dr. king. tears came down his face. he started crying. and we all cried a little when we heard the president saying, "we shall overcome." and dr. king said, "we will make it from selma to montgomery, and the voting rights act will be passed." two weeks later, more than 10,000 of us, people from all over america, started walking from selma to montgomery. and by the time we made it to montgomery five days later, there were almost 30,000 black and white citizens-protestant, catholic, jewish, men, women, young people. it was like a holy march. and the congress debated the act, passed it, and on august 6, 1965, president lyndon johnson signed it into law. >> congressmember john lewis. we continue our conversation ♪fter break. [musical break] >> the morehouse college glee club performing "we shall overcome." morehouse college was the alma mater of dr. martin luther king jr. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman, as i continue with my interview with democ

dr. king spoke number ten. and out of the ten people that spoke that day, i'm the only one still around. >> congratulations. >> what's that? >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> it was a great moment in american life. >> you were his friend? >> yeah. i got to know dr. king. i met him in 1958 when i was 18. but i first heard of him when i was 15 years old, in the 10th grade. we worked together. we marched together. we got arrested together in selma, alabama. >> have you ever heard this story before? >> yes, i have. >> you have? >> i watched it on tv. >> you did? >> so you know about the sit-ins? the freedom ride? >> yeah. >> people marching for the right to vote? you know, i was on the march from selma to montgomery. i was beaten. on march 7th, 1965, a group of us, about 600 people, black and white, many young people, some people who had just left church, decided to march from selma to montgomery, about 50 miles away, because people of color, black people in alabama, couldn't register

let's begin with dr. king. birthday,man whose whose life we now celebrate every year as a national holiday. you knew him well before he was a national holiday. >> dr. martin luther king jr. was a wonderful man, a wonderful human being. i will try to make this short period -- short. inn i was growing up, alabama, finishing high school in 1957, i wrote dr. king in a letter and i told him i needed help. i needed his support. i wanted to attend a little state college called tristate. it is only 2 miles from my home. they did not admit black students. he wrote me back and send me a bus ticket. he was very poor and didn't have wasmoney -- he knew i reported to have any money. -- i was very poor and didn't have any money. in the meantime, my uncle gave me a $100 bill. it was more money than i have ever had. he gave me footlocker. as a little boy, i used to raise chickens, and i used to preach to the chickens. [laughter] i put everything that i owned in that footlocker except for those little chickens. and i went to sch

dr. king rights the famous letter from the birmingham jail, and in that letter dr. king says the activism going on in birmingham and the young women and men who are being arrested, sometimes as young as eight, nine, ten years old, are taking the nation back to the great worded of democracy by the founding fathers. king was being too kind because this country is founded on racial slavery. a conversation we still have not had. but 50 years ago with the march on washington provided was a litmus test for american democracy. when king speaks at the march on washington in 1963, he says americans of all colors and races have to struggle together, have to go to jail together, to try to fundamentally transform american democracy. 50 years later, and especially in the aftermath of barack obama's 2008 election we have celebrated an unearned victory, celebrated an unearned victory and talked about post racial america. celebrating the mythology of the end of racism and that's why people were surprised abou

dr. alveda jones, where did i get that. alveda king, a whose uncle, dr. martin luther king, jr. shot dead. great to see you. >> hello to you and to santita. i want you to know i love you, too. >> is it true, dr. king, that you generally speaking disapprove of today's demonstrations and protests? >> i do not disapprove of the demonstrations and protests as long as they remain peaceful, but if they begin to stir up the people with agitation and animosity, that is not what the parents of trayvon martin desire, and certainly i've not been raised like that from daddy king, my daddy, and dr. martin luther king, jr. so we want peaceful, non-violence conflict resolution. what about the cause that motivated these thousands of people to take to the streets, dr. king? is there, in your view, a racist incident that happened in sanford, florida 16 months ago? >> i talked to my cousins at the rally today. i was very encouraged to know that people do rally and they're praying. i want them to be peaceful. of course, what happened in florida was racially motivated because people have not yet und

now these jokers look like they're dr. kingng thing we can go back to max vapors the protestant ethic. there is a sense in which vapors account of a certain kind of pure tannism, there is a direct relationship between the blow of god's grace and material wealth and gain. >> right. >> so it's deeply engrained in the very american fabric of the religious imagination. that's the first thing we need to say. about this question around sexuality, though, brother mark, there's a sense in which we need to be very careful not to frame the discussion of sexual desire by aberration. >> right. >> and it seems every time we talk about sexuality within the church it's a scandal that precipitates the conversation. and when we do that, i think we in interesting sorts of ways further handicap how we talk about the fact that god created us in interesting sorts of ways as sexual beings. >> now, i know -- if we keep talking about people -- [ overlapping speakers >> let me ask, is that a legitimate perspective to have? >> i think it's titillating.

