mr. mcpherson and i were having a struggle, pretty much playing a game of tug-of-war between her. >> announcerbattle... >> he hit him in his face. >> announcer: ...had no winners. >> judge judy: your jaw was broken. is that correct? >> yes, it was. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. the people are real. the cases are real. the people are real. the cases are real. the rulings are final. captions paid for by cbs television distribution joseph mcpherson is suing his cousin's boyfriend, erik dotson, for punching him during a drunken argument. >> byrd: order! all rise!

mr. mcpherson earned degrees from morris brown college, harvard law school and university of iowa. his pulitzer prize was awarded for a collection of short stories entitled elbowroom. mr. mcpherson has written essays and nonfiction book about his life and culture identity such as 1998's crabcakes, he is professor emeritus at the university of iowa's college of liberal arts and sciences. bruce vaughan island is the author of six consecutive new york times bestsellers including walking the bible and abraham which looks at a role of religion in contemporary life. he also writes a weekly column about families for the sunday edition of the new york times. that wraps up our look at some of savannah's native authors. >> we are joined by a gene th h theohar theoharis, author of the rebellious life of mrs. rosa parks. prior to december 1st, 1955, was rosa parks rebellious? >> guest: absolutely. her rebellious spirit starts as a young person come as a kid. for instance she grows up in a home with her grandparents and her mother, her grandmother after world war ii this uptake of klan violence

mcpherson said, march 8, 1862 was the worst they until pearl harbor. hundreds of united states sailors killed. all in one date by you ship that seemingly was unstoppable. ♪ >> range? ♪ mrberg: as often happens in history, these moments of serendipity and fate, the monitor arrives in a heavy fog that evening and much of the concern of the navy that was observing this tiny ship who believed she was not in the building of anything -- >> the merrimack is sweeping the union fleet. even the capital will be at the mercy of the guns of the merrimack. >> what of the monitor? >> if it ever reaches hansen roads, the merrimack will blow her out of the water. >> so that is the monitor? ♪ >> fire! [cannon fire] ♪ mr. alberg: the virginia was never able to get out of hampton roads and was eventually destroy for keep her from falling into the hands of the union. the strategy was intact and that is what made monitors a significant. it wasn't she had a superior, clear victory at the battle of canton roads. -- hampton roads. but it was able to stop the virginia for doing what she had done and that changed everything. >> so what happened? mr. alberg: december 29, 1862 monitor leads hampto