dr. martin luther king. [applause] dr. king challenged us to become a better nation and a better whirlpool by honoring and respecting each other's humanity and by eliminating injustice wherever it exists, whether that is in education, health care, housing, employment. meco strives to honor the vision of dr. king by providing the highest quality and most innovative drug therapies and management services of our over 60 million members. we do this by addressing health- care disparities and also by helping people manage their chronic health care conditions. we also addressed the health care needs of the most vulnerable populations and support high-performing, low- income students in reaching their goals to become nurses, doctors, and pharmacists. we are very proud, very, very proud to be tonight's platinum sponsor and to be a part of celebrating the life, dream, and legacy of an extraordinary man. thank you so much for joining us in this celebration of dr. martin luther king. i hope you truly enjoy this momentous evening. thank

dr. martin luther king, jr. we will look at dr. king's legacy more than 40 years after his death and his stance against the vietnam war. dr. king's commitment toward non-violence shaved his stand fed became one of the most controversial and -- shake his stance and became one of the most controversial. we will explore the roots of his anti-war sentiments and lessons we can still learn today. we are glad you joined us for part 1 of "mlk: a call to conscience." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. know. boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your >> at toyota, we celebrate its differences and the people who make them. toyota, a proud supporter of the washington, d.c. martin luther king, jr., memorial foundation. >> an

dr. king's speech crystallizes you on 9 violence and the impact that war has on the least among us. -- crystallizes his opinion on non violence and the impact that war has. the impact of for even today. dr. king was well aware that a younger generation of leaders was calling violence -- non violence obsolete. they climbed a term which would define the movement. >> what do you mean when you shout "black power?" >> i mean that the only way that people in mississippi will they will create an attitude where they will not be shot down like pigs or dogs is that they get the power to is to to justice. >> dr. king understood their anger but could not agree to their tactics. many cities erupted with the violence and the mainstream media sees them what they called urban riots, dr. king sought to reach out to those who said he had lost touch. harry belafonte remembers the aftermath of one such meeting. >> i said to him, what troubles you, martin? he said, well, i just came from that meeting with the youn

dr. king's message. you see, dr. ng gave his "i have a dream" speech against the background of the magnificent statue of president lincoln, seated in the memorial that bears lincoln's name. now, reverend dr. martin luther king jr., his image will join president abraham lincoln in perpetuity on our national mall. and while we have memorial's two great leaders of the mall, from george washington to franklin roosevelt, i believe that president lincoln and dr. king were something more than leaders. i think they were profits who walks among us, menu gave their lives to defeat our great national evil of slavery. and racism. so we gather this morning to demand that dr. king be remembered and that his privacy made real in our time, his message of justice for all, his message that the american dream is for all of us, each and everyone of us, and his absolute conviction that the american dream begins with a good job and the right to vote. you see, i believe we need to carry his dream forward, and the dream of a time when all me

dr. king was killed. c-span: i have a better copy of "parting the waters." this is a paperback version. he won a pulitzer prize for this. how many hardback copies did you sell and how many of these paperbacks at two today? >> guest: i have talked my publisher or my -- it would be a rough estimate of roughly 100,000 hardbacks and 200,000 or maybe 300,000 paperbacks, which is coming you know, it's peanuts for stephen king but it's a lot for -- a big effect history book based on a subject that makes some people uncomfortable. but other people come for me at least, it's a -- it's a great leavening transformation to read about the bravery of these people, the american story. it's -- there are a lot of black heroes and a lot of white heroes, too. it's a cross-cultural. c-span: now, you credit -- i think it is an outfit called lyndhurst of chattanooga -- and mcarthur of chicago and the ford foundation as places that have given you money over the years; is that right? >> guest: yes, after parting the

