tavis: they are the unsung sheroes of the musical season. a great stage or recorded studio, they belonged to darlene love and marry claim that backed up a performance by staying, the rolling stones, and they are justifiably getting their due. courtesy of a new oscar nominated documentary i fell in love with called 20 feet from stardom. just released now on dvd, it celebrates their career. >> i felt like if i just gave my heart to what i was doing, i would automatically be a star. >> i started cleaning house. there is a world out there that wants to hear you saying. >> they stayed in the game and they are legends. >> it is about time. tavis: merry clayton, i am delighted to have you here. darlene love, i am honored to have you here as well. i had heard a little bit about your story for years but when i saw this documentary, it reminded me of the adage that people see the glory but they don't know the back story. when i saw the back story, i don't have the language to describe how turned on i was by this documentary. you live the life. >> when

shall i say a shero. so many children in these california and i thank you for that. >> i would like you to tell your audience -- or i will tell them. check out the children's action network.org. they have a lot of videos online of kids who are looking for families and maybe that will just insight your imagination. a lot of people getting turned on to it now. tavis: that was your camera. i am going to this camera for a message to tvland. pick up "kirstie" for another season, please? you did your pitch. i did my pitch. there you go. thanks for watching. and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: join me next time for a conversation with actor steve -- the costar an actor of "phil omena." that is next time. >> the california endowment. health happens in neighborhoods. learn more. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by thenational captioning institute--www.ncicap.org-- be more. pbs. >>> next on "kqe

gotten that question because that's my statement was going to start off with three of my political sheroes, and joanne watson who went off council in december, and have something experience working on campaigns as well as going through a lot of respect of he woman lea wilson about closing the leadership gap. i had the opportunity to meet her and to go through one of her programs here in michigan. one of the things you see ones that it women are very unrepresented, but the other is just how that intersects with race, and gender, and for african-american women, just seems to be you have to transcend the issues of class, race, and i'm wondering if you have given any thought to looking at how this plays out in terms of the kinds of policy that we're seeing. to me there's an attack on the working class nowdays. >> guest: absolutely. >> host: professor, if you can hang on, debra, i wasn't prepared but now i have your quiz question it you would like to take one: who is the first black woman to win an olympic gold medal. >> caller: that would have been -- she ran track -- will ma rudolph. >> guest

gotten that question because that's my statement was going to start off with three of my political sheroes, and joanne watson who went off council in december, and have something experience working on campaigns as well as going through a lot of respect of he woman lea wilson about closing the leadership gap. i had the opportunity to meet her and to go through one of her programs here in michigan. one of the things you see ones that it women are very unrepresented, but the other is just how that intersects with race, and gender, and for african-american women, just seems to be you have to transcend the issues of class, race, and i'm wondering if you have given any thought to looking at how this plays out in terms of the kinds of policy that we're seeing. to me there's an attack on the working class nowdays. >> guest: absolutely. >> host: professor, if you can hang on, debra, i wasn't prepared but now i have your quiz question it you would like to take one: who is the first black woman to win an olympic gold medal. >> caller: that would have been -- she ran track -- will ma rudolph. >> guest