dr. martin luther king look like an arrogant twit. he was anything but that. he was far too profound a man for that four-letter word to apply." or as she'll one day be paraphrased, dr. martin luther king, an ar gantd twit, he was a four-letter word. so everybody, everybody please just calm down. this is a memorial. it's about how we remember dr. king, no matter what he may have actually said. i know my personal favorite dr. king quote has always been, "who you going to call, ghostbusters." if anything, if anything, folks, memorial architect ed jackson still left the quote a little too long. i say trim the fat down to, "i was a drum major." you can even add one of those fancy hats. hey, hey, he did lead a march. we'll be right back. [cheering and applause] >> thank. welcome back, everybody. nation, before our august break, i was trying to get to the bottom of the huge scandal rocking the republican race for president. and i'm not talking about the rumor that candidate thaddeus mccotter's real name is cotter mcthaddeus. new york i'm talking about iowa's parry-wit

it's reported hoover didn't like dr. king.hat's a matter of historical fact, and was taping him, wire taping him because he fell the doctor was a communist, an agitator and on and on. this is j edgar hoover. what he got off the tapes, some was embarrassing to dr. king s that a historical fact? >> that is a historical fact. bobby kennedy, who was the attorney general at the time, and john kennedy, were anti-communists. >> on the tapes was some personal stuff that dr. king was talking about as far as miss stresses were concerned, right? >> well, we don't know because we haven't actually heard -- we are hearing what mrs. kennedy said she was told, and we aren't even sure which brother told her. the tapes themselves, the fbi take place, won't be revealed for another ten or fifteen years. >> it was something to do with. >> perhaps arranging a party at a hotel or something. >> perhaps with women. because we know that because of the jackie kennedy take place. something to to with women. >> and we know that's part of the dr. martin lu

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. and now the reverend dr. martin luther king jr.'s image will join president abraham lincoln in perpetuity on our national mall. and while we have memorials to great leaders on 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 walked among us. the 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 prophesy made real in our time, his message of justice for all, his message that the american dream is for all of us, each and every one of us, and his absolute conviction that the american dream begins with a good job and the right to vote. see, i believe that we need to carry his dream forward, and the dream of the

dr. martin luther king, jr.elivered the famed "iavea eech at the lincoln memorial. 48 years later the official dedication of the new martin luerngjr. memorial. it will be the first major monument of a non-president on washington's national mall. e fo to create the memorial was 15 years in the making and will cost some $120 million in private donations. >> the memorial to dr. king is the first on our mall to celebrated a man of color, hope, anpeace. d you can see this location is powerful. >> the "i have a dream" speech was delivered almost 45 years ago, before america elected its first black president, barack obama. >> been a long time coming. but tonight, because of what did on this date in this election at this defining moment, change has come to america. >> but some believe that racial equality still has yet to flower in the u.s. item, unemployment. white americans, 8.1%. black americans, 16.2%. item, netted wealth. white americans, $113,000. black americans, $5700. item, incarceration. of the 73% of white am

there was a moment when dr. king and harry belafonte were with the swedish king. they said they could raise money for the movement there. the swedes were generous in raising money and everything else. the spirit of what was happening there was extraordinary. so you take this kind of understanding of the movement and get another picture of what was happening in the movement. this was in the archives. in the archives. some of this had been shown one time. tavis: i just have one minute to go. i love this project. it had been buried for years. how did you get it? >> what happened, they came to us. the director, goran olsson, came to us. and there was my partner who said, "danny, you have got to see this stuff." june 2009. i was shooting a swedish movie there. we sat down and talk for hours about this material. the first thing, i said you had to put this in some sort of context. talking about my maturation as a man. involved at a strike at san francisco state that lasted five months that resulted in the african studies program. voices liked stokely and angela. i worked

dr. martin luther king jr. is up already. it's being criticized. erican author. dr. angelou is saying the quote on the side is making dr. king look like an arrogant twit. the quote says, "i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." this was taken from a sermon he gave at ebeneezer baptist here in atlanta. he did it two months before his assassination where he was suggesting a eulogy upon his death. let me tell you what he actually said. take a look. you can read it on the screen and listen to this. >> yes, if you want to say that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say that i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness. >> that's my favorite mlk writing. every time you hear it, it gives you chills. dr. angelou wants the indescription changed. i spoke with her about the quote and why it is so important that it should be changed. >> it is said that speech is the mirror of a man's soul. and certainly it was for martin luther king. each word he spoke was chosen carefully. you can read back long

