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betty shabazz. ladies, forrest, thank you for joining us.fically on the woman you depict. because i've had the honor of knowing both of them. here at this event, sometime in the late 90s, they were incredibly formidable people, mothers of the movement, along with marley edwards, who we talked about on the show last week. i knew them and i knew them as a woman -- i got to work very closely with mrs. king because of my relationship with martin the third. and betty shabazz was like godmother of my two daughters. they carried on. and personally their husbands legacies. while continuing to carve out their own. opia, how do you spry -- describe the specific pressures these women faced as wives and widows? >> i can't begin to think of how hard the pressure was for them. they were the supporters, the main woman who were there to support these men, who we know have done an incredible work. and i think one thing about betty ands coretta was they had similar experiences. they had to hold down the home for weeks while their husbands were out, fighting a
betty shabazz. ladies, forrest, thank you for joining us.fically on the woman you depict. because i've had the honor of knowing both of them. here at this event, sometime in the late 90s, they were incredibly formidable people, mothers of the movement, along with marley edwards, who we talked about on the show last week. i knew them and i knew them as a woman -- i got to work very closely with mrs. king because of my relationship with martin the third. and betty shabazz was like godmother of my...
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betty shabazz, were to the movement and in shaping their legacies.etrays dr. martin luther king junior, and aaron pierre, who placed malcolm x. >> kelvin harrison jr., aaron pierre, thank you for coming to the show. >> thank you sir. >> thank you for having us. >> so aaron, let me start with you. what kind of preparation went into taking on the role that you play of malcolm x, such a seminal historical figure? >> i was terrified to embark on this journey. but, a mediately i identified the -- of embarking on the journey, and the responsibility. for me, you know, there is, there is much misinformation in the world about -- malcolm x. so for me, one of the top priorities was seeking information that i felt was as close to the source as possible. so the first place i went to was malcolm x's autobiography, dictated to alex haley. i then went to the sword in the shield by -- , i watched a documentary about malcolm x that was guided by dr. betty shabazz. i watched historical footage, interviews, speeches, -- panels. and then i think something that was treme
betty shabazz, were to the movement and in shaping their legacies.etrays dr. martin luther king junior, and aaron pierre, who placed malcolm x. >> kelvin harrison jr., aaron pierre, thank you for coming to the show. >> thank you sir. >> thank you for having us. >> so aaron, let me start with you. what kind of preparation went into taking on the role that you play of malcolm x, such a seminal historical figure? >> i was terrified to embark on this journey. but, a...
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betty shabazz.nd jaime lawson, who plays -- thank you so much for coming on. i love this angle, looking at really the personal lives of these two couples, of these four individuals. i'll start with you, what did you learn about caretta scott king, about the relationship that you brought to light in this? >> i learned so much. i'm british, so we don't actually have that much information, and it's not taught, about martin luther king, or malcolm x. and so when i got this job, it was a wonderful opportunity to completely educate myself, and be part of the process of educating a new generation and the next generation about caretta scott king and martin. i think especially the women have been sidelined a lot in the civil rights movement, and so i think that was definitely a highlight for me, to be part of highlighting the women and their contributions to the movement. >> absolutely. >> that amazes me about you, i'm so excited, is i knew both women. i was too young to know malcolm, i was about eight when
betty shabazz.nd jaime lawson, who plays -- thank you so much for coming on. i love this angle, looking at really the personal lives of these two couples, of these four individuals. i'll start with you, what did you learn about caretta scott king, about the relationship that you brought to light in this? >> i learned so much. i'm british, so we don't actually have that much information, and it's not taught, about martin luther king, or malcolm x. and so when i got this job, it was a...