dr. king's footsteps. like dr. peace prize recipient, he received the presidential medal of freedom from president obama in 2009. he could not be with us in person and he sent a very special message for this important occasion. >> welcome to the first of the events celebrating the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. i regret not being able to attend in person but i am honored to to bring you greetings and to share on this historic occasion. prime-1 of the millions who owe their freedom to dr. king's advocacy of democracy, justice, hope, and loves. dr. king's teachings inspired and established a new era of civil rights in america. he has encouraged new democracies around the world including south africa. the power of his legacy continues to inspire and guide people searching for freedom and equality. this wonderful memorial will permanently stand in the heart of the american capital city and the values that it represents will reach and resound around the world. for those who stood with dr. king and he

dr. martin luther king, jr. mbers of my community to washington to visit our newest monument. we all know that dr. martin luther king, jr. was a man of great faith in that faith included his unshakable belief in our country. he reviewed the majestic documents of this great nation, the declaration of independence and our constitution. he knew that the path to equality and justice lay in embracing our country's most fundamental values and principles. in his iconic "i have a dream" speech whose anniversary we commemorate this week, he spoke eloquently about the declaration of independence. part of history, in fact, was that this nation would one day live up to that creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. i believe that he did this in part to demonstrate that those core tenets of our democracy cannot belong just to a few or just to one party or just to one group of americans. they belong to all of us. i think there is no better time than right now to remind us all of that. he q

dr. king's message. you see, dr. king gave his "i have a dream" speech against the background of the magnificent statue of president lincoln, seated in the memorial that bears lincoln's name. now, reverend dr. martin luther king jr., his image will join president abraham lincoln in perpetuity on our national mall. and while we have memorial's two great leaders of the mall, from george washington to franklin roosevelt, i believe that president lincoln and dr. king were something more than leaders. i think they were prophets who walks among us, menu gave their -- men who gave their lives to defeat our great national evil of slavery. and racism. so we gather this morning to demand that dr. king be remembered and that his privacy -- prophesyi made real in our time, his message of justice for all, his message that the american dream is for all of us, each and everyone of us, and his absolute conviction that the american dream begins with a good job and the right to vote. you see, i believe we need to carry his dream forwar

dr. king's footsteps. like dr. king, he is a man of faith, unbounded courage, and a nobel peace prize recipient. desmond tutu receive the presidential medal of freedom from president obama in 2009. while he could not be with us in person, he sent a very special message for this important occasion. >> welcome to the event celebrating the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. a regret not being able to attend, but i am honored to bring you greetings to share on this historic occasion. i am one of the millions who 03 them -- who 0 freedom to dr. king's advocacy, of hope and love. he established a new era of civil rights in america. his spirit has encouraged new democracies around the world, including here in south africa. the power of his legacy continues to inspire and guide people searching for freedom and equality. this wonderful memorial will stand in the heart of america's capital city, but the values it represents will reach and resound around the world. for those who stood with dr. king and heard hi

dr. king but not to hear him, not to heed the lessons he offered us in such abundance. the result is that we have lost our way. america has become a country that board shiploads of cash into one futile war after another while at the same time demolishing school budgets, laying off teachers, firefighters and police officers, and generally letting the bottom falls out of our quality of life here at home. an army of the long-term unemployed counted in the many millions is spread across the land. the human fallout from the great recession, at many long years of misguided economic policies. the fewer jobs being created too often pay a pittance -- the minimum wage or just above -- not nearly enough to pry open the doors to a middle-class standard of living. poverty is once again on the march, moving like pat and's third like patton's division for communities that were never able to secure more than at tenuous hold on the american dream in the first place. 4 million americans are living in poverty, m

the nation's capital the memorial features a thirty foot high granite statue of dr king that will be known as the stone of hope president obama will be on hand sunday at the memorial for an official dedication ceremony today that marks the forty eighth anniversary of dr james historic i have a dream speech take a look. i have a dream. that run being. this major on the road ride thought. and live out of town meeting up in korea. we're all grieved through good news well ok but then i don't know man are created. however the dedication comes during a troubling time for african-americans in america who are questioning whether or not dr king's dream has been realized and we have century after his death according to a new washington post poll only thirty six percent of african-americans believe dr king's dream has been realized down from sixty five percent when president obama was inaugurated and african-americans have been hardest hit by this economic recession between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine african-americans have seen a fifty three percent decline in their total w

