the life of sammy davis junior. a multiple award winner and the next book was called "sweet thunder, the life and times of sugar ray robinson," named as a best book of the year by forbes. his other books are two of the river, about a 2500-mile journey down the mississippi river, and the family memoir of columbus, a family memoir: the story the butler needs no induction. a story of eugene allen, a white house butler who served eight presidents, turned into a blockbuster movie. mr. hagood's career has been notable for 17 years he was a national and foreign correspondent for the boston globe. in 1990, he covered the civil war in somalia and was taken hostage by the rebels. he was eventually released with the aid of pakistani and troops. on another foreign correspondence he found himself standing outside south africa, the south african prison where freedom fighter nelson mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment. little-known fact, he was one of the few american journalists to report from behind the berlin wal

sammy davis junior came and couldn't get a room and louis armstrong came here and he could not get a room at the davenport. louis armstrong got pretty a three and he went out to the airport with his troop, band and all, and they went out to the airport and he was leaving and the promoters came and they had people waiting to hear louis armstrong so they went out there and they talked to said please, please, come back. he did and he had the show but he wasn't going to stand for that. i don't know whether -- i don't think he stayed there he stayed somewhere and came back into the show. but he was outraged at it. he took action about the civil rights movement. my goodness. it had an effect. we couldn't be there in march and martin luther king but our hearts and our minds and our soul were with them because we knew that whatever they did would reflect on what would happen with us. that was a very big thing for us. there were a few marches around, too, college students marched at that time here in spokane and that was a big thing for them to do it. martin luther king was just everything to

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king, beyonce and some other news people but they told me i needed to shorten my list so i put sammy davisnt an elvis impersonator at my dream dinner. that would be so random. >> or have them both. >> yeah, yeah. >> the real elvis. >> what about you, dylan? >> i would do jesus. i didn't know it was dead or alive. >> i like it, and then jerry seinfeld. >> jesus and jerry. >> you wouldn't pick -- you've got an opportunity to resurrect people. you would pick jerry seinfeld. i love jerry seinfeld. there's a chance you could have dinner with him on an occasion. >> so if he's listening. i'd like to have dinner with her, too. >> there you go. >> the great thing about having -- >> i'm a great cook. >> besides the wisdom and the holiness and everything, you know that there's going to be endless wine. >> yeah, lots of wipe. >> and all the fish and bread you can eat. that's going to be great. >> oh, that's good. fantastic. >> you know what's funny. you learn a lot about a person by who they pick. jerry and jesus, i'll never forget that. every time i see you. >> it's all about the tone. it's the tone.