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: the power of music to inspire and he'll, called the queen of christian pop, her albums have sold 30 million copies worldwide and counting. that when she was going through a difficult time, dealing with elderly parents, she has just released her first studio album in a decade. i love this title. "how mercy looks from here." here is a clip from the making of the album with help from sheryl crow and carol kane. -- carol king. several artists were invited to a benefit in los angeles, singing carol king songs with carol king. i said, i have been working on this project and i ha

more on this, let's bring in david webb, host of the david webb show, and civil rights activist, dr. kingece of martin lu th martin luther king jr. welcome to you both. dr. king, i'll start with you. there's a lot there. your initial reaction. >> my initial reactions, i'm glad bill does recognize it is the president's job and responsibility to advance this conversation about race. i do want to remind the president that my uncle, dr. mar t martin luther king junior said we must learn to live together as brothers and i added sisters or perish as fools. in order to be brothers, we must admit that we are one human race, acts 17:26, one blood. as to bill's comments about the african-american family, i agree. and i do agree that we must strengthen our fathers and giving them equal opportunity in the marketplace to be able to advance and to help their families. i do not agree, though, with bill, that it is a choice, that our african-american families have fallen apart. we need much more support. and, finally, i believe that instead of berating our children and talking about how bad they are, we

to the voting rights act, who was the speaker with dr. king and others 50 years ago and will be standing with us now. i would rather take his word for the fact that we still have things to do than to take the word of someone who was surprised in a restaurant in harlem that people weren't yelling yo m-fer i need iced tea. i'm quoting him. and i think his own words define his cultural view and his exposure to all americans. eric bourelt and goldie, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> up next, friend or foe i want to know. reply al is next. s are changing hands online. that's why the internet needs a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it needs to grow. this ...is going to be big. it's time to build a better enterprise. together. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> president obama wraps up his neck and official trip to africa tomorrow. the journey had lengthy of symbolic moments including a visit to the prison cell where nelson mandela was held for eight teen years. it also highlighted africa's andging economic potential emphasizing engagement in a country that has benefited from a wave of chinese investments. joining me is nicole lee, president of transafrica, and add because the group dedicated to -- advocacy group dedicated to justice for the developing world. good to have you on the program. let me start by asking whether this has and more about

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: you would not think a character for a comic book it would have created some controversy. but the role did just that. the character is called the mandarin. that approach was three imagined for this current iteration of "iron man." let's take a look at sir ben kingsley as mandarin. >> he is traveling. >> what are we waiting for? mr. president, only two lessons remain. thomas is an accountant. i am sure he is a really good guy. i'm going to shoot him in the head. live on your television and 30 seconds. tavis: good to have you back, first of all. i am told that this was released internatio

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: the incident detected in thetbell station is on mind of every american. one of those profoundly affected, not as a 26-year-old director, he has made a powerful film about what happened in the hours of 2008. it stars michael b. jordan in what is being called his break our role. scene.ake a look at a >> yourself with your cousins. >> what about you? >> i will be fine. when we wake up in the morning, we will play canada lands. -- candyland. >> we will go to the park? toys r us? >> better than that. maybe chuck e. cheese. >> really? >> i will let you play all the games. we wil

movie title -- upcoming titled >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. aboutw that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: 2 names you never thought you would hear in the same sentence, woody allen and andrew dice clay. the controversial comedienne shocked many in this country while at the same time selling out concerts' at major venues. a series of setbacks in derailed his career until a role in entourage put him back on the hollywood radar. alongside alece" baldwin. let's take a look at a clip. friends like your this and another guy, would you tell your friend? what if it causes trouble or a divorce? been a passing game, you never know. >> i would tell him because that is what our friend is for. yo

