mr. smiley. it is an honor to meet you.d 45 minutes so now i'm when issering. i do that all the time. i'm like he's gay, what do you mean? i just got to be quiet. >> what do you hope that those who will see this on pbs, take way from this coming home? >> that's great question. i thought about this a lot. there's a misconception that i'm happy all the time. that thing might come easier for me or i have a great life. i do. i very blessed live. it has come because of sacrifice and hard work. i love what i do. it is not easy. i want people to know when i watch the show, that's where music comes from. you sing it because you don't want to speak it anymore. i've been rejected. i still get rejected. i still with everyday normal issues that people have. i've had cancer in my family. i've had deaths. crazy things that you can't imagine. i think when you it tsee it. it's not everything that i am. >> i am going to let you answer first. why do you think that perception of you does exist, does persist that you're the happiest person --

mr. smiley?- playing mr.if you could procure any map in any way without punishment in the world, what would that be? >> [laughter] got to be careful what i say here. [laughter] know,ms of the movie, you i sort of see william h macy as character wasley maybe brad pitt as the investigative reporter telling his story. casting is being done as you speak. >> in terms of the map i would it would could, probably be a map from yale i uncovered during my research. it was by a gentleman by the name of john steller. there are only three copies in the world. it was an early map of new england and shows the area of new england around the time of king philip. it is this interesting map with all these pictures of colonists and native americans fighting each other. .t is a real glimpse in time it is particularly interesting to me. the interesting thing about that map is it has been stolen twice from yale. it was stolen back in the 1970's by another map thief who sold it. it was recovered. smiley came in and stole it again an

. >> tavis smiley, your book, "death of the king," it says there is a story hidden about mr. king.hat is it? >> from april 1967 to april 1968, it shifted against him because of his opposition to the vietnam war. i have seen three biographers on here before. without the heavy lifting by the historians, i cannot have written a death of a king. no one has ever focused on the text. they have not focused on the last year of his life april 4, 1967 to 1968, one year to the date. what is the last year like? how does he navigate? how is america treating him? he left five years after i have a dream. he involved in the five-year period. >> into the back, you say you didn't 19 interviews for this book. which one did you learn the most? >> good question. i suspect there is nothing like talking to correct coretta scott king. i talked to coretta scott king many times. mr. hardy passed away who wrote the vietnam speech for dr. king. he believed and he said to me many times that he believed that speech beyond vietnam put a target on his back.

book,is smiley, your saysh of the king," it there is a story hidden about mr. king. what is it? april 1867 and april 1968, it shifted against him because of his opposition to the vietnam war. i have seen three biographers on here before. without the heavy lifting by the historians, i cannot have written a death of a king. no one has ever focused on the text. they have not focused on the last year of his life april 4, 68 one year to0 the date. what is the last year like? how does he navigate? how is america treating him? he left five years after i have a dream. he involved in the five-year period. into the back, you say you didn't 19 interviews for this book. which one did you learn the most? >> good question. i suspect there is nothing like talking to correct scott skate -- caretta scott king. kingked to caretta scott many times. mr. hardy passed away who wrote the vietnam speech for dr. king. and he said to me many times that he believed that speech beyond vietnam put a target on his back. when dr. king calls america the greatest purveyor of violence, it was a damning speech. h