dr. martin luther king once said that 11:00 a.m. morning is the most segregated hour in america. well, not the case at shipley heights baptist church in louisville, kentucky. a predominantly white congregation, are folding in the congregation of a predominantly black congregation a few miles away. just to save money. good morning, america. i'm bill weir. >> i'm kate snow. it's sunday, august 23rd. >>> this morning, we've been telling you how this robot may change health care as we know it. robot doctors are being used to give top medical specialists to people in small towns. this is an amazing story. >>> can you imagine eating for a living, in the most public way possible. restaurant critic for "the new york times." at the same time, battling a history of bulimia, amphetamine abruce. frank bruni has a new book out. it talks about his secret battles and comes to grip with this battle. we'll talk to him in a little bit. >>> first, sharyn alfonsi is in for ron claiborne with the rest of the headlines. sharyn? >> good morning, bill and

dr. martin luther king jr. but some people say it's more like a slap in the face.stay tuned óç >>> there was a rally in called for freedom and for all americans. martin luther king jr. lead an estimate of 3,000 participants to the lincoln memorial where he delivered his famous, "i have a dream speech." >> well in the town where martin luther king jr. was born on the street that was dedicated to him, you think the city would manage to spell his name right. guess again, they found a mistake years old and even the residence there didn't spot it. >> stake a closer look out there. take a closer look at this. >> wow. >> and that is definitely not them, is it? >> several residence coming by here for years and not one of them saw a mistake. take a closer look at this. check out the street sign. >> that is funny. >> but no one laughs for long. and many wonder how a glaring error could have been named in that for them. and just a few blocks away from that. >> the student of that, well, you know, one is funny, and two is a little bit discouraging. it raises questions to, you

dr. martin luther king jr.'rch on washington, and several leaders gathered to commemorate the historic date. during the celebration, the secretary of education announced the start of a competition that a encourages children to keep dr. king's dream alive. >> the more our young children understand what king stood for and the vows he fought and why he fought them, it is a huge source of inspiration for our generation. we need to make sure those values infilled in the next generation. you can find more information on our website. ray lewis encourage children to work ho 3 to work hard and live there dream. -- to work hard and live their dream. students got supplies from the foundation. >> of the raven's reached the halfway point, have they moved close to reaching a decision on their ne >> now sports with jerry. >> two preseason games might not say a lot about a team, but it can sale of about a kicker. nine of the shakers give three field goals all year. he had a chance to improve his stock last night. his expression

dr. martin luther king junior gave his famous i have a dream speech 40 years ago, emma jean was in the crowdistening. she followed him from georgia and never came back. >> have you always run sheltered? >> that's all i haveve. r donel dowai s i was a turning point for stewart. a single mom with two boys by the time she turned 18. >> there's women and their babies who come here and knock on my door all night long, emma jean, i need help. well, that's what i am here for. >> reporter: after running a mission that received presidential recognition it is stewart who is facing a life- changing event. >> i have cancer of the gums. >> reporter: at the same time she got the cancer diagnosis she shelter she used to run on p street has burned down. she has been running it out of three tiny rooms in a row house in northeast. donations aren't coming in like they used to. >> we just don't have the money. it is too expensive now. >> reporter: although the pain of gum cancer makes getting through every day pealrs onrson challenge, stewart is more concerned where the eight women and three babies living here

dr. martin luther king speak at the lincoln memorial. advocating rational harmony and freedom. a ceremony was held at the lincoln memorial this week. >>> 54 years ago today that 14- year-old emmitt hill was murdered by a lynch mob in mississippi. now his casket is on its way to the smithsonian. his brutalized remains were displayed in the casket sparking a public outcry that helped to rally the civil rights movement. the announcement follows the discovery. at a cemetery they are charged with digging up corpses and reselling burial plots. >>> in tonight's living smart focus, it looks like the maytag repairman will be busier these days. the company is recalling 46,000 maytag magic chef and performa refrigerators because they are a fire hazard. the models have been found to ovduate duelectr icalelectrica from september of 2000 to may of 2004. customers are being asked to call isth number 866-533-9817 to schedule an appointment appointment for in-home repair. >>> we have more on the recall on our website at wusa9.com. and click on living smart. >>> a small hero is hoping to make a

