a. philip randolph. he had a different view of what he wanted from the legislation, you know, that the civil rights legislation. and it was the night the meeting before "i have a dream" speech from martin luther king, he was one of the speakers, and he had words with a. philip randolph about how it didn't go far enough. and he was going to criticize and get up there in front of the thousands of people and talk about, hey, this isn't good enough for us, man. and he listened to his elders, and they -- they convinced him that, hey, you know what, you don't need to speak out about it publicly now. we can all come to a point where we're in agreement. and in so many ways, he represented the black lives matter movement that we see today. and that there is always going to be -- and it's completely normal. and that tension that you have between the young folks who want to push, push, push. and make it happen fast, the older people who are trying their best. and the fact that, you know, he had that respect for his

a. philip randolph. thanks. >> well, three big topics, in a way.ut, you know, in world war ii, we had 1 million african-americans who served, and eleanor roosevelt was very concerned that they were being treated as second-class citizens. there are stories of her going into georgia and seeing african-americans in a hospital that had smaller rooms and worse medical condition and would kind of blow her top and say, "you're treating african-americans the same." tuskegee in alabama is a historic place where booker t. washington and george washington carver made famous. and aviation was going to be a big part in the war effort, and she went down there and not just embraced the tuskegee airmen, but gave them the publicity that they were part of we're in this together. and she went up -- i forget the exact amount of time -- but like an hour flight flying over the airspace with an african-american pilot. remember, theodore roosevelt got hammered for having booker t. washington in the white house. now eleanor roosevelt, his niece, is flying with the tuskegee

a. philip randolph came to my rescue and said, "there's not anything wrong with the use of 'revolution.' use it myself sometimes. there's not anything with 'black masses.'" so we kept that part in the speech. but near the end of the speech, i said something like, "if we do not see meaningful progress here today, the day may come when we will be forced to march through the south the way sherman did -- nonviolently." and people thought we couldn't make a reference to sherman, and so we deleted that. amy: i would like to play danny glover reading the excerpts of the speech that you did not get. >> to those who h have said be patitient anand wait, we m musty that 'patience' is a a dirty and nasty word. we cannot be patient. we do not want to be free gradually. we w want our freedom, andnd wet it now. [applause] we cannot depend on any political party, foror both the demomocrats and the republicans have betrayed the basic principles of the declaration of independence.. we won't't stop now. all of the forces of eastland, barnett, w wallace and thurmondd won't stop the revolution. the time will

a. philip randolph and martin luther king before the "i have a dream" speech, where he had to negotiateh those leaders, those elder statesmen of the civil rights movement to take portions out of his speech. not to say the things that he wanted to say to push that far, because out of respect for his elders, he knew, yes, he wants the civil rights act to go even further. but there was that respect with those elder statesmen. and that is something that he wants the next generation to know. that it is okay to have that tension. to have that conflict, to want for even more greater things, at a faster pace. but that we're all in this together. and that's what that trip was really about, recently, as we saw him standing there at the black lives matter plaza in d.c. >> you know, bakari, we're showing the pictures from the 1960s and talking about the mural there in washington. but his fight for civil rights extended far beyond african-americans. he fought for voting rights for native-americans. he was at the lgbtq pride parade in atlanta, fighting for the humane treatment of mexicans and central

let's get nixon, the treasurer, because he knows a philip randolph, who is the founder of the union, the other man was a former coach at alabama state. he was in the political aspect. he wanted to get people registered to vote. he had a club named the citizen club. in order to get to the club, you had to be a registered voter. i said let's make nixon the treasurer, make rufus lewis the chairman of the transportation committee, because if it left on monday, we will need somebody. well, and i said jewel is co-owner of the largest funeral home in town. guess what? they have automobiles. we need automobiles to take people to and from work. she said when i am going to do when we get through here, fred, i am going to go over to alabama state and get some students and draw up a leaflet. i will say another black woman has been arrested. her trial is going to be on monday. let's stay off of the buses as a protest. that is what happened and the rest is history. neither one of us -- i could not afford -- it could not be afforded that fred was out here doing all of that. i would have gotten disba

