i mean, one, we mentioned clarence king. actually, when i finished a certain section of the book, i thought, oh, good, now i can move westward, because i want to get -- and i realized i couldn't move westward. i hadn't set the west up. the question was how do i set the west up? i don't want to set it up just as a place where we're going to destroy another peoples. i want to set it up for what it also represents to people: great beauty, tremendous natural resources not just in terms of gold or copper or trees that can turn into paper, but because of the grand expanse of sheer physical beauty which enthralled the photographers and and, of course, enthralled many groups of people. and that then allowed me to get to west in that particular way. but i could go on and on. there's certainly people i'd known about but not quite known about, like i mentioned anna dickenson, the orator, before who's a revelation to many in ways as well. i didn't know she existed when i was writing a book on emily dickenson, and something would come up

one mention clarence king. why finished a certain section of the book, i thought, good now i can move west ward. i want to get and i realize i couldn't move west ward. i hadn't set the west up. and the question is how do i set the west up? i don't want to stet up as a place we're going destroy another people. i want to set it up for what is also represents the people. great, beauty. tremendous natural resources. not just in terms of goals or copper or trees that can turn to paper. because of the grand expanse of sheer physical beauty which throw off the photographers and of course many group of people allows you to get to the west in that particular way. i could go on and on. there were certainly people i had known about but not quite known about. i mentioned man dickinson who was a revelation to me in in ways. i didn't know she existed when i wrote the book on emily dickinson and something would come up and said can't they get her name right? the reason anna dickinson and she was enormously important in histor

. >> reporter: the memories come from people like clarence jones, king's speechwriter.website, he describes a moment where he grabs the audience. >> i'm listening to the speech and as i'm listening, i see that he is reading while he's speaking. tell them about the dream, martin. tell them about the dream. his whole body language changed and he changed to the baptist preacher stance. and i said to whoever was sitting next to me, whoever that was, i said, these people don't know it but they are about ready to go to church. >> when king's body language changed, so did the speech and with it a movement. >> i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. >> time's tribute called "one dream" includes rarely seen photos and plus the hard cover edition. it illustrates how the march on washington attracted major celebrities, like charleston heston and civil rights historian says that came from king's private collaboration with singer harry bellafonte. >> harry as

king. standing on the stage was dr. clarence jones mlk's close friend and legal advisor. >> when dr. ing spoke he was speaking as a moral compass of america. he was speaking to the consense of america. >> jones now a professor at usf and will receive an award for his work with dr. king and dedication to the civil rights movement. >> i want to celebrate the dream and i want to have a chance to kick butt when necessary for those who are interfering with the dream. >> we have seen a number of dignitaries here tonight. dr. jones going to be presented with a heroes award by san francisco human rights commission. >> we want to know if you marched in 1963 or perhaps know someone who did. you can contact us on the the phone number on the screen. >> what a moment in time. >> yes. >> spencer christian is off. sandhya patel is here with a lot going on. >> indeed live doppler 7 has been tracking thunderstorms. but outside of the bay area today. live doppler 7 hd we'll talk about the possibility here in the bay area all though things are starting to wind down a little bit. last night we strikes. 1

king jr. gave . >> i have a dream. >> reporter: dr. clarencetood 50 feet behind and remembers vividly how martin luther king, jr. gave the speech of his life august 28th, 1963. >> it is as if there was some cosmic force that came down and took over this physical form of a body. >> reporter: today dr. jones teaches at university of san francisco. he wrote a book about being king's political advisor, lawyer and speechwriter. in 1960 king visited jones at his home near l.a. and asked him to join his legal team. jones' wife viewed king as a superstar. >> an almalgamation of george clooney, michael jackson, denzel washington, matt damon all combined. >> reporter: but jones didn't want to move to alabama from california and refused the request of cheng. >> she turned to me and she said -- king. >> she turned to me and she said what do you think you are doing that's so important that you can't help this man that came all this distance to ask for your help? >> i have a dream. >> reporter: but then jones heard king's powerful preaching in person and agr