dr. king's vision for just a america and our current reality. and before i get started, i wanted to also acknowledge we have a very important elected official you with us today from los angeles, california, county board of supervisors for the second district, mark ridley thomas was in front with us here today. [applause] who i think was on his electronic devise just because he is an avid tweeter, and is probably tweeting right now, in fact. so thanks for being with us here today. nearly half a century later, how close that we come to realizing the dream that dr. king had for our country? has america fulfilled its promise of equality and justice for all citizens? dr. king worked, fought, and gave his life so that all people would be afforded these rights are basic rights. so we have to ask ourselves, what can we do, week, everyone in this room and who is watching, what can we do to assure that dr. king's struggle was not in vain? that the quality and justice are not afforded only to the rich an

tavis: dr. king once used the phrase, describing the kind of work to do and the kind of work i tried to do it and others around this country, he called this work of vocation of agony. a location of egg and . which leads me to ask, whether or not you love or hate michael moore, one ought not to be subject to that kind of hatred how had he stayed committed to your cause? how you stay in touch with the humanity of other people when one is subjected to that kind of response to your work? >> that is a good question. the last time i was on your show, i alluded to the fact that i did not know whether i should continue to do this, because i did not know whether it was worth it to put myself and my family through this sort of attack. and i don't mean just the attack of the debate, i am literally talking about physical attacks. and i think where i met right now is that we all have to do our part. i'll make sure that i will never use that kind of language when i talk about the people i disagree with. i have nev

when dr. king died in memphis on a labor marseilling it was a civil rights issue.rday national action, there was a group i lead, joined the naacp and urban league and leading labor groups. cwa, aft, weingard. we need labor and civil rights come togethering that weekend since it is the spirit of dr. king to talk about the jobs bill left before the congress now and to say that as dr. king fought merging the two groups, we are going to march that day to say we need to deal with the unemployment, that is record proportions in our country. >> more than half of respondents say that the president's plan is not going to help bring down unemployment. what does the president need to do to better get his message out? do you think that today's interviews he is doing in key states are going to do the trick for him? is there a lot more work ahead? >> i think that the beginning is some of what he's -- going to do going you a round the country. the fact is that when we look at the economists that -- i think that bloomberg news interviewed, and they said that it would actually chan

dr. kinga just america and our current reality, and before i get started, i wanted to acknowledge we have an important elected official with us today here from los angeles, california. county board of supervisor from the second district, mard ridley thomas who is in front here with us today. [applause] who i think was on his electronic device just now beast he's an avid tweeter and is probably tweeting right now as a matter of fact. thanks for being here today. near a half century later, how close have we cock to realizing the -- how close have we come to realizing the dream? have we fulfilled the equality and justice for all citizens? dr. king worked, fought, and gave his life so that all people would be afforded these rights, basic rights. we have to ask ourselves what can we do, we, everyone in this room and who is watching, what can we do to ensure that doctor king's struggle was not in vain? that equality and justice aren't afforded only to the rich and the powerful, but to all people. to

dr. martin luther king. but the silver line anything that hurricane -- lining in that hurricane is that the delay appropriately extends our focus on dr. king's civil rights legacy and the work of those who since him have strived to make all god's children truly free at last. well, dr. anthony bradley is one of those freedom seekers. as the title of his new book conveys, "black and tired," he's not satisfied with the progress to date. although for reasons you may not often hear about. as the essays in this book show with titles like devaluing the family, hip-hop's delusional god talk and green booze led, anthony bradley is a scholar with wide-ranging interests. his academic pedigree shows that as well. his undergraduate degree from clemson is in science, and his master's and doctorate from westminster seminary are in theology. today he teaches at the king's college, a christian liberal arts school in new york city. anthony's first book was "liberating black theology: the bible and the black experience in amer

telling bobby kennedy that dr. kingps making crude comments about jackie kennedy, kissing her husband's coffin on the day of jack's funeral. the tapes were supposed to be locked in a vault for a is enry but caroline decided to release them now all eight and a half hours uncensored. she also explained it isn't surprising her mother would have at the time made some statements she might have changed later. as caroline told "parade" when she first read the transcript they reminded her what made historical figures human is what made them more interesting and what made this oral history is what made a different jacqueline kennedy not the long familiar public figure whose whispery figure guided us through the white house. >> it seemed such a shame to find anything of the past in the white house. >> i am the man who accompanied jacqueline kennedy to paris. and i've enjoyed it. >> reporter: this jacqueline kennedy is far more complex with a keen eye for the characters around her husband, and a feel for diplomacy and politics. >>

