dr. martin huther king.t much of what king -- king has expressed is now just being discovered. this whole thing about the vietnam war. those letters from the jail. there's powerful stuff. and it goes far beyond -- beyond the civil rights movement, even though the civil right movement was important. peter and i and mary discovered fol the civil right movement -- we understood that -- it had evolved, speaking of evolvement into the human right movement because now -- we had concerns about with improper use of nuclear power. we had concerns about -- about the united states involvement in anything rag a el salvador. >> to your point, noel, about dr. king and the vietnam war, as you both well know, king causes demonized. >> oh, yeah. >> he would buy -- by his own community. >> he would get disinvited to the white house by l.b.j. everywhere in the country, the day after he gives the speech, he have they would come down on him. we recognize how right he was. >> because he said, this is what we have to carry in our

dr. king's iconic "i have a dream speech" emerges the stone of hope, and dr. king is leading the way.w young looks back on the journey with humility. >> we were doing what we felt god told us to do one day at a time, and we were having fun doing it. we were kids. and we did not have sense enough to be scared. >> 42 years later, what started as a movement is becoming a way of life, a beacon to the world. >> he said we as a people will get to the promised land. >> cynne simpson, abc 7 news. >> the martin luther king jr. memorial is said to be completed august 28 of next year, the anniversary of his iconic "i have a dream" speech. between now and then, the foundation has to raise $12 million to complete construction. >>> the national mall is getting ready for a makeover. this week, ken salazar signed off on a plan to restore america's front yard. it calls for a dedicated area for offense. it is also calls for new restrooms, a containment facility, and restaurants. it -- entertainment facilities, and restaurants. >>> a plan to sell liquor on sundays in montgomery county has small business

dr. king's death -- with the -- with the thought of jack kennedy's death in our minds. about the -- the stupidy and folly of violence in america. and interestingly enough, a movie last year about bobby or r.f.k., i forget the title of the movie now, it closes with the voiceover of bobby giving that speech about violence. >> martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. in this difficult day, in this divinget time for the united states, it is pressed well to ask what kind of a nation we are. what direction we want to move in. >> since you mentioned that speech and bobby -- bobby being torn apart of course by -- by the assassination of dr. king. you were there, so you know this. that bobby kennedy had to work his way toward being regarded in the civil rights community. for all we do to remember bobby as the great hero and he was in so many ways, if we're honest about this, he had a journey to take to become the compassionate person he was around those issues around black people in america. ye

"dr. king spoke. i sang. "we did what we had come to do. when i came back into the holding pen--" he called it, in the back, he said, "this man came up and tried to speak to me, "and he couldn't speak to me. "there was something he wanted to say, "but he could not speak, and he walked away. "and i was fascinated. "i wanted to know what he had been trying to tell me. "the next morning, i was in the hotel, and i was checking out--" i'm speaking as harry here, and he says, "and there was an envelope for me. "i took the envelope; it was very heavy. "i opened it up, and i poured out, "and there were six bullets in the envelope and a note, "and the note said, "i give you the bullets from my gun. "you and dr. king have shown me that violence is not the way. "i will try to find something more useful to do with my life." (paulson) wonderful story. it's a great story. (paulson) inspiring book. thank both of you for being here. the documentary is extraordinary, a lot of footage people have not seen for many years, and it tells the story about passion,

dr. king has extensively studied the brain.ays it's unlikely this kind of beep could bring a legitimate reaction. >> it can produce a state of relaxation and enjoyment. and as far as getting a state of euphoria high, that may be more related to the power of suggestion. >> reporter: king says i-dosing probably won't cause any more physical harm than simply listening to any music in your head phones but says it should sound alarms for parents because it may be a sign your kid is testing the waters for another kind of trip. >> they are hoping to get a certain effect and don'ts get it from this, that may push them to try something more dangerous. >> reporter: more dangerous than dosing on internet downloads, that may be more bunk than buzz. >> as far as real dangers from i-dosing dr. king says for a very small group of people this kind of music could trigger a seizure but it's unlikely. she says the bigger concern is this become aggregateway to actual drug use. keep an eye on what your kids are downloading and talk with your kids.

