so louis armstrong had a sentimental southern tune-- sleepytime down south. was very attached to it. he loved the-- it was a beautiful melody. you know, you didn't give something like that up lightly. armstrong: for as long as i live, sleepytime down south will be my... my lifelong number, because it...lives with me, and it's my theme song, and when i walk out on that stage and say-- and everybody's waiting, quiet-- ♪ now the pale moon's shining ♪ ♪ on the fields below ♪ the folks are crooning ♪ soft and low ♪ you needn't tell me, boy ♪ because i know, yes, yes ♪ ♪ when it's sleepytime down south ♪ [singing scat] ♪ soft wind blowin' through the pinewood trees ♪ ♪ the folks out there ♪ live a life of ease ♪ when old mammy falls on her knees ♪ ♪ when i say... [singing scat] ♪ oh ♪ good evenin', everybody the show's on, daddy. [band playing sleepytime down south] wein: when he dressed up for that evening, he had on a nice brown suit, as i remember... [crowd cheering] and there was a glow on his face. there was a glow in his eyes. there was a glow in his skin. an

and the likes of duke ellington, cab calloway, count basie, and louis armstrong all took the stage atace ballroom and the alamo on farish street. what happened? where did it all go? >> geno: what killed farish street was immigration. once we were able to branch out of our own indigenous black-run businesses, the black-owned businesses died. >> anthony: right. >> geno: so great for the black race, but terrible for the black business. in fact, the only reason you're coming to farish street right now -- >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> geno: -- is we have two churches, two funeral homes, and the big apple inn. so you're gonna either die, worship, or come to my place to eat, and that's the only traffic we get. >> anthony: or all three, and that -- you know? >> geno: that's right. >> anthony: not in that order, but -- >> woman: how you doing? >> woman 2: one hot? how y'all doing today? >> anthony: back when things were hopping, geno lee's great grandfather juan "big john" mora moved to mississippi from mexico city, started a family with an african-american woman in jackson. he sold hot tamales out o

they can listen to louis armstrong or they can listen to, you know, alice cooper, and they can do itin the same, like, within three minutes of each other without having to purchase anything, without having to run to the local library or go to somebody's cousin's brother's house. so, i think that's exceptional. and so the understanding of what music is and its history is much deeper than it will ever be. >> brown: and you're talking about people's moments when they-- moments of discovery. what about your own? >> well, i grew up at the time when the beatles came to be, and it may seem almost clicheÉ for some, "oh, the beatles," you know, but here's a band that in 1964 were writing really cute, wonderful, catchy songs, and then three, 3.5 years later from '64 to '67, were writing unimaginable sounds. sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band, lyrics that were no longer about how i love you and how i want to hold your hand, it was much deeper life philosophy. and the orchestrations were just mind-boggling and mind-blowing i love that progression in the music, i love what happens when a band

louis armstrong, lena horne, and the person that i chose to write about as i mentioned sammy davis junior.b sugar ray robinson who foughthe the mob in new york who controlled the fight game he wanted to be and give fighters some independence himself especially and he became a six-time world champion while he was carving those rights for fighters in thurgood marshall subject of my latest book showdown, of course many epic cases that he thought before the united states supreme court's, his biggest victory in 1954 school desegregation case, brown b board of education. when you look at all of these i think you look at the story of 20th century america and how it matured, how is forced to mature >> host: i the certain figures. >> i want to show some video of someone you mentioned and have you explain what we're saying. >> i want to retire. at 34 years, you had been heree so long any serve so many people all over the world. you supervise and service so i think it went right to you. so the first one they had after i retired she invited me and my wife to a state dinner and i was so used, but my wif

louis armstrong played the horn and another person why write about, and as i mentioned, sammy davis junior and robinson who brought the mob to new york, who control the fight game. he wanted to give fighters some independence. himself, especially. and he became a six-time world champion while he was carving those rights for fighters and thurgood marshall, the subject of my latestbook showdown . many epic cases that he fought before the united states supreme court, his biggest victory was 1954 in the school segregation case, brown v board of education. when you look at these, you look at the story of 20th century america and how it matured and how he was forced to mature because of certain figures. >> host: i want to show some video of somebody you mentioned. and have you explain what we are seeing. >> i want to retire. 34 years. you've been here so long, you serve so many people all over the world . you supervised the service, made everybody happy so i think it's only right that you attend one of these. so first on the behalf that i retired . i was invited to the state there and it didn't

he was one of a wave of across entertainers who did that, louis armstrong, lena horne and the person i chose to write about, as i mentioned, sammy davis jr. and sugar ray robinson who fought the mob in new york, who controlled the fight game. he wanted to give fighters some independence, himself especially. and became a six-time world champion while he was carving those rights for fighters, and thurgood marshall -- subject of my latest book, "showdown." of course, many epic cases that he fought before the united states supreme court. his biggest victory, the 1954 school desegregation case, brown v. board of education. so when you look at all these men, i think that you look at the story of 20th century america and how it matured and how it was forced to mature because of these certain figures. >> host: well, i want to show some video of somebody you mentioned and have you explainhe what we're seeing.is >> told him he wanted to retire after 34 years. you've been here so long, you've served so many people all over the world, you have supervised service. everybody happy. so i think it's

were you ever jealous of louis armstrong. >> it was neil armstrong and no, i was not jealous. >> iceat make the ice cream not go on your hands. >> donald was polite, but didn't bite. >> well, that sounds like a good idea. i hope you make a lot of money. >> good luck, folks. >> with that trump walked off. showing less annoyance than others. >> okay, i think that's about it. >> the guy is an idiot. >> the other night, the idiot was asked about his encounter with trump. >> i was the first person to realize he is a [ bleeping ]. >> cohen says trump's interview lasted seven minutes. the donald tweeted i never fall for scams. i am the only person who immediately walked out of my ali g interview. there has been bad blood between the donald and sacha baron cohen. trump called him a moron. >> cohen mockingly endorsed the donald, wearing a make america great hat at the premiere of his new movie, which feature ace trump character that contracts hiv. >> people are cheering. >> taking the gloves off, even if they are, ice cream gloves. >> good luck, folks. >> jeannie mosse, cnn, new york. >> the

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