[applause] dr. king said before we reach the majestic shores of the promised land.re is a frustrating and bewildering wilderness ahead. we must steal faith's hilltops in opposition and gigantic top but with firm determination, we will press on. [applause] so i don't know about you, c.b.c., but the future rewards those who press on. with patience and firm determination, i'm going to press on for jobs. i'm going to press on for equality. i'm going to press on for the sake of our children. i'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don't have time to feel sorry for myself. i don't have time to complain. i'm going to press on. [applause] i expect all of you to march with me and press on! [cheers and applause] take off your bedroom slippers. put on your marching shoes. shake it off. stop complaining. stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. we've got work to do. [applause] c.b.c., god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> this weekend in charlotte, north carolina, with

at that point, i had a memphis accent when dr. king was brutally assassinated. i remember going with my mother as part of our jewish organization and synagogue, and we went into underserved parts of memphis, tennessee and delivered fresh fruits and vegetables. this was 1968 and 1969. and it is about time in this country, and it is about time that we have leaders like fresh & easy, but it is also about time that communities like bay view and the city, mr. mayor -- thank you. david, thank you. sophie, for your leadership, thank you. it is time that bayview gets recognized for seizing what we have all known, and that is that communities come together when we do things like this to make sure that it's not just us, but our children and grandchildren can now not have to walk, not get on buses, not have to struggle and not have to start to get access to fresh fruits and vegetables. so i want to say congratulations to all of you. i hope you'll think ahead in the future, as i think all of us are doing. i cannot help this morning but thinking back to being a 6-year- old a

as martin luther king, jr., eloquently said -- and i was honored last week in washington -- dr. king said this -- in 1900 and 67 -- if america has organized through public policy and legislation to do bad things against the negro, america had better organized, politicized, and utilize its energies to do good things for and with the negro. that was martin luther king, jr., and he spoke as a profit, and i speak today out of our prophetic tradition to say i am sick and tired of promises being made, to folks who look like me, and after the day is over, we get the short end of the state, and we end up being, as "usa today" said the only major city in america that has lost african-american population. i am going to stir it up. stir it up. stirred up. [applause] >> i cannot think of a better closing. [laughter] thank you all. there will be press availability of here. thank you again. on one of work. thank you. -- onward and upward. thank you. >> before i take a roll, please turn off your cell phone, pagers, electronic devices. will call. -- roll call. [roll call] commissioners, the first it

hawkins dated april 2nd, 1968 explaining dr. king would not be able to attend a scheduled meeting here in charlotte on april 4th because of the situation in memphis was the striking sanitation workers, poignant in part because it would be dr. king would never made it. he was assassinated the very day that he was to be here in charlotte. .. >> host: how is it you were living next to czar ray palin when you were researching your book? >> guest: i got very, very lucky, peter. i was in alaska in 2010, looking for a place to live because i knew i was going to be out there for a few months, and i wanted to live in wasilla because in that point in my research, about 80% of the people i needed to talk to were in or near wasilla, but i couldn't find anything there, so an hour and 20 minutes away in anchorage, much bigger city, i found an apartment, and a little mother-in-law partner rented by a schoolteacher, and i was going to go over there at six o'clock that night to sign a four-month lease for that apartment, and at three o'clock that aft

edgar hoover was trying to incite divisions between the kennedys and dr. king saying he was overheard on wiretaps making crude comments about jackie kennedy kissing her husband's casket on the day of the funeral. and she talks about politics. >> in politics, things do change quickly. jack would never -- he would often say that. never get in anything so deep that you have lost all chance of conciliation. >> reporter: the book's most poignant moments are about family. a 3-year-old john, jr., is asked what happened to your father. he answers, he's gone to heaven. and jackie, at the height of the cuban missile crisis, described pleading with her husband not to evacuate the family to camp david, telling him she wants to die with him rather than live without him. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> when we come back, we'll remember two names from hollywood tonight. >>> on the campaign trail the republicans debating tonight in florida, cosponsored by the tea party express. and there were some big endorsements today. tim pawlenty, no longer a candidate, went for