you talk about the fact that your father did not march with dr. king, although they were in birmingham. tell me more about that decision. >> my father did not, although people like my father, middle- class of birmingham, did many things in support of the civil- rights movement. both teachers, when the students when not in the streets to march, the birmingham school board wanted the teachers to turn over their names so i could keep them from graduating, and teachers falsified the names. our family also participated in the boycott of downtown birmingham stores and held food drives for families who are cut off by the public safety commission. but my father told my mother, at least, and i overheard him, he said, if somebody comes after me with a billy club, i will try to kill him. then my daughter will be an orphan. i simply cannot imagine my father meeting violence with nonviolence. it was not in his character. tavis: what did you take from that as a child? i ask against the backdrop of the fact there is a part in this book, fascinating for me, from you a

but looking at the conflict between those two men, of course, we know that dr. king believed people should be judged based on the content of their character, and he believed that education was an opportunity to level the playing field so we could view each other as americans, so we could solve our problems as americans. but you have to have that foundation and, again, i was so stunned, you know, doing the research for this book that malcolm x, again, accuses dr. king of acting as if he's white. again, it's that perpetuation and that cycle through history that now, here with the election of the first african-american president, that we need to stop and break the cycle that i believe is is doing more harm than good not just to our young people, but to our society that we still judge each other based on the color of our skin rather than the content of our character. >> host: well said. but then again there were questions when mr. obama was running for president from our community, the black community, asking is he black enough. >> guest: uh-huh. >> host: is that the sam

and again, i was so stunned doing the research for this book that malcolm x, and income accuses dr. king of acting as if he's white. again it's the perpetuation and the cycle through history that now here with the election of the first african president we need to stop and break the cycle that i believe is doing more harm than good, not just to the young people but our society that we still judge each other based on the court or skin rather than the content of character. >> host: but then again, there were questions when mr. obama was running for president from our community, the black community asking is he black enough? is that the same as asking acting white? >> guest: it is. i lived in suburban washington and get my hair cut in a very urban setting, and i think one of the great leading posts and community centers in the black community is the barbershop. i think i spend more time they're shooting the breeze than i do getting my hair cut. and i vividly remember when senator obama was seeking the nomination and they were saying he's not one of us, he is half white and he acts like he's

this is one of the volumes on dr. king.o be honest and spend a lot of time reading children's books. when i am in class firms often what happens is the teacher will -- the no, i will look at the program. that looks interesting. the teacher will say to the class, should we -- should we let mr. jonathan had his own copy of that? they give me a lot of these books. this is a wonderful one, by the way. a sixth grader gave me this book a little girl in the bronx. the giver. it is very reminiscent of orwell in 1984. actually it is more subtle. it is a beautiful book. actually, adults like this book as much as children do. i crashed out here and lie down. i will literally lie down. i test grab something in know, when i need strong nourishment that is not political of all and has nothing to do with all of the injustices we face, i would go through the anthology of poetry. i particularly like the elizabethan time. read john donne for a while or some sonics some shakespeare. autumn is my modern favorite, i would say. those three pot c

we'll get reaction to the monument from one of the man who knew dr. king't want to miss this tonight at 5:00. >>> plenty of people like making paper airplanes but no one has ever flown one 17 miles above the earth until now. a team of british scientist is celebrating the launch of a paper airplane into space. that paper glider was carried into orbit by a helium balloon. the balloon burst and the plane collided slow the territory that had a camera on top that the pictures at the paper plant re- entered the earth's atmosphere. it landed intact in the woods in spain cool, huh? we are celebrating the arrival of the adam caskey and his wife's baby. they are celebrating their beautiful daughter. >>> cute little baby. >> he says she is a featherweight. >> that is good. >>> are looking at a beautiful day and yesterday was nice and today is nice. it will be slightly warmer tomorrow and the weekend will be nearly perfect for november. >> thank you so much and bank you for joining us. >> thank you so much and bank you for joining us. hope you

. >> but are these kids just hooked on -- >> dr. king has extensively studied the grain and says it's unlikely this could bring a legitimate -- >> it could produce a state of relackation and -- relaxation and enjoying it. as far as getting a high, that may be more really suggestion. >> king says i don't think it probably will cause any more physical harm than simply listening to any music in your headphones but she says it should sound alarms for parents because it may be the sign your kid is testing the waters for another kind of trip. >> flay are loping to get a certain affect and they don't get it from eye dosing, maybe that would push them to try something more dangerous. >>> more dangerous than dosing on internet downloads that may be more bunk than buzz. >> and all right. and nice enough to come in and talk to us. >> we were watching this. why would anybody want to do this? it looks uncomfortable. putting a strange sound in your ears sounds weird. >> and it is the same reason anyone would want to get a state of euphoria. or a drug-

