Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Rita, I read your memoir, and I have to say, it's a page-turner. It's really well written. Your life is just fascinating, and you're able to relay that beautifully in the written word.

Rita, I read your memoir, and I have to say, it's a page-turner. It's really well written. Your life is just fascinating, and you're able to relay that beautifully in the written word.

Go.

Go.

Well, this is the story I want you to tell, please, because I was lucky to be at the Academy Museum when you were getting the honor recently.

Well, this is the story I want you to tell, please, because I was lucky to be at the Academy Museum when you were getting the honor recently.

I know, but our listeners don't know it. So you need to explain, set the stage. You were involved in the Civil Rights Movement. You were there at the March on Washington. And you were right there next to Dr. King, correct?

I know, but our listeners don't know it. So you need to explain, set the stage. You were involved in the Civil Rights Movement. You were there at the March on Washington. And you were right there next to Dr. King, correct?

Yes.

Yes.

She was his good friend. Was it Mahalia?

She was his good friend. Was it Mahalia?

Mahalia Jackson. Mahalia, she was there with him.

Mahalia Jackson. Mahalia, she was there with him.

Is that a story? That is a story. Can you talk about that? At that point, you hadn't heard him give that speech. Can you talk about your personal Rita experience hearing that speech in that moment of time? Can you bring us back to how you felt hearing it?

Is that a story? That is a story. Can you talk about that? At that point, you hadn't heard him give that speech. Can you talk about your personal Rita experience hearing that speech in that moment of time? Can you bring us back to how you felt hearing it?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yes.

Yes.