Leonard Jeffries; The Jeffries Controversy; David Grubin; Remembering Miles Davis

Overview

Charlie talks to City College professor Leonard Jeffries about a controversial speech he delivered on July 20, 1991. Journalists Jerry Nachman, Utrice Leid, and Sam Roberts debate Professor Jeffries's contentious ideas. David Grubin discusses his four-hour PBS documentary about former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, "LBJ: The American Experience." Charlie remembers jazz musician Miles Davis with performance clips of the legendary trumpeter.

Episode Information

Guest Stars

L

Leonard Jeffries

Self

Miles Davis

Self (Archive footage)

J

Jerry Nachman

Self (Editor, The New York Post)

U

Utrice Leid

Self (Managing Editor, The City Sun)

R

Robert Irving III

Self (Archive footage. Keyboards)

V

Vince Wilburn Jr.

Self (Archive footage, Drums)