king wrote what became known as the letter from the birmingham jail, a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. they insisted that he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. dr. king responded famously, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. in his letter, he rejected the idea that african-americans should be more patient for change, in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation, in the face of violence, threats and intimidation. there comes a time, he wrote, when the cup of endurance runs over. well, i did not experience this struggle as a young child, a young white child growing up in the nearby birmingham suburb. i spent much of my adult life and career as a lawyer and former united states attorney examining the history and absorbing its lessons. i've often returned to dr. king's letter to understand the forces at play at the height of the civil rights struggle, and each time i read his words i am in awe of his courage

king wrote what became known as the letter from a birmingham jail. a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who deminutes toed his tactics and questioned the timing of his arrival in birmingham. they insisted he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. dr. king responded famously, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. in his

luther king's birthday or nearby we should all come to the floor and read king's letter from the birmingham jail. i think that ishe appropriate. how do we remember and commemorate january 6? maybe it's too soon to think about that but how can we forget what happened that day packs how can we possibly get over it? i don't want to get over it. i want to face it squarely and honestly with the facts. history demands it of us. those of us who are honored to serve in this chamber bear responsibility to keep the facts alive and not let those who wish to ignore them or rewrite history have the last word. we now have a responsibility to move forward with this impeachment trial to make a record and decide as a united states senate. we owe it to the people we represent, that's for sure but more importantly we owed to future generations to show them just how fragile a democracy can be when a mob turns on the united states capitol and tries to stop the business. the good news is this, if there is any source of relation there's this, we returned to the s. same day january 6 and finished our business counting

from a birmingham jail because of censorship laws but we have to think about those things rights of lessons we can extract from doctor king. >> the thing that really strikes me especially about 68 so willing to use of civil rights leaders in order to forward his great society. but then it is likely first kitty was sent to vietnam were black kids from port neighborhoods. and that is when the movement and the partnership between the johnson administration people like mlk fell apart. because he turned his back on them and gave a bunch of white tea birds draft affirmance. >> he was committed to truth above all else. not afraid to risk his political allegiances and his political relationships in the service of saying what he believed was true. and that even meant speaking out against the vietnam war at a time and is very unpopular for him to do so. support yes, kmele foster love talking to you come back soon stay safe wherever you are. >> i will them in the bay area but else you soon. support sale of the poblano feces there. coming up, california the strictest locked out and the nati

as martin luther king said in the letter from birmingham jail, just because you say it's legal, that make it right. i mean, black lives matter, america, and we keep giving you exhibit after exhibit after exhibit. yet you continue to tell us that we're not worthy of equal justice. >> reporter: blake and his attorney said they play to file a civil suit against the kenosha police department. almost five months after the incident, blake says he is now focusing on healing. >> unfortunately, i need help all day. my mom, she's helping me get in and out of the bed. she helps me do a lot of stuff. it's changed 100%. >> we know your kids who were in the car, have you had any conversations with them about this since it all happened? >> when they seen me, they couldn't believe i was alive. my 8-year-old just staring at me, you know. i've explained to them, broke it down to them, like daddy can die, but for some reason, i didn't that day. >> our thanks to michael. >>> up next, the two investigations. how race, policing, and justice collided in one city. ♪ ♪ (quiet piano music) ♪ ♪ comfort in the

i mean, i think king over and over, again, in the letter in the birmingham jail and many of his speechesthe myth of time and real talks against this idea that things just get better and better and pleau gress and progress, and, know, i think we forgot this part of king that stays time is neutral. for time and things to get better if requires us to act and this idea that if we just be patient, be quiet, that america or the world is just getting better. i mean king says over and over is a myth and he in fact says the voices of opposition are better at using time than we are, so, i don't know, i was reading the letter again this week and i was struck by that. we have a question here that says are there any other famous historical figures who are critical of capitalism and who have been depoliticized? >> must be. in america? >> they don't say so, but i think that's maybe the implication, i don't know. >> i would look for somebody out from the audience actually. the no. the can i phone a friend? >> i mean, i do think -- i do think that theme in the civil rights movement is really taken out of

are in and get to the end of that one first. >> i think king over and over in the letter from birmingham jaild many of his later speeches talks about the myth of time, it really talks about this idea of the things just get better and better and progress. i think we forget this part of king that says, time is neutral. for things to get better it requires us to act, and this idea of if we just be patient and be quiet, that america or the world is just getting better, i mean king says over and over is just a myth. he says the voices of opposition or better using time than we are i think. i was reading the letter again this week and i was struck by that. we have a question here that says, are there any other famous historical figures were critical of capitalism and have been politicized? >> mosby. must be. in america? >> they don't say so but maybe that's the implication. >> i would ask for some response from the audience. could iphone a friend? >> i do think that the theme in the civil rights movement is really taken about how we talk about the movement yeah? >> well no, go ahead you are my frie