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: any actor that decides to embody mark twain not only has to measure up to his larger- than-life persona, he has to compete with the masterful portrayal. he has turned his obsession with the man credited with writing the first american novel with -- to a powerful new one-man show. let's look at the same. >> providence protect children, i know it is true because i have tested this theory. whoad a terrible teacher stood there with a switch behind her back right in front of the class, standing up there so there anysaid, are idiots in the room? if there are, please stand up. sh

dr. kingback then, dr. clarence jones was king's private counsel. abc 7 news sat down with him to talk about the verdict in the trayvon martin killing. >> he says there is no question martin luther king would have put on a hoody if it conserved to convey a message of tolerance. he says thatness message has been lost this week in oakland. saturday night a group of angry demonstrators marched through uptown some smashing a car, breaking windows. monday night, a replay of the violence this, time a waiter hit with haimer for trying to keep vandal as way. clarence jones called it wanton anger that can't be tolerated. >> you don't make yourself popular by standing and raising your hand and saying trayvon, trayvon. you know? you don't do that. and at the same time stand by and let violence happen. >> jones marched with martin luther king, king's personal attorney helped write his speeches and he says all throughout the movement there was always the threat that violence would undermine the message. >>

and dr. king said ifso rigid and he asked martin luther king contrived -- could grow his hair he was my hero and inspiration. 1955 and was 15 years old and met him in 1958 when as 18. -- when i was 18. there was some rhetoric here and there. would march on certain cities, certain towns and certain villages, certain hamlet. in the end, i said wake up america, wake up america. the rest is history. >> i wanted to ask you about some of the note to people you have known over the years. let's begin with dr. king. iss is a man whose birthday likely we will set -- celebrate as a national holiday but you knew him before he was a national figure. what was he like? >> he was a wonderful man. he was a wonderful human being. i was was growing up, out of troy, alabama, finishing high school in 1957. wrote to dr. king in a letter. i told him that i needed his help. i needed his support. a lot to attend a little state college called troy state only two miles away. the did not admit black students. and he knew ick

dr. martin luther king jr.sinated on april 4th, 1968, right here in memphis at the lorraine hotel. they preserved the facade of the hotel and built the national civil rights museum around it. the mission of the museum, which opened in 1991, is to chronicle key episodes of the american civil rights movement and the legacy of the movement with exhibitions and educational programs. examples include a recreation of rosa parks' montgomery bus of 1955. the original greensboro, south carolina, woolworth's lunch counter with a depiction of the 4 african-american college students who launched the first sit-in when they were refused service. and the original motel rooms where martin luther king jr. stayed, left intact, the day he was assassinated. the era of the civil rights movement was well documented by journalists, but one photographer had especially privileged access to dr. king-- the late ernest withers. i meet up with the head of the family foundation that manages withers' legacy--his daughter rosalind withers. so

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: his history with gospel music begin some 40 years ago. it became the first gospel group -- he has merged gospel music with r&b, creating a new sound that others have followed. he has recently released a cd grace"vd called "amazing . take a look at a performance captured in the great documentary. his combination of gospel and r&b turned the l.a. coliseum upside down that day. ♪ ♪ tavis: rance allen, get down. lover whoo is a music has not seen that, they have not lived. if you do not have the dvd in your collection, you are shortchanging yourself. you have to get a copy of this. this is

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. cane work together, we stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: by any measure, the war on drugs has been a failure. and also how successfully to intervene. hart grew up in one of miami's toughest neighborhoods. many of the preconceived -- i was not sure what with the has to do drug war. or whether it had to do with your own life and the price that you have had to pay as a result of choices you have made. am i right about both, and neither, or either? >> you are right about both and i am glad that you mentioned above. particularly, when we look at poor people or black people, it is too high. people will come up subsequently. and in the book

dr. king dr. clarence jones was king's private counsel. abc 7 news sat down with him to talk about the verdict in the trayvon martin killing. >> he says there is no question martin luther king would have put on a hoody if it conserved to convey a message of tolerance. he says thatness message has been lost this week in oakland. saturday night a group of angry demonstrators marched through uptown some smashing a car, breaking windows. monday night, a replay of the violence this, time a waiter hit with haimer for trying to keep vandal as way. clarence jones called it wanton anger that can't be tolerated. >> you don't make yourself popular by standing and raising your hand and saying trayvon, trayvon. you know? you don't do that. and at the same time stand by and let violence happen. >> jones marched with martin luther king, king's personal attorney helped write his speeches and he says all throughout the movement there was always the threat that violence would undermine the message. >> they were

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: in a comprehensive text called "mortal sins," pulled a surprise winner michael the most documents how severe crisis the church has faced since the reformation. part detective story and partly the briefing, it weaves together the stories of clergy and ladies working to cover up their crimes. an honor to have you on this program. let me start at white be unorthodox place. -- what might be an unorthodox place. i wonder why this happened to the catholic church. one has to believe there is no other faith tradition where boys or girls are being ,olested or maltreated disrespected -- i fi

