even if we pass this bill, if a lobby over.

what happened in selma is part of a larger movement that reaches into every section and state of america. it's the effort of american negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of american life. their cause must be our cause because it isn't just negroes but all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice, and we shall overcome. [applause] >> the night president lyndon johnson addressed the nation key ended up at speech by echoing

the words doctor martin luther king used so often in the civil rights movement. there was a photographer that worked for the magazine at the time who was embedded in the house and he wanted to capture doctor king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this is the chair he was sitting in that night watching the television. president johnson addressed the nation. uncle martin as i knew him, the world knew him as doctor martin luther king jr., first started coming to this house in the late 1950s, early 60s. as a young minister that is when he met my parents. he was ministering in a month number eight, his first church,

and he would come to selma and selma university which is directly across the street from the house to participate in classes and to give lectures at universities. so he would command t come and e night here in the early years. during that time, he probably had a 30% african-american population, 70% caucasian population. there was some racial tension here. selma was a product of the south. it had come through the early part of the century into the 20s and 30s and 40s under jim crow. the races have gotten to the point everyone was existing in

things were somewhat fragile during that time. my father moved here from indiana, was raised in indiana. my mother had deep roots in selma and alabama. they made the decision to make selma their home when they married in 58 because of my families connections. my mother was an educator. she loved being an educator. my father practiced dentistry for 42 years and they have a vested interest in the community for many reasons not only because of their career, but because they both were committed to community and peace and justice and i think that's where the two paths of doctor and

mrs. king and my parents came together. as i said, doctor king was a young pastor. my parents where h a newly marrd couple and they talked about issues of the day that would affect families in raising children and just issues that are common to all people that have a vested interest in making the society a much better place to live. that is how the friendship started. it grew over the years and then when doctor king made the decision to stage the march from selma to montgomery, he asked my parents if they would allow him to come to this house and use thiusedthis house as a planninge for the selma to montgomery march and the rest is history because quite literally, the world came into a house that had

been previously unoccupied by a mother and father and little girl when all of a sudden became the house the world came to. through this room is the actual room in which doctor king held a meeting one night with some of his top advisers. this room is special also because it happens to be my room. there was a photographer embedded in the home that night from the magazine that took this picture that appeared in early 1965. this is the actual bad it happens to have the actual mattress and box spring tha buts still here when doctor king slept on it and 64 and 65. during the months that he lived in this house of course he slept in every bed in the house, but over the course of years, my mother changed off mattresses and box springs and other bedrooms have kept the original

mattress and box spring in this room. in the picture with doctor king in this bad h bed he was wearine particular pajamas that night that's in the same picture that is displayed in the room. i must say my parents never thought about the danger. that's not something that the principles like doctor king, doctor abernathy or doctor young, they never lived there days when or nights thinking at the dangers. they lived there days and lives with hope and dreams of making the country a more just nation. the same with my parents. yes, there were dangers every day in every window in every corner, but the shared host into the dream of making selma in this nation a place of peace and

prosperity over ruled by fear. he had the world on his shoulders and if i had only known what this man was committed to doing and how much he had on his shoulders, i probably one day wouldn't have tugged on his pant leg and begged him to have tea and mud cakes with me. he stopped because my mother was going to intercede and pull me away. he looked at my mother and he looked at me and he said i must have tea and mud caked and he did. for about 45 minutes we sat in the living room and as a part of the questions i asked for out of the mouth of babes. again i wish i had understood a little bit more because i asked uncle martin why is the dirt brown and why is the sky blue.

and you know, the principles that he carried with him he was very easy to explain to the little girl about how my life would be and how i needed to be committed to making the world a much better place. this room is significant because this is the bedroom in which doctor king would receive telephone calls from president johnson, president lyndon johnson called into my parents home and my mother was the receiver of the calls, the operator of those years they announced she was the operator from the white house calling on behalf of president johnson to speak to martin luther king jr.. this room was chosen because it was the most insular room in the house and those phone calls sometimes lasted for hours so that is the actual phone doctor king would receive the

president's phone calls that came into this house things to do. things were very volatile. the country was aware of how volatile things were in selma and in the south is the doctor king and the president kept i don't want to say regular calls, but they did have a direct connection on a semi-frequent basis to discuss what was going on. ..