at his memorial site and should be asked what do you think dr. king would say to you right now? i was angry when saw the footage of young blacks robbing convenience stores across america and brought to tears. n we all need to take a closer look and those like the one shed light the public-service announcements about pollution in i am old enough to remember those. shedding tears after seeing that in america and ended with the tagline people started it people can stop it if he was alive today hehat may proclaim to the flash mobs that people start them and people can stop them. his dream was realized byee many african americans to take fullth advantage of the opportunities made available f through the quest for justice. would. >> host: ever envision after his "i have a dream" speech not as mean and sort kitchen staff but as a first family? but years after the civil rights struggle, we have young black people ransacking stores in groups.k every time a flash mobs lutes it robs king of his dream all over america philadelphia in chicago washingtonpe d.c., young people contribute to the

we met with dr. king. he came to our church. he was beaten. you could see that on television every night where the ministers were beaten trying to get people to vote down in new orleans and baton rouge. when i came down here, the same thing was going on. we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at san francisco state. after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my profess

dr. king's death.her witnessed many great struggles to achieve civil rights in this country. and had a great need for more latinos on capitol hill and in the public policy area. when i first took office in 1999, chci served by 50 fellows and interns to go along with its educational clean house. 10 years later, chci provides direct services to more than 1300 students annually. [applause] plus we reach more than 1 billion young people and parents for online education services and social media platforms. this is an amazing growth. the chci founders and my dad would be extremely proud. now, let's take a moment to honor them and their vision. so in addition to my father, they would include congressman edward r. roy bark from california, lucille's bed. [applause] >> the wonderful -- [applause] from puerto rico. [applause] from the great state of new york. [applause] and our dear friend who will be among us throughout the conference unsure, and that is chci second chair, former congressman bob garcia of new y

in michigan.o stan caller: i was 22 years old when dr. king speaking, and many people did not realize that martin luther king was not popular among the general public. i heard dr. king speak and he started a thing saying that i am a believer, i am a believer in god. that was the essence of his speech, that he felt that god was on the side of the -- the -- his efforts that he was leading. and he was felt he knew what the end result would be. guest: there is an important clarification that needs to be made. it is actually on these tapes as well. jackie kennedy says without any actual direct reference to dr. king, she has a few choice words, let's leave it that way, for some of the segregationist's who stood in te way of the supreme court order desegregating, for example, the public schools and universities in the south. no, -- you know, she speaks with a lot of conviction there. and it is a little snippet. i would also say this, whatever -- whether people of martin luther king are do not love one another king, he is a central and important and m

prosecuted impunity in this case is a very bad signal if you think there's a connection between arms sales dr king and smuggling and she quickly. well. i think yes we have read legacies and reports and of course because these are a big money as you said and. very valuable things and as long as there is such an interest in that that there might be every yes what do you think is the money from sales use for it really used to finance new wars for instance yes i mean like all the if you go out there smuggling it's corruption. of course it's also a conflict it's it's horse it's all different kinds of illegal activity yes but what is most important is the. it's the price hole countries of the harry think it deprives people of for their i tend to keep it after all day they are all from their identity need i would say a long term perspective on the feelings and culture in these countries you can throw away you can go on the tracks you can throw away weapons somewhere but you can't return and walk is the last thing parents that have carried gets enough culture you can then find to stop security by somethin

security impunity in this case is a very bad signal to think there's a connection between arms sales dr king and smuggling and secret is well. i think yes we have read their lisey's and reports and of course because these are big money as you said and. very valuable things and as long as there is such an interest in bets that there might be only yes what do you think is the money from sales use for it clearly used to finance new wars for instance yes i mean like all the go out there smuggling it's corruption. of course it's also conflicts it's it's horse it's all different kinds of illegal activity yes but what is most important is the. deprives whole countries of the hairy think if the price people have for their identity. after all they have robbed from their identity need i would say a long term perspective on the feelings and culture in these concerts you can throw away you can buy the tracks you can throw away right but it's somewhere which you can't. and he's lost in terms that i've carried to enough culture you can. find to substitute if you buy something for these countries thank you

i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness badly paraphrases dr. king. >>> we'll have details about how an armed man is facing off with police. >> a beautiful labor day weekend at china champ state park. the last one at the park and 69 others across the state. the push to keep the parks open >>> some developing news right now. a stand off is underway right now between several police departments and an armed man who has now barracaded himself inside an apartment. police tell us they responded to a domestic violence call between a man and a woman at about 7:15 this evening when the man rushed back inside and armed himself. now the woman and three children were able to get out of the home safely. police have asked people in the neighborhood to stay inside while negotiators work to end the stand off. dominique strauss-kahn has apparently left the u.s. on a flight bound for paris. the former director of the international monetary fund was mobbed by photographers at the airport and he and his wife headed for the air france terminal. he was cleared after rape