dr. kingthis is two hours and 50 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon. good afternoon. and welcome. welcome to this is very, very special moment in history. but i especially welcome you on behalf of the mlk memorial this afternoon, to this luncheon, women who dared to dream. we have come together, my friends, to celebrate, to celebrate the contributions of so many names -- named and unnamed women, women who struggled, who worked, and in many cases, died for us simply to have the privilege to be where we are today in this room. it really speaks to our mothers, our grandmothers, miss sadie next door, the lady down the street, those who laid the foundation for us in our communities and in the civil rights movement. whether they were the obvious sheroes, like harriet tubman, who follow the north star, or madam c.j. walker received business opportunities that impacted future generations, or our beloved dr. dorothy haight, who said we as african american women don't always get to do what we want to

one has to question as dr king's dream for black equality in america has been achieved. drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to prove it through who can you trust no one who is human view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sackfuls when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. fun. for. welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour as we draw closer to the memorial dedication for one of the nation's greatest civil rights leaders as a growing racial inequality in america i'll speak with one of dr king's former speech writers on the state of his dream and later internet it's really take i'll tell you how means testing that phrase is the new secret weapon for republicans hell bent on destroying social security and medicare. yesterday the martin luther king memorial opened up here in washington d.c. it was the combination of a twenty five year effort to have dr king and his influence immortalized in the nation's capital the memorial features a thirty f

dr. kingl resonates with a forceful power. now, first, we will hear from a close friend of the late coretta scott king who learned from dr. king while she was an organizer for the will speak on love. the honorable elijah cummings. a teenager when dr. king died, has taken the promise of democracy to heart by serving his nation in the house of representatives. and even becoming the first african-american in maryland history to be named speaker protemperature. -- speaker pro tempore. co-founder of the first -- and the first vice president amayor tuss of the united farm workers of america will speak to us about justice. and concluding the four will be ambassador constance morella. while being part of the house of representatives, connie introduced legislation in 1996 to -- alpha phi alpha, to establish the memorial. after two years of intense work, the alphas and morella were successful in their efforts and the bill was signed by president clinton in 1998. ambassador morella will rightly speak on

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dr. martin luther king, jr. ital. i look forward to welcoming members of my community to washington to visit our newest monument. we all know that dr. martin luther king, jr. was a man of great faith in that faith included his unshakable belief in our country. he reviewed the majestic documents of this great nation, the declaration of independence and our constitution. he knew that the path to equality and justice lay in embracing our country's most fundamental values and principles. in his iconic "i have a dream" speech whose anniversary we commemorate this week, he spoke eloquently about the declaration of independence. part of history, in fact, was that this nation would one day live up to that creed. we hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal. i believe that he did this in part to demonstrate that those core tenets of our democracy cannot belong just to a few or just to one party or just to one group of americans. they belong to all of us. i think there is no better time than rig

like dr. king, a man of faith, and down the kurds, and a nobel peace prize recipient, he received the presidential medal of the freedom from president obama in 2009. while he cannot be with us in person, he spends a very special message for this occasion. >> welcome to the first of the event celebrating the dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial. i regret not being able to attend in person, but i am honored to be able to bring you greetings to share on this historic occasion. i am one of the millions who owe their freedom to dr. king's advocacy of democracy, justice, hope, and love. inspire a teachings new era of civil rights in america. his spirit has encouraged the new democracies and around the world including here in south africa. the power of his legacy continues to inspire and guide people searching for freedom and the quality. this wonderful memorial will permanently stand in the heart of american's capital city, but the ball used it represents will reach and resounded around the

