Charlie Rose

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.

Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general, discusses the AIDS epidemic in America. A conversation about the effect of condom distribution in American schools. Wendy Wasserstein on her career as a playwright.

New York City Councilman Noach Dear and Colin Moore, attorney for the Cato family, debate the events surrounding the accidental death of Gavin Cato and subsequent murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. We continue with a clip of Bill Moyer's "Beyond Hate" and a conversation with some New Yorkers that struggle with racism and antisemitism on a daily basis. Attorney Alan Dershowitz on his memoir about growing up in Brooklyn, "Chutzpah."

Calvin Trillin on his new book, "American Stories." Governor James Florio of New Jersey explains his state's tax policies. In an interview with Bill Moyers, author Nadine Gordimer on race and politics in South Africa. A discussion with Douglas Coupland, Robin Adler, and Manuel Villafania about the twenty-something age group called Generation X.

Dan Rather talks about his memoir, "I Remember." Thom Henley of The Endangered Peoples Project, Monica Whelan of Rainforest Action, and tribesmen Mutang Tuo and Mutang Urud discuss the destruction of the rain forests of Borneo by foreign logging companies.

Journalists James Ledbetter, Nancy Collins, and Kevin Goldman discuss the shifting power in news and broadcast media. Choreographer Tommy Tune on his career in dance. Mauricio Obregon on the myths surrounding explorer and colonizer Christopher Columbus.