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taken here and it's showing the same footage and different stations and different backgrounds believe dr king so there are some very strange things that are going on right now an example of such manipulation is the key supposed to be refugees in the coastal city of latakia the stadium in the dock in the center of the controversy when according to various reports anywhere from several hundred to several thousand people were gathered here most of those people were palestinian refugees who came from the palestinian refugee camp in the sunni quarter of latakia now according to the opposition forces and to some of the palestinians when they got to the stadium their i.d.'s were taken away their cell phones were also taken away and they really prepared for the worst because you have to realize that herding large numbers of people into stadiums carries them would alba very macabre macabre association especially in this particular region so the ankle state has developed sort of a practice of hurting people in stadiums and then and then committing mass executions we went to the part of the city which s

what dr. kingant to say this, not -- he would never put himself up by saying i wasn't a drum major for justice. >> angelou recognizes it may be too late to change the wording, but feels compelled to speak out. the planners said they cut the quote because they wanted a succinct instripcription for th stone of hope. >> worry when we deal with architecture, the palette that we placed the words on in comparison to the inscription wall, there were physical limitations. >> other questions have been raised like why a memorial like this was made not in the united states, but in china using granite from china and carved by a chinese sculptor. >> people are making a lot of -- mentioning a lot that this was made in china and designed by a chinese sculptor. >> from the out set this project was viewed as an international project. he was an international hero. >> the architect makes no apologies, pleased with the result and the quote carved in stone will remain that way. >> we contacted the king family to see if

dr. king possible vision for a just america and our current reality. before it started, we have a very important elected official with us here today from los angeles, california, the county board of supervisors, the second district, who has been sitting with us here today. [applause] who i think was on his electronic device just now because he is an avid re ttweeter. nearly half a century later, how close have become to realizing the dream that dr. king had for our country? has america fulfilled its promise of equality and justice for all citizens? dr. king worked, thought, and gave his life so that all people would be afforded these rights, basic rights. we have to ask ourselves -- why can we, we've, everyone in this room, what can we do to make sure that dr. king's struggle was not in vain, that equality and justice are not accorded only to the rich and the powerful, but to all people? today we know that our communities are facing difficult economic, political, and social challenges, in the

dr. king was truly humble. he was a man of god.od's hands and said the best he could say about the human being. and so i think that when a people have been denigrated and historically made less than human by the powers that obtained, it is important for them to have a hero who is not tarnished by ego tichl or self-gran diesment. he really was who he said he was, which was a man of god. and a man of peace. everything he said, every speech, every action, whether it was going to jail, whether it was being bombed -- having his home firebombed. everything he said was having peace, not just for blacks but for white and asians and spanish speaking. it is important that we know the man. >> so from what i understand, this is because it was originally supposed to be on the other side of the monument where they had more room and then they wanted to move the inscription so they shortened it in order to fit it. do you think that it should be recarved or possibly moved or do you think it's too late? >> if it could be, that would be wonderful. i

the most poignant telegrams, the original is on display is a telegram stating april 2nd explaining dr. king would not be able to attend a scheduled meeting april april 4th because of the situation in meant this with striking sanitation workers and poignant in part because he would never make it and assassinated the day he was to be here in charlotte >> i want to start talking about why i wrote the book and what i hope to accomplish. i wrote the book because our party is at a crossroads. there is a division and going forward i truly believe we have to unite friday extend it on one of my fox interviews today floor karl rove and by 82 kiss and make up. i do talk a lot about the cronyism of specially the republican party in delaware that those leaders have been ousted. but i bring that up because not to perpetuate or to fan the flames, but to put it to rest to say if that crony grow root would embrace the principles of the grass-roots crowd that our country was founded on, we will be a power house if we can unite. i detail some of those things my a campaign has endured and what i went there as

became a dreamer like dr. kingaw children in omaha black community in need of hope and motivation. so she embarked on a dream to make a difference in the life of every child. >> so many of the children, they just don't feel they have anybody to help them. they don't have -- what do we call it? the encouragement from the parents, the individuals that they live with. some of if children come from broken homes. we just want to help them in any way they can, to see a need and try to fulfill the needs. >> kelly: they began to blaze a trail for children. she started with a single purpose to build the academy on the concept that gbt means growing and building together. everyone helping each other to build a better future. >> i just marvel at how some of the children blossomed, how they learned to dance when they say i can't do that. i would love to do that. we encourage them, yes you can. you can do anything that you set your heart to do. we're not just a performance academy. we're an educational academy. by that, anythin

dr. king once said, "before we reach the majestic shores of the promise land, there is a frustrating and bewildering wilderness ahead. we must still face prodigious hill tops of opposition and gigantic mountains of resistance, but with patient and firm determination, we will press on." so i don't know about you, cbc, but the future rewards those who press on. with patient and firm determination, i'm going to press on for jobs. i'm going to press on for equality. i'm going to press on for the sake of our children. i'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don't have time to feel sorry for myself. i don't have time to complain. i'm going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and press on. take off your bedroom slippers. put on your marching shoes. shake it off. stop complaining. stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. we've got work to do. cbc, god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. >> now, with those p

dr. king went to the pulpit of his church and made it very clear where he was standing, because of the democrats -- >> let's get a shot here. 30 seconds. you can make your case. why are democrats -- why are most african-americans wrong to vote 90% democrat? >> well, because you're not leveraging the one asset that matters most to the political class. and that is your vote. if i give all my votes to one individual, at some point she will stop listening to me. if you pay no attention to my vote and i have no incentive to pay attention to you, guess what? i'm sitting out here -- >> and voting strategically. even though you don't agree with republicans, give them a little once in a while so they'll play ball with you. >> but make them come to the issues as you see them that's ultimately what elections are about. you're going to go fight for my issue. >> where should they go first? republicans go to your community first or -- >> listen, my first day on the job as chairman, i went to harlem if peopl

many equated it to the new version of the i have a dream speech with dr. king. we are talking about the time he was in philadelphia addressing the issue of his former pastor, jeremiah wright. talk to me about why you felt -- we see many people in your book, you know, critiquing this. what did you feel personally about the speech? >> guest: i felt a couple of ways about the speech. number one, i thought it was a brilliantly executed political intervention. the primary purpose of which was to tampa and on the uproar about his longstanding relationship with the pastor jeremiah wright. jeremiah wright for a couple of weeks was featured on cable television, mainly sitting very inflammatory things, incendiary things about the united states. >> host: but you have to remember this preacher was very well known in the religious community as well. he had a name beyond being the pastor of barack obama. >> guest: he was a very distinguished pastor. very well known, certainly in the black communities. in chicago and outside of chicago very well known and very well respected.

if you look at the leadership institution that came out of the civil rights institutions like dr. kingthern christian leadership conference rooted in the church or the religious organizing or organizing by ministers. the future seems to be shaded of to be less of a factor and being moved by more straight political organizing as opposed to movement organizing around the themes of christianity. the caller made an interesting observation about racism being more underground now than it was in the past. i think we are seeing several things happen. the very fact the we are opposed racist, no one can openly say racist thing and expect to receive society's sanction means people who have those feelings feel they have to be underground in some way or at least once to be part of delight and civilized society they have to demonstrate those beliefs another way. at the same time we're seeing that, we're seeing a real hero and of racism and you see that particularly among younger groups. particularly among young groups. whether it is inverse relationship to whether it is blacks equal to whites and qu

dr. king's legacy. the hoover tapes will not be released for years. then we just have speculation. not going to get into that too heavily. >> bill: not if you had the highest rate -- rated program in cable. your mom would let you out to do the show. signed copy of pinheads and patriots in paperback, coming to you. that's a good letter. >> bill: it is easy joe. eat right, exercise and have a skilled make-up artist following you around all day. >> bill: stay safe over there tim. >> bill: of course it will be in the library. but i'm going to send you an advanced sign copy. because every american adult and kid should read "killing lincoln." let me know if you like it. >> finally pinheads and patriots. charlie sheen roasted on comedy central. >> i was going to the worst place in the world, cable. channel 745, i think. i don't know what channel it is. they were going to give me a roast for this and i never even watched their [ bleep ] channel. >> charlie, get inside and watch your face, it is past your bedtime. >> dad! >> now! >> i thought you said this was