dr. king's, and his vision. >> if dr. ng were here, what would he think about what you've done and are doing? >> i do think dr. king would be proud of us. we're changing lives in a lot of young people and that gives us the fuel to keep going and doing this and continue this crusade. >> reflecting back to dr. king and what this moment means, seeing his likeness, i was emotionally moved by just his presence because of his stature and how he stands tall. >> reporter: for doctors davis, jenkins and hunt, it gives them the strength and motivation to change the lives of a new generation. michelle miller, cbs news, newark, new jersey. >>> with that, that will do it for this monday morning edition of the "cbs morning news." appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. have a great day, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- www.vitac.com

dr. martin luther king's speech "i have a dream speech" a bounced check speech. i often thought, i wonder what his speech would sound like if he were here to give it. i don't know what dr. would say. i really don't. but i thought it would be challenging to go through his speech, change it as little as possible but insert my own thoughts how i thought dr. king's speech might have sounded if it were given today. after all on august 27, we will dedicate the king memorial here in washington, d.c., the day before his historic anniversary of the "i have a dream" speech on august 28, my colleagues have now departed this institution for the august recess to return to their homes far and near. i thought it would be appropriate that the final speech delivered after this debate would give reference and reference to the insight to martin luther king junior. and i thought after the deal that was passed today in the congress it would be appropriate. so tonight, i want to try and give what some might call an updated virgs of his "speech. i make no pretense that my par phrased ve

dr. martin luther king, jr. >> there was a direct correlation from dr. nd i got a scholarship to be able to pay for books, in order to study. and now to be able to teach other medical students from all backgrounds, so that they can go out and help people. >> we all felt that people went through a lot for us to have the opportunity to go to school, to go to school. >> that's part of what the whole three doctors is about. it was created out of the movement dr. king and his vision. >> reporter: if dr. king were here, what would he think about what you have done? and are doing? >> i do think dr. king would be proud of us. we're changing lives. in a lot of young people. and that actually gives us the fuel to keep going and to keep doing this and to continue this crusade. >> it is like dr. king and what this moment means, seeing his likeness, i was emotionally moved by just his presence, because of the statue, and how he just stands tall. >> reporter: for dr. davis, jenkins and hunt, the power of friendship changed the course of their lives, giving them the str

dr. king was a globalist.ything, as i think his hands and his arms in this position, think about it. when he received his nobel peace prize, he gave all the money to the other civil rights organizations. when you think about his quest to end the war in vietnam and invest in the war for justice at home, he was inclusive. he would often say to us, i am the pilot, but it's the ground crew that keeps the plane flying. so he's -- i think that's a sign of strength, a man with a place on that mall that will be forever there. so i find some joy in watching it. but also i think about the unfinished business. he was killed as he fought to put poor people on the agenda, as he sought to end unnecessary war, as he sought to reconcile people. so his work is yet incomplete. >> when we talk about that in modern-day times, economic equality would certainly still be on dr. king's radar. do you gi that lgbt equality would also be his modern-day civil rights focus? >> of course it would be. he believed human rights would be measu

think we all walk away saying this is so relevant today, because we can all live, see, and place dr. king in proper perspective-- that these words have meaning now. >> sreenivasan: the idea for a monument to king was originally proposed in 1984 by his college fraternity, alpha phi alpha. a dozen years of lobbying later, congress passed a joint resolution in 1996 authorizing the group to move forward. president clinton signed that legislation, and a decade later, spoke at the ceremonial groundbreaking in 2006. >> the monument, however beautiful it turns out to be, will be but a physical manifestation of the monument already constructed in the lives and hearts of millions of americans, who are more just, more decent, more successful, more perfect because he lived. >> sreenivasan: even its address-- 1964 independence avenue-- is symbolic. 1964 is the year president johnson signed the civil rights legislation, with king standing alongside. >> to stand in front of that monument is to face a movement. it is to feel the power and the possibility of change. >> sreenivasan: johnnetta cole is direc

