we would have clipped medgar evers. i did search for the famous names in those clippings. >> in the clippings. >> it to mato make sure. yaerngs. yeah. the hardest part of the book was the vetting of the content, not the finding of the content. >> now, you know, a photograph can tell you as much on the front as it can on the back. i think in the blog you all sort of used the back of the image as well. how much of that was critical in terms of helping you with your research -- >> it was critical. >> -- or, you know, useful in determining a selection? >> i mean, this is a good example, this photograph which we believe is the only photograph that "the new york times" took of medgar evers came from the lens of a reporter, claude sitton, the civil rights correspondent, who spent a lot of time with medgar evers and others. and so he -- his notes are a lot of what i relied on to tell the stories. and he was writing notes on the back of these images and -- >> miniographed sheets that would get -- >> they were really conversation

the civil rights correspondent who spent a lot of time with medgar evers and others. and so he -- his notes are a lot of what i relied on to tell the stories. and he was writing notes on the back of these images -- >> mimeographed sheets. >> they were really conversations in a way with his editor. telling him, you know, i saw this guy and here's what -- where i was and this is that what this person is. he did have photos that appeared in the "new york times" but he was a writer. and he talked too, but issues about light and shadow and oh, i wish we could get -- there had been better light. but it was really remarkable to see, you know, his notes and it gives you some insight into kind of what was going on, both in new york and out in the field. >> and did his note recommend that they actually run this? because this is an amazing photograph. >> i didn't see anything -- at least in this series where he said run this. >> he talked about how -- apologized to his editors saying the lighting is bad and skin tones are dark. i'm not sure if this will work for you. one of the

this is merle evers at medgar's funeral. george was primarily shooting for the magazine at that time. george was at that funeral and at the casket. he had 30 or 40 rolls of film. one spectacular photo after the other. i could tell that he had freedom to roam and he walked the room. the next day, the times wrote beautiful photographs from the associated press that showed the enormity of the procession. it is a well-known picture. but why would they have chosen an ap photo when ap was stuck in the back, and george was in the front. unknown. that george was doing this for a magazine feature that never ran? that is a possibility. was it that the film did not get back to new york in time? why did it not get there in time? why was it not in the paper? rhea: this is your opportunity, darcy, as a contributing photo editor to sort of reedit with hindsight being 2020. you have this opportunity to say, they did not run it then, but i am running it now. darcy: i feel so much for the photographers than. this book is really for them. they

a civil rights correspondent who spent a lot of time with medgar evers and others. his notes are a lot of what i relied on to tell the stories. he was writing notes on the back of these images. they were really conversations in a way with his editor, telling him, i saw this guy and here is where i was and this is who this person was. he did have photos that appeared in the new york times. he was a writer but he talked about issues about light and shadow and, oh, i wish there had been better light. it was really remarkable to see his notes. and it gives you some insight into what was going on in the field. i did not see anything in the series where he said, run this. darcy: he apologized to his editors, saying, the light is too light and the skin tone is too dark, i don't know if you will run these. he used these photographs as reporting notes. he was out in the field and he would use his camera, get the film developed, and right stories from the contact sheet. detailcribed in great what the scene looked like, what people wore. image as text. in some instances, in so

written on the night of the murder of the civil rights activist medgar evers. the only story she said that she wrote in anger. when eudora heard the news, it occurred to her what was going on in the mind of the man who pulled the trigger. she knew because she had lived all her life. now, neither the south or africa's self referential perspective nor its competing narratives from both inside and outside the region are helpful in defining what either place is or what it means to be from that part of the world. >> both places are filled with continuity and their sense ofplace . as well as discontinuity in the ways that their sense of place is being transformed. interestingly enough, reading her novel americana, i'm reminded of another link between miss adichie work in the american south. >> the character in this blog gathers pointed insights into the american idea of race. particularly as it applied to black americans. >> when feminist struggle with what it means to be black in the united states, she's also struggling with identity that has its roots in the americ

of course, that night after midnight medgar evers is gunned , down in his driveway in jackson, mississippihat summer, john f. kennedy, who like many in his generation, had been brought up in the dunning school to reconstruction, that it was a tragedy, after medgar evers was assassinated, said, oh my goodness, i believe thaddeus stevens was correct. the radical republican who said you have to enforce the meaning of freedom. that summer we marched forward. danville, cities all over the country, it's explosive. people are not going to wait much longer. getting a bill through congress takes time. march on washington, amazing moment. the bombing of the 16th street baptist church, killing those four girls. passedil rights bill is in july of 1964. that is the summer of freedom summer and civil rights workers killed at the beginning of that summer. is so significant, beyond this moment, the capacity of people to carry on and continue to fight for this and risk so much to create the change. there's more that follows. the voting rights act, some of march, montgomery to soma and the passing of the vo

together the writig of author james baldwin, including his reflections on the assassinations of medgar everslcolm x and martin luther king. the program airs tonight at 9:00 eastern, 8:00 central on most pbs stations. and online you can revisit our conversation with the film's director raoul peck about how james baldwin changed his life. that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, concerns over our children's addiction to mobile technologies. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. babbel's 10-15 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> supported by the john d. and ca

she now teaches at medgar-evers and my mom was the last of the mohicans.hat if they didn't come and brought us here? i wouldn't be an attorney. chain migration is very offensive as well. what happened to the party of family values. >> he continually reapplies for are for people to have visas to do work. >> what makes america great is the tall thaeent that comes fro over the world. i am hoping the democrats will continue to shape the narrative and look at us as not deficits. >> i want you to give us some more highlights. mike pence, you could go through the entire list. what is another highlight for you? >> well, i guess you could look at our friend, tucker carlson, over at fox news, who lamented, why do we have to have all these people from failing countries work here? on his mother's side, his great, great grandfather, very conveniently for us left memoirs at rice university in which he talked about the prospects for him in his native, switzerland, were so flebleak, he was seized with a violent desire to get out and that's why he came to the u.s. in 1860.

medgar evers. malcolm x, and the names go on and on. passed in august, he was still fighting to his dying breath. and so by growing up at the footsteps of seeing somebody who is willing to do everything and give everything to make this world better place, that is the spirit and the fire in the energy i come with. that we're in you istate of crisis right now, need to make sure that we understand that. look at our youth. suicide amongst our young people at an all-time high. depression, low self-esteem. racism,sexual assault, anti-immigrant -- and i'm just talking about the president. see i work with young people, and leadership is critical and vital, and it sets the tone and the direction. so how can we as a nation expect our young people to act and behave in a way when the leader of this nation has done every single thing you tell your child never to do? never to say? [applause] ifif you understand that, you have a child or grandchild or a niece or nephew or a cousin, someone in your community you love, you must understand that we are in

evers is -- down invers is gunned his driveway in jackson, mississippi. that summer, john f. kennedy, who like many in his generation, had been brought up in the dunning school to reconstruction, after medgar , ohs was assassinated, said my goodness, i believe studies stevens is correct. stevens is correct. that definition of freedom is correct. the sentiment all over the country is explosive. people are not going to wait much longer. getting on bill through congress takes time. the march on washington, an amazing moment, but weeks later the bombing of the 16th street baptist church, killing those four girls. the civil rights bill is passed in july of 1964. freedom.e summer of civil rights workers killed at the beginning of the summer. it is really a battlefield. i think what is so significantly on this moment is the capacity for people to carry on and continue to fight for this and risk so much to create the change. selmating rights act, is really the culminating moment of the civil rights movement in this country in terms of getting the lost to enforce -- getting the laws to enforce the 13th and 14the amendments. at the same time, you have the inntry moving beyond demands in the south to

evers is -- down invers is gunned his driveway in jackson, mississippi. that summer, john f. kennedy, who like many in his generation, had been brought up in the dunning school to reconstruction, after medgar , ohs was assassinated, said my goodness, i believe studies stevens is correct. stevens is correct. that definition of freedom is correct. the sentiment all over the country is explosive. people are not going to wait much longer. getting on bill through congress takes time. the march on washington, an amazing moment, but weeks later the bombing of the 16th street baptist church, killing those four girls. the civil rights bill is passed in july of 1964. freedom.e summer of civil rights workers killed at the beginning of the summer. it is really a battlefield. i think what is so significantly on this moment is the capacity for people to carry on and continue to fight for this and risk so much to create the change. selmating rights act, is really the culminating moment of the civil rights movement in this country in terms of getting the lost to enforce -- getting the laws to enforce the 13th and 14the amendments. at the same time, you have the inntry moving beyond demands in the south to