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she has just been given the peabody career achievement award for her 70-year run in hollywood.f the biggest stars today like oprah winfrey and viola davis, both of whom were among those who honored tyson in a special video tribute. take a look. >> i thank you for not just paving the way for me and every other black woman who dared to have a career in entertainment, but being the way. >> you have made it possible for girls like me, even girls who are not girls of color, but especially black girls. you've allowed us to be seen and you've allowed us to feel worthy. >> reporter: those very special words being shared with "people" magazine. tyson, 95 years young has starred in 94 films and television shows including "roots," "fried green tomatoes," "diary of a mad black woman" and "scandal." she has been no, ma'am nalted for 15 emmys. she's taken home three of those. the peabody board saying with her award winning performances tyson has taught us to champion a world of possibility for social justice, creativity, vitality and joy. congratulations to cicely tyson. >>> finally so many

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was the consultant for the american experience film stonewall uprising which won a george foster peabody award in 2012. mr. carter, we look forward to hearing from you. >> thank you very much. >> your microphone is not on. if you don't mind pushing the talk button. we'll be able to hear you better. >> sure, thank you. good afternoon, everyone. i want to thank the chairwoman for and other members of the commission for according me the honor of appearing before you. i have been asked to speak about my work on the history of the stonewall uprising, which is of course, the best known single event in the history of this movement. a six-day rebellion that began as the result of a police raid on june 28, 1969, on the stonewall inn, a popular gay club in greenwich village. the facts are well established as is general information about the stonewall club and how it operated. however, to understand the meaning of the event requires information that goes beyond these sets of facts, including these sets of facts, including information that has not become integrated into media accounts, documentaries

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. ♪ >> seth: our first guest tonight is the host of the emmy and peabody-winning "last week tonight"he show john oliver, everybody >> hello >> seth: there you are >> hello, seth hello, everybody hello, seth. hello, magical mystery door. >> seth: i continue to be so jealous of a choice you made early on, which was to do your show in just front of a white background >> that's right, that's right. don't let people into your life. and also, also i am willing to bet a great deal of money that that flower arrangement is not of your choosing that has your wife's style written all over it. >> seth: this is day one of the flower arrangement it took her -- it took her a full two weeks to watch anything that we had done on the television show. >> that sounds about right, yep. >> seth: yeah, and so, she was aghast two weeks into our remote shows to see how poorly dressed the set was. [ laughter ] >> that's right. how you look, how you're making your house look, collectively. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah, that's why i just go with black you can't argue with nothing >> seth: no, and was it born out of -

. >> woodruff: the show won countless awar, a peabody and emmys during his tenure. les had a de commitment to puic media. as executive producer the show, he guided generations of journalists to tell the most important stories, he wadriven to get to the truth and tell stories from across the globe that were ten ignored. to us, he was a great boss: smart, kind and genero with his wisdom and time. linda winslow was the show's deputy executive producer durin' enure. she succeeded him as executive. produc >> he had an amazing ability toe relate to othele as human beings, not as whatever their job description saidwere. r and the entire news, aff was one big extended family as as les was concerned. he shared our joys. he attded our weddings. he made our baby smile. and he mourned our losses. he was, in a word, a real mensch. and i'm going to miss him dearly. >> woodruff: a loving husband, father and grandfather - lese helped create wshour family. together with jim and robin, they instilled a passion for gettinto the heart of the news, that remains the core of the program t

and a film which won the peabody award. also detective brian downey. also is lieutenant brett parson, district native. he manages the department lesbian gay transsexual and bisexual department. and mr. trust thought. we're looking forward to learning a lot, and looking back through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. it is kind of hard to believe. i would like to start with you if we can. what was new york like what was america like, for gays and lesbian and transgender citizens before the stonewall riots. what was it like for the lgbtq community. >> it is really counter intuitive, because there is a common tendency in this country, to assume you don't for the we go back in history the worst things are going to be. but in the whole history of the entirety of the u.s. history, the sixties and fifties were probably the very worst time for lgbt people. that is because, there have been a period of liberalization in the 1920s, and you know it was generally a liberal period in the 1920s. with the great depression coming along, that seem

the basis for american experience the film "stonewall uprising" which won a peabody award. also with us today is detective brian downing president of the gay officers action league goal of new york which is addressing the needs and issues and concerns of the lgbt community. also on hand with us today is lieutenant bret parson, district native. how many years on the force? >> 26. >> 26 years. and he manages you should know the department's lesbian, gay, transsexual, transgender liaison here in d.c. and mr. prescott, journalist, novelist, screenwriter as well and columnist for "salon" so thank you all for taking part in this today. i look forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. it's kind of hard to believe. david, i'd like to start with you if we can. what was new york like? what was america like for gay, lesbian, transgender citizens before the stonewall riots? what was it like for the lgbt community? >> well, it's really counterintuitive because there is a common tendency at least in this country

. >> the simpson's receive the peabody institutional award. >> my whole life has been leading to thisne moment. >> and all that matters. >> i always thought it was enough to not be racist. i'm not racist so, therefore, i'm doing my part. for the first time, i can see is that white people are saying, this is actually our problem to solve. >> ding, ding, ding, ding. because that's absolutely true. >> on "cbs this morning." >> there has been some dramatic police reform because yesterday it was announced that "cops" has been canceled. >> paramount is making room for a new show about civil servants to take its place. ♪ ♪ what you gonna do when they come for you ♪ ♪ bad boys, bad boys what you gonna do when they come for you ♪ >> that's another way of looking at it. welcome to "cbs this morning." we all like it when the mailman shows up. you know how it goes, anthony. >> yes, it does. a lot of things being reconsidered right now. television, too. >> yes. yes, on all levels. >>> we're going to begin with this because it seems we may be entering a new phase in the movement for change after th

. >> this emmy and peabody award nominated film "the black panthers, vanguard of the revolution" documentst today. how does the filmmaker, who seems to have passed on his interests in activism to his children, feel about what's currently going on? joining me now is the filmmaker stanley nelson, who is celebrating a birthday today. happy birthday, sir. thank you for being here. >> thank you so much. >> sure thing. let's talk about the symmetry, it feels like, between 1968 and today. except nixon is being played by the incumbent president. you had civil rest was about police brutality. it was about the vietnam war. it was about all those other factors. how was it similar and how was it different? >> i think it's very similar in that people are getting out in the streets and protesting. probably the majority are young people. many of them are being politicized for the first time. i think that's very similar to what was going on. i think we're living in a totally unique environment with the coronavirus, with 40 million people unemployed, with a president who is not even trying to speak to the