if fred gray coble pointing out he was rose's parks.at the montgomery bus boycott that he is talking about is what really put trayvon martin luther king on the map. trayvon martin luther king as he said was a young pastor. and yes, he became inadvertently local leader with the african-american community and montgomery, alabama decided to boycott thema buses. in the city of montgomery decided to prosecute, prosecute for not writing the buses. this is an amazing use of the law concerning the law has often been used to exclude african americans here they try to force african americans to busesc again. and trayvon martin luther king gets prosecuted under this arcane anti- boycott statutes. that up and almost never been used. in 89 people wereus indicted. both the prosecution and the defense agreed let's have one trial. that will serve as the symbol of all of these defendants. the first and only person getting tried in connection with this. fred great represented him. national media covered the trial. the city of montgomery decided we're goi

you talk to fred gray and they will constantly refer to joanne robinson. it was joanne robinson who selected dr. king as a person who would be the spokesperson for the montgomery citizens. it was freddie gray who was with joanne robinson. he talks about remembering that she was the one ultimately said, this guy, dr. martin luther king, his words and the way he speaks, they really resonate. i think he should be the leader. she was that influential in the local community. host: we will get into john adams and jack ruby and just a few minutes. let's hear from marshall down in houston. caller: morning, gentlemen. a quick word about due process. do you research as you write or before you write? and advice to would-be writers. thank you very much. dan: the process for these books is a little different, because david and i are co-authors on the book. absolutely there is research to start. and the place we start is with the transcript. we start with a transcript. we both get a copy of the transcript and highlight the transcript and figure out what are the key point

. >> she calls a young, 25-year-old lawyer named fred gray, who she knew and had become friends wither. all day, with a cold all the officers of the three chapters and i told them that rosa parks had been arrested and should be tried. they said that you have the plans, put them into operation. i did not go to bed that night, i -- iran all 35,000 copies and i distributed them. we had worked for at least three years, getting that thing organized. >> friday, which was the 2nd of december, it was a typical school day. i was in ninth grade. i remember very, very clearly you are here because you are bus riders and we are depending on you to take a note home to your parents. the note tells your parents that you are not to ride the buses on monday. and it is so important that you do not to let anybody see this note. students, i'm depending on you. >> people were wondering whether this was really going to work. everybody was doubtful. we thought that it would cause a lot of problems. i can remember the fear and anxiety in people. >> monday morning, which was the 5th of december, my dad came h

rubinstein chairman of our board fred ryan and vice chair john rogers and al roker served as the master of ceremonies for the evening. we had performances from the gray coat fife and drug corps metropolitan opera. soprano brandy sutton and the nyu steinhardt school, which we have a new partnership with provided their chamber orchestra for music throughout the evening highlighting american songs and traditions. this special episode will provide an inside behind the scenes. look it's some of the moments from that very special evening. in this first clip, we'll hear a segment from my remarks that describes the white house connection to the temple of dendoor and why we decided to host the gala in that historic space. i wanted to take a moment and set the stage of where we are here in the temple of dandora in the cycler wing of the metropolitan museum of art. this historic structure in front of you is here because of a bit of presidential history. in fact, i would say that almost everything we do believe touch and it happens in our lives has some connectivity to the white house the people who have lived and worked there. and to white house history itself