diane nash was in the early moments of the organizations of snik was a teenager at that time. we have to find better ways to connect these kind of moments, this struggle, this moment, to young folks. i don't think enough young folks see themselves in these movements from 50 years ago, and we have to go able to connect their goals, their concerns, their crisis to these organizational strategies that were so effective in ago. >> i don't think dr. king would be so shocked. it's not power but having a strong movement to push forward legislation. it's great we have president's office, but we know that president obama's agenda has not been enacted, and we have to make sure that american middle class agenda has been pushed forward. that has not happened at the level we had hoped but i in the last fogether trying to pick up and take that baton of activism movement. i'm sure he would be disappointed that we haven't gotten to the economic equality that he was advocating for particularly at the end of his life, that we're investing so much in incarceration and war but not

the inspirational thing about someone like diane nash, even if we are not allowed to vote, we can move the country towards a situation where we will be able to vote, and that is what the freedom rides were. she intervened when the first freedom riders were burned and beaten in alabama. she said it violence can stop us, the movement is dead, and she recruited students to take it up. creating a sense of new community and getting outside their comfort zone and debating what it really means to be an american, and most of america had no idea that such a profound debate was going on on predominantly african-american college campuses in the 1960's. tavis: he grew up a young, white man in atlanta and somewhere made it his life's passion, his life work at the king years. his new book is called "the king years: historic moments in the civil rights movement." taylor, always glad to have you. >> thank you. tavis: that is our show for this time. see you next time. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me

in nashville, tennessee, a young diane nashe name of who called a meeting to organize the student nonviolent organizing community. fromat about daisy bates the little rock nine? she counseled them. >> and yet they still were not on stage. woman by the name of joann robinson who was a professor at alabama state college long before martin luther king jr. and others did anything. she took old memory graph machines and made hundreds and thousands of copies of a leaflet and had students from her school to go out. there any discussion about the absence of women on that day? >> the movement was dominated in the early days by ministers, black ministers, lots of them baptist. they were just operating in their own church. >> there is a book about the march on washington just published. history of women in the labor movement who did much of the work before the march on washington in making it possible. it's a wonderful read. jones.iam p >> we got a bad review in the new york times but don't believe that. >> i'm a third-year student at gw law school and it's an honor to be in the presence of such great

across the self in america even in cambridge maryland in national tennessee a woman by the name of diane nash and ella baker that called the first meeting to organize the student nonviolent coordinating committee for a woman by the name of joann robertson who was a professor at alabama state college. long before martin luther king said anything about the boycott, she took an old machine and made hundreds of thousands of copies. there is a discussion about the absence. >> it was demonstrated by ministers. a lot of the baptist students. they were operating in their own church. >> there is a book about the march on washington just published. i can't think of the author's name. it traces the history of the women in the labour movement who did much of the work before the march on washington. and it is a wonderful read. william jones is the author. he got a bad review in "the new york times", but don't believe that. >> let's move on to a couple questions. >> i am the third year student at gw law school and it is an honor to be in the presence of such great leaders. my question has to do with the me

in nashville, tennessee, a young woman by the name of diane nash who called a meeting to organize thetudent nonviolent organizing community. >> what about daisy bates from the little rock nine? she counseled them. >> and yet they still were not on stage. >> a woman by the name of joann robinson who was a professor at alabama state college long before martin luther king jr. and others did anything. she took old memory graph machines and made hundreds and thousands of copies of a leaflet and had students from her school to go out. >> was there any discussion about the absence of women on that day? >> the movement was dominated in the early days by ministers, black ministers, lots of them baptist. they were just operating in their own church. >> there is a book about the march on washington just published. it traces the history of women in the labor movement who did much of the work before the march on washington in making it possible. it's a wonderful read. >> william p jones. >> we got a bad review in the new york times but don't believe that. >> i'm a third-year student at gw law scho

in cambridge, maryland, gloria richardson, in nashville, tennessee, a young woman by the name of diane nash. ella baker who called her first meeting to organize the student nonviolence coordinating committee. >> what about daisy baits. >> the little rock nine. >> and yet they still weren't onstage. >> and, andy, it was a woman by the name of joann robertson who was a professor at alabama state college. long before martin luther king jr. and others said anything about a boycott, she took a machine and made hundreds and thousands of copies of a leaflet and had students from her school to go out -- [inaudible] >> is there any discussion about the absence of women on the stage that day? > you know, the movement was dominated in the early days by ministers. black ministers. they were operating their own church. >> there's a new book about the march on washington just published. i can't think of the author's name. but it's in bookstores now and it traces the history of the women in the labor movement who did much of the work before the march on washington and making it possible. it's a wonderful