king. standing on the stage was dr. clarence jones mlk's close friend and legal advisor. >> when dr. ing spoke he was speaking as a moral compass of america. he was speaking to the consense of america. >> jones now a professor at usf and will receive an award for his work with dr. king and dedication to the civil rights movement. >> i want to celebrate the dream and i want to have a chance to kick butt when necessary for those who are interfering with the dream. >> we have seen a number of dignitaries here tonight. dr. jones going to be presented with a heroes award by san francisco human rights commission. >> we want to know if you marched in 1963 or perhaps know someone who did. you can contact us on the the phone number on the screen. >> what a moment in time. >> yes. >> spencer christian is off. sandhya patel is here with a lot going on. >> indeed live doppler 7 has been tracking thunderstorms. but outside of the bay area today. live doppler 7 hd we'll talk about the possibility here in the bay area all though things are starting to wind down a little bit. last night we had lightn

king and his words that day at the lincoln memorial. >> and he was sayingd t our country can be better than this. >> dr. clarence jones was one of dr. riends. he helped draft part of the famous speech. jobs jones is now a professor at usf and will receive a hero award tonight. >> i think of the old statement if surviving lions don't tell their story hunters will get all of the credit. i'm a surviving lion. i want to tell the worldjxgoÑ about one of the great minds in our pride. >> did you march in 1963? do you know someone who did? we want to know your stories and see your historic photos contact us or you can e mail us. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. it could be deja vu again tonight. conditions ripe for another round of lightning strikes. >> i'm sandhya patel. we're not through yet. and cheryl mentioned live doppler 7 still watching for thunderstorms. we do have elevated fire dangers. i'll have details coming up. >> and was it road rage? or hit and run accident? the family of a motorcyclist sear why isly injured near caldecott tunnel demanding answers. jt the bay are

king was dr. clarence jones, mlk's close friend and legal advisor. even helped draft part of the famous speech. >> when dr. king spoke on august 28, 1963, he was speaking as the morale compass of america. he was speaking to the conscience of america. >> jones is now a professor at usf. >> i want to celebrate the dream, and i also want to have the chance to kick butt, when necessary, for those interfering with the dream. >> speakers said things have not changed in 50 years because today's struggle is still all about justice. >> because it really is about economic justice. it's about housing justice. it's about racial justice. it's about healthcare justice. it really is about justice. how can we be of service to justice today? >> members of the lgbt community, who put together the rally, also paid homage to a gay man who was a confidant to dr. king who helped organize the 1963 march. lisa argen is here now to talk about the accuweather forecast for the rest of the month. >> yes, that's right. it's going to be nice and quiet. no big surprises. although

king was dr. clarence jones, mlk's close friend and legal advice sore. he even helped draft part of the famous speech. >> when dr. king spoke on august 28, 1963, he was speaking as the morale america. he was speaking to the conscious of america. >> jones is now a professor at usf. >> i want to have the chance to celebrate the dream and i also want to have the chance to kick butt, when necessary, for those interfering with the dream. >>> san francisco celebrated the march on washington yesterday. he said things have not changed in 50 years because today's struggle is still all about justice. >> because it really is about economic justice. it's about housing justice. it's about racial justice. it's about healthcare justice. it really is about justice. how can we be of service to justice today? >> members of the lgbt community, who put together the rally, also paid homage to a gay man who was a confidant to dr. king who helped organize the 1963 march. and all those commemorations going on in the nation's capital. pretty nice weather there, lisa. >> in the 80

king, jr., he worked with him closely until his death. he also teaches at the university of san francisco. mr. clarenceones, thank you for joining us tonight, sir, it's an honor to have you here. >> thank you, rachel. >> go ahead, sir. >> i wanted to say, you got it right, except that in signing the promissory note, it was a demand, which meant the promissory note is payable any time the creditor wants to be paid. when i left the bank, i was so surprised by this, that i called harry bellafonte and said, harry, you didn't tell me i'd have to sign a demand promissory note. he said, well, better you than me. i said, but you have more money than i do. but in any event it was done, and we were appreciative of it, i took the money to birmingham, and the following, that was on a saturday, the following tuesday, there was a messenger that came to my office with an envelope marked personal and confidential, and the envelope and there was the promissory note i signed and it said paid in full. obviously i didn't pay it, it had been paid. that was a profound experience. first of all, a very great gesture on the pa