. >> popular -- >> went down to birmingham to support dr. king.arry belafonte, the jay-z of his day marched with doctor king. today i'd have to march with jay-z. >> let me pick up with the institutions. one the critiques is it is no longer independent, it's been co-opted. >> in my church new york city politician speaks on sunday morning. there's churches that fling their door open if the mayor is running or governor is running, that he gets center stage. in our church, if they don't stay for the whole service, i won't even call their name. >> we are in a position to independently decide what political positions we will take, what political arrangements we will have. to me that speaks to the independence of the african-american church. >> everybody speaks to the power of black preachers. >> i'm going to be a cynic for a minute. >> that's why we have the professor on the panel. >> what we have to be very clear about the way many churches function. they don't cultivate a kind of democratic space for every day ordinary folk to engage in the kinds of e

atlanta mayor who was a legendary figure in the civil right movement, led by his abiding friend, dr. king. his book is called "walk in my shoes." he joins us tonight from atlanta. mr. ambassador, an honor, sir, to have you back on the program. >> it's always good to be with you. tavis: let me start by asking what the motivation was for writing this particular book of these conversations with your godson? >> this is a kid that started talking with me when he was in second grade and we've been -- we're exactly 50 years apart. he's 28 and i'm 78. and he's been through dartmouth and london school economics. he's now a banker with j.p. morgan, but we've always been good friends. and he would call me with all of his problems and i just decided that this was a rare opportunity. for one thing, because he was in banking and i was having trouble understanding what was happening in the economy, i was learning from him. he was trying to get out of banking into politics at one point and i began to say that, you know, you're in banking. most of our political problems are economic. and we need some of o

we'll get reaction to the monument from one of the men who knew dr. king'cloc. >>> prince george's county police searching for the gunman who shot at an off-duty officer. they exchanged gunfire after the suspect tried to steal the officers wallets. he was taken to the hospital as a precaution after his jacket was hit with a bullet. >>> president obama paid tribute to soldiers who fought in south korea. >>> alaska elections officials are counting 90 to thousand write-in ballots. lisa murkowski quaintest a write-in campaign after losing their party's nomination to. the outcome of the race hinges on those ballots. >>> alarming details on metro safety. the report was ordered after an accident sent people to the hospital highlights maintenance. brianne carter is live the dupont circle metro station with details. >> this was conducted by an independent consultant group that identified a number of problems that metroaccess. -- has. one of three isleton of service at this station. metro is working on that. -- one of three escalators out of service. >> it is pireir

dr. king always said there's some evil in the best of us and some good in the worst of us. >> that's right. tavis: we're not human and divine, we're just human. you also saw the ways in those journals the way that your life positively impacted jamilla. so it wasn't all negative. >> no, no. the things that she taught, and many lessons that i gave her and how she interpreted it, i wthis write this down. ooh, she got that one. oh, i didn't see it that way. tavis: should we give her a book credit? >> yeah, you know, the silent writer, if you will. so, no, it wasn't all bad. it was healing. you know, we can call it whatever we want to call it, but i'm sitting here today, as the old folks would say, with the blood running warm in my veins clothed in my right mind because all things were working together for my good. i couldn't have continued the way that i did. i don't know why it cost me my daughter and my husband and my house, but who am i? what do i know? tavis: you just quoted a biblical scriptu

(jason) dr. king worked at galaxy i.t.rch engine, a new type of search engine. so i want to know what got him interested in programming and what got him interested in actually coming to fresno. when you were younger, say about our age-- did you always have confidence that this was what you were going to do? i invented this software and i'm not a software developer. so i have achievements which give me confidence that i can do things. the people who are successful in life are not necessarily the cleverest students, it's the most determined. if you're thinking in terms of a particular career, my suggestion would be don't. one must be flexible. look for opportunities everywhere. you know that there are problems, but you can overcome them. (lea) what i was doing was just going to a school, me going to college, i didn't have any idea of doing anything else. he really blew my mind. he gave us like a bunch of insight of how to look at the world differently. it was a lot more than i thought. (mariana) we're entering the last week

dr. martin the king junior to international prominence and launching a movement that would ultimately change the world. rosa parks carried her story back to montgomery where she and sees those militant activists organized national and international protest for equal justice for mrs. recy taylor. they call it the strongest campaign for equal justice to be seen in a decade. but when the coalition first took root, that would later become the montgomery improvement association, dr. king was still in high school. in 1955 the montgomery bus boycott was in many ways the last act of a decade-long struggle to protect african-american women like recy taylor from sexualized violence and rape. in fact, the kidnapping and rape of recy taylor was not unusual in the segregated south. from slavery to the better part of the 20th century, white men abducted and assaulted black women with alarming regularity, and often. they look black women and girls away from work with promises of steady pay and better wages. they attacked him on the job, they objected them at gunpoint while traveling to and from home, work,

