baton and follow what so many of their elders, who are also here today, though some of them aren't able to take part in the march, that they are here to kind of carry that baton forward and keep fighting for these same issues here, alex. >> i'll tell, you their classes may have yet to start, but certainly, they are getting a lesson today, being there with you and taking part in that march. it seems like extraordinary speakers. by, you guys. have a great doing all this. it's really wonderful you're out there. that is going to do it for me and this addition of alex witt reports. i will see you again tomorrow at one pm, eastern. my friend lindsey reiser continues our coverage, and that's antonio was mentioning, we are getting ready for the king family and also our colleague, reverend al sharpton, to speak at the 60th anniversary on the march on washington. >> and good afternoon,. everybody thanks, alex. i am lindsey reiser in for yasmin vossoughian. as we continue to watch and listen to these powerful speeches here at the 60th year commemoration of the march on

washington, we have reporters and analysts covering every angle here of this invaluable event, tens of thousands are in attendance on the national mall, we've been listening to civil rights, religious, and political leaders take the stand. advocating for a dream of a quality that martin luther king, junior, so eloquently pleaded for all those years ago. and today's organizers are clear in their message, this is not a remembrance. there is too much work left to be done. this is a continuance. this afternoon's mark gets underway, we are going to hear from the king family and reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc's politicsnation and president of the national action network. we have reporters, i mentioned, station around the avenue through all angles of what's happening. terrific national mall, we just heard from nbc's antonia hylton. trymaine lee is there as well, and also with me on set, going to have any glad to speak to him, of course, msnbc contributor and professor of african american studies at princeton university.

so first, let's go ahead and get to you, tremaine. you have been on the rise or listening to the speeches. set the stage for us about what we've heard so far and what we will still hear, we will still hear from this afternoon? >> lindsey, at risk of being cliché, thousands of people now standing in the footsteps of history, bearing the heat of this moment, but bearing the heat of a long history of and on perfect union. and activist and every take americans, many african event can swung them, pushing to make their democracy a better version of itself. so to realize that we had andrew young speaking earlier, 94 years old, that there are trying to walk amongst us who fought for freedom. when i say freedom a free, he know it better than folks like andrea. as you mentioned, the organizers of this year's event, it's not just a commemoration, it's not just about reflecting on the jewels of the past, that the 1964 civil rights act, for the voting rights act of 65. where the fair housing act,

it's about this long struggle and drawing parallel between the issues in 1963, when there were still poll taxes, we are still a deeply segregated society, when they're still watching, to the, day where people are still concerned about extrajudicial killings by police and police brutality, by a wealth gap, that is larger today than it was in 1963. so, the growing parallels for the thousand people came all across the country, and across town to be here in this moment, it's paramount. again, a wide array of speakers and at the first group of folks, jewish folks in the atl, you have people from the lgbtq community, a gentleman came from a native american reservation to make sure that our collective voice was heard today, as they reflect and remember, and having a moment to talk to the king family, marking the third and his wife, andrea waters, came up to hear them say that there is no doubt that what my father did, what some people to, it was important, but in this moment, in this moment here, people need to stand up and let the voices be heard.

lindsey, it's just a sight to behold. thousands of people, bearing to see, but also bearing witness to another proud moment of history. >> i appreciate that analysis, thank you so much. let's go now to nbc news correspondent, antonia hylton, joining us live from the marchers. well antonio, we heard you there the last hour. you're getting ready to march with these people, i understand you have some folks here who have something to say. what can you tell us? >> that's right, lindsey. there are so many young people from all over the country. today, i spoke to people came from alabama, from kentucky, from north carolina, from pennsylvania, who all want to send a message for the young people that they are aware of the long art of this fight that they want to show that they are grabbing the baton, they are still fighting for all these issues from voting rights to climate and environmental justice, to fair housing and fair employment. so i want to give them time to share some of their thoughts. why did you come out here today? what message you want to send the country? >> he wants in the country that young people can make a movement and that we can protest with the older people.