robert: i think that doctor king said it from birmingham jail that sometimes that is some of the people who are supposed to be our liberators, are not our friends. and is not the white citizen counseled the kkk but the white moderate the long this acceptance of people with goodwill are more difficult than an outright objection. you seem to be making that same change . charles: yes absolutely i think you're asking a question that incorporates two key things one is that the white moderate and then when is aristotle. and in any group if you have a government particular democratic government, you might have a leader . so there's always going to be a hierarchy there . and then run your life and feed your family. that said, there are a lot of people who are now conditioned to having the power be generating from their white power. in that group of people is invested in and you not leaving or migrating. you know finding a better someone else. as they are the negro who they sent to the ghetto or whatever they call the ghetto. to say, tell them to go over here. and vote for them . out you know th

alabama democratic senator doug jones marked the anniversary of martin luther king's letter from birmingham jailch he wrote in 1963. joining senator jones were republicans lamar alexander, ted cruz and lisa murkowski, and democrats kamala harris and tim cane. >> madam president, i rise today to honor a great american, an american whose words lit a flame of hope in the hearts of those souls who had become weary with the weight of injustice, an american whose struggles, ideals and, yes, his dreams, are etched in the foundation of our nation. on april 12th, 1963, dr. martin luther king jr. was

in his letter from a birmingham jail, he wrote in frustration about the white people who just didn't get it. the people who stood in the way of progress and i quote here, shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. luke warm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection." you might want to read it. you might want to stop and pay special attention to this part, another quote, so the question is "not whether we will be extr extremeists will we be. will we be extremists for hate for love, for the preservation of justice or the extension of justice"? >> we know what kind of ext extremist dr. king was and what kind of extreme donald trump is. donald trump created an environment where white supremacists and conspiracy theorists overran the capitol. united states of america. y u-- he used race to divide us from the beginning, from the birther lie that barack obama was not born in this country. >> if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility, i'm not saying it happened, i'm saying it

-- going back to this threat to our country -- if you go back and read king's letters from a birmingham jail, what struck me from my early studies of that document was it wasn't a letter to the white supremacists. it wasn't a letter to the white citizens council. no, he was writing to good people who were doing nothing, who had grown comfortable with injustice and didn't see the urgency. and i just fear that in this country, we are at a point of reckoning where we are -- whether republican, independent, or democrat, we are called to a reckoning and we are failing to answer that call in a way that's going to hurt us all and further plunge us into instability or dysfunction. and that the high calling that so many great americans, from judge learned hand to martin luther king, the higher spiritual calling that has to animate us and sustain our society, to love one another, well, love necessitates knowledge, knowing each other, and knowing with a courageous empathy, what will our brothers and sisters are going through. i think that is the work of our day and i wish i had -- i wish i had a more s

on montgomery before that i have a dream speech in washington and before, the letter from the birmingham jail . doctor king was sentenced to four months of hard labor by the county judge stemming from a traffic violation. nine days, the race to save martin luzern king jr and when the election is a new book which details that people in the political are aligned to free doctor king is the same time encouraged the black vote in the water support for john kennedy in their triumph over richard nixon and the closest residential election of the 20th century . could purchase the book directly from a cappella books, there's a link at the jet to the right of your screen. there's also a link at the atlanta history center web black. entering is the right now. it looks great. and as we are talking, please submit your questions using the q&a feature the bottom of the screen freedom going to try to integrate as any of them as possible as time allows. it could take a long time to list the accomplishments of our distinguished panels on going to convince and please forgive me than anything that the mystery thr

before the much himself to montgomery, before i have a dream speech and before the letter from the birmingham jail, doctor king was sentenced to four months of hard labor stemming from a traffic violation. nine days the race to savemart with the king junior and when the 1960 election is a new book by paul and steven kendrick. i details the political maneuverings that aligned to free doctor king. at the same time encourage the black vote, voter support for john kennedy and the triumph over richard nixon and the closest presidential election of the 20th century. you can purchase his book directly from a cappella books. there's a link to the chat at the right of your screen for this also a link at the atlanta history center website, charles black is showing us the book right now, it looks great. select there it is. as we are talking, the q&a feature the bottom of your screen from going to try to integrate as many of them as possible as time allows. it could take a long time till list the compliments of art distinguished panel. the reverent doctor otis moss junior is a theologian, a pastor and graduat