. >> reporter: some critics say the face doesn't look like dr. king. , they say, of selecting a famous sculptor from china. at the memorial, though, many visitors were focused more on king's message than on his features. >> we're all the same, we're all equal. >> reporter: susan brought her three children from new jersey to teach them the values that dr. king preached. >> just because you're different skin color doesn't mean you have to be treated differently. >> reporter: king's is the only major memorial on the national mall that honors someone who was not a president. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >>> coming up a little later on "the early show," the latest on the storm preparations as hurricane irene gained strength and heads towards the u.s. >>> plus, senator john mccain on the rebels in libya, and the hunt for moammar gadhafi. >>> and oscar winning actress kate winslet becomes a real-life hero. how she helped save billionaire richard branson's mother while she was on vacation. all that and much more coming up a little later on "the early show."

one of the thing that dr. king fought for is fair wages. there guy seas jesus didn't like minimum wage. you have to wonder if they comport with perry views. this guy talked about secession. >>er with talking about this is not a theocracy, here is his words about religion and the use of religious terms and the national discussion as well as currency and other things. look at this quote. >> i don't care what obama says about list faith. he says he is christian. fine. a lot of people say that. i know he is a secular. he omitted word creator. when he said the declaration of independent. >> so in effect wasn't a president that will impose religious beliefs on all-american people and other than that, then he feels that that person is serving under that office. now, i was a believe in god and jesus but i don't feel i have a right to impose it. does mr. barton have the same feeling, forest? >> well, barack obama is a christian but not the right type of christian for david barton. again, they are saying this nation is founded as a fundamentalist chr

dr. king's dream.of hope symbolizing hope emerging from a mountain of despair as mentioned in his "i have a dream" speech. prnlly, i see it as looking a bit unfinished, symbolizing his unfinished life. his unfinished work and our unfinished efforts to ensure our children have every opportunity to listen out the american dream. i see it as a call to fight for educational options for our children. for fewer barriers to innovation in the education system and inspire our young generation to serve this country, especially through teaching. i see it as a reminder that the path from poverty is paved with education and that as america's children deserve it grow up knowing they can create prosperous lives for themselves through hard work, education and determination. we cannot be complacent. we cannot sit back and tell ourselves that dr. king's work is finished. if he were alive today he would see schools named after him in which children are graduating without the ability to read. he would see children stuck i

dr. king the soldiers of the movement's would have wanted us to because rain did not stop them. storms did not stop them. they are not stopping us today. so, won't you help me now get to this celebration going? to do that, i am going to bring to the podium someone that i first met when she came to washington, d.c., as the executive director of the congressional black caucus. god had a special calling for her, as he called her into his direct service. she is now, of course, an ordained minister of the progressive baptist church. i know her as my friend. i love and respect her as the national chaplain of the national council of negro women. please welcome to the podium, for the indication, the reverend, dr. barbara williams scanner. dr. -- rev.t up for sji. -- skinner. let us settle our hearts, and ball before the lord, and let us pray. all lord, our god, who was alone is worthy of adoration and praise, we have come today to acknowledge our love for and dependence upon year. when our world is tu

. >> reporter: some critics say the face doesn't look like dr. king result, they say, of selecting a famous sculptor, lei yi-shin, from china. at the memorial today, though, many visitors were focused more on king's message than on his features. >> we're all the same. we're all equal. >> reporter: susan saleh brought her three children from new jersey to teach them the values that dr. king preached. >> just because you're a different skin color doesn't mean you have to be treated differently. >> reporter: today, king's is the only major memorial on the national mall that honors someone who was not a president. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: that's the cbs evening news. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh . >> >> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. >> police radios are not working like there an are supposed to, so what officers are doing to talk to each other while chasing criminals. >>> fans behaving badly caught on video for