dr. martin luther king jr.ored lincoln, when he chose the memorial as the backdrop for his famous "i have a dream speech" in 1963. >> i have a dream today. >> he had the bravery the fortitude and his speech resonated so strongly and so widely with african americans but also with all americans it was time to recognize that our past practices were wrong and that they needed to change. >> like dr. king, president lincoln was assassinated for standing up for change. countless speeches, protests and celebrations have been held here since the memorial's dedication in 1922. it's, clearly, one of the most popular monuments in washington. >> i like his speech the gettysburg address and he's just my favorite president. >> i just sort of think it's cool. it's got all his sayings and it's got a big statue of him and i just think that's cool. >> there are a couple of myths about the statue. some people think the face of robert e. lee is carved into the back of lincoln's head. it's not. that's just very wavy hair. another my

dr. martin luther king died from an assassin's bullet. >> martin luther king, dedicated his life to love to justice, between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. >> in this decade, we have lived through periods of more hate, violence, than perhaps any other time in the history of our country. what has become of our land? what disease has affected us as a people? how many good men must we give? >> senator robert f. kennedy has been shot and wounded at his headquarters shortly after making a victory statement in the california primary. >> senator kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today. he was 42 years old. ♪ >> from his parents and from his older brothers and sisters, joe and kathleen and jack, he received an inspiration which he passed on to all of us. my brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, who saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. those of us who loved him, and have taken him to his rest today, pray that what he was to

dr. martin luther king and in particularly about the content of my children's character being deployed byht instead of the left. this notion somehow that senator kennedy was a scentrist,a he wa primarily partisan. and a legacy that after all was consistently used to beat up on other liberals and other democrats that in the context of their own election. >> the former governor of arkansas, mr. huckabee has a radio show, who said under the reform efforts what he described as senator obama's health care plan, he would have told him to go home and take pain pills and die during the last years of his life. we can talk about the inappropriateness of that in the hours before somebody's wake. is there a psychological or political explanation to this. >> we'll see that many of us immediately upon hearing about senator kennedy's death, on the one hand felt, you know, obviously this sort of personal and national loss. but also many of us thought that in the same ways that the death of his brother president kennedy led to the possibility of the passage of the 1964 civil rights act, that was part of w

dr. martin luther king junior led an estimated 300,000 people to the lincoln memorial. the site where he deliver his famous "i have a dream" speech. >>> hurricane katrina devastated the cities of mobile, alabama, biloxi and gulf port, mississippi and slidell and new orleans in louisiana. levees were breached by the surge ultimately flooding 80% of the city. it left 1800 people dead and caused $80 billion in damage. >>> nasa will try to send the shuttle discovery in to space tonight. mission managers decided yesterday afternoon to postpone the launch this morning to 11:59 tonight to work on a backup plan. after weather delayed tuesday's launch, sensors showed a malfunction with a critical fuel enthrall. now it appears the problem is wi the sensor itself. the shuttle is delivering equipment to the international space station. >>> if pretaped solicitation calls drive you crazy at dinner time, help is on the way. the federal trade commission has announced it is banning of those types of pesky pre- recorded calls. september 1st, telemarketers will need written permission fro

dr. martin luther king jr.gave his famous "i have a dream" speech in washington 46 years ago, imaging stewart who was 20 at the time was in the crowd listening. she had followed him from georgia and never came back. >> have you always run shelters? >> that is all that i have ever done. >> it was the turninr stt.fo stewart. a single mom with two boys by the time she turned 18. >> i remember women and babies who came on here knocking on my door all nighting listen. and that they need help. well, that's what i'm here for. >> reporter: pu now after nearly -- but now after nearly five decades that is running emissions and sheltering women and kids, playing all kinds of violence and tragedies, it's stewart who is facing a life-changing event. >> i have cancer in the gums. >> about the same time she got the cancer diagnosis, the shelter she used to run burned down. stewart has been running the shelter now out of three tiny lile rooms in a row house on sixth street. donations aren't coming in like they used to. >> we j