we came here for our teams, or going to step in to prove that young people can make a move. is >> in some ways >> it's a bit challenging to be here and to realize that 60 years later, some of what we're hearing people fight for and talk about today is the same thing our parents, our grandparents, or trying to fight for? >> sometimes, but then it helps you feel like you can make this difference now, because we are all capable and very powerful of. it's >> one of the issues that matter most to people your age? >> honestly, our schooling opportunities, because we want to be able to be something in the future. and make a difference. so, it's very important with our schooling opportunities, because where were from in new york, are schooling opportunities don't give us a lot. >> have you seen the movement to remove some books from lessons about race and black history around the country? what do you guys think of that? in some communities, they are rolling back to lessons about what we've heard discussed here

today? >> i don't think the removing the race and stuff from books is good, because younger kids then, they don't learn about that, we have to learn about that to know what it's like in the real world, and they have to know about that so they grow old and still go with the movements and other stuff. >> and something they need to know to survive. >> thank you. it's okay to hear from you, it's nice to see so many young people here. i also have spoken today, lindsey, with some of the elders who were here 60 years ago. they were kids at the time, standing up on steps. they were on their parents shoulders, listening to doctor king's message that day. actually spoke to one woman who not only was here at these steps 60 years ago, but she also was only a few blocks away from the famous bombing in birmingham. she knew some of the little black girls who were killed that day. she got emotional when she was talking to me about what it means to be here, to see young people like all of these people here, still fighting. they're separate or sweetness, right? if you know, the pride and then

for being here and for being so you know, smart and confidence to share their voices. but, also the sadness, right? something that she was fighting for so long ago, that she thought her grandkids weren't going to have to worry about, that she is seeing still way so heavily on this generation. so, that's really what today is about. it is not a celebration. it is not a party. it's a recommitment for folks, a refocusing of sorts, because people know there's a long road ahead here, lindsey. >> certainly. i just want to repeat what one of those interview subjects just said what talking about book banning and the current fight to keep black history from curriculum. it's something you need to know to survive. i think that will stay with all of us. antonia, thank you so much. we are just a few speakers away from hearing from the king family here in our coverage of the 60th anniversary of the march on washington. we will bring that to you as well, of course, as eddie clouds perspective on the movement and the event today and how far we still have to come. we'll be right back.

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only on verizon. >> welcome back, everybody, to our special coverage here of the 60th commemoration of the march on washington. i want to bring an award-winning author and professor of african american studies at princeton university, and the cloud. andy, as we wait to hear from some members of the king family, i just want to ask you about something that benjamin crump said at the last hour. you were here upset with alex witt, and in his, speech he said you can't of american history without black history, and he said there will be unapologetic defenders of black life, liberty, and humanity. we all need to be. how did those words strike you? >> absolutely true. american history is, and some, anyways black history. black history is american history. when we don't tell ourselves the full truth, we actually to store who we are. in order to become the kinds of people that democracy require, we have to tell stories a, and, so i cultivate virtue that's

anocracy's demands of each of us. when we find ourselves to the ugly parts of our history, in some ways it reveals the imitations of our under station of justice. so then we, can turn around to do the very same thing that we don't want to look at, look squarely in the face. what ben crump said was absolutely essential in this. moment when we hear those young folk talking about their worrying about their future? that's affirmative action? . that is affirmative action. that's assault on book bannings. that's critical race theory, whatever they mean by that, it's an assault on what we tell ourselves, the stories we tell ourselves. >> climate change. there are so many issues that are affected, and you're mentioning this confluence of issues here, the politics with history, with where our country is going, and that can help you be reminded of some of the topics and behaviors we saw on the debate stage. this week at the republican primary. when we hear talks about anti-wokeness and parental rights, does it feel like with some of those sort of dog whistle set we're taking a step

back? >> are we taking a step? back see, this is the problem. we always have this kind of narrative of america always already on the road to a more perfect union, as a kind of progressive narrative. in fact, that linear story isn't really what happens. we're more of a circle. a spiral, upward and downward, in some ways, so, it's not a kind of return backwards. it's some old, familiar stuff in new form. for a different age, in a different time. it's familiar, it's constant, but we are the new actors in it. we make it distinct in this moment. and so there's an echo of history to use twins language, mark twain's language, history rhymes. it doesn't repeat. so, we are hearing the rhymes right now. >> obviously, today is so much, including a call to action. people who are listening, young people who are listening to you today and hear you say is not so much moving backwards, but,

