>> it made all the difference in the world, maria. >> hinojosa: because? >> i... my parents were behind me. my father taught me to draw, my mother taught me to write. i... it's... i come from an academic family. i had an academic career. that was something i knew how to do. but not to have to worry about taking care of anybody else financially-- in fact, having... having financial support-- coming from an educated family, coming from a place like northern california where there was... i didn't have to face racial segregation sort of slapping me in the face all the time. so that was of absolute, fundamental importance. and then when i... being able to travel as a young person, particularly spending a junior year abroad in bordeaux and learning about another world. and then especially, two years in ghana in the 1960s, a black majority country. >> hinojosa: and so how old were you then? >> i was in my 20s, so... >> hinojosa: that must have been... i mean, well, the united states was going through its civil rights battle, and you're living in a black majority

corporation for bub -- public broadcasting and by public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs maria hinojosa: up next: austin, texas. the american consumer market is changing. lizette williams: latinos today are growing at a rate of four times the national average. diversity is just good business. hinojosa: but has the advertising industry changed with it? the traditional agency from the mad mtv series is long gone. we're not going to go all mariachi band, okay? i'm still seeing these white models in advertisements and it's not who i am. my objective is to make multicultural be the new mainstream. this is the new america-- black, brown, asian, lgbt, immigrants. the country is going through a major demographic shift, and the numbers show it. the face of the u.s. has changed. christina ibanez: we're american. we care about the same things. but yet we also want to preserve our culture. i just see it destroying what we had planned to happen here. hinojosa: by 2043, we will be a majority non-white nation.

i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. bettye lavette, the great lady of soul, welcome to our program. >> thank you. thanks so much for having me. >> hinojosa: it's an honor to have you here. >> thank you. >> hinojosa: i mean, you have had hits that people have heard starting in 1962. probably most people saw you when you sang for the inauguration of president barack obama. >> oh, absolutely. >> hinojosa: you sang "a change is going to come." >> more people than had ever seen me to date. >> hinojosa: you were incredibly excited about being on that stage. >> oh, for sure. there were so many things happening to me that weren't happening to anyone else on the entire show. and if you remember, there were a lot of people there. i was the only one... was the only performer who was born in segregation on the show. my career is the exact same age as the president, so... and it was the first time that that many people had ever seen me. it was one of the biggest breaks i've ever had in my career, and then we were having the first bla

i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. kevin bales, you are the author of disposable people: new slavery in the global economy, and you are cofounder of the organization free the slaves. and i'm sure when people hear this they say, "wait a second-- kevin bales is saying that there are slaves, more slaves in the world now than ever before?" so help our audience understand that, because i'll bet many of them are just going to say, "i don't believe that." >> you know, maria, there's a certain paradox about this. there are about, to the best of our calculation, about 27 million people in the world in slavery. and you're right, that's double the number that were taken out of africa in the entire 350 years of the transatlantic sla trade. but the paradox is that 27 million in today'slobal population is the tiniest, the smallest fraction, of the global population to ever be in slavery. so it's large raw number, but it's actually a very tiny fraction of the global population. >> hinojosa: but does it still mean that there are more

i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org shoshana johnson, you were taken prisoner in iraq in the year 2003. you are actually the first black female prisoner of war. and now you have written a book about that experience. it's called i'm still standing-- from captive us soldier to free citizen, my journey home. welcome to our program. it's great to have you here. >> thank you. >> hinojosa: you decided to write this book, but you didn't have to write this book. >> no. >> hinojosa: you could have just put this chapter away. what was it that made you say, "you know what? i have to tell my story about being the first black woman prisoner of war"? >> well, there was so much out there, floating around, misconceptions about the experience and what happened to me. i just really wanted to set the record straight from my point of view. since the book has come out, i've come to the realization that no matter what i say, there's going to be people who believe what they want to belie

maria hinojosa of npr. former bush white house political director sara fagan, and "the national journal's" ron fornier. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday mourning. today is the first full day of the nfl season. you can be sure that somebody somewhere is nervously saying their team already faces a must-win situation. yes, even on week one. with wednesday's republican debate looming, a number of candidates perhaps like scott walker suddenly are facing their own must-win situation. score big on wednesday or do you end up seeing your candidacy go belly-up as rick perry did on friday when he realized he wasn't going to qualify for a second debate. you could also sense the desperation this week with trailing candidates upping their rhetoric, starting with mike huckabee who spoke regarding the woman in kentucky who went to jail. >> i'm willing to go to jail in her place because i'm tired of watching people be just harassed because they believe in something of their faith. >> donald trump is