Comments on: FDL Welcomes Charles E. Cobb Jr., Author of On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:06:09 +0000

Well, It’s a shame your guest had connection problems, Biodun, you chose a wonderful book for your first gig! Thank you!

Thank you again Mr. Cobb,

and Bev and Jane and Christy and…

By: Biodun Iginla

Biodun Iginla — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:59:58 +0000

Yep…this does happen…*G*

By: ccobbjr

ccobbjr — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:39:55 +0000

Problem with the connection at my hotel. Struggling to get back on again

By: Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:22:48 +0000

Thanks so much for being here today, Charles. We appreciate it.

By: BevW

BevW — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:09:15 +0000

Thanks Charlie, hopefully you will stop by later and answer some more questions. Thanks for coming to the Lake.

By: Biodun Iginla

Biodun Iginla — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:58:11 +0000

Charlie might be having problems with the toobz….This does happen. Bev?

By: Scarecrow

Scarecrow — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:48:13 +0000

Welcome. You mention journalism today seems to have a difficult time presenting a coherent picture of black life today. Why do you think that is? And how is that changing? (or is it?)

By: Biodun Iginla

Biodun Iginla — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:45:58 +0000

Somewhat relates andnot at all off topic:

Charlie: Do you know Skip Gates> Are you familiar with his work? There’s a reason I’m asking, ‘coz it relates to approaches to research…

By: Steve-AR

Steve-AR — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:42:41 +0000

Sort of OT..I grew up in the DC area…Are you related to Dr. Montague Cobb?

By: Peterr

Peterr — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:40:31 +0000

Passing the stories, from one generation to the next, is more than a matter of passing along dates and places and events. It takes a storyteller that makes the event come alive.

Parents and grandparents do this for their kids, but good teachers are able to do this for their students. Good teachers, journalists and historians do this for all they touch — and those lives are never the same afterwards.