rather history repeating itself in new ways of being more cyclical. how are you still inspiring hope that for example, the kings off and say, that martin luther king jr. day only granddaughter has fewer rights today that she did when she was born. how could you instill a sense of hope that things can still get better? >> there's a wonderful line from james baldwin. hope is invented every day. you have to figure out how to swing your feet off the bit, get them off the floor, and come out. and we think about this moment in 60 years ago, he's there every day, ordinary folks gather. we tend to tell the story and center it around dr. king, we have to understand what was happening before that. it was the birmingham event, every day, ordinary people. the violence in america's georgia, there's a violence directed at similar tamed. the assassination of matthieu evans. all these sharecroppers across the south who are organizing and mobilizing, young folk, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, in the halls of the south, right in cambridge,

maryland, gloria richardson. another woman, doing work, trying to break the back of jim crow. every day, ordinary people. showing courage. those are examples for every day, ordinary people today. we are the leaders, as elevator said. we are the leaders we've been looking for. we just need to understand that we can do, in our moment, what they did in their. so >> we are going to have so much more to talk about. of course, as we await to hear from members of the king family, but for right now, we will leave you with some more images of the march on washington. of course, martin luther king junior memorial here, or folks will be marching from the lincoln memorial to this in a few short minutes, or within the hour here. once the program concludes. we'll be right back. ight back.

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will one day live in a nation, where they will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. [applause] i have a dream [applause] >> that was martin luther king jr. day on august 28th, 1963. the liver his iconic i have a dream speech at the lincoln memorial, where he called for equality and freedom in front of a crowd of 250,000. it became a defining moment of the civil rights movement. of course, we are looking at a live shot right now of the 60th year of commemorating that event. back with me right now is award-winning author and professor of african american studies at princeton university, eddie cloud. eddie, we are hearing from some speakers right now. we are going to bring you yolanda rené king, just 15 years old in a few minutes when she hits the stage. she is the only grandchild of martin luther king, junior. what is the significance of her being the first king family member to speak, and being a

part of this program today? >> absolutely important. instantly, it's ironic, that clip from king's speech has been used in such insidious ways to hear the young 15 year old, it is so important. because during the 1963 march, it was what movement or very marginalize. it was a very male affair. it was roselle park to refuse to get up. at least, that's how we tell our story. let's give it a brief moment to say some words. nina horn shouted freedom. daisy gates, central to the organizing the little rock desegregation campaign, little rock 90, had a bit to say. but dorothy height, president of national council of -- women, for the most part, had to march they. march separately with the wife of the civil rights leaders as the men walked with the cameras in front of them. so, what we see in this moment, not only the power of organizing, we also see the contradictions. so, it's amazing to see a young

15 year old, that's gonna be up there speaking. because she has -- who's behind, who's beneath her. all of those women who made the 1963 march possible. >> chills when i hear perspective. i want to go ahead and listen in right now on the podium. stephen benjamin, senior -- and director of the white house office a public engagement. he also served as the mayor of columbia, south carolina, just recently until 2021, let's listen. >> they're leading in and doing the work, to make sure all families can live the american dream. we've rebuilt the american economy 13 million new jobs, closing the racial wealth gap, increased house coverage, lack americans by 50%. now, nominate even more black woman to the federal courts, than any other president combined, including our first black women supreme court justice, ketanji brown jackson. he has delivered on seven billion dollars, a record for historically black colleges and universities. he is as pardoned all federal offenses related to the simple possession of marijuana. he's lower the cost of insulin to $35, and lowered the cost of

health care for all americans, making sure, expect early on seniors, can live dignified, healthy lives without risking poverty. and, the investments go up. the last thing i will say, and i'll take my seat. i will leave it with this, those that gathered here six decades ago, did it in order for this country to reach his full potential,. we have to do together. all of us, standing up for the best in us. in the face of these attacks the -- fish back -- to human dignity is gonna take all of us choosing love over hate, choosing unity over disunity, choosing progress over -- all of us must stand, up and lead at this moment. president biden, vice president, have dedicated the last few years of being with every one of you here. and there's so much it has to be done. we're going to do it together, god bless you. [applause] >> that was stephen benjamin of the biden administration. of course, also mentioning the proclamation of the biden administration, the new emmett till monument. i wanna bring any cloud back in with me. this was just proclaimed in july. what is the significance of

