harry belafonte and dr. king. look at the music of the movement, african-american music had a global popularity. many jazz musicians had toured in europe going back to the 1920s and 1930s, including louis armstrong, and it's -- it's -- the civil rights movement is really an international phenomenon in large part because it's happening at the same time as the cold war, and it's happening at the same time as african independence movements. and here you see some images of louis armstrong. louis armstrong was drafted by the state department as a cultural ambassador, and so he was sent all over the world, to africa and eastern europe primarily, as an instrument of cultural diplomacy during the cold war. here you have him playing at the sphinx and the photo on the left is armstrong performing at an orphanage in cairo in the late 1950s. armstrong is someone who is universally popular, and the state department, many people would have criticized the state department in the 1960s, but they had a really good idea in sending

harry belafonte gave them $50,000. and that was big money in those days. $50,000 in 1963, it's at least a quarter of a million. it's a lot. it's what they needed. there's a new biography out that harry wrote with a writer called my song. he got deeply involved in the civil rights movement. and he was a wealthy man and he knew other wealthy people because of being in showbiz. they had money, but what else did they have? they had nothing. the media was starting to leave town. why did i say earlier it was may? it was april when all of this was going on. the media was starting to leave town. and what happened? what happened, sean? >> they got together with the children? >> what was the idea behind the march of the children? how did that come about? >> well, adults had a lot to lose marching. they could lose their jobs. they had a lot more responsibilities than the children did. so they decided to give the children their first -- first, if they got arrested, they wouldn't have much to lose. >> what would they miss if they g

that is what i learned from harry belafonte take gains the baton from him he still has another half allayingo but my grandmother said it is a relay and it is long. my grandmother said i don't care how backwards you think you're going because but we will never go back to the days to sit in the dark at 10:00 at night through 4:00 in the morning to hide the men and get the rifles to wait for the klan to come. you will never have to do that and that is progress and it could only happen in this great country. >> the links to those fans for being here to the lady lawyers to all of those who incarcerated, i think zero but my big question right now is we may be a bit overwhelmed with what we heard tonight but what is the best way to do? other than by your book? what is the best thing to do? >> please buy my book or i will be on skid row. i did not make any money doing litigation. keep your eye and how this happens and make sure the supervisors no to organize your neighborhood to say you want the money to be used in a different way. you do not want to go to the corrections you and good to rebuild the

there were celebrities there, harry belafonte was there, susan sarandon, desmond tutu, aussie davis. these were significant antiwar rallies but the media just fail to cover it. i attended a discussion group with my alma mater american university and a number of my colleagues are members of the mainstream media. i said you know, you guys were awol at the peace movement. and i asked them why. they said well, basically we understood that the bush administration was hell-bent on going to war so it seems futile. >> is that any way to approach our politics? i mean can we get in the streets occasionally, please? >> the thing about it, that kind of struck me because they see their role is fundamentally different from a way that we at pacifica see our role. they see their role as to showing up and reporting what happens. i think at pacifica at wpfw our role was seen as trying to somehow shape what is going to happen next. so for example, we produced a show called peace watch. i don't no, some of you may have seen it or heard it rather. it was a daily news program, national, and we can't simpl

it's what i learned from harry belafonte.rom all of the great leaders who came before me, and i just took the baton from him, from them, and kind of halfway ran a leg. i have another like to go. but my grandmother said just as a really it's a really and it is a long relay. my grandmother, my grandmother rise, she said look, don't you ever get down. i don't care how backward you think you're going, because i can tell you one thing, we're never going back to the days when i had to sit in the dark 10:00 at night to 4:00 in the morning to wear to hide our men and i'd get the rifle and i had to sit there with a rifle on my legs waiting for the clan to come. she said you will never have to do that. and that israel progress and it could only happen in this great country. yes, sir. take the mic. >> i'd like to thank c-span for being here. for those who couldn't make it there, it's beautiful that lady lawyer is here to restore some action in the city of pasadena. and to all those folks that are incarcerated i think you for being invol