said to us in his letter from the birmingham county jail something that i think is worth repeating at this moment and is that we are coming to the point that the people of goodwill must begin to use time a little better than the people of ill will and that we would repent, not just for the words and deeds of bad people but for the appalling silence of good people. what this wednesday means to us is to break our silence and for good people to gather around this new administration to start this country moving as it's moved before and that is toward perfection. now, let me ask you this, i'm out of time. very briefly, today it became official your good friend and protege and fellow south carolinian jamie harrison is chair of the national democratic national committee, majorities in the house and the senate, the latter coming from that double senate win in georgia. what do you think his priorities and the democratic party's priorities need to be looking at the next two years and beyond? >> well, jamie harrison is a great choice and i'm glad that the president-elect has seen in jamie what i

because he's using his words as a sword and when he is in birmingham jail as a shield against the otherwant to ask you on this very special day, you brought up one of the most extraordinary speeches in martin luther king's life. that april 3rd, 1968 speech in memphis as john meacham and his voorde podcast explains to us. martin luther king wasn't feeling well. he didn't want to get up. he didn't want to give the speech. ralf abernathy had stalled the crowd as long as he could. and they said, you've got to come, martin. you've got to come and give the speech to the people. they're here for you. so king gets out in the driving rain. he's exhausted. he doesn't want to do it. and he gets up and delivers one of the great speeches in american history. >> of all time. >> and he talks about longevity. it has its place. but he doesn't care if he lives or dies. and he talks about god is taking him up to the mountain. and he has seen the other side. he's seen the other side. for you personally, as you've heard those words your entire life, as you have read the words your employer life, what do you

martin luther king letter from the birmingham jail which i like to take the liberty quoting. he quote, i almost reached regrettable conclusion that the negro great stumbling block is not the white citizen counselor of the klu klux klan but with the white moderate who prefer the negative peace to a positive peace which is the presence of justice. who says, i agree with you in the goal you seek, i cannot agree with your method of direct action. shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than misunderstanding from people of ill will. to me, i thought about that. i feel like that's what's happening here when our students are crying out clearly as what's happening. this is my lived experience on a dilly basis. some of the reactions they're getting is kind of lukewarm. not just bewildering but i believe harmful. i want to especially white folks, i want to challenge us when we hear about these things, that we not be surprised. if we're surprised, our eyes have been closed. lowell -- i worked in the school district for 20 years and teacher and principal, the e

birmingham. that went all all over the world. they couldn't get more than ten adults to get to jail the day before but they had 600 kids go to jailhe first day, and the second today at almost 1000, marching into dogs and fire hoses, seeing the same songs that icing in sunday school. i asked my mother, somewhat embarrassed, where did this come from? they are not waiting until they are 30? they are seeing the same songs, and these are primarily girls. everything in america with authority condemned these demonstrations. robert kennedy said it was irresponsible and unconscionable. malcolm x only a coward would allow children to march in a man's wart. george wallace said that it proved martin luther king was the prayed that he would allow this to happen. all the politics and media said that these demonstrations proved the civil rights movement had lost its moorings, yet those photographs broke through peoples emotional resistance to the civil rights movement. it's demonstrations broke out in over 700 cities. forced president kennedy to introduce the civil rights bill. as never before except passover, the fate of small children turn th

birmingham is due to open at the end of 2026. more protests are expected across russia today in support of the jailed opposition leader alexei navalnyave called for another round of demonstrations against president vladimir putin, after tens of thousands of people took to the streets last weekend. let's speak to our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. sarah, what can we expect today? well, mr novelli's supporters have been calling for massive crowds to take to the streets across the country, as they did last saturday to pressure the authorities to release him from prison. —— mr navalny�*s supporters stop we have already seen a number of people coming out, crowds coming out, in the far east of russia. they're in mind this is an enormous country with multiple time zones. people in the face have already taken to the streets. we are seeing protests now in siberia as well, but what we are also seeing today is a massive police presence, a police operation right across the country. here in moscow, which is the epicentre of things, last weekend in the main square, where mr novelli's supporters have called for protests, but entire area is

luther king's birthday, we should come to the floor to hear the reading of a letter from the birmingham jail. i think that is perfect. how will we remember and commemorate january 6? maybe it's too soon to think about that? but how can we forget what happened that day? how can we possibly get over it? i don't want to get over it. i want to face it squarely and honestly with the facts. history demands it of us. those of husband who were honor -- those of us who were honored to serve in this chamber have the responsibility to keep the facts alife, -- alive not let those who wish to ignore them or rewrite history have the last word. we now have a responsibility to go forward with this impeachment trial to make a record and decide as a united states senate. we owe it to the people we represent, that's for sure, but more important, we owe it to future generations to show them just how fragile a democracy can be when a mob turns on the united states capitol and tries to stop the business of this government. the good news is this. if there's any source of elation, it's this. we returned to the capi