that happening, sort of in the backdrop of what's happening politically, but also today? >> well it's important, because that proper formation is not a kind of recognition -- of the heroism of the moment, but of the violence of the moment. so you get him until, and -- his right, so you get not only the violence, but also the courageous actions. and that's really important. but it's also historically parallel. there is a debate behind the scenes with regards to the march on washington. king and others were trying to get president kennedy to issue a second emancipation park proclamation. because, august 1963, it represented the centennial of the emancipation placa may shun. this wasn't a time to try to link the two. so you got the proclamation around emmitt hill, just humans go. and, now you have this debate. the kennedy administration failed miserably, and i think -- thought that you could just simply invite black leaders to the white house, and everybody would be okay. so there's a complicated relationship between the

movement and -- it should always be a complicated relationship between the movement and the political elites. >> we know that jonathan -- a ceo national director of the anti-defamation league is on the stage now. let's go ahead and listen to a little bit of what he is saying. >> once again, to demand equal rights, justice, and fair treatment to all [applause] because we know that hate still exists, and the work of fighting hate, to gather, continues. you know, in 2023, that shouldn't be a controversial opinion. but we know, there are some who think that it is. we all know why, family and friends were, colleagues and

neighbors, elected officials, who look at the relationship between the black and jewish communities, and all they see are tense times. and the differences of opinion. and it wouldn't be honest if we didn't recognize there are some differences. but it wouldn't be true to our faiths, if we didn't confront them, and help those who are stubborn in their stereotypes, and louis swift their tongues, to understand when and why, they are wrong. because too often i, too often, in our society, when someone makes a mistake or speaks out of turn, we push them away. and we've got to pull them in.

we eject them, rather than embrace them. too often we engage in a cancel culture, when will we actually need is a counsel culture. and when we pulled him close, when we embrace them, when we counsel them, we've got to educate them about our history. the history of how blacks and jews struggled alongside one another, to make america a more fair more, just, more tolerant country. because they don't know the work of julius rosen walled and booker t. washington. they don't remember the sacrifices of -- . . they don't appreciate the bond,

that united rabbi heschel, and reverend king. and what they don't see is the truth of our world today. that jewish activists are on the front line of fighting for civil rights for african americans. and that black leaders are standing side by side, with jewish americans. [applause] we stand together, because we know that in the very same breath, those who spew ugly, anti black racism on our airwaves, in our news feeds, in our communities, so often spew vicious, vile, antisemitism. and make no mistake, that goes both ways. you see the bigotry that fueled the shooting at the mother emmanuel -- in charleston.

what also fueled the shooting at the tree of life congregation in pittsburgh. the massacre at the top supermarket in buffalo, was preceded by a slaughter at a kosher supermarket in jersey city. and in 2017, when there were no very fine people! the racists, as they marched to protest the long overdue removal of robert e. lee's statue in charlottesville, they screamed, jews will not replace us. and so you see, the fates of the black and jewish communities in america, they are intertwined. they are in the visible.

what [applause] that's why for more than a century, the adl has believed fiercely, that you can't fight antisemitism without countering anti black racism, and hate against all other groups. we do so, because we know, communities will never be safe, unless we are all safe. our country will never live up to its promise, if any one group is denigrated or dehumanized, or made to live in fear. 60 years ago, right before dr. king spoke here on these steps, in this place, a leader in our community, rabbi prince. he said a few important words. he said that when god created man, he created him as everybody's neighbor.

