>> richard wright was one of the greatest novelists of the 20 j century. he was a migrant from mississippi to chicago. he was the son of a share cropper and always wanted to write. i set out in 1927 to get to chicago. he spent almost his entire career. almost everything he wrote had to do with understanding the migrant experience he was a part of. >> he moved to paris to die? >> he mult matly was searching for the warmth of other suns. he moved to new york and so on. >> you say you interviewed 1200 people? >> i stopped counting after that. >> where did you find them? jo i set outlooking for three people that would represent these three people. i went to all these places where i might find people who where not seenors. they were not hard to find. it was a matter of going in and talking with them and hearing their stories. how did you gather the information? >> i took notes. at that stage, like a casting call for these three people? >> what years was this? >> it was basically 1995 and it took me about 18 months going from city to city, place to place. the pr

>> richard wright was one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century. he was a migrant from mississippi to chicago. he grew up in natchez, mississippi, the son of a sharecropper, and always wanted to write. and he set out on a journey in 1927 to get to chicago. and he spent pretty much his entire career, almost everything he wrote had to do with understanding this migration experience that he was a part of, understanding his connection between the south and the north. >> but he moved to paris to die. i mean, he kind of gave up on the united states. >> he ultimately was searching for the warmth of other suns, really. and he kept moving and moving. he went to chicago. and then he went to new york, till eventually he left the country altogether in search of it. >> you say you interviewed 1,200 people. >> i stopped counting after that. >> where did you find them? and how did you find them? >> i was setting out looking for three people who would represent each of the three strains of the great migration. so, that took me to new york, chicago and los angeles

what you have in your book, by richard wright, i was leaving the south to fling myself into the unknown. i was taking a part of the south to transplant an alien soil, to see if it could grow differently, if they could drink of new and cool rains, been in strange wins, respond to the warmth of other suns and perhaps to bloom. who was he and why did you pick him for your title? >> he was one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century. he was a migrant from mississippi to chicago. he grew up the son of a sharecropper and always wanted to write and he set out on a journey to get to chicago and he spent his entire career -- almost everything that he wrote was understanding the migration experience. i understand his connection between the south and north. >> he moved to paris to die? >> he ultimately was searching for the warmth of other suns. he went to chicago and then left the country altogether. >> you said that she interviewed 1200 people. " i stopped counting after that. >> how did you find them? >> i set out looking for three people and that took me to new york, chicago and los ange

richard see more on game day. we will be joined by pete rider, david wright from the chronicle as we get you ready for the start of the season. tonight on game day at 11:30. >> what's the point of that. no better way tone joy labor day weekend than taking in the scottish games at the alameda county fairgrounds. practice makes perfect. competitors from u.s., scotland and australia took part. the scottish games were meant to wear kilts a no one said a word. they are awfully fun. they run the whole gamut, the scottish foods. >> i thought you were talking about the kilts. >> you can try those, too. >> have you ever tried those games? have you done it? >> i did a profile on a feature on one of the competitors one time, but i didn't get-- >> the answer is no. thank you. >>> well, sick of sitting in traffic forever, this could be the solution how this space age bus could make the rush hour nightmares go away. that is coming up tonight at 10:00 on the cw. that will do it for this edition of eyewitness news. 60 minutes is next. cbs5.com is always on. have a good night. this droid has evolved to do even more. now it integra

richard see more on game day. we will be joined by pete rider, david wright from the chronicle as we get you ready for the start ofeason. jon gruden, x ray der coach, he believes the raiders have an awesome front 7. >> are you agreeing? >> we did the san diego game the other night. i think the chargers have issues. they were 13-3 last year. but if the raiders get good quarterback play from campbell or brad could sky, whoever it will be. >> these two could go on forever. >> jon gruden knows what he's talking about. >> thanks, guys. >>> a benefit missing for six years is back home again. the grace chapel bell was stolen. where it was found this weekend and how ice discovery comes. that's it for eyewitness news at 5:30. see you in a half hour. and a lot of people, when they get a denture, they think the best way to clean it is by brushing it with toothpaste. toothpaste contains abrasives that scratch dentures, leaving microscopic crevices where bacteria can grow, and bacteria can cause bad breath. the best way to go is to soak them in polident. only polident is proven to clean without scratching and kills 99.9% of od

richard, sit pack and relax and enjoy my argument. the last time there was any real good news in the airline industry is when the wright brothers had aitable, as you know, for years, losing about $50 billion in the last decade just here in the united states. and that's the airlines that exist. that's starting to change, as you just mentioned, though. while anything that potentially reduces competition, like mergers, seems bad, airlines need these mergers as a way to cut costs and make more money. now, ultimately making money allows the airlines to expand and buy new planes and fly new routes. whether we're talking the legacy airlines here in the states, for instance, like delta, continental, united, u.s. airways and american or the newer, smaller, generally more nimble discount carriers like jetblue and southwest, almost all airlines at some point or another will resort to the same tricks that we passengers despise. extra fees, richard. they know it makes us mad, they do it because they can and in some cases because they have to to make money. bottom line, richard, it's tough for airlines to have a positive bottom line and until the