and pete seeinger was there started pelting with us eggs and toe tay mows. i -- tomatoes. didn't mind that. it's some sort of honor. you're doing something and they throwing tomatoes. [laughter] tavis: i want to go back to something you said a moment ago. indulge me. i was speaking to an audience in texas. and i was giving this point came out. george bush, i was there speaking right after the president had returned -- former president had returned back to texas after leaving the white house. and you know this because you were there, when dr. king came out against the vietnam war, everybody as you recall turned against him. the naacp, now celebrating its 100 years, roy wilkins turned against him. lyndon johnson disinvited him to the white house, everybody turned against dr. king. i knew this. i went back to do some research on this. turns out that the last public opinion poll done about dr. king had his approval rating at the same level as george w. bush's when he left the white house. and we celebrate king and this iconic figure 40 years later, 41 years almost. but he dies

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