bernice king, and martin king iii. [applause] i would like to present to the secretary of state one of our awards that the sculpture carved. it sits on a base of stone that came from the same quarry where the stone of hope came from. madam secretary, you cannot hold this because i can barely lift it. i would like to present this on behalf of the foundation and the king family and all the guests tonight. i would like to call to the stage the master sculptor and others. and mr. ron kirk, ambassador. [applause] and now as we take our seats -- all of you are very special tonight. i do hope that you have a wonderful evening. but before we close the evening, we are honored to have a very special guest. would you please welcome to the stage mr. stevie wonder? [applause] [cheers] [applause] stevie, thank you so much for coming tonight. we appreciate you. >> it is truly an honor to be here at the beginning of this celebration of the memorial of dr. martin luther king jr. i want to personally and emotionally thank you, harry joh

first of all, thank bernice king one more time, please. --bernice king. a very special reception for you after that. i have to acknowledge my staff, because we have not done that. our cfo, dr. ed jackson, robert stewart, all of them, we love you, we appreciate you very, very much. let us thank the wonderful, the vivacious, courageous alexis herman for all that she has done. thank you. >> thank you, harry. i want to give a special thank you to my husband, and one more time, let's thank our captain of this ship, harry johnson. thank you so much. we are going to close out as we began, in prayer. bernice already took us to church, but we are going to have our benediction by our chaplain, cynthia hale. thank you so much. >> will you stand, all over the building, and pray with me. great and of some god, what a glorious time this has been of remembering, honoring, and celebrating the women of the civil rights movement who dared to dream of liberty and justice for all. we have remembered the women who for the most part remained in the shadows, being rarely ate kn

i would ask that martin king iii, bernice king join me on stage for a special presentation. lause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage christine king, bernice king, and martin king iii. [applause] >> i would like to present to you the words that the sculptor carved. it sits on a base of actual stone that came from the quary where the statue came. you can't hold this, because i can barely hold this. but i would like to present this to the king family. i would also like to call to the stage -- [applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> as we take our seats, all of you are very, very special tonight. i hope you have a wonderful evening. before we close the evening, we are honored to have a very special guest. would you please welcome to the stage mr. stevie wonder. [applause] >> thank you for coming in. >> it is truly an honor to be here. for the beginning of this celebration of the memorial of dr. martin luther king, jr. i want to personally and emotionally thank harry johnson for making it possible for me to be here. he made it possible for me to go up and touch t

bernice king and the wonderful aunt, sister of dr. king, christine king farris.the women who were our first family before we could boast of a first family. here is our first family. thank you so much. god bless you today. [applause] >> thank you. i am delighted and honored to have been invited to say some words at this wonderful luncheon honoring women who dared to dream. women visionaries have played critical roles in the struggle for human rights and freedom, and so as we gather to celebrate the unveiling and dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial, it is fitting that we honor the courageous and visionary women who inspired and supported my brother and the movement. but we also must be about honoring and supporting the women of our times and the women visionaries to come who will play vital roles in fulfilling his great dream for our nation and world. as one who was in the house on the day that martin luther king jr. was born, and who witnessed his upbringing, i can assure you that our mother, mrs. alberta christine williams king, had a pivotal influe

participants include maya angelou, bernice king, and juanita abernathy. live coverage is on c-span.on journal" live at 7:00. the atlantic council is hosting a forum this morning on the future of libya. live coverage is on our companion network, c-span2 at 9:30 eastern. >> tour mount vernonon slave quarters on american history tv. former deputy assistant to the president talks about the secret taping system in the white house. the civil war resulted in a tremendous loss of life, but also great advances in medicine. the life-saving lessons learned during four years of bloody conflict. throughout the year we will visit frankfurt, kentucky. get the latest on c- span.org/americanhistory. >> now from the aspen institute wikileaks and freedom of the press. this is a little more than an hour. >> wikileaks was dispursed so quickly. the u.s. has tried to determine the appropriate tradeoffs between transparancy and privacy. the disclosure of government information is not really new or unique. for example, how is this any different from he can pose sure of the pentagon papers many, many years a

christine king farris, bernice king, epa administrator lisa jackson and my angelo. >> the dedication eremony for the memorial two.your king is at 11:00 a.m. on sunday. the 40th anniversary of this i have a dream speech. thousands are expected to attend the event and hear from president obama, representative john lewis, joseph lowery, andrew young, members of the king family and others. >> now, a discussion on the state of the book from the gaithersburg book festival, this is more than an hour. >> i've been in the book business for two decades. i am pleased to say that five of those colleagues are assembled here on the stage to discuss the often frustrating industry we love. next week in new york city, people from all corners will gather at oak expo america comedy and of the convention for every aspect of the injury. i suspect many topics with the same subjects in new york next week or so please sit back and they offered you in c-span viewers an exciting chance to see behind the curtain on the power to determine what you've read in the future. michael noris. a senior analyst at the boo