and that neighbor is not a geographic term. it is a moral concept. it means, our collective responsibility, for the preservation of our dignity. and, 60 years later my friends, these words still resonate. what they still tell us, to stand up, and speak out in the face of hate. it's our duty, it's our responsibility, so please keep up your work. never back down! and no, you've got to know, that the atl will be with you, every step of the way. thank you. [applause] >> all right, we've been listen to jonathan -- from the atl. and i want to bring eddie glower back with me. interesting that he talked about the jewish community, and the black community, how inextricably linked they are,

and in the visibly linked. even linking hatred and mass shootings, some of them that have targeted people based on their fate, others that have targeted people based on their race. and, he also said that people will try and point to conflict between the two. i want your thoughts on that, and we may have to interrupt you as we hear from the king family, but go ahead, eddie? >> i thought it was a powerful speech, in a number of ways. but, it's complicated. it's complicated, in a number of ways, right. and we have to tell the story about how it's the case. >> all right, let's listen. >> and there have been times where i'm sure, and i'm sure that everyone has felt this, there have been times where it all felt a bit too big. the forces against you, a bit too daunting. and in these moments, you thought like giving up, or sitting down for just a bit. i was talking to a dear friend about this feeling, and she advised me to get back to my -- room. and i immediately thought of the voice in -- in the langston hughes palm -- .

it's a voice that reminds me of my own mother. what i will tell you, life for me ain't been no crystal stair. it's tax in an, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor, there. but all the time, i've been climbing on, and reaching landings, and turning corners. and sometimes, going in the dark, where there ain't been no light. so, don't you turn back, don't you sit down on the steps, because you find it's kind of hard. don't you fall now, for i and still go in honey, i'm still climbing. and life for me ain't been no crystal stair. i thought about the freedom riders, -- burned out houses and bombed out homes. i thought about all of those before us, and all that they had endured. and i knew that i couldn't stop. i thought about our daughter, all our children, who now have fewer rights than their parents at their age, fewer rights than their parents were promised, and that their grandparents fought for. and i knew that i couldn't stop climbing.

i thought about my friend dr. freedom mill house jones, and how her medical practice in our home city of atlanta was devastated by gun violence. how are patients sitting in the waiting room lost her life that day. amy -- , i thought about the fact that her two young children experience their first mothers day, without their mom, the beginning of a new school year, without their mom. and i knew that i had to keep climbing. i thought about aj owens, the being slaughtered in front of her children in -- , murdered doing what mothers do, defending them. and i knew that we must keep climbing. i thought about neil -- standing at the gates of disney world, greeting families prepared for a day of lifelong happy memories, with hate. what did the mothers tell their children that day? i thought about lori carleton, a mother of nine, 25 years after the brutal slaying of matthew shepard, shot and killed for hanging a flag, a pride flag, outside of her own

business. and i knew that we must all keep climbing. so my friends, we will keep climbing! we are here to liberate the soul of the nation! the soul of democracy, from those forces who would have us all go backwards, and perish, rather than go forward as sisters and brothers. we will never betray those who marched for us, fought for us, lived for us, died for us. we are the children, and the grandchildren of their struggles. and we will be worthy of their sacrifices. this is about freedom, this is about peace, this is about love, this is about our children! we are not here for commemorations, we are here for a re-dedication to the fight for our future, we are at long last, america's practice will be as good as its promise. and today, hate is being shaken to its core. -- crashing down walls of racism, bigotry, intolerance, antisemitism, xenophobic, and

as they tumble down, you will hear the sounds of liberation and love. that's what happens, when we stand together, when we climb together. today, let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around us in awareness. and let me say to the women, we weren't able to speak in 1963, but we are here in 2023. [applause] and women are unwavering warriors. i know that we stand a different face, but let's go to the bible for a moment. moses was able to tell pharaoh, let my people go, only because he was saved by his sister miriam, as an infant. debra helped lead the israelites to victory out of bondage, asterisk her life to save her people, and let's just go to the story of easter, as i close. after all of the the disciples had fled, it was women who stood at the foot of the cross.