dr. martin luther king delivered his famous i have a dream speech at the rally back in 1963. there was an event marking the anniversary today down on the mall. the futur site of the memorial honoring dr. king. education secretary arne duncan joined other edge indicatedors to talk about the memorial. and reverend king's message. duncan echoed other speakers when he said that although there has been progress since dr. king's time there is more work to be done. he added that president obama is living proof of the power of education. >>> the controversial health care reform bill was a topic after town hall meeting in northern virginia today. congressman connelly facing an onslaught of questions at a springfield retirement community. jane watrel joins us now to tell us how that went. >> reporter: congressman connery asked for civility and that's what he got as a packed room full of seniors faced off on health care reform. it was sitting room only as first term congressman jerry connelly faced 400 of his oldest constituents. on the thorny issuef health care reform. >> in 1960, when

dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his i have a dream speech here on the steps of the lincoln memorial. 200,000 people were in that crowd gathered for the civil rights rally. >>> a symbol of the civil rights movement could be coming to the smithsonian. >> the original casket of emmit till -- the family is donating the casket. it was recurrently found in a suburban chicago semtear where he former workers are suspected of disturbing graves. till's remains were not disturbed. >> when he saw that casket, it brought a feeling over me that -- and films and pictures couldn't bring. and i made a statement then for the family that i wish that some african-american museum would take this casket and preserve it. no idea that it was going to be the smithsonian. >> till was killed exactly 52 yearing on in mississippi. his casket will be pled in the american history museum when it opens in 20:15. >>> it's their job to rush to your rescue. a d.c. firefighter is charged with refusing to help a shooting victim and then trying

dr. martin luther king. she said fine, right about riots in america. for the first time in my lap, i actually got turned on my english. i researched riots from the 1920's, overseas, and spent hours in the library. i came back and wrote a 140 page manuscript, as i recall. mrs. clinger took this manuscript home. she with a diminished of white woman. she took it home and came back after the weekend and calls me up and says ellis, i will tell you what. i will be an aid in this course. i am really not capable of judging this material. you need to send this to a professional. i paused and said, a professional what? >> she said, have you ever heard a woman, gwendolyn brooks? send it to her. see what she thinks. we got an address where she was teaching, and i sent gwendolyn brooks this manuscript on riots throughout history. i did not hear anything for weeks, and one saturday i got a call. it was gwendolyn brooks. she says ellis, you have to come down and talk to me. she was teaching at northeastern university in chicago. i take three buses, as i recall, and g

dr. martin luther king jr. which is often quoted by president obama, "let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. it is distinctly american to continually refine our union, moving closer to our ideals. our union is not yet perfected, bu"but with this confirmation we will be making progress. years from now, mr. president, we will remember this time when we crossed paths with the quintessentially is american journey of sotomayor seentdz when our nation took another step forward through this historic confirmation process. i urge each senator to honor our oath, our constitution, and our national promise by voting his or her conscience on the nomination of sonia sotomayor to serve as a justice of the united states supreme court. i will proudly for for her. i see the republican leader, and i see the republican leader, and >> shortly after the vote, president obama commented on the vote. i want to thank the senate judiciary committee, particularly its chairman, senator leahy as w

dr. martin luther king was killed. if we graphed.ere would be a self-perpetuating middle class and underclass and never will the two meet without massive intervention, structural intervention on the one hand and almost a moral revolution within the african-american. every time i see jesse and al i say to them -- you eyes are looking for a second act. lead a moral revolution within the african-american community about individual responsibility. about deferred gratification. use barack as the model. because in the end only -- i taught emerson at my graduate seminar and he gave a speech and he called the emancipation westerners. ideas only save races. in the end, black people to have save themselves and the same thing is true of women. it's very interesting. he throws down the gauntlet in effect for frederick douglass and in a year later he writes this great paper. you have to show that you are equally to all the other races. this is not me. this is emerson and i think that we have to impress upon all the members of the black community

dr. martin luther king jr.. it is not what alveda king thinks but america believes life should have dignity from the womb to natural death, that is playing with those places. many people say the voice is not in the bill, euthanasia is not in the bill, we are okay. if it is not clearly stated that euthanasia will not occur by any definition, or abortion will not occur by any definition, it can be too broadly interpreted and any of us as individuals can perhaps say my grandmother just died recently and i would never have dreamed of euthanasia for her. that is a wonderful thing to hear, but what about all the millions who could come under a plan that would cause them every year to have to think about their duty to die. >> a question for dr. harrison. as far as -- from my perspective, would hate -- this bill is going to go through one way or the other and it probably won't with the extreme provisions that the black community doesn't like but it will go for a defect physicians around the country and the physicians wil