and dr. kingm time to time during his lifetime he would say, like any man i would like to live a long time, but it's not the length of your life, what you do with the time that you have. and that's what he did. he gave all that he had. >> if he were alive today, what do you think his mission would be? what do you see in america in our society that is the unfinished business of dr. martin luther king jr.? >> if he were alive today, he would still be out there teaching, preaching, speaking against hunger, poverty, against war, and violence. especially against violence here at home and abroad. he would tell us that we're one people, we're one family. we're one house. we all live in the same house. and not just american house. but the world house. one of his speeches he said on one occasion, we must learn to live together as brothers and sisters. or we will perish as fools. i think that message is still relevant today. >> and president obama is expected to be at the memorial on sunday for the official

dr. king was a man of healing and reconciliation even in the context of calling for justice. american politics is broken today andr. king's message, his life, his values and virtues can offer us a strategy for healing what is broken. it means political opponents must never dehumanize each other. they must speak truth to power but they must also be willing to negotiate as well as confront. and i think the king memorial will be an inspiration and a reminder that that reconciliation is possible in america. >> what do you think his words would be today in this political environment? >> well, that we have to listen. we have to search for common ground, something that dr. king learned from howard thurman and benjamin mayes at morehouse college. and that it's never appropriate to dehumize or demonize your opponent. we must always recognize their humanity and recognize their self-interest and try to appeal to that. that's why king was such a genius as a moral leader. he confronted, but he balanced tha

dr. king of the mountain of despair comes a stone of hope the memorial has two large walls containing 15 of dr. king's famous quotes all hand etched into the granite. on the center piece, the granite sculpture of dr. king standing more than 30 feet tall. the first such memorial to an african-american. now all this week there are events leading to the official dedication. there will be a public expo at the convention center and civil rights concert. officials here in d.c. are expecting up to 300,000 visitors. people pouring into the city p.m. president obama is scheduled it speak so it'll be a big week and big event on sunday to recognize this milestone of this memorial here in d.c. reverend? >> thank you. we'll be there, as you know, and saturday is the big march around jobs and justice. and joining me now and joining me on saturday and sunday is national radio personality and comedian ricky smiley. thank you so much, ricky, for being with us tonight. where y is it important for to you come an

dr. martin luther king's dream. it was 42 years ago today that dr. king talked about america as a shining city on the hill. that seemed to be coming true two years ago today when barack obama wove that into his speech. >> that promise 45 years ago today brought americans from every corner of the land to stand together on the mall in washington before lincoln's memorial and hear a young preacher from georgia speak of his dream. >> he went on to win 43% of white votes in that election and that may sound low but democrats never win a white majority. bill clinton got 43% of the white votes back in 1996. al gore got 42%, john kerry got only 41% of white votes in 2004. obecause meas' 24% was on the high end. last november's she lacking of democrat -- shellacing of democrats beat a retreat. democrats got only 37% of white votes last november. 37%. it's all very worrying for the obama re-election campaign because in the most recent nbc poll, he, the president, is down to just 36% of whites. there you see the drop, helene, why the fall off? >> and you're askin

dr. martin luther king, harry johnson and all of them. two of them marched with dr. re the reverend jesse jackson and andy young. [applause] >> once again, why don't we stand? >> to the wonderful king family, thank you for sharing your father, your uncle, your brother with us. we love you so much, to all the king family. take the hand again. shall we pray? >> accept our petition, dear god. forgive us for our sins, for they are many, for the foolishness of our wears. stretch our hearts, know our ways, make us better and never bitter. tonight is an awesome celebration, one who embodied hopes and dreams of unborn generations, transformed america and the world for the better. we thank you for dr. king's will to be a confronting force, a battering ram for justice. willing to face the bombings of his home and maintain his dignity. to accept stabbings without retaliation, even that we might live. a family that sacrificed a father and a friend. those who live in the aftermath and glow of his life, we thank you. we thank them for their insights and will to serve extend the hig

