hotel- that's me in the middle )) >>> inside thomas' home a series of photos document his life- (( thomas payne/las vegas "dean martin- he wouldn't go above the 5th floor... christianne: why? thomas: scared of heights : )) ((christianne klein)) >>> a mini-shrine of personal anecdotes of the famous men and women of las vegas' past.. (( thomas payne/las vegas "this one is debbie reynolds and i")) (( "and then this one is bob hope- this is bob crosby, mel torme, and this is me at the end")) (( "and frank sent me )) ((christianne klein)) >>> frank- as in frank sinatra... (( thomas payne/las vegas "years ago, sammy davis wasn't allowed in the sands hotel because of his color.. but who put a stop to that was frank sinatra" )) ((christianne klein)) >>> thomas worked with nearly all the members of the rat pack... occassionally- venturing into their inner circle.. one night thomas went out with sammy davis jr's manager to a club - in sammy's limo.. while the entertainer was sleeping.. sammy davis junior woke up, tracked his limo to a club down the street.. and decided to have a little fun with the group

went back into their history to lincoln, jefferson, thomas payne.one attended the march in .ashington in the city with a massive traffic problem in normal times, traffic had rerouted as acres of thee had been rerouted for visiting demonstrators. ♪ i'm hammering in the morning hammering in the evening all over this land a hammer of love for the brothers and sisters all over this land ♪ >> momentum for the march began slowly. by 11:30 a.m. a mounting tide of parents, students, grandparents, with placards and banners held aloft, walking down a wide avenue named in honor of the constitution of the country. no attempt was made or thought given to the strict lines of marching. serious, but relaxed. 200,000 strong they marched in the largest demonstration for civil rights in the history of the united states. band] ♪ing catholics, protestants, and jews. the humble in the famous. northern's and southerners. states-section of the 50 represented across the avenue. loosely grouped by states, organizations, or bus codes. some arrived by motorist -- motorcades. s

a little bit of the way the american people, the people of the american colonies reaction to thomas payne's "common a way that had never been done were very people attracted to it. talking to them on their level. that is what roosevelt did. conversational language. he did not talk about them. try to explain to them. he said he would tell them why, and talk to them as friends. was both delivered dozens of these fireside chats. people are incredibly persuaded by them to support him. it was not a form of conventional advertising. they were not advertising, they were speeches. a president wanted to give the speech, everybody would drop whatever program they had and air whatever the president's speech was. he had in in lummis audience. was listening in a way that in our fragmented media world today you would not get. he was not only good at it and he commanded the entire country to listen to him when he did speak. we see harry truman in 1948 getting on a train. the whistle stops. very aggressive. all free television. truman, in 1948, aired a television spot i have never been able to find or foun

more and more towards this idea of independence and finally you get the last big push which is thomas payne's book, "common sense," actually published here in philadelphia in january of 1776 selling tens of thousands of copies through the colonies. payne's simple argument is we don't even need those guys in london. we're better off on our own over here. we can run america better than the british ever could. and so this idea of independence kind of swells through that spring. by june, virginia introduces a resolution for american independence. but they decide to not address it right away if june. they are going to want to consult their home governments, their colonies or states, if we want to start calling them that, because we are getting to that point. but at the same time they kind of want to put something on paper. so while they're each consulting home to see what home says they should do, they're also going to form this five-man committee. john adams of massachusetts who's probably in a lot of ways one of the most significant guys in congress those early days. he is really pushing for tha

way that the american people at the time the american colonies reacted to the publication of thomas payne'smmon sense." it was a way of discussing affairs that has ever been done before. they were talking to them on their level. they talked to using conversational language. he said, i will explain this to you, i will tell you why we have these problems. people were incredibly persuaded by them to support them. it wasn't a form of conventional advertising. in those days, if the president wanted to give a speech, everyone would drop whatever programming they had. he had an onus audience for these things. -- and enormous audience for these things. in our fragmented media world, you would not get that kind of attention. almost the entire country listened when he spoke. 1948, thery truman in whistle stop traveling around aggressively. a television spot i was never able to find. 1948, there was a small percentage of the american public that access to televisions. it was just coming online. it was the idea of 10 years ago, i'd have television. -- hi-def television. it was more of a novelty than an

he was more of a reader, follower of thomas payne, but kind of christian radicalism of, you know, jesus throwing the money to changers out of the temple and things like that. the evil of riches. he opposed talk of violence, of sabotage. he spoke -- he said, again, socialism would come through democratic means, through elections, through organization. and, you know, maybe the best way to summarize him is through his great speech. we'll hear more about this. in 1918 when he is jailed for opposing american involvement in world war i. he gives his famous speech at his sentencing where he says, while there is a lower class, i am in it. while there is a criminal element, i am of it. while there is a soul in prison, i am not free. so he sort of put himself as the representative of the, you know, the oppressed groups in american society. but debs is not a politician. even though he runs for president over and over again, he's not really a politician. he's not interested in the battles within the socialist party, and as a result of that, generally speaking on the national party level, which is r

he was more of a reader, follower of thomas payne, but kind of christian radicalism of, you know, jesus throwing the money to changers out of the temple and things like that. the evil of riches. he opposed talk of violence, of sabotage. he spoke -- he said, again, socialism would come through democratic means, through elections, through organization. and, you know, maybe the best way to summarize him is through his great speech. we'll hear more about this. in 1918 when he is jailed for opposing american involvement in world war i. he gives his famous speech at his sentencing where he says, while there is a lower class, i am in it. while there is a criminal element, i am of it. while there is a soul in prison, i am not free. so he sort of put himself as the representative of the, you know, the oppressed groups in american society. but debs is not a politician. even though he runs for president over and over again, he's not really a politician. he's not interested in the battles within the socialist party, and as a result of that, generally speaking on the national party level, which is r

he has thomas payne traveling with him in the continental army.hat's when the american crisis is penned. and has it read out to his troops. he starts collecting things like printed sermons because every pulpit in america was politicized either for or against the war. he used these sermons in messages to his troops, he required his troops go to divine service as he called it every sunday where they would hear these types of sermons that would reiterate from a different angle the reason why this cause was viable, why they should stay in and continue to serve. he starts to leverage these sermons, these kind of pop la media for lack of a better term to his advantage as a leader. he's starting to learn how to harness the power of the printed word. and that's something that really comes into play after the revolution, between the confederation period and his presidency where now there is an interest in him personally, but there is an interest in what is going to happen to this confederation, government that wasn't really going that well. he starts advis

charles payne -- thomas paine ande "they defined appreciated campaigns engaged in black america. the process of writing a biography of randolph who story a comment on. i come against the daily basis of a character of the labor and raise questions. randolph was a socialist, a black socialists, a rare breed in 20th-century america. he advocated for interracial unit or -- unionism. when most white trade unionists had no interest is -- interest in admitting black laborers. black ministers and editors and businessmen preached an anti-union gospel and cautioned workers to not bite the hand that fed them. the employers that help -- hired them into these menial jobs. 1925 the conversation was changed in black america. the movement to organize homelands porters and mates was an economic for the race. see that theing to new negro is seeking economic a path -- emancipation and he dictates the condition of his employment. calvin was no stranger to randolph or black socialism having briefly worked on randall's journal, the messenger. he was no socialists. he recognize novelty and potential fo