need someone to step in who is really a gray beard. fredasen was the guy i wanted, sold schering-plough. did a fabulous job at schering. he was the chairman of avon. >> i remember that. >> he's willing to be in the fire. he's willing to be on the pan. fred hasen, if the government were to say we will step in get fred. i know people don't think the government plays that role, but he can. he can stabilize valeant. that debt is doubting. fred knows a balance sheet better than anybody. >> if you had been disciplined enough to avoid vrx so far in the midst of this fire, would now be an interesting time to get curious? >> i think politically it's a bad time to own pharmaceuticals. the headwinds to pharma with both major candidates being -- finding pharma to be one of the guilty parties makes it difficult. i would say people feel ackman is in it for the long-term. he was always in it for the long-term. he had his guy on the board. if he joins the board, that says there's no insider selling. meaning there's no ackman selling, even though ackman was

funeral, and that is when both of the men disappeared, and fred -- press is 5'6", 185 pounds, and take a look, here is his picture. last seen wearing a gray hat, a tan and brown plaid shirt, blue jeans and black and gray shoes. the police and richmond are searching for whoever shot and killed a man on saturday, and this happened on main street at 6 pm saturday night. booker was shot and given first aid but he died later at the hospital. so far there is no word on the possible suspect or the motive. >>> a $10,000 reward being offered to find the person that shot and killed in oakland man outside of a liquor store. the unidentified 24-year-old man was on 71st avenue near international boulevard friday night, and he was shot after an argument. this is the third homicide in oakland in the past 24 hours, and no arrests the been made in any of these cases, and the police but not believe that the three are related. reports are also being offered in the other cases. >>> the police in concord are still searching for james jarrard, wanted in connection of the drive-by shooting friday night that injured an eight- year-old boy playing in his front ya