secret for the future, and i learned to friendly -- to differently by being married to jimmy job -- jimmy boggs >> tell me about him. the people in the south had an understanding you could make your way out of nowhere, and that is how they survived. theecame a writer because people in his community could write. advantage ofo take a bad situation and turn it into a good one. tavis: tell me about your partnership and the work you did together. >> i chased after jimmy. why would you chasing jimmy? if you asked how we got together, he would laugh and say grace got me. freshwas something very and very new. i came from the big apple. i have a lot of abstract ideas, and here was someone very alive in his community. it was an extraordinary experience. i want to ask about your causes. asking why you got involved in labor and what you make of the labor movement today. week.as working for $10 a a lot of people back in 1940 did not make much more than $500 a or $1000 a year. in an apartment in the basement. it made me rat conscious. tavis: i get that. you come in contact because of these horrific condition