dr. martin luther king at the civil rights march, and what today is about is about the administration and communities of color coming to be able to answer the question where are resources that make our communities stronger and better? african-americans and latinos are five to six times more likely to be unemployed in this moment. african-american children and children of color are much more likely to suffer from asthma, live near pollution and also suffer most significantly the consequences of a pollution-based economy. what today is about is a commitment and a transformation, a recognition by the administration, and through the leadership of not just our president, but of administrator jackson, secretary donovan and undertech tear johnson. when people ask the question, how does my community get better? what we're here to say is it gets better beginning with you. september 11th is about bringing folks together to recognize that change happens in the streets of detroit, in cleveland, in san francisco, in oakland, in richmond and cities across the country. and what we are most trillioned to

dr. martin luther king, jr., delivered his i have a dream speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. 200,000crowd participating in this peaceful civil rights rally. before that nine children were fighting for civil rights and they became known as the little rock nine and earnest green was one of those students that helped to shape history. good morning to you. >> good morning. it's a pleasure to be here. >> it's an honor to sit here and talk to you and i would like to thank you for the pathway you created for all of us. let's go back 50 years to those who might not be familiar with the little rock nine. before the march on washington, you were just trying to go to a good high school. >> well we were the following of the supreme court decision and little rock was under court order to adhere to the 54 decision and i grew up in little rock and passed central high school every day. and i had a reputation of being the outstanding school in little rock and i thought that if i got the best of public education, that i would improve opportunities for myself and for my friends and neighbors. >> not ev

dr. martin luther king jr. called the "the fierce urgency of now." [applause] he will be a president who refuses to be trapped in the patterns of the past. he is a leader who sees the world clearly without being cynical. he is a fighter who cares passionately about the causes he believe in without demonizing those who hold a different view. [applause] his tough-minded, but also has an uncommon capacity to appeal to the back angels of our nature. i'm proud to stand with him here i'm proud to stand with him here today and offer my energy, my commitment, to make barack obama the next president of the united states. host: did this change the primary? guest: after this, there is no question that he would be the nominee. the happened is that the endorsement was so important is that it came on the eve of south carolina. after that, hillary clinton loses 11 straight contests. what it meant is that the liberals and the democratic party who supported john kennedy, robert kennedy, ted kennedy, they had passed the torch to obama. not only that but it also meant

dr. martin luther king jr.hich is often quoted by president obama, "let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. it is distinctly american to continually refine our union, moving closer to our ideals. our union is not yet perfected, bu"but with this confirmation we will be making progress. years from now, mr. president, we will remember this time when we crossed paths with the quintessentially is american journey of sotomayor seentdz when our nation took another step forward through this historic confirmation process. i urge each senator to honor our oath, our constitution, and our national promise by voting his or her conscience on the nomination of sonia sotomayor to serve as a justice of the united states supreme court. i will proudly for for her. i see the republican leader, and i ?xxúú i want to thank the senate judiciary committee for giving judge sotomayor a civil hearing and i think them for doing so in a timely manner so she can be fully prepared to take her sea

dr. martin luther king jr. called the "the fierce urgency of now." he will be a president who refuses to be trapped in the patterns of the past. he is a leader who sees the world clearly without being cynical. he is a fighter who cares passionately about the causes he believe in without demonizing those who hold a different view. [applause] his tough-minded, but also has an uncommon capacity to appeal to the back angels of our nature. i'm proud to stand with him here today and offer my help, voice, energy, a commitment to make barack obama the next president of the united states. [applause] host: haynes johnson, did this change the primary? guest: yes, it did. after that there was no question that obama would be the nominee. the people believe this was the moment of the passing of the torch. the ken the endorsement was so important because mccain -- after that clinton loses 11 straight contests. it meant that the liberals in the democratic party who supported previous kennedy'ys hd passed the torch to obama. many african-americans who started out in