king's, jr. unmatched delivery and his timeless words as we well know made history. still to come, the man we just introduced you to, clarencen fact about dr. king's iconic speech. hot it all came together is coming up next. ç] ♪ >>> exactly 50 years ago this evening, not far from here, washington's famed willard hotel, a young black preacher sat trying to write a speech. the words didn't come to him that night, instead it wasn't until the next afternoon as he stood before hundreds of thousands of people on the great mall that the preacher found a way to tell america about his dream. today i met dr. clarence jones who is a lawyer, a counselor, sometimes a cure your, and i asked him how martin luther k g king, jr. found those mighty words. >> i would like you to bring me back to august 27th, '50 years ago at the willard hotel. >> dr. king was in the hotel in a suite working on the speech with his wife. he had given considerable thought about the direction or -- not specifically the exact words, but the direction, the -- >> you had taken some notes for him? >> well, i had taken some notes. the notes which i had taken were real

king and his words that day at the lincoln memorial. >> he was saying in effect our nation we as country can be better than this. >> dr. clarence. king closest friends. his legal advice or and confidant during the turbulent civil rights movement. even helped draft part of the famous speech. jones is now approve atw3 usf and will receive a hero award tonight from the san francisco human rights commission for his work with d dr. king and his longstanding dedication to the civil rights movement. >> i think of the old fable says if the survivingly on don't tell their story, the hunter will get a the credit. i'm a survivingly on. i want to utility worldq about one of the great lion in our pride. >> carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >> great quote. coming up nextth south bay im grant already felt lucky to leave behind the life he once led ju ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing live tv from southwest. now you can turn your device into your television. try it for free today, only on southwest airlines. on the air. in the air. with live tv. if you're like me, you've been working you've been working like a dog all year. but you don't need to ca

king was dr. clarence jones, mlk's close friend and legal advisor.ped draft part of the famous speech. >> i think of the old fable. the fable says if the surviving lions don't tell their story, the hunters will get all the credit. i'm a surviving lie lion. i want to tell about one of the great lions. >> san francisco celebrated the march on washington yesterday. speakers say things have not changed in 50 years because today's struggle is still all about justice. >> because it really is about economic justice. it's about housing justice. it's about racial justice. it's about healthcare justice. it really is about justice. how can we be of service to justice today? >> members of the lgbt community, who put together the rally, also paid homage to a gay man who was a confidant to dr. king who helped organize the 1963 march. >> so the weather there in the nation's capital, a little sticky. >> yeah, comfortable. it will get sticky in the week ahead. right now we will take you to tahoe where you can see all that smoke from the rim fire. it's affecting not o

. >> rose: clarence, when did you first meet dr. king? >> i met dr. king when i was twin years of age, and he was two years older than me, so that would make him 31. i met him in 1960 in california after he had been indicted by the state of alabama for perjury and tax terksivation. and he was represented by four superb lawyers. his chief defense towns was a gentleman by the name of hubert delaney. he had two lawyers in chicago, a jax specialist, and a man by the name of fred gray. judge delaney called me only because he was seeking to persuade me to be a log gerk, to be a gopher. i had just come to california after graduating from law school. i went to law school a little later than most after terving two years in the united states army dwiewrg the last part of the korea anwr. judge delaney said i need someone, i need you to come down to montgomery. i said i have great respect for you but simply i cannot do that. he was very disappointed in me, and that call was on a thursday night, and the following morning, very early california time, he said, "you

king's speech. you have clarence thomas sitting on the supreme court, you have allen west being an outspoken person for things like traditional values, talking about the 70% out of wedlock birth rate in the african-american community. we have come a long way, there are things we need to work on. every sector of life than there were back in the 1950s. >> the 50th anniversary is this coming wednesday, and the president is going to speak at the exact location where dr. king gave the speech. do you think the expectations now will be running very high because it's the first black president? >> probably. i think the bigger challenge is the ideology of the movement. the civil rights movement is totally leftist. we need more soul and left sharpton. the most destructive element in society is the breakdown of the family, that should not be a political issue, it should be a human issue. >> let's talk about that, i think it would have been helpful to have soul and a couple others talking about the breakdown of the family. what do you think. >> i think it would be helpful, i think what would be most helpful, th