i met dr. king at a very young age. i first met rosa parks in 1957 when i was 17. i met dr. s 18 and i got involved in the civil rights movement and i have been involved now for more than 50 years. we organized a committee in the spring of 1960. during a sit in, we would be sitting in at lunch counters here in atlanta and all across the south, black people and white people were going to sit down together at a lunch counter in a department store, in a wolworth's store and get a hamburger or hot dog together and we had to change that. i saw signs white women, colored women, white men, colored men. when i asked my grandparents they said, didn't ask questions, just don't do it. when i met rosa parks and mr. king, i got in trouble and i've been getting in trouble ever since. >>> what matters, brought to you by red lobster, enjoy your favorite steak and seafood combination only during a surf and turf event at red lobster. paired with our eight-ounce wood-grilled sirloin... tender snow crab legs and sirloin... or new chardonnay grilled shrimp and sirloin... all with salad and unlimi

this reached the culmination september 1963 after a violent summer of marches marches, dr. king had realized there were not getting the response they wanted so they had a children's march where they went right into the teeth of the henchmen but september september 1963 we had just gotten to church and again a loud thud. everybody assumed it was in our community but it was 2 miles away and pretty soon the phone tree started and said there was a bomb at 16th street baptist church but then later said four little girls had been killed in the basement getting ready for sunday's go. eight -- sunday school. then they said the names and little denise mcnair whom i had known from kindergarten, there is a picture of my father giving her her kindergarten graduation certificate and these four little girls were killed. i remember at the time that people must have a lot of hatred two keogh four little girls and being quite right and my dad sat on the porch that whole evening in the september heat with a shotgun on his lap and the next day they organized a neighborhood watch and they would pat

. >> guest: but looking at that conflict we know where dec -- dr. king came from the people should be based on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin so we could solve our problems as americans i was so stunned and doing research for the book that malcolm x again acting as if he is a way to that perpetuation that here with the election of the first african american president we have to break the cycle but i believe does more harm than good much as two hour young people the society that we still judge each other on the color of our skin rather than the content of our character. >> host: when mr. obama was running for president the black community said is the black enough is at the same s acting white? >> guest: it is private and suburban washington and i get money haircut in a very urban setting one of the great community centers is a barber shop and i spent more time they're shooting the breeze been getting my hair cut i vividly remember when senator obama took the nomination they said he is not one of the sea is half white th

imams are really important and what happened in my case when i look at my life it's the image of dr. kinghe two kennedy brothers. that image was sold on throw rugs and candlestick holders and all across the country in the community. and it's located in most black homes, in most problems in the home and the last supper. so john and robert kennedy became my first cousins, but they were not supporters in the chapters of the civil rights movement if you go back and read history and so powerful-- >> you wrote a book, narrative life of fredericking douglas and fascinating because you take parallels between the issues of slavery that douglas kwas so articulate about and talked about political slavery. what do people say and how do they react when you explain to them what it is to be a frederick douglas republican? >> well, i found out whether you vote the name of a beloved family member like frederick douglas not just in terms of the black community, but in terms of being an american icon, it gets their attention and piques interest and when i say it as an african-american, that's my ethnicity.

important and what happened was, in my case when i look at my liefshgs life it is this image of dr. kingthrow rugs, candlestick holders, across the country and the black community and, it is located in most black homes in most prominent in them to and makes it a family photo and the bible and the last supper and john and robert kennedy became my first cousins through the image but they were not champions of the civil rights movement, when you look at history and the image is powerful and destructive. it led to my brain washing. >> mike: you wrote, companion guide for the life of frederick douglas and you parallel the issue of slavely he was articulate about and talk about political slavery. what do you explain to them when you say you are' frederick dougla douglass. >> when you invoke his name, in terms of being an american icon you get their attention. it piques interest and you get' chance to engage and it is powerful when i say as a black american, that is my ethnicity and when someone not a black american says they are a frederick douglass republican it gives them a chance to engage.

dr. patricia king is talking about i-dosing.ew fad that has kids downloading music made from droning noises. >> i-dosing is designed to work through sound tracks that are engineering to have slightly different frequencies between the right and the left ear. >> reporter: you'll find clips on youtube with kids turning up the volume to get the digital high, claiming they can feel the same rush as taking marijuana. 30 minutes of pure euphoria says one listener. it's unlikely this kind of beat could bring a legitimate reaction. >> it could produce a state of relaxation and enjoyment. as far as getting high, that's a power of suggestion. >> reporter: she says i-dosing should sound alarms for parents because it may be a sign your kid is testing the waters for another kind of trip. >> they're hoping to get a certain effect and don't get it from i-dosing, it may push them to try something more dangerous. >> reporter: more dangerous than dosing on internet downloads that may be more bunk than buzz. >> as for real dangers from i-dosing, fo

