tonight part one of a conversation with hair belafonte -- harry belafonte. he has a new memoir called "my song: a memoir." we're glad you have joined us for the first night with harry belafonte coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to at a time. a time.cosa nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: i am always pleased and honored to welcome harry belafonte to this program. despite of all of his attack alert -- accolade's we will roll in his commitment to justice in this country and around the world. if you have not seen the terrific documentary about his l

harry belafonte has so many firsts to his credit that it's hard to keep track of them all. this morning russ mitchell will give it a try. >> reporter: he was the first black man to win a tony, an emmy and to sell a million albums so it's no surprise that 84-year-old harry belafonte has a few stories to tell. good memories when you come here? >> mostly mischief. >> reporter: mostly mischief. >> a lot of mischief. >> reporter: do tell. harry belafonte, mischief and more later on sunday morning. >> it's a wrap as you look bee neat the surface of a gift- giving custom that keeps on giving year after year. as rita braver shows us, 'tis the season. >> reporter: wrapping holiday presents is a cherished tradition. >> you will have exactly ten minutes to wrap the gift. >> reporter: but also it turns out a competitive sport. >> my girlfriends tell me i've got the best bows around. they call them rosy bows. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, the gift of gift wrap. >> josh landis takes in summertime in antarctica. steve hartman shows us a restaurant showman at work and susan spencer

tonight, part two of our conversation with the iconic harry belafonte. he is out with a new memoir called "my song." learn about his on likely path to success and his views on the current state of affairs. we are glad you joined us. coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. tavis: backed now with part two of our conversation with harry belafonte. the film is "sing your song". pick up a copy of his memoir, "my song." we left our conversation last night with me asking you about the path you had to take to find the good and how

they were not familiar with who was harry belafonte.n they discovered after having made the commitment to the apartment that i was black the whole group went to an upheaval and wouldn't rent to me. and mrs. roosevelt got wind of the fact and wrote this article denouncing the segregation... theilent segregation and invited me publicly in t column to come liveith her and... (laughter) i kind of wanted to accept the idea that racism was eternal but i could hang with iif i could live with eleanor. (laughter) but i didn't take up at offer. i thinit was meant more in spirit and in reality. but you would have done in the reality, too. >> rose: then came the call from martin luther king saying... >> saying that he wanted me to be... he called and he said "you don't know me, but my name is martin luther king, jr. and i'm coming to new york and i'd welcome an opportunity to meet with you." and he was coming here to speak to the religious community, trying to encourage them become more engaged in the movement that he had started, the montgomery bu

. >> rose: i just did a thing with harry belafonte. >> in '39. >> that was at opening night. >> he's a wonderful man. dedicated his life to helping other folks. >> i admire him so much. >> rose: and played a central role between dr. king and the kennedys. got the kennedys to talk to dr. king. saying "you you've got to... listen..." you hope people... you especially hope young people come see this. you want them to know. >> i want all of america to come see it. and most of them are coming to see it. but i especially want young folks to come. >> rose: how many other productions? london and here? >> yes. >> rose: where will the next production be, do you know yet? >> my hope is that it will be done all over the nation. it's been translated into russian. we did a reading in russia earlier this year and it was so interesting to see that this russn audience reacted to the play the sam way that the london and american audiences have reacted to it. it's a testament to how universal the story is, about this man struggling to come to terms with his life, with his mortality. and with his imperf

join me next time for the first part of a conversation with harry belafonte. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. bar not just a street orla wre utd, where walmart stds together with yo communityo make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one a time.ti nationwi is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

came to be known as a showcase for new musical talent, from john coltrane and miles davis, to harry belafonte you who barbra streisand is? no. miles davis was playing here at the time, and max asked miles would he accompany her? no way, he said. she got up and sang anyway, and she was very good. >> last year streisand repaid that debt by performing again at the vanguard, something she talked about in a recently released dvd. >> after everything i've done and everywhere i've been, i'm back to where i started. life is a circle, right? >> you're surround by the faces of jazz greats. i mean, the history is thick. you can almost, you know, breathe it in. >> in 1989 max gordon died, and lorraine gordon says she was completely unprepared to take over. >> i really was not trained in any way. i wasn't encouraged, you know, hey, lorraine, would you maybe like to take over? nothing. i close it had that night and i wrote a little sign closed and opened it the next night. now i learned what to do or what not to do, and i learned on the job, as they say. >> lorraine takes a very hands-on approach to the vi

. >>> it was standing room only tonight in berkely for harry belafonte.ous singer and songwriter has been a life long leader in the civil rights movement. >>> two big surprises in tonight's grammy nominations. where adele got her nod, and the artist that picked up seven nominations. >>> we'll check out the wind speeds, talk about the >>> nominees were announced tonight for the 54th grammy awards. british singer adele won six nominations. the awards will be held february 12 at the staples center in los angeles. you can see the entire nominations list on ktvu.com. >>> crews working at the project in mission and beale streets have found items that date all the way back to the late 1800s. at that time, the area was a working class neighborhood of mostly irish and chinese immigrant families. the bottles and items show us how different life and hygiene was. >> you only brushed the front. you didn't brush the side. >> starting on friday, an exhibit will be open to the public in the lobby of 201 mission street. >>> san francisco's museum of modern art revealed ne

. >>> it was standing room only tonight in berkely for harry belafonte.er and songwriter has been a life long leader in the civil rights movement. >>> two big surprises in tonight's grammy nominations. where adele got her nod, and the artist that picked up seven nominations. >>> we'll check out the wind speeds, talk about the forecast winds and the five-day forecast. >>> incredible artifacts unearthed in san francisco, and where you can see them. >>> nominees were announced tonight for the 54th grammy awards. british singer adele won six nominations. the awards will be held february 12 at the staples center in los angeles. you can see the entire nominations list on ktvu.com. >>> crews working at the project in mission and beale streets have found items that date all the way back to the late 1800s. at that time, the area was a working class neighborhood of mostly irish and chinese immigrant families. the bottles and items show us how different life and hygiene was. >> you only brushed the front. you didn't brush the side. >> starting on friday, an exhibit

. >> singer, actor and activist harry belafonte travels to the most violent places in the world and his the violence. with his inspirational words, belafonte gives each inmate a personal challenge. >> your failure is my failure. your success is my success. somewhere where you go, you carry a responsibility and the destiny of my children and my children's children, and their friends and their community. and they can either look at you as someone and a group to be shunned, or they can look at you as an example of how to take the worst cards dealt in life and turn the deck around and make it your game and play a winning hand every time. [ applause ] get the community to focus on something it can have faith in. and from that institution, move to outside world. and says, you must look in a very different way at how the prison population is being treated. i think it's a great opportunity. [ applause ] >>> next on "lockup," inmates in the l.a. county jail get back their freedom. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep.