they go to harry belafonte's apartment in new york.shuttlesworth, who was kind of a regionally known civil-rights activist -- janice would know who he was -- what he was a birmingham pastor who was absolutely fearless. he wowed the donors last night.just stories of his courage and bravery and faith. at the end of his speech, he said you have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live. and that was the line that just amazed the donors. that night in his apartment, they raised $475,000 fine birmingham campaign. i don't have a calculator with me but that is something like $4 million in modern-day currency. it was the largest ever fundraiser in the sclc's history, and that was the money they used, orchestrated almost entirely by harry belafonte to then go on to birmingham. amy: janice kelsey, we just have a minute but i wanted to end with your voice. 60 years ago today you were arrested in the children's crusade. your thoughts in this moment, message about what is happening today? janice: it is very discouraging and frightening to

i was speaking to people like harry belafonte reverend jesse jackson.yself asking a lot of questions about king and was curious what he was like. that is what it occurred to me in the last 40, 50 years or so, we have turned king into a two-dimensional figure. i think especially with the national holiday, has become a hallmark card. we have water down his vision. these men were telling me they considered king a radical, as radical as malcolm x in many ways. his public image has been changed so much i felt this was a great opportunity to write a book that would correct that image and also any opportunity to write the book while so many people who knew king were still alive. i travel the country over the last six years interviewing folks not just like the ones i mentioned but also what he to abernathy, reverend lafayette, and asking them, what was it like to be around king? what was his message? how have we lost sight of the real man? i wanted to write a more intimate portrait. it had been a good 35 years since the last king biography had been published or

harry belafonte? and mr. jim brown who passed today, too? jim brown passed away today.edom fighters. that is what they are. they will be looking down on us, what we're doing. when i read the book and seventh grade, i wrote a paper on it. i got a "c." you got to read that book more than once. [laughter] my mind was developed. what brother malcolm is putting down. but i come from a long line of educators. educated black folks. my father bill lee, jazz bassist, who has done a lot of scores for my films, was a freshman at morehouse when dr. martin luther king was a senior. my classmate could 1979, -- my father went to morehouse, grandfather went to morehouse, and my mother and grandmother went to spelman. we have to understand we have a long line of educated black folks. as you said, sister, it was against the law for us to read and write. the day we had off on sundays, that is what we would do, read the bible. but a master caught you, you would be whipped and if yet a bad day, would be castrated and home. our ancestors risked her life's because they understood the educatio

out of curiosity, i began asking people like, did gregory and harry belafonte and angry young and jesset was it like to be around martin luther king jr. day. that's when it occurred to me, that we really soften his image over the last 25, 30 years, especially since the national holiday was created. we've soften dr. king to the point that you wouldn't recognize his real radical nature. you wouldn't realize, recognize just how create courageous he, wasn't just how complicated he was. he suffered, he went through moments of sadness. he struggled with wondering if used doing the right thing. i wanted to write a book that would make you feel like you knew him in a way like the others knew him. >> to that point, you said, when we make him liking into mess, we do them a disservice. talk about how you included aspects of king humanities and flaws in order to paint the porch of his life. >> i think there is no question that king is big enough -- . he was important enough, he was brave enough, he accomplished so much. he was the greatest activists in history. let's be honest about the fact that h

the things that inspired me were "rocky horror picture show," "fame," "flashdance," the musical harry belafonteo me. they had all the things. drama. i would weep. the music. dance. >> reporter: five years ago the band announced they were recording new music once again, but any future projects with the band has to split time with lewis' busy acting schedule. >> at least undo one. i am starving. >> reporter: including starring as natalie in the hit "yellowjackets." >> natalie, time for grououp. >> reporteter: airingg on showt, which is part of our parent company paramount global. the show is about a high school soccccer teamm from newew jerset gets strananded in the e wilder. >> afterer they rescucued us, it my purposese. >>>> i lovee the ideaa of when think someone's one thing and they are another. what you reveal and what you conceal and that dance is what's interesting to play. >> reporter: and as we neared the end of the interview -- >> okay. i start crying. >> reporter: something else i wouldn't have predicted. >> i am not trying to have tears this interview. >> reporter: the moment, the one