dr. king had realized that they were not getting the response that they wanted, and so then it was the children's march in may of 1963 where these children had been sent right into the teeth of o'connor's henchmen, but on september 1963, september 15, we had just gotten to church, at my father's church, and there was, again, a loud thud, and everybody assumed it was in our community, but it had been two miles away, and pretty soon the phone calls started, and they said they are bombing 16th street baptist church and then they said four little girls had been killed in the basement getting ready for sundays school, and a few little while later they said the main, suddenly we realized little denise mcnair whom i had known, there's a picture in the book of my father giving her her kindle gar tenser tiff cat, and these girls were killed. i was thinking that people must have a lot of hatred to kill four little girls, and i was frightened. my dad sat on the porch that evening with a shotgun on his la

when the coalition first took root the would later become the montgomery improvement association, dr. king was still in high school. the 1955 montgomery bus boycott heralded as the opening scene of the civil-rights drama in many ways was the last act on the decade-long struggle to protect african american women like recy taylor from sexualize the violence and rape. in fact, the kidnapping and rape of wayne recy taylor isn't unusn the south. from slavery to the better part of the 20th century, white men abducted and assaulted a black women with alarming regularity and often and unity. the women and girls were away from work with promises of steady pay and better wages. they have them at gunpoint while traveling to or from home, work or church and sexually humiliating, harassed and assaulted them on buses and theaters and other places of public space. this is a pattern throughout the south during the 1940's and the 1950's and underscores the limits of southern justice. but black women did not keep their stories secret. the week in their humanity by testifying about these brutal assaults and

dr. king had realized that they weren't getting the response that they wanted, and so there was something called the children's march in may of 1963 where these children had been sent right into the teeth of the henchmen. but on september 1963, september 15, 1963, we had just gotten to church at my father's church. and it was again a loud thud. and everybody assumed it was in our community, but it'd been two miles away. and pretty soon, the phone calls over the phone tree star and they said there had been a bomb at the 16th baptist church for a little while later they said that for little girls had been killed in the basement getting ready for sunday school. and if you, a little while later they said the names it instantly we realize that little denise mcnair, with whom i had known from kindergarten, there's a picture in the book of my father giving denise mcnair her kindergarten graduation certificate. before little girls had been killed by these terrorists. and i remember at the time thinkin

dr. kinghad realized that they weren't getting the response that they wanted so there had been something called the children's march and may of 1953 where these children had really bent sand right into the teeth of paul connor's enhancement. on september 1963, september 151963 we had just gotten to church at my father's church and there was again a loud thud. everybody assumed it was in our community but it had been 2 miles away and pretty soon the phonecalls started, the phone tree started and they said there had been made on at 16th street baptist church. a little while later they said for little girls have been killed in the basement getting ready for sunday school. and a few -- a little while later they said the names. suddenly we realized that little denise mcnair, with whom i had known from kindergarten, there is a picture in the book of my father giving denise mcnair her kindergarten graduation certificate. these four little girls have been killed by these terrorists. and i remember at

and often times people who we associate with nonviolence like dr. king, you know, he often had armed body guards surrounding his home. glenn smiley from the, i think it's fellowship of reck sill craig, went to -- reconciliation, went to visit king in the early days before he had decided on being ghandian, and he wrote back and said, this place is an arsenal, you know? he had so many guns around the house, and they convinced him not to use guns anymore. so it's a mess, i think. other questions? >> thank you very much for coming today. please give our speaker a round of applause. >> thank you for coming. thank you. [applause] >> daniel mcyear -- danielle mcguire is an assistant professor at wayne state university. visit at the dark end of the street.com. >> seth stern and steven wermiel recount the career of supreme court justice william brennan. utilizing documents which will not be released until 2017, the authors detailed the negotiations and debates that occurred on the high court during brennan's tenure. they discussed the book at politics and prose b

archer making this program is to india of century ago dr. kingalled gandhi's philosophy the only logical and moral approach and the struggle for justice and progress. (applause) so we were honored to visit the residence that they stayed. and we were humbled to pay our respects. i am mindful that i might not be sitting before you today as president of the united states if it had not been for the message that on the shared an expireand inspired. (applause) >a fundamental faith in human progress this is a sturdy foundation upon which to build when the tricolor was raised despite the skepticism is said his country was to court to rest instead of slipping into serrations you launch a revolution as a becoming dependent you invested in science and technology your area's resources the indian people. and the world sees the results of the supercomputer's you go out to the indian flag from a month. as the resisting the global economy you became one of its engines. reforming the license mirage, unlacing payroll but as listed tens of millions of people from p