i would ask that martin king the third and bernice king joining us on the stage for very special presentation. [applause] >> could you please welcome to the stage mr. christine barris king and marking the third. -- martin king iii. [applause] i would like to present to the secretary of state, one of our gracious awards that emasculates the presentation, secretary of state's office, sit on the basis of actual stone that came from the famed cory where the memorial came. we would like to present this. you cannot hold this, because i can barely, but we would like to present this on behalf of the memorial foundation, the king's family and guests here tonight. i would also call to the stage [inaudible] [applause] mr. ron kurtz, ambassador of south africa. [applause] thank you. now, as we take our seats, -- we are honored to have a very special guest. would you please welcome to the stage, mr. stevie wonder. [applause] [applause] thank you for coming tonight. >> it is truly an honor to be here at the beginning of the celebration. a celebration of the memorial of dr. martin luther king jr.. i want to

honoring women in civil rights with attribute to coretta scott king, speakers include my angel, bernice king, and b.e.t. president debra lee. >> the dedication ceremony for the memorial to dr. king is at 11 a.m. on sunday, the 40th anniversary of his "i have a dream" speech. thousands are expected to attend the event and hear from president obama, representative john lewis, ambassador andrew young, members of the king family and others. >> several live events to tell you about today. the pentagon has scheduled a news conference of afghanistan operations. >> now a fordham institute debate on reforms affecting teachers and the effect of budget cuts on their pensions, health care and other benefits. we were shown as much of this as we can until our live event at 11 eastern. >> good morning. good morning. good morning, class. good morning. my name is mike petrilli, welcome. for those of you are not familiar with fordham where one of the nation's leading education policy think tanks. we do work here in washington but we also do work on the ground in ohio, specific and her hometown of dayton. we d

martin luther king junior's daughter, bernice, spoke about the role of women, including her mother, who was unsung heroes in their view in the civil rights movement. here's about a four-minute piece, and then we'll be back with our roundtable. >> so, i wonder where we would be today if it were not for the courageous and the strong women who stood by their men who were just as much devoted to this movement as the men whose names we call over and over again. where would we be today in this nation if it were not for that group of women, courageous, resilient, determined, sacrificial, and selfless women? some whose names we know and some who we don't. those names contributed so much to that movement. i just got a note earlier from one of the ones who's here today by the name of dorothy koch, sitting right here over at this table, who worked in the southern christian leadership conference with the citizenship education program. we had training going on behind the scenes. you see the marches and the water hoses and the demonstrations, but this was a movement that was filled with discipline an

continues to litigate and press forward on his issues, loretta scott king, and together they brought forth yolanda, martin iii, dexter and berniceg words say that we come together to formulate a more perfect union and the declaration of independence that says we are all created equal with certain inalienable rights of freedom and the pursuit of happiness. when i sit in the judiciary committee chaired by the hon. john conyers who sat with my predecessor barbara gordon in the first early stages of the watergate proceedings when she said we the people, i wonder if we recognized that we should be fighting for justice that martin is asking is never to give up on what is justice. [applause] and so my challenge is for you to be reminded that work cannot come without action. it is for you not to give up on the tools, for you to be litigator's of life. talked about working on something we are willing to -- talk about dying for something that you believe in, beneficiaries of martens walk and talk, you wonder whether there is work for you. let me provide you very briefly with your challenges. you must litigate equal opportunity. you must n

litigate and press forward on his issues, loretta -- coretta scott king, and together they brought forth yolanda, martin iii, dexter and bernice formulate a more perfect union and the declaration of independence that says we are all created equal with certain inalienable rights of freedom and the pursuit of happiness. yet i believe that so many of us have a malaise about justice. we suggest that somebody else should do it. when i sit in the judiciary committee chaired by the hon. john conyers who sat with my predecessor barbara gordon in the first early stages of the watergate proceedings when she said we the people, i wonder if we recognized that we should be fighting for justice that martin is asking is never to give up on what is justice. [applause] and so my challenge is for you to be reminded that work cannot come without action. it is for you not to give up on the tools, for you to be litigator's of life. as martin iii talked about working on something we are willing to -- talk about dying for something that you believe in, beneficiaries of martens -- we have to be willing to die for justice. you wonder in the 21st centu