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, shabazz marley suffered that loss first. for her to turn to to say how do i do this? i'm 30 years, old i just lost a leveled by, like my children watched him plead to death, they were nine -- eight and three. i'm a single mother now who's become a housewife so no i had to earn a living. what do i do and how do i make sure that the legacy of this man is preserved, and given its dignity and i'm angry. i'm angry, they took away my love of my future but i have to sort of stifle that down and there was no way to teacher. the only person she knew, she obviously, they were killing black men all throughout the mississippi. on a national level, no one was at the level. these other witnesses were not working out today and rather in their face with a cbs news group. she. was everything she did she was terrified that it would actually destroy her legacy because of her deep anger and rage. i think it's a lesson in -- always be perfect. that's not what you want to do, but she was the template, she was the first to learn how to have to do
, shabazz marley suffered that loss first. for her to turn to to say how do i do this? i'm 30 years, old i just lost a leveled by, like my children watched him plead to death, they were nine -- eight and three. i'm a single mother now who's become a housewife so no i had to earn a living. what do i do and how do i make sure that the legacy of this man is preserved, and given its dignity and i'm angry. i'm angry, they took away my love of my future but i have to sort of stifle that down and...
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betty shabazz, two black women prosecutors, tough, and smart. letitia james and in florida, fani willis, that are part of bringing the truth to light. you can try and smear the, mr. trump, but at the end, only evidence counts in a court of law. that does it for me, thanks for watching, i'll see you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern, for another live hour of politicsnation. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. jon capehart starts right now. fraud. donald trump is back on the campaign trail tonight, after a judge ordered him to pay nearly $500 million, for what new york attorney general letitia james called, quote, staggering fraud. trump calls the decision, quote, a total sham. i'll ask barbara mcquade and charles coleman junior what this means for trump's business empire, and his bottom line. i parents -- vice president kamala harris says the death of alexei navalny's proof of vladimir putin's authoritarian brutality, and his pressuring congress to help ukraine defeat him. congressman robert garcia will be here to discu
betty shabazz, two black women prosecutors, tough, and smart. letitia james and in florida, fani willis, that are part of bringing the truth to light. you can try and smear the, mr. trump, but at the end, only evidence counts in a court of law. that does it for me, thanks for watching, i'll see you back here tomorrow at five pm eastern, for another live hour of politicsnation. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. jon capehart starts right now. fraud. donald trump is back...
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and betty shabazz is my daughter's god mother.e civil rights movement and betty shabazz kept malcolm strong. i used to hear them talk about this when they would talk to me in private. >> i love the fact you said they weren't just housewives. you don't have a malcolm x and a dr. martin luther king, jr. without womens, wives who were also dreamers, who were also activists. these were women who challenged their ideals and really parcelled through a lot of the sermons and messages they were going to speak about. they gravitated to these women for that, that they had a mind of their own, that they had dreams and aspirations of their own. history has done this weird thing of making it seem as women have now just started to have agency as if that wasn't a thing ever before. so one of the things i love that this show is doing is highlighting the fact that coretta and betty were women of agency that really fought side by side with their husbands for the movement and for their community. >> obviously the relationship to men was fraught. the
and betty shabazz is my daughter's god mother.e civil rights movement and betty shabazz kept malcolm strong. i used to hear them talk about this when they would talk to me in private. >> i love the fact you said they weren't just housewives. you don't have a malcolm x and a dr. martin luther king, jr. without womens, wives who were also dreamers, who were also activists. these were women who challenged their ideals and really parcelled through a lot of the sermons and messages they were...
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betty shabazz, coretta scott king, and myrlie evers was the sorority nobody wanted to be in. the same thing. >> exactly. >> evers was the first civil rights widow. he dies in june '63. john f. kennedy, the president, had given the speech in which he used some of medgar's language. they were both world war ii veterans, and he had been pressing the kennedy administration to do more on civil rights. to send federal troops to mississippi to protect black people. he was integral. he was literally going, had he not been assassinated, was going to be in d.c. to testify for the civil rights act. he was one of the ones pushing for it. his language about first class citizenship was picked up by people like fannie lou hamer. he was integral to it. when he was killed, to your point, dr. king had given his initial version of the speech he gave on august 28 at the march on washington, he gave it in detroit, as you know, rev. >> right. >> to 22,000 people. one of the lines that later gets cut out of the speech in d.c. was, "i have a dream that one day, people like medgar evers and emmett ti
betty shabazz, coretta scott king, and myrlie evers was the sorority nobody wanted to be in. the same thing. >> exactly. >> evers was the first civil rights widow. he dies in june '63. john f. kennedy, the president, had given the speech in which he used some of medgar's language. they were both world war ii veterans, and he had been pressing the kennedy administration to do more on civil rights. to send federal troops to mississippi to protect black people. he was integral. he was...