jesus says body was released to a mother. women prepared his body for burial. women stood outside his tomb. and it was through a woman, that he first appeared after the resurrection. women are unwavering warriors, and today, we will no longer be silenced. thank you very much, -- ! [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon. i mean, how my supposed to go after -- . >> please give my mom a round of applause! [applause] [laughter] if i could speak, if i could speak to my grandfather today, i would say, i am sorry we

still have to be here, to rededicate ourselves to finishing your work, and ultimately realizing your hidden dream. 60 years ago, dr. king urged us to struggle against the triple evils of rape racism, poverty, and bigotry. today, racism is still with us. poverty is still with us, and now, gun violence has come to our places of worship. our schools, and our shopping centers. what and that's not the only problem, that earlier generations didn't expect, but my generation cannot escape. we have been warned about air and water pollution. if we have been warned about global warming. and now, all my life, we have worried about environmental justice, for communities of

color, and under-resourced people everywhere. but this summer, and for the rest of our lives, my generation will be worrying about global boiling. we need to do more than end racism on our planet. we need to do more than and poverty on our planet. we need to save our planet. i [applause] ,,,. ,,. . . ,.

,,. ,,. ,. ,,, and so, i think that we really need this during this really critical moment, in our history. so i would encourage everyone to stand up, and repeat these words after me. spread the word! spread the word! have you heard? have you heard? all across the nation. >> all across the nation. we. >> we. >> are going to be. >> are going to be. >> a great generation. >> a great generation. >> now one thing about making

an impact is that, you have to be powerful, and i think that we have so much power. so, i want you to fight the heat, and we're going to put some more energy into it. are you already? spread the word! >> spread the word! have you heard? >> have you heard? >> all across the nation. >> all across the nation. >> we. >> we. >> are going to be. >> are going to be. >> a great generation! >> a great generation ...! >> now they say that the third time is the charm. so, we have to do it one more time. if we want the world to hear this, if we want future generations to hear this. if we want to really make an impact, i want you to say it in your loudest voice. spread the word! >> spread the word! >> have you? heard >> have you? heard >> all across the nation. >> all across the nation. >> we. >> we. >> are going to be. >> are going to. be >> a great generation. >> a great generation. >> now, give yourselves a hand.

[applause] and everyone, please welcome, my father. [applause] >> as i stand here this afternoon, on this representation of the 60th anniversary, as you know, it is actually monday. but i'm going to do something a little different, because our time, i am told, has been clipped to about less than five minutes. and reverend sharpton must come up. but i want to let you know how i'm feeling today. because i am very concerned about the direction our country is going in. and it is because, instead of moving forward, it feels as if we are moving backwards. the question is, what are we going to do? do we realize that it is we the people?

who can make changes? represent history in the right way. ensure that hatred and hostility was not all over our nation. as you know, my mother and father dedicated their lives to embracing love, and lifting up the goodness in people. in fact, if somebody was 90% bag, they dared to focus on the 10% good, and worked to extracted from them. and so, -- shared a lot. i don't have to say that much this time. there will be other times, where we need us all to be engaged. that would probably say, now is the time. we must preserve, protect, and expand democracy. we must ensure that voting rights are protected for all people. we must ensure, that our women and children are treated

fairly. we must and gun violence. i [applause] and then, maybe one day, we will be a great nation. we are not personifying greatness right now. but you know what, dad and mom taught us, it takes a few good women and men to bring about change. so as i get ready to close, you may ask the question, brother king, we understand what happened with history. we don't like, it or accepted, we understand what happened with a voting rights. we don't like it, but we must change it. but you may may be asking that question, that my father asked back in the late 50 east. how long will it be? well, i don't know exactly how long it will be. but what i do know is, no lie can last that long. how long, you may ask, will it be before we get our freedom? i don't know, but truth must

arise again. how long, not long, because the moral arc of the universe is long, but bends towards justice. how long? not long, because god almighty is still on the throne. let's not give up, let's not give in, let's not give out. we must move forward, to make this nation the nation that it ought to be, for all of gods children, thank you, and god bless you! [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand to your feet, and let's welcome the president and founder of the national action network, the reverend dr. au sharpton! [applause] >> no justice. >> no. peace >> no justice. >> no peace. >> no justice.