>> and then they may have to put them in the post office for the postmaster. they could say he is local and recommended by the congress i don't want to start off with that more than anything else. i don't want to publicize it but i want you to know the outline. >> but you make that statement. >> that was perfect it is good to talk about that. i just don't see how anybody

could say that about vietnam. >> the dining room in the jackson museum is very much a foundation for this house. not only the place my mother and father share so many wonderful dinners but also the only place in the world that hosted the first jew african-american nobel peace prize recipients. they had private meetings for three days in tonight to discuss planning of the montgomery march. doctor king was ailing at that point and why he traveled to

selma of course been brokered the peace agreement my feather mom -- mother finished high school in washington d.c. during her high school years my mother and his daughter were best friends in high schools there was a connection she called her mother one day and said are they in your home that my father very much wants to come and talk about this upcoming march my mother assured her that if he came to selma she and my father would take excellent care of him. so the trip was planned and my father went to birmingham and was picked up at the train

station. he spent his life to negotiate and the ending for peace not only in this country but around the world. and to share similar goals and wishes for people in the united states and around the world so he knew this was such an important march for voting rights in this country to give doctor king as much advice and help as he could because both men knew that the possible passage of the voting rights act would transform not only the united states but the global world house. the third bedroom in the jackson museum is the actual bedroom the morning of the selma montgomery march doctor

king and his closest associates came into this room and put on their marching boots and eventually going to the bridge to begin the march. and in the morning of the march he put on his marching boots in that chair and led prayer. and prayer was so much a part of doctor king as a baptist minister but part of the american civil rights movement. nothing was done without prayer and faith. there was so much apprehension but there was so much hope in the air.

people were almost everywhere in the house but nobody knew what was going to happen the moment they would set foot in the house -- out of the house approaching emmett's bridge. of course history has shown us that on that morning it was a tenuous time in the life of everyone here. for those paying connection to the civil rights movement they did not know if their lives would end that day. but the prayers held in this home in the bedroom, putting on the boots then going to brown chapel as history is recorded things did work out well and after four days the march was successful.

>> there is no constitutional issue here the command of the constitution is plain there is no moral issue. it is wrong to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote in this country. [applause] >> dr. king was still living in the home the night that president johnson delivered a major address to the nation and quite simply reaffirmed he was going to or intend to sign the voting rights act which we all know in august 1965 he did. the johnson daughters consider the legacy of their father the

greatest piece of legacy is the voting rights act. doctor king was still here sitting in the living room in the chair in the jackson museum and then president johnson told the nation his commitment to the voting rights act. and i must say that both lyndon johnson and martin luther king jr. were distinctly different individuals but they came together at a critical time in the life of this country. both of these men were committed to a more just and democratic america so they came together to make america stronger and he came back late

1965 to have a weekend with my parents and to discuss a move. he came to ask if they would consider moving from selma to atlanta. and it was so interesting because my parents told him that a pretty much knew what they wanted to tell him as their decision but my parents let him know and they think and for the offer to relocate to atlanta to continue our lives there. but there was so much history here in the south relating to my mother's family, the civil rights movement, my father wanted him to know they would stay here and keep the light shining in this house because one never knows martin, you

may need to have another march and we will be right here at the house. the night of august the fourth, 1968 my parents and i were here having dinner every night you had to listen to how many people were killed in vietnam and the rest of the news. and while that was playing the news commentator broke in to say i have just learned that in memphis tennessee my mother looked at my father and immediately said, martin is dead.

and my father said we don't know that. then walter cronkite continued to say it has been reported that martin luther king has been assassinated in memphis tennessee. it changed our lives again. the three of us went into different parts of the house to reflect and think about what we had just heard and we came back together as a family, the three of us in the kitchen and i never shall forget that my father said to my mother and i, to the world he was doctor martin luther king jr. but u.s. p was very, very dear friend that we will miss dearly. this house after having been

built in 1912 over 100 years, continues to welcome individuals in the world and people who were committed to the global community. this house deserves to continue to be deserved for generations yet unborn so they can hear a story about people who are connected to community here and all over the world. my goal is the final preservation of his house and there are not that many places like the jackson home still intact still telling a story so welcoming all. and those who are committed to justice peace and freedom.

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