king's closer advisers, his lawyer, clarence jones, and another friend, stanley levison. months after the march the fbi begins to wire tap dr. king himself, both at his office and at his home. and so it is a very sort of full field coverage that the fbi, with the authorization of bobby kennedy as attorney general, is mounting against dr. king. >> david, you mentioned bobby kennedy. and i think that is also interesting to a lot of folks who think of the kennedys as heroes, in terms of civil rights and equality. the fact that bobby kennedy approved the wire taps what does that prove about the kennedys and race. >> the fbi was asserting to the kennedy brothers, both to the attorney general and the president that some of the advisers closest to dr. king, like stanley levison, were communists, or at least former communistss. and both of them came out of the liberal democratic mindset of the '50s. so when one knows the history, it is not shocking or surprising that robert kennedy as attorney general would flinch and flinch seriously when the fbi warned him that king was subject

king's "i have a dream" speech in its new issue and also releasing interviews that chronicle the speech including one from clarences the night before the march on washington when a group of advisors met with the civil rights icon. >> interrupted him while he's speaking, tell him about the dream, martin. tell them about the dream. his whole body language changed and he changed what i call the baptist preacher stance and i say to the person standing next to me, whoever that was, i said, these people don't know it, but they're about ready to go to church. >> joining us now, "time" magazine executive editor radhika jones. also with us, host of msnbc's "politics nation" and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton and jon meacham still with us, he wrote one of the issue's cover stories. >> radhika, jon wrote this, with a single phrase martin luther king, jr. joined jefferson and lincoln in the ranks of men who have shaped modern america. talk about the speech, talk about what it means 50 years later. >> it's one of the most transfortive moments i think in american history and as jon says in his pi

the human rights commission honored clarence b jones for his work with dr. martin luther martin luther king junior. he is an advisor and is currently the first ever diversity schollar at the you have the of san francisco. the event coincides with the anniversary on august 28th where dr. king gave his famous i have a dream speech. >>> the theft of a pick up truck lead to a standoff and a man hiding with his young daughter. vallejo police say they tracked down the stolen pick up to the home of douglas hammer. you can see the huge police response as officers surrounded the house. they could not make contact. so 40 minutes later they used flashbang devices and stormed the home. police say they found hammer hiding in a crawlspace with his five-year-old daughter. he is also under investigation for attempted murder. >>> happening now, something that may affect you. some users of facebook are having trouble accessing the social networking site. sites that report whether it is up and working is reporting a widespread service disruption. this is the latest outage that plagued facebook. facebook has f

the human rights commission honored clarence b jones for his work with dr. martin luther martin luther king junior. he is an advisor and is currently the first everdiversia diversity schollar at the you have the of san francisco. the event coincides with the anniversary on august 28th where dr. king gave his famous i have a dream speech. >>> the theft of a pick up truck lead to a standoff and a man hiding with his young daughter. vallejo police say they tracked down the stolen pick up to the home of douglas hammer. you can see the huge police response as officers surrounded the house. they could not make contact. so 40 minutes later they used flashbang devices and stormed the home. police say they found hammer hiding in a crawlspace with his five-year-old daughter. he is also under investigation for attempted murder. >>> happening now, something that may affect you. some users of facebook are having trouble accessing the social networking site. sites that report whether it is up and working is reporting a widespread service disruption. this is the latest outage that plagued facebook. facebo

