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Host Liane Hansen speaks with Ann M. Martin, author of the estselling series of kids books, "The Baby-Sitters Club." They talk about about he new movie adaptation of Martin's work, and about issues facing young girls oday.

Last year, a cajun dance hall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere, allegedly denied entry to an African-American patron. The federal Justice Deptartment has sued the club saying it violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We traveled to the region to investigate the case...and to talk about race relations with the whites and blacks who live there. This is part one of a piece that continues in the second half hour of the show.

Part two of our piece about race relations in southwest Louisiana, and the Justice Department's civil rights lawsuit against a cajun dance hall called La Poussiere.

SIMON/BBQ: SCOTT SIMON VISITS DREAMLAND BARBEQUE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. JOHN BISHOP, WHO IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, FIRST OPENED DREAMLAND IN TUSCALOOSA IN 1958, SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE ALABAMA DROPPED ITS SEGREGATION LAWS. TODAY, THERE ARE THREE DREAMLAND RESTAURANTS...TUSCALOOSA, BIRMINGHAM, AND MOBILE, ALABAMA.

THE GREENBRIER HOTEL IN WEST VIRGINIA RECENTLY ACQUIRED SOMETHING THAT WAS HIDDEN UNDERNEATH ITS POSH INTERIOR SINCE THE 1950'S.

Daniel talks with the authors of "Modus Operandi: A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work." Mauro Corvasce and Joseph Paglino are police detectives in New Jersey. They say many of the criminal acts portrayed on TV and in novels are inaccurate or incomplete.

2: Former Soviet Ambassador to the United States ANATOLY DOBRYIN (doe-BRINN-yen). Dobryin has written his autobiography In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War Presidents published by Times Books 1995. Dobryin was Ambassador from 1962 (Kennedy) through 1986 (Reagan). He was a key diplomat in many U.S./Soviet conflicts including The Cuban Missile Crisis. Dobryin, now 76 years old, is still active in Russian diplomacy as senior advisor to the Foreign Ministry. He lives in Moscow.

WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL REVIEWS THE NEW MOVIE "DEAD PRESIDENTS."

SUSAN SPEAKS WITH SEVERN (SEH-vern) SUZUKI (soo-ZOO-kee), A TEENAGE ENVIRONMENTALIST FROM CANADA, WHO GAVE A MOVING SPEECH TO MEMBERS OF THE RIO SUMMIT IN 1992 AND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. SHE'S A MEMBER OF ECO, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHILDREN'S ORGANIZATION.

SIMON/RAPOPORT: SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE START OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEASON THIS WEEKEND.

ROMINA: With the help of a special 11-year-old girl, Weekend dition Sunday essayist Alfred Lubrano was reminded that New Yorkers are not lways as heartless and cold as many may think.

Liane speaks with Dorothy Papadakos, head organist at he Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. This past July, the heat wave aused temperatures in the organ loft to skyrocket, and part of the organ xploded, causing extensive damage. People interested in contributing can call he Cathedral Great Organ Restoration Fund at 212-316-7518, or they can write o: Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Great Organ Restoration Fund, 1047 msterdam Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10025.