this is five weeks before dr king was assassinated and he so empowered me and inspired me that i dedicated myself to be an urban pastor followed his life and was devastated at his assassination and i'm one of the few people in fact i was one of twelve members of the house of representatives on the select committee on assassinations looking into both the death of john f. kennedy and dr martin luther king i interviewed james earl ray the assassin and like the dreamer better dr king said you and i will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of bad people but for the appalling silence of good people in my life it's been a series my vocation while being a person of faith and my vocation is basically to be a person who addresses ending the poverty that kills healing the earth and bringing peace and throughout my career i've been focused on all three of those major tasks and i joke and say i can retire when we end poverty. had peace and heal the earth. it's extraordinary you also went to vietnam to look at the situation. you know we we not only

there are memorials of dr. kingthe world and we felt there with is one that needed to be here in our nation's capitol. >> on saturday, we are talking about the march that you allowed us to have for jobs. what happens at the ceremony sunday for the actual unveiling? >> on sunday, we expect to have many, many luminaries of the civil rights movement, including you reverend al. but also the president of the united states will come as he dedicates this memorial to the people of the united states. aretha franklin will be sing. and over 250,000 people from across the country will come and witness this once in a lifetime experience. >> you know, there is so much dispare out there and unemployed and a lot of division, and you have kind of risen above it to get this project done. but it brought tears to my eyes when i saw you had that part of the memorial that emphasized dr. king talking about out of the mountain of despare, take a stone of hope. and i would hope that when they see this memorial, that you and the fraternity h

one is that dr. king is often misinterpreted and what he did believe in was actually in his book why we can't wait if you read it he talks about the function equivalent of a bill of rights that government does have to serve as a partner to rectify all of those years of injustice and i wrote quote him in here. the if a man is entered at the starting line 30 o years after and what he was really saying is that you can only ask the individual to perform that fete. that society does have an obligation to rectify the injustices of the past to deal with this. now the question is what's the balance? how much? what types of programs? and how you do that. and i think that's where the political system really needs to engage. i mean, there are certainly arguments for and against the voucher system that are equally legitimate. there are certainly arguments in favor of pouring a lot more money into school systems and community support programs and community centers that will provide sort of the middle class trappings t

caller: if dr. king was alive today, his heart would be broken. in this country, dr. ng stood for the trip. and the truth of it all is is that racism is as every bit as deeply embedded in this country as it has always been. the only difference we have from the time of death from the fact that they do not hang us in public anymore, they kill us and prisons and like this up and destroy our names and take our reputations away from us and make sure that we cannot thrive in society. other than that, the only differences that we are in denial. we are lying. black people have become power down because white people do not want to a admit that they are still races. i do not say that from a point of hatred. i say it from a point that, in order to change a thing, it is like an alcoholic, that is something that has been imbedded in this country from its inception. and it does not go away with the election of president obama. and we are treating him so terrible, with so much racism, and we find people at the head of the country with so much money, promoting that kind of racism and

we know when dr. king was assassinated on that balcony in mississippi, died with 75% of the american people turned against him according to the last harris poll, almost 57% of his own people, black folk, had turned against him because of his vietnam position. dr. king famously said, "or is the enemy of the port -- war is the enemy of the poor." we're still engaged in war. is it were still the enemy of the poor? >> it is the poor society that fought the war in iraq, fighting the war in afghanistan. it is the experts that the clear the war. that is like a civil war. the great robber barons of the 19th century, carnegie, rockefeller, they bought their way out of war. they hired, paid about the any way, for pure people -- for poor people, working people to fight in their place. i was not in the white house when martin luther king made that speech. it was in april of 1968 when he made that speech at riverside church in which he came out strongly. i am told by the people who remained at the white house that lynd

