Steinbeck stopped there in the fall of 19 60 to witness history, public school desegregation and the bitter response of many white folk. Steinbeck was just passing through. Our guide in new orleans Was a child at the time. He lived that story day after day. It's hard to imagine that anybody would want any of these kids to fail. This is my story.
First in a three-part journey into the soul of America, through the eyes of working people who happen to be artists. In this episode, David Slater in Sag Harbor, New York, and Kalamu ya Salaam in New Orleans. Retracing the 1960 journey by writer John Steinbeck for his book, “Travels with Charley in Search of America.” Produced by John Biewen.