dr. james cone. starting in the 1960's, he argued for racial justice and interpreted the christian gospel from the experience of the oppressed. he died saturday at age 79. bla liberatn tology emerd out ofhe civil rights and blk powerovements syolizing e life a works of martin luther king junior and malcolm x. amy: as the national lynching memorial opens in alabama, we'll also discuss reverend dr. cone's book "the cross and the lynching tree" in which he called the crucifixion of jesus a first century lynching. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. north korean leader kim jong-un has pledged to abandon his nuclear weapons if the united states agrees to formally end the korean war and promises not to invade north korea. this announcement comes after a historic meeting friday between kim jong-un and south korean leader moon jae-in at the demilitarized zone between the two countries. during the meeting, which was broadcast li