a. philip randolph, roy wilkins. these are people who made history. you think about the fact that c.t. vivian, a key lieutenant to dr. king, died the same day as john lewis. a generation's passing, or you think back to some of the people that he worked with when he was involved with the march in alabama. and you think about people like the unitarian white minister who was killed supporting the civil rights movement and the right to vote. or jimmy leave jackson, a young black man who was killed again by violence. as he was trying to stand up for people and say, "it's time for the right to vote." you heard that there was nobody in that county, no black person, who could vote. and the power of this generation that we are seeing pass -- and i say that in terms of it being personified by john lewis -- is a generation that brought about black political opportunity, in terms of john lewis being in congress, and now we see him being honored by our nation's top legislative body today. but it's also, if you stuck in tostop and think about someone like barack obama, like colin p, condoleezza rice,

a. philip randolph, we went in the back of the lincoln memorial, jim foreman, john lewis, mildred foreman and myself and we changed john's speech. the way that was perceived in -- we changed john speech. the way that was perceived in sncc was we caved in. the criticism was individual to us from the sncc people. it was not the broader society. i think atlantic city was a lot different. people worked all summer. they faced tremendous hostilities. they thought that the rules -- they played by the rules that they were supposed to playing and everybody was engaged in that. we went to atlantic city with the sense that if, again, if you presented the facts to the nation then it would make a difference. the first thing, the first clue was when fanny was speaking, lyndon johnson called a nonserious press conference to say that today is tuesday, ok? and to take her off the air. in the bowels of atlantic city convention center, bob moses, johnny conn, all of us, people were scrubbed, put on suits and ties. some of us had not had ties on for some time. but we went around and we were able to pigeonhol

the man who opened the march on washington was a philip randol randolph. >> harris: we are watching now, they are in the of columbia, and they are about 10 minutes or fewer away from the mlk memorial where they will stop first. let's take this to a quick commercial break. more on the other side. stay close. at visionworks, we know there's lots of things you've been avoiding. like people... and pants. but don't avoid taking care of your eyes, because we're here to safely serve you with new procedures that exceed cdc guidelines and value your time. visionworks. see the difference. >> techand your car., we're committed to taking care of you >> tech: we'll fix it right with no-contact service you can trust. >> tech: so if you have auto glass damage, stay safe with safelite. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ in a highly capable lexus suv. at the golden opportunity sales event. get zero percent financing on all 2020 lexus models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. on all[ heavy breathing ] breathe more freely with congpowerful claritin-d.you? claritin-d improves nasal a

a. philip randolph, boyd wilkins and whitney young. he was the youngest speaker at the 1963 march on washington. which he also co-organized. he led the historic march in selma, alabama, in 1965 with josÉ williams on the edmund petis bridge, fighting for voting rights. he was associate director of the field foundation and the director of the voter education project. president jimmy carter appointed him to direct 150,000 volunteers with action. he was elected to the atlanta city council in 1981, which was followed by his election to congress in 1986. and, finally, his position as u.s. representative of georgia's fifth congressional district. he was awarded the medal of freedom, the lincoln medal, the golden plate award, among many others for his commitment to public service and for fighting for different communities. however, more than having undeniable charisma and passion, congressman lewis instilled hope and inspiration to millions of people around this country. his spirit continues to live on in the institutions that he was a part of

a. philip randolph, boyd wilkins and whitney young. he was the youngest speaker at the 1963 march on washington. which he also co-organized. he led the historic march in selma, alabama, in 1965 with josÉ williams on the edmund petis bridge, fighting for voting rights. he was associate director of the field foundation and the director of the voter education project. president jimmy carter appointed him to direct 150,000 volunteers with action. he was elected to the atlanta city council in 1981, which was followed by his election to congress in 1986. and, finally, his position as u.s. representative of georgia's fifth congressional district. he was awarded the medal of freedom, the lincoln medal, the golden plate award, among many others for his commitment to public service and for fighting for different communities. however, more than having undeniable charisma and passion, congressman lewis instilled hope and inspiration to millions of people around this country. his spirit continues to live on in the institutions that he was a part of

a. philip randolph, boyd wilkins and whitney young. he was the youngest speaker at the 1963 march on washington. which he also co-organized. he led the historic march in selma, alabama, in 1965 with josÉ williams on the edmund petis bridge, fighting for voting rights. he was associate director of the field foundation and the director of the voter education project. president jimmy carter appointed him to direct 150,000 volunteers with action. he was elected to the atlanta city council in 1981, which was followed by his election to congress in 1986. and, finally, his position as u.s. representative of georgia's fifth congressional district. he was awarded the medal of freedom, the lincoln medal, the golden plate award, among many others for his commitment to public service and for fighting for different communities. however, more than having undeniable charisma and passion, congressman lewis instilled hope and inspiration to millions of people around this country. his spirit continues to live on in the institutions that he was a part of