dr. king i and the national action network will join labor leaders and faith leaders in bringing to washington. one of the most powerful leaders joins me now, lee sanders president of a union with 1.6 million members. thank you for coming on, lee. >> good evening, al. >> we're marching on saturday now around jobs. as we march, many say why are you marching? but a "the washington post" poll says that 55% of americans they poll says we have still not achieved the dream. it's still not been fulfilled. only 34% believe it has. what say you, mr. sanders? >> hi dream has not been fulfilled. if you look at what's going on around in the country as far as wisconsin and ohio, where we have governors trying to steal our voices away from us, who are trying to take away collective bargaining away from public sector workers, to limit the ability of voters to actually participate in the democratic process, that says that something is wrong and that we have not reached the dream. dr. king died in memphis in 1

memorial, this is part of what's so cool here, we'll zoom over to the lincoln memorial, that is where dr. kingch," on those steps. and we'll zoom behind it and look over at where the martin luther king memorial is. so it's just near that reflecting pool, just near where he gave his most famous speech, it's in that corner in the distance right there. and the google earth will be updated as you get to see the memorial itself. i want you to hear one thing that the president of the organization overseeing this project said about the memorial. >> when future generations visit washington, they will see a mall that is more closely reflecting the diversity of our great nation. >> the dedication will be a week from tomorrow, but there's events all week. and right now you can see everything i just showed you and a lot more. i put it up at facebook and twitter, joshlevscnn, and at my blog, cnn.com/josh. you can see all these interactives, check them out yourself, and let us know what the memorial means to you. we're interested to hear your thoughts. so alina, the significance gets going right now. >> on

dr. king would be very unhappy. rosea parks would be very unhappy to know that we still have this kind of dropout rate. they'd be mad at the society for allowing such conditions to exist. they'd be mad at the education system, but they'd also be mad at the young people. i try to inspire young people as i go around and talk at schools and elsewhere don't tell me about role models. be your own role model. you are the solution to your own problems. even though you may have some difficulties in your life, you have got to take advantage of the opportunities that not only these people struggled to give you, but they died to give you. >> when you think back at you first came to washington and as you experienced birmingham through your family, your inlaws, to have a monument to martin luther king jr. on the mall where he addressed the multitudes and to be the only unelected figure, you've got jefferson, washington, lincoln, but martin luther king jr., what does that mean? >> i think it means a great deal. not only to africa

i'm no different than when dr. king was alive and marching. when dr. king was alive and marches.d the march on washington and he did the "i have a dream" speech and the tens of thousands of people out another mall, how did those people get there? there was no msnbc there was no internet, no blogs. there was radio. when it came time to march, the civil rights leaders like dr. king would come on the radio. we would stop playing the temptations and 'reitha franklin, give the leaders the microphone. that's how they formed the marches that they did back in the day, whether it was in washington, d.c., memphis or montgomery, alabama. black radio is no different than it is today. that's how i'm doing it today. i just have a bigger platform. i'm local in 115 cities but i'm still local. >> tom joyner, i'm glad you are and glad you care enough about the people. we'll be together in august 27th in the name of dr. king, for people that need the conversation changed to address their pain. people of all communities, because unemployment anywhere only reinforced unemployment everywhere. for more

dr. king's church. even though ipts not dr. church, he certainly had an impact here and what happened here certainly had an impact on dr. king. so any journey you're going to take through dr. king's life, you have to make a stop here. >> in his funeral eulogy for the girls killed here, dr. king said to us, what has happened in birmingham, the death of these girls may well serve as a redemptive force for birmingham and for alabama and the rest of the nation. we saw this sort of revived all over the world. things changed with what happened in birmingham. things changed all over the world. >> reporter: it seems odd to say now after all that has happened, but at that point he was just another breech preacher? >> yeah, basically. we reverenced the preachers. our preachers said this is what god said about you. everything about you is god. when the outside world said you were ugly, the preacher said that's not true. here's what god says about you. i think if they told us to try to walk on water, we probably would have tried to do that