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dr. martin luther king jr. which is often quoted by president obama, "let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. it is distinctly american to continually refine our union, moving closer to our ideals. our union is not yet perfected, bu"but with this confirmation we will be making progress. years from now, mr. president, we will remember this time when we crossed paths with the quintessentially is american journey of sotomayor seentdz when our nation took another step forward through this historic confirmation process. i urge each senator to honor our oath, our constitution, and our national promise by voting his or her conscience on the nomination of sonia sotomayor to serve as a justice of the united states supreme court. i will proudly for for her. i see the republican leader, and i would reserve the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, once again i'd like to thank the chairman and the ranking memb

dr. martin luther king jr. which is often quoted by president obama, "let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. it is distinctly american to continually refine our union, moving closer to our ideals. our union is not yet perfected, bu"but with this confirmation we will be making progress. years from now, mr. president, we will remember this time when we crossed paths with the quintessentially is american journey of sotomayor seentdz when our nation took another step forward through this historic confirmation process. i urge each senator to honor our oath, our constitution, and our national promise by voting his or her conscience on the nomination of sonia sotomayor to serve as a justice of the united states supreme court. i will proudly for for her. i see the republican leader, and i would reserve the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, once again i'd like to thank the chairman and the ranking memb

dr. martin luther king.is heart and mind to, and i was proud to have known him. >> james carville, he was as fiercely partisan as any democrat out there, yet he forged these relationships with people like orrin hatch. how do you explain that? >> yeah. he -- i think if you go back and say what he said about when david gergen was alluding to in the nixon health bill that he said his regret was he didn't get along. if you remember, he pushed the education through when president bush was there. he worked on the sort of prescription drug program. he was partisan, but, you know, he was the kind of guy that felt as long as he was moving the ball and moving the chains as the football fans say, he was ready to go along with it, whatever the play was. so, to some extent, he was, but he was not so partisan that he wouldn't do things that he thought were advancing a cause that he really cared about. >> i want everybody to stand by. we're going to continue this conversation. senator ted kennedy's life and legacy. we'll l

dr. martin luther king in our schools and the media. but not very much about malcolm x. you think it's because malcolm x was a muslim? that he wasn't given as much attention as dr. king who was a christian? >> guest: well, yeah, but two things to say. i'm interested in your response. one is that if you look at malcolm x, i think the alex haley book, the autobiography of malcolm x i think it's in most curriculums. i think high school kids read it all the time and malcolm x is celebrated in that regard. you know, in harlem there's a malcolm x boulevard. i think people are aware of malcolm x. i don't think there's any shortage of that and, of course -- spike lee made a move about malcolm x and denzel washington appeared in that movie. is it because of -- he was a member of the nation of islam and a muslim? again, they were seen as extreme sect at the time. remember, 1960s there were not the number of muslims in the country today and nation of islam had its own issues, of course, with, you know, certainly with louis farrakhan but even going back to, you know, elijah poole and

dr. martin luther king, that our schools and media but malcmuch about malcolm x. it because malcolm x was a muslim, that he wasn't given as much attention as dr. king, who was a christian? >> guest: two things to say and i'm interested in your response. if you look at malcolm x, the maex haley book, the autobiography of malcolm x, it is in most curriculums, a high-school kids read it all the time. malcolm x is celebrated in that regard, malcolm x boulevard. i think people are aware of malcolm x, i don't think there's any shortage of that and spike lee made a movie about malcolm x, denzel washington started a movie about malcolm x. i don't think there's a shortage of awareness of who malcolm x was and his contribution. a it because he was a member of the nation of islam? dave racine as extreme sets at the time. the nation of islam had its own issues certainly with louis farrakhan, and whether or not that was really islamic call those issues were out there. in so many ways, malcolm x was lin controversial than dr. king. dr. king was on the front lines, was going to

dr. martin luther king. when today is about is about the administration of communities of color be able to ask the question, where our resources that make our community stronger? african american children and children of color are much more likely to suffer from asthma, live near pollution, and also suffered the most significantly the consequences of a pollution- based economy. this is a recognition by the administration. today is about all of us coming together so that when people ask the question, how does my community get better, that we are here to say if it's better starting with you. september 11 is about bringing people together to make change happen. it happens on the street in detroit, oakland, and richmond and cities across the country. we start year but know that we begin in our grandmothers kitchens in the communities and bringing resources to the kennedys that need it the most. people ask us, what happened to the recovery? we say the money has not gone out yet, but there has been incredible work