>> no. peace >> we are not going to take long, because we have to move out before the march. let me say this, all of you under the trees, come on out, because we're going to line up. today, was a day to show our strength. thousands of you came, 60 years later, to say that we are the continuation of a movement, 60 years later, we are facing affirmative action being suspended, and there are people that are trying to go after businesses. you heard from the fearless squad, they are going after diversity, and large corporations. they're going after firms. i want to announce today, that we go to fight back. we are not going to let you

take affirmative action and diversity, unlike a doctor, i will make house calls. we will march on the homes, and the company's. that if you think you can take money out of our community, and cut us off, we are not going to allow that. we are going to have a fall of economic sanctions, and that we will not bow to this. secondly, we are building a unity here. but we see blacks and jews and latinas, and agents come together. they are trying to separate us. and martin lisa king the third. and -- has orchestrated along with us in -- . it's a unity, that we are not going to take this, we're going to march and show thousands of us in the streets, going together. they will not be able to turn back the clock. they want to stop blacks from

voting, we go to vote anyhow. no matter how hard you make it, we come in anyhow. they go and try to put women back in the kitchen, with an apron, we not going back in the kitchen. we not putting the apron back on. they tried to tell gays, get back in the closet, we not going back in the closet, we're going to lock the closet. we go to stand up for who we are, and where we are, and what we are, our fathers fought for this, and we go to maintain. 60 years ago, martin is the king talked about a dream. 60 years later, we are the dreamers. the problem is, we're facing the schemer's. it's the streamers on one side, the schemer is on the other. the dreamers are fighting for voting rights, the schemer's are changing voting regulations and states. the dreamers are standing up for women's rights to juice, the schemer's are arguing whether they're going to make you stop at six weeks or 15

weeks. the dreamers are saying that if you are lgbtq, or trans, you have a right to your life. the scammers are saying, we going to make you look like your something that you are not, and will not be tolerated in human society. it's the dreamers against the skimmers. the dreamers are in washington d.c., the schemer's are being booked in atlanta georgia, in the fulton county jail. [applause] the dreamers will win! the dreamers will march! the dreamers will stand up! black, white, jews, lgbtq, we are the dreamers. where the children of the dream, let us march, in the name of the dreamers. let's stand up together! arm and arm, that's why jonathan -- was here. that's why -- is here. that's why civil rights leaders are here. it's time to march! everybody lined up, and we're

going to march from lincoln's memorial, to the king memorial. the dreamers, facing, the schemer's. [applause] >> no justice. no >> peace. >> no justice. >> no. peace >> >> powerful ending to a very powerful speech here at the commemoration of the march on washington in 1963. and of course, people are gathering now to make that track, that the reverend was just talking about. i want to bring in right now antonio hilton, who was live inside the crowd. antonio, quite the culmination, hearing from the king family as well. what are your takeaways, and the people around you? >> hey lindsey. everybody is getting lined up right here. a bunch of the kids here who we spoke to last hour, are getting ready to leave the crowd, as we

head over to mlk's memorial site. and, all sharpton just finished a rousing speech here. this isn't a celebration, even oh you're going to hear music by jaime, and you might see people dancing. it's a recommitment, it's a remembrance, it's a refocusing, as people talk about all of the different issues going on in this country right now. we heard sharpton talk about the end of roe v. wade. we have heard people here talk about climate change, environmental impacts, and how that affects young people of color all over this country. and that are some of the issues that have really galvanized people here today. there are also so many elders here, lindsey, who were here 60 years ago. they were kids on their parents shoulders, listen to doctor king's original speech. take a listen to my conversation with a woman who not only was here 60 years ago at the steps, but who also was a witness, down the street from the bombing in birmingham, alabama, take a listen.

we >>. we don't have sound here. i'll describe some of what happened in the interview here. i got the opportunity sit down with women who were here 60 years ago, but also we're in alabama. that's where they grew up, and not only where they present for some of the most heartbreaking and memorable moments of the civil rights movement, one of them spent time in jail, and only 16 years old. around the same time that martin is the king junior himself was sent to jail, at the birmingham jail, one of the iconic moments from which he wrote, and really articulated his vision for the formation of this country. so much of which was also reflected in the speech he gave here 60 years ago today, lindsey. >> incredible, antonio, we will hear more from the top of the next hour. and tony, i thank you. nbc news correspondent host of the inter american podcast her mainly joins us now, live from the march. -- you're up on the rise of, there you had a front row view, what are your takeaways?