living legend in the struggle emfor equality, the human rights commission honors clarence jones for his work with martin luther king jr. and is a former speechwriter and advisor to the late civil rights leader and currently is the first ever diverse at this time scholar at the university of san francisco. the event coincides with the anniversary of august 28 of the march on washington where king gave his "i have a dream" speech 50 years ago. >> ahead, seven things to know as you start the day. >> and a plan to bring tigers to a california community and we will hearges. >>> that's "america's money." make it a great day. i'm john muller. >> good morning, whether you are just joining us or head out the door, seven thing you need to know: it is dry. live doppler 7 hd shows thunderstorms are threatening the north bay. that bring as high fire danger. two, the red flag warning has everyone on heightened alert. keep 100 feet of defensible space around your home for days like today. >> three, a massive wildfire is raging near yosemite. highway 120 is closed in both directions. more camp sites are evacuated. the fire has bur

the human rights commission honored clarence b jones for his work with dr. martin luther martin luther king junior. he is an advisor and is currently the first ever diversity schollar at the you have the of san francisco. the event coincides with the anniversary on august 28th where dr. king gave his famous i have a dream speech. >>> the theft of a pick up truck lead to a standoff and a man hiding with his young daughter. vallejo police say they tracked down the stolen pick up to the home of douglas hammer. you can see the huge police response as officers surrounded the house. they could not make contact. so 40 minutes later they used flashbang devices and stormed the home. police say they found hammer hiding in a crawlspace with his five-year-old daughter. he is also under investigation for attempted murder. >>> happening now, something that may affect you. some users of facebook are having trouble accessing the social networking site. sites that report whether it is up and working is reporting a widespread service disruption. this is the latest outage that plagued facebook. facebook has f

clarence jones who is a lawyer, a counselor, sometimes a cure your, and i asked him how martin luther kingse mighty words. >> i would like you to bring me back to august 27th, '50 years ago at the willard hotel. >> dr. king was in the hotel in a suite working on the speech with his wife. he had given considerable thought about the direction or -- not specifically the exact words, but the direction, the -- him? >> well, i had taken some notes. the notes which i had taken were really notes which incorporated previous discussions we had had. i already had written down in long hand some suggested paragraphs, textual words that he might consider using. what i wrote was not some clarence jones creativity i wrote a summary -- i put it in a way that could be used in a speech. he says clarence. thank you very much. i'll take the notes, and i'm going upstairs and counsel with the lord to finish my speech in the room with my wife. so the next day i'm standing 50 feet behind him. and i'm listening, and my ear is tracking what he's saying, and i'm saying to myself, i said oh, my god, i said oh, i guess

for a man many considered a living legend in the struggle for equality, clarence jones was honored for his work with martin luther king, a former speechwriter and advisor to the lateselves leader and -- to the late civil rights leader coinciding with the anniversary of the march on washington where king gave his "i have a dream" speech 50 years ago. >> gameers, listen up. we now know the official release date for the play station 4. he is a photo, the next generation gaming console will arrive in united states stores on november 15 just in time for the holiday season but you will be set back $400 for the play station. >> we are continuing to follow developing news near yosemite national park, with 10,000 acres near the popular tourist destination are burning with a challenge facing firefighters today. >> right now, live doppler 7 hd is quiet but i am still tracking the thunderstorms and a high fire danger with an update ahead. >> i am leyla gulen in the traffic center, a look at berkeley, where westbound traffic the headlights are building as you head into the maze and we are tracking a serious accident in davis with

clarence v. jones, speech writer for martin luther king jr. the last surviving member for the planning team of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. talking about what it was like to be there. that interview is part of the trove pieces. "time" is debuting this collection of experiences. there's a special issue of the magazine and across a multi-media project they're calling "one dream." joining us is radica jones, executive editor of "time" magazine. the owning question is an obvious one. what is it about that march and that speech that has such staying power over these last 50 years? >> i think it's so many things and that's what you'll find when you explore the package. the speech itself, obviously the rhetoric and the way that dr. king delivered the speech is obviously one of the top five greatest speeches in american history. it resonates so powerfully with where we are today, too. everybody still has a dream. it's that one that's so personal and also incredibly public and inspirational for the public. those were the kind of princi

