and behalf of dr. hugh barrels and our producer and cohost we welcome you. i moved to fairfield about a year ago as some of you know to pastor the community at united methodist church. before thievings in oakland, rich in order -- before that i was in oakland, richmond, and san francisco. the mayor harry price told me he's a member of my church that i should be in touch with certain ministers there if i wanted to be involved in certain punts there. it's be a pleasure to meet pastor todd there. great to have you todd. >> great to be here. >> thank you for coming. tell me a little bit about your background. >> i was born in the south. in the mid '70s my family moved to california. didn't really go to church a lot but had experiences. and then after high school went off to the marine corp. >> marine? >> yes. and went to ucla after that and heard the call to ministry. went to the seminary in berkeley. and received for two years at bethlehem in auburn, california. and that brought us to fairfield. >> and pam, you have been married for 15 years? >> 15 years. >> an

frederick douglas, langston hughes, ralph abernathy, thurgood marshall, and yes, dr.artin luther king jr. -- these men were many things to many people and they knew full well the role racism played in their lives. but when it came to their own accomplishments and sense of purpose, they had no time for excuses. every one of you have a grandma or uncle or parent who has told you that at some point in life as an african-american, you have to work twice as hard as anyone else if you want to get by. i think president mays put it even better. he said "whatever you do, try to do it so well that no man living in no man dead and no man yet to be born can do it any better. [applause] --romise you what was made what was needed in dr. mays time, the work, dedication and no excuses is needed now more than ever. getou think you can just over in this economy because you have a morehouse agree, you are in for a rude awakening very if you stay hungry, if you keep on your, if you keep grind and get other folks to do the same, nobody can stop you. [applause] i talk about pursuing excell

hughes element and also the announcement of the beginning of the birmingham campaign, a boycott of businesses that discriminated against african- american customers. it led to hundreds of arrests, including several arrests of drking himself moved to write a letter from a birmingham jail. in this next segment, you also hear dr. king read his letter in the context of the movement been underway. a response to a statement by a white alabama clergy entitled a call for unity, they called for the battle against racial aggregation to be fought solely in the courts are not in the streets. we start with james earl jones. >> i looked and i saw the man that call the law is coming now the street at me i envision him i had been laid out cold and dead, or else murdered by the third-degree i said, lord, if you can save me from that man don't let him make a pulp out of me but the lord, he was not quick andlaw raised up his stick beat the living hell out of me i do not understand why god don't protect a man from police brutality being poor and black i had no weapon to strike back so, who but the lord can protect me? we'll see. >> when i say don't be afraid, you know what i really mean. don't even be afraid to die. , that noto