it's what i learned from harry belafonte.s what i've learned from all of the great leaders who came before me and i just took the baton from him, from them and kind of halfway ran a leg. i still got another half a leg to go. but my grandmother said, justice is a relay. it's a relay. and it's a long relay. and my grandmother -- my grandmother said, look, don't you ever get down. i don't care how backwards you think you're going because i can tell you one thing, we're never going back to the days when i had to sit in the dark at 10:00 in night until 4:00 in the morning we had to hide our men and i had to get the rifle on my legs waiting for the clan to come. she said you'll never have to do that and connie that's real progress and that could only happen in this great country. yes, sir. take the mic. >> i'd like to thank c-span for being here, for those who couldn't make it here. it's beautiful that lady lawyer is here to start some action in the city of pasadena and to all those folks that are incarcerated, i thank you for bein

i rather hearing harry belafonte and stevie wonder christmas records every year that i can remember. it outside and then all of a sudden you go maybe i can do that too. >> i can do that. for you smokey? >> i knew that i loved music from the time i could hear. i think the first voice that i ever remember hearing distinctly that i remember hearing and i had to be two or three years old, but i remember it, was sara vaughn. she and ella fitzgerald, like instantly. so i have loved music from the womb i guess. >> i like what you said they were like instruments, that they were true musicians. some of the critique we hear today about music is that there really are performers, artists, entertainers but not true musicians. how do you feel about that? >> well, you know, i have a pro and a con on that. because i hear people all the time knocking young people and new music and they're talking about well, you know, it's not like it used to be and so on and so forth. okay, i heard that when we started motown. when barry started motown, i heard that. there's always people of a former generation who

it is by learned from harry belafonte.is what i've learned of the great leaders who came before me and i just took the baton from leg. i still got another half a leg to go, but my grandmother said, justice is a relay. and it is a long relay. and my grandmother -- my grandmother raised afloat, don't you ever get down. i don't care how backwards you think you are going. thing. we're never going back to the days that i had to sit in the dark atomic clock at night to 4:00 in the morning they had to hyderabad and i to get the rifle and sit there with the rifle in come. she said you are never going to have to do that and that's real progress and could only happen in this great country. yes, sir. take the mic. >> i'd like to thank c-span for being here for those who couldn't make it, it is beautiful that lady lawyer is here to stir up some action and the city of pasadena and all those folks incarcerated, i thank you for being involved in the struggle and keeping on. my big question right now is we may be a bit overwhelmed with wh

. >> but after graduation, harry belafonte flew barbara to new york where he introduced her to some oft famous opera singers in new york city at the time. he arranged that. walked downstairs and he said, barbara, we made it. >> these days, she's passing along her gift to the next generation. >> you can't wait around and hope for somebody to help you out. you have to get up and do something. you can't be just a little bit, it's got to be deep. as deep as those roots that i come from. >> i see now. >> barbara turned out to be a huge star performing for a decade with new york's famed metropolitan opera and in major opera houses around the world. barbara told me she never did perform at the university of austin although u.t. gave her a distinguished alumni award in the 1980's and she's gone back to school there to teach many times. moving forward, the texas legislature once at the center of the storm around barbara all those years ago has since passed a resolution honoring her for her lifetime achievements. that was in 2009. barbara smith-conrad, an ordinary american who did something extr

it is by learned from harry belafonte.is what i've learned of the great leaders who came before me and i just took the baton from leg. i still got another half a leg to go, but my grandmother said, justice is a relay. and it is a long relay. and my grandmother -- my grandmother raised afloat, don't you ever get down. i don't care how backwards you think you are going. thing. we're never going back to the days that i had to sit in the dark atomic clock at night to 4:00 in the morning they had to hyderabad and i to get the rifle and sit there with the rifle in come. she said you are never going to have to do that and that's real progress and could only happen in this great country. yes, sir. take the mic. >> i'd like to thank c-span for being here for those who couldn't make it, it is beautiful that lady lawyer is here to stir up some action and the city of pasadena and all those folks incarcerated, i thank you for being involved in the struggle and keeping on. my big question right now is we may be a bit overwhelmed with wh