>> i'll tell you what lindsey, i'm not sure i've ever been in a crowd of thousands, and it being this quiet. which i think speaks to this notion that folks have repeated time and again. this is no time to celebrate, it's not even a commemoration, it's a continuation. to see the king family up onstage, and hear the 15-year-old -- saying that we will be a great generation. certainly, it's heartening for many people that a new generation of people who want to push america to be the best has arrived. but sadly pushing the, fights and at the same fights that folks for age were fighting during the 1960s, when students are walking out of class, and the klan and white supremacist were bombing churches, and communities had to come together, right. and so today, again, a hot day under the sun. but to see people from all over the country, as internet mentioned, talking to folks, some who have been here during the original march. but i think also, drawing the parallels between now and 60 years ago. and, some of the inequalities have been exacerbated.

and now, we are in a time where folks have the language, we understand mass shooter drills, and we understand police brutality, and we understand the erosion of the franchise and voting rights. but still, while many folks may feel powerless against some of these horses, today was a reminder that great men and women had to walk before us. i'm hearing -- the life of martin luther king the third, saying that it's time for women to reclaim their space, that they were there throughout every step of the civil rights journey, and before and beyond. and so today was i think, another one of those historic turns in this country, to sit back and take a look, and have that mirror hoisted in front of our faces. and, decide who we want to be. and that was kings mission then, and apparently according to organizers and folks who came today, it remains of the missions, lindsey. >> jermaine lee, thank you so much. i want to bring back an author and professor eddie glad with me. here let's talk a little bit about the speech that jermaine was just talking to us. she said, first of all to her

grandfather, i'm sorry we still have to be here, rededicate ourselves to your. work she says other generations didn't have to deal with these issues, but now her generation cannot escape. them -- with gun violence, climate change, this is about so much more than civil. writes >> the catastrophic -- generation. her generation, they've come have age with cascading crisis. and they have kind of gather the sense of themselves, in a way that of the background has broken, has shattered. and she gave voice to it. and she gave voice to it passionately and. i think at the backdrop of her remarks or something else that was an echo from 1963. remember, dr. king said we come to america to remind us of the fierce urgency of now. the fierce urgency of now. and so, here we are, in our own moment, the assault on women's rights, the assault on voting rights. environmental catastrophe, the planet screaming, gun violence, right.

it seems as of government has broken the fierce urgency of now. and just as in january of 1963, when george -- said i joined the line in the dust, and i tossed the gauntlet before the feet of sea or tyranny. segregation, how segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. we have folks drawn the line in the sand, right now. telling us that america will not be a multi racial democracy, it will not be a multi ethnic democracy. america will be only for a certain group of people. and, they are fighting vigorously. and here we are on this anniversary, knowing that we've have to fight them, just as -- >> and we have about a minute left here. but has as we watch all of the people, the leaders here, the people behind, them as they embarked on this march for the lincoln memorial to the king memorial. elijah, to that point, said my generational beautify by action, not apathy. will they save the planet? -- -- it's a terrible burden to place on their shoulders.

it's our hope and prayer. but let's be clear, young folk can reach for a better vision, or they can reach for a darker, more insidious vision. we need to understand, dylan roof wasn't a baby, the young folks around the world are reaching for old languages of authoritarianism, and totalitarianism, as they grapple with the charge beneath their feet. we have to be better, we have to show them a different way, as they begin to take over, the responsibility for the road is coming into being. >> eddie glug, professor of after market studies, and award-winning author, i couldn't have had a better person next to me during this moment, thank you so much for your time and your perspective. and, of course as we are watching this feed here, a little bit glitchy because of all the cell signals that are out here. but we will watch and wait, as they embark on this march. we have so much more coming up. you are watching msnbc, our second hour is right after the.

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welcome back everyone. i'm -- in for yasmin -- if you're just joining me, welcome. we are seeing live pictures right now from the march on washington. we just heard from the family of martinique to king junior, and msnbc's own reverend al sharpton, the president of the national action network, with their vision for a beer