. >> tell me about jimmy boggs.herewas born in alabama there were more pigs than people, but people in the south and theyderstanding, survive. he became a writer because people could write. he knew had to take advantage of a bad situation and turn it into a good one. how did you become partners? >> i chased after him. were you chasing jimmy? >> he would laugh and say, grace has got me. i understood there was something very fresh and very new here. i lived in new york city. i came from the big apple. i had a lot of abstract ideas, and here was somebody who was very much alive in his and to whom people .ould look for leadership it was an extraordinary experience. about theant to ask causes you have worked on in your lifetime. let me start by asking why you got involved in labor work and what do you make of the labor movement today. i was working for $10 a week in chicago in the library. ?avis: did you say $10 a week >> you do not understand, but a lot of people in 1940 did not make much more than $500 a year. i live r