dr. martin luther king jr. once said he had a dream. that all americans would serve the beloved community. he said he wanted protestants, catholics, gentiles, and jewish people to join in the age old adage "free at last." we're here to join that choir. let's served america from the youngest to the most mature, with good health care. we have speakers. we thank you for coming in when your time is important. so, we have dr. diania harrison, and others. dr. harrison will come first, then gartner, and nelson. we will then be joined by a bishop harry jackson. we are group of people who have different political persuasions, different vocations, didn'diffet ethnic groups, but we all care about the health care of america. thank you for coming. >> thank you very much. i am dr. donna harrison, president of the american association of pro-life american obstetricians and gynecologists. we're one of the largest groups within that sector. i'm here to tell it to you about hit the credit medicine and how it is involved with the healthcare debate -- talk

dr. king and john f. kennedy, the would be a picture of john f. kennedy, robert kennedy, martin lutherg jr., and a picture of jesus. tavis: i have some church fans in my personal collection. everybody who would go to this churches would see those pictures on those fans. i was thought it was amazing that it would be in churches all across america. >> i have some of those also. somehow, in some way, these men gave people a sense of hope in a time of hopelessness. tavis: you were there, one of the foot soldiers with dr. king. we know that you were beaten and almost killed on a number of locations. you were the youngest person to speak at the march on washington on that day where king gave the "i have a dream" speech. your resume is intact and regard to your duty and service on the civil rights front. because you were there, you were there, and dr. king was not always happy with john kennedy or bobby kennedy. edward kennedy seemed to take a different tact. what you make of that? >> -- what do you make of that? >> we were not always happy with the president of -- the position of president k

dr. tiller. we've seen it happen numerous times in this country with the violence against political leaders whether martin luther king or whoever it might be. we have a history of being a well armed, violent country. and so really i think these calls are incredibly irresponsible. the good news is that it shows a desperation. the far right knows they have lost. they've lost the hearts and minds of most american people. for instance who want health care. they also know they have a large group of people who are not well informed who listen to only their own sources, who buy the lies for instance all this nonsense about euthanasia being mandatory and all the rest of it and these people can be energized to go out and do really dreadful things. we've seen it in front of abortion clinics. i'm afraid we're going to see it with some of our political leaders. and the glenn becks of this world literally are responsible for unleashing what i regard as an anti-democratic, anti-american move until the this country trying to shut down legitimate debate and replace it with straight out intimidation. it is ironic they're drawing a pa

where iite martin luther king, jr., i think his role in extending liberty to african-americans in changing america is decisive. i don't think you can tell the story of the 1950s and '60s without drut also it's important because in terms of the concept of god in america, this is a preacher. this is a man who is calling us to our better life to understand the angels of our soul rather than the demons, and if you look at his great i have a dream speech, this is a preach's speech. and i think that represents some of the best in american tradition. >> host: cincinnati for newt gingrich. go ahead. >> caller: i met you in 1997 when you flew in on a small airplane to hamilton airport and met with john boehner. i want to asked a question of you. why haven't youw"s chosen to ru for president even if nothing better than to simply put some depth and substance into the presidential debates we're having to sit through? >> guest: well, i looked at it very carefully and calista and i talked about it. we talked with our daughters, jackie and cathy about it. really tried to find a way to make sense out of the gingrich candidacy this year. and our conclusion was that the whole structure of the cur

dr. dyson. i acknowledge the civil rights movement and everything that has been done. as soon as people start to recognize people as human beings first, [unintelligible] i think brother martin luther king and brother malcolm x will start turning over in their graves. there is a great disrespect for that movement that started in the 1960's and that of sort of slowdown. last year, an official visit came to america. we got no official publicity about it. he wondered how the world would perceive racism in america after barack obama was elected. this was in may 2008 before the election when he came. until we enforce, he said, the right to be recognized as human beings cannot they will never cede nothing civil about us. [applause] >> i will be very brief. malcolm x try to take america before the united nations, as you know, in the 1960's said that is the president that was already set. this human-rights era did not start in the 1960's. in terms of recognition of each other, we have to do that in our own communities the refusal to recognize a brother or sister. we are not living in a post- racial world, but we should aim to live in a post-racism one. we elected barack obama, damn. we passed t