What a hectic day it has been. We've tried hard today to bring you diverse voices analyzing President's Obama first 100 days in office. And we've been frantically preparing some surprise interviews for tomorrow. But I am not revealing a word more about that.
So, we apologize for being late, but without any further delay, we continue to highlight some of the most memorable moments of 2008. Here is producer Jennifer Longmire:
Producer Jennifer Longmire brings you many of the signature TMM segments such as the weekly moms' parenting segment, 'The Barbershop' and 'Money Coach'. Monika Evstatieva/NPR
Monika...One of the wonderful things about working on this show is the opportunity to bring you voices that too often go unheard. But, my favorite booking involved two well-known figures — Myrlie Evers Williams and the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr — speaking the day after the election of President Barack Obama.
Mrs. Evers Williams lost her husband, the late NAACP leader Medgar Evers, in 1963 when he was assassinated in front of their Mississippi home. And Reverend Jesse Jackson Sir, looked down in despair as his close friend and mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lay mortally wounded in on a hotel balcony in Memphis in 1968 . Both men gone before their time. Leaving their loved ones behind to mourn, and to somehow go on and carry out their legacies.
Listening to Mrs. Evers Williams and Rev. Jackson speak about what President Obama's election meant to them was electrifying. Because they and countless others in the civil rights movement bore the scars, the losses, the loneliness and still, they persevered.
It culminated into this one, special, historic moment. I'm so very grateful to have witnessed this, and to have been a part of this segment. So as Tell Me More enters its third year, we'll be sure to bring you stories that touch our hearts, open our eyes, inform and enlighten us, entertain us, and remind us that we are all human, that we are all connected, and that we all matter — each and everyone of us.
Thank you, Jennifer. That was indeed an interview I will also never forget.
Stay tuned, for more Tell Me More best of 2008 moments and a very special web interview just for you, TMM bloggers. That's all tomorrow.
Cheers!
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