clarence b. jones who was the speech writer for dr. king, who helped him write that speech did not include the i have a dream. it happened towards the end of the speech the great gospel sunger mahalia jackson shouted to dr. king to tell people about the speech. dr. king nods off camera and then delivers an ad lib speech. folks are very enthusiastic. they are glad to be a part it. even though the weather is not cooperating. >> the rains are coming, indeed. ron mott, thank you. "the washington post," as was recognized by the post itself this past weekend barely mentioned the reverend king speech because he was the last speaker. they had gone to to press and it was not really notable to a lot of reporters who were covering it here in washington, d.c. you've been following this from our bureau in washington. all of these reflections of history come together. identify talked to jesse jackson today and he said this is the moment where president obama needs to do what lbj did and set out a legislative mandate for the dream and that voting rights i

king estate. i had no idea. host: clarence jones reflecting on the speech 50 years ago. a live view of the mlk memorial along the mall here in washington, d.c. the headline from "the new york times" -- inside "the washington post" is this op-ed from martin luther king jriii. changed.d things have richard from hollywood, florida, good morning. caller: good morning. reveals just how far this country has come when it hums to raise. i thought this country was going in the right direction. it is clear we have some major racial issues in this country. in my community, the things that we hear from the republicans and have a suspect our president, we know that is racism. has nothing to do that they disagree with his policies. most of it is racism. we are sick and tired of people and the media trying to pretend like it is everything but it really is, which is racism. when it comes to voting rights and even with the trayvon martin issue, it is clear that there is an element in this country that looks at barack obama the semi- they look at us about people back in the 1960's. until

photos and footage and viewpoints from people like clarence jones, the last surviving member of the planning team of what became known as martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. >> i'm standing on the platform about 50 feet behind him, and, as i'm listening, i see that he is reading. maharia jackson is interrupting as i'm listening, i see that he is reading. maharia jackson is interrupting him while he's speaking, tell him about the dream, martin. tell him about the dream. his whole body language changed, and he changed to what i call the baptist preacher stance. and i say to the person standing next to me, whoever that was, i said, these people don't know it, but they're about ready to go to church. >> clarence jones on that defining moment. nbc news will have extensive coverage of its historic anniversary. you can find out more about "time's" project on our web site. >>> up next, a little boy's big dream coming true. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. visit your eyecare professional today to ask about our newest l

king's dream and he talked about in some ways people co-opting that dream and what the dream really means. so, i think that clarence, who was also the attorney, the attorney for dr. king, again, would probably have a very similar response that we had. because i think that is pretty far fetched to say, you know, we have armed african-americans of slaves with guns, it might not be a part of the history. so, it's interesting, though, perspective, i think. >> it is interesting, isn't it? tell us what's going to happen today. >> today we're going to look back. we're going to honor the people who came before us so that not only that i can be sitting here as an african-american man leading the coverage for an international network that says a lot, carol, of how far we've come. you as a woman can be doing what you're doing, as well. this african-americ african-americans, but all americans having equality and equal rights under the law. we'll see oprah winfrey who will kick things off. she's going to be the first speaker and then we'll hear from two former presidents. president clinton, president carter. we'll also hear fro

clarence thomas was not invited. republicans had a session this monday at which they had people talking, including bob brown, an aide to dr. kinging about republicans and the civil rights movement, somehow republicans had been exclude from today's celebrations. >> there's some reporting that there were invites, and that some of them did not show up. we'll try to get to the bottom of that. >> i think the real tragedy is that the prestigious an prestigf the original civil rights movement, many of the martyrs like dr. king, has left people living in that age, imagining that's where the struggle ought to be today. in those days the struggle was terrible laws, a legal system of segregation and discrimination. that was abolished in generation. that fight is over. the idea that it's now the voter id law, i heard one speaker say in the past the problem was the men in sheets who did all of this, wearing hoods on their heads, and now it's people in black robes who strike down the voting rights act. if you're going to equate the supreme court with the klan, you're really living 50 years ago. today the challenge is the social issues. it is

clarence thomas. you've got to talk about family breakdown, the fact 70% of blacks are born out of wedlock. i think dr. kinguld cry. you've got to talk about there is a horrific dropout rate in the country, failure of urban schools. that's the civil rights challenge of this generation. and the culture. i was just listening to your interview with governor fallon. think about the culture. jay-z and his latest album. he's using the "n" word repeatedly. it's pornographic. it's invited for people to think authentic blackness you've got to be hip hop and hard. this is the tragedy of our day. >> david, where are we 50 years after "i have a dream?" >> not only 50 years after "i have a dream," chris but 270 years after the founding of this country. we reversed course on what was a worldwide tragedy. racism exists and we can't pretend it doesn't exists but can't pretend it exists everywhere. all the things juan talks about are true. we advanced to 2013. we need to tackle the new challenges. it's moral decay in this country. when it happens in the black community, it's not just the black community, it's the american c

clarence thomas. you've got to talk about family breakdown, the fact 70% of blacks are born out of wedlock. i think dr. kinguld cry. you've got to talk about there is a horrific dropout rate in the country, failure of urban schools. that's the civil rights challenge of this generation. and the culture. i was just listening to your interview with governor fallon. think about the culture. jay-z and his latest album. he's using the "n" word repeatedly. it's pornographic. it's invited for people to think authentic blackness you've got to be hip hop and hard. this is the tragedy of our day. >> david, where are we 50 years after "i have a dream?" >> not only 50 years after "i have a dream," chris but 270 years after the founding of this country. we reversed course on what was a worldwide tragedy. racism exists and we can't pretend it doesn't exists but can't pretend it exists everywhere. all the things juan talks about are true. we advanced to 2013. we need to tackle the new challenges. it's moral decay in this country. when it happens in the black community, it's not just the black community, it's the american c

luther king's speech that nobody ever speech.s his last we always hear " i've been to the mountaintop." just like the march on washington we always hear "i have a dream." this leads me to what clarence talks about when he says "words, words." i appreciate what everyone up here has done. you have got to understand that you are right. they are able to change these words. what i would say to this young yeah,d all young people, you do not know what the mimeograph is but you sure know how to tweet. take what you just said, it is amazing if we older folks understand that with just one finger or phone action you literally can communicate with millions of people in a nano second. everyone is probably sitting here with a smart phone. we have to choose that which what we had. this is not just a gathering. we should be taking notes. we should be sending it on our cell phone. we should be sending the message immediately to the white house and demand thing. this is a president who has told to make politicians do it. that yetose by saying man is parts of what they .alled the joshua generation we are all up here part of the moses generation. remember. moses showed the way. joshua had to do the fig

king. but what has been lost in that is the role that labor played, the role that women played, and the role that the working class played in organizing the march. but specifically, clarence i would like to pose this question to you. i'd like to share with us the origins of the march on washington prior to 1963, and the role that labor, a. philip randolph and other labor and civil rights leaders played in what was called then the march on washington movement. and as you elaborate on that, i would also like you to elaborate a little bit more on the role that working class people played and a focus on the role that women played. >> you will have to stop me. i'll probably answer that over the course of a couple of questions, but i'll start by saying i think that the immediate origins of the 63 march on washington for jobs and freedom actually begins during the second world war. in 1941, when the united states enters the war against the axis powers, and the u.s. economy which had been mired in this depression, begins to mobilize towards war, what we see are african-americans nearly -- being continually shut out of world paying jobs in the defense industry. there's also the is

king. but what has been lost in that is the role that labor played, the role that women played and the role that the working class played in organizing the march. but specifically, clarence i'd like to pose this question to you. i'd like you to share with us the origins of the march on washington prior to 1963 and the role that labor, a. phillip randolph and other labor and civil rights leaders played in what was called then the march on washington movement. and as you elaborate on that, i'd also like you to elaborate a little bit more on the role that working class people played and a focus on the role that women played. >> okay. you're going to have to stop me -- [laughter] i'm going to -- i'll probably answer that over the course of a couple questions, but i'll start by saying i think that the immediate origins of the '63 march on washington for jobs and freedom actually begins during the second world war. in 1941 when the united states enters the war against the axis powers and the u.s. economy which had been mired in this depression begins to mobilize for war, what we see are african-americans being continually shut out of paying jobs in the defense industries. then