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: paul anka had his first hit when he was just 15. hit after hit followed as he reinvented himself to remain relevant. he has now written a memoir. he also has a new cd coming out in which he shares the microphone with the likes of willie nelson, frank sinatra and michael jackson. the clip you are about to see is from a few years ago. >> ? if not himself then he has not to say the thing he truly feels ? but i did it my way ? ? [applause] tavis: it is hard to think of a song with a lyric better than that. i was listening to aretha franklin and her cover of this. she sold it up. her versio

dr. king stopped the demonstration. er: he tells me today there is no question king would put on a hoodie and march for equal justice but not like they did in oakland. >> if you really care about making a difference and honoring the legacy of trayvon martin, you protest peacefully and then don't come to a protest rally unless you are registered to vote. >>reporter: another protest is planned for this saturday. oakland mayor is promising it will be better e.we are going to have more community people come out to monitor. >>reporter: one of the organizers tells me if anyone does act up, turned that the police. >> we want peace and justice we don't want the violence in our community we are going to have to work against those who try to hijack our demonstration. >> leadership requires that those people who are calling these demonstrations who are putting these demonstrations together, they are the twhawns have to set the ground rules. >>reporter: john says the threat of violence was always there. in the civil rights marches o

. >> what did you learn -- i'm going back in particular because your legacy was so tied to dr. kingre talking to each other when he was killed. >> to be that close to him, not just at that moment, but over the course of years, what lesson have you learned from dr. king? >> oh, boy. one, never lacked the preparation. he was a serious scholar. you think of him, at age 14, he did the constitution at age 14. at age 15, he went to morehouse. he finished at 19. and he was a furious scholar. he read at least one fiction and nonfiction book a week. i mean, he was as scholarly as he was active. i'm nod bad as a scholar, but i certainly appreciate the needs to keep researching the issues at that time. i think i got something from him. >> i think you got a whole lot of that. one of the way that you say continued that legacy was in 1984 and in 1988 when you ran for president of the united states. it's a serious presidential run >> we learned a lot in that first campaign. we got 3.5 million votes. we found out something, the popular vote and the delegates are a disconnect. so you had to have a h

dr. king, rab brabbi, plesh you are -- pleasure to have you here. tell me, do you see this case was blown out of proportion in regards to race or is this an honest and even a deserved reaction and a necessary reaction from the african-american community? >> governor, as i listened to your dialogue as you explained everything so thoroughly, i can only agree with you. as an african-american woman, as a mother, i do know and sympathize how the mother and father must feel. and so trayvon's deems have been buried with him. and of course, that's a very sensitive point, sensitive issues. as an african-american woman, i read my bible. my bible tells me mercy triumphs over justice, and that we're taught to love justice and love mercy, and walk humbly before our god. that's what i'm asking, not just as an african-american, not just as a woman, as an american, as a christian. i had a young man at church say to me this morning oh, i'm so sad, i'm so distressed. i said this is the time to pray and turn to god, not to retaliation and not to violence. and that's g

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: so how do we approach honoring the cultures of those marginalize it proved it can have controversy. jr. knows thist, all too well, a founding director of the national museum of the american indian, and he is with the autry museum in l.a., and he is also a special counsel to many indian tribes in their effort to do with the government, and he is the son of an acclaimed indian artists, the late richard west, sr. we are happy to have you on the program. i wanted to start by asking you about your dad. you were very young when he gave you an edict that you have lived by.

. ♪ >> there is a saying dr. king has. there is always the right time to do the right thing. try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger. we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis: someone once described cromwell,oe -- james a character actor is a man who does not get the girl. that may be true, but they often degrade roles and accolades. that is true of james cromwell, who has shown his range as the kindly farmer in "babe" and the deadly corrupt cop in "l a confidential." now he's getting accolades in movie "still mine." let's take a look at a scene from the movie." >> i am not moving into town. you will have to shoot me before you find me in a retirement home. the only view there is a the slow shuffle into the ground." >> that is not what i meant. i was thinking of building something smaller. more manageable. on that plot is a

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life everywe know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: the aggressive take no prisoners style of play that defined to conners as a tennis champion is so taken for granted is hard to remember that this working-class kid from east st. louis about redefined how tennis was played. some might say not necessarily for the better. he challenged judges, argued his case when earlier champions had been praised for their gentleman-like demeanor. he won with gusto. remaining in the top 10 for 16 years. 5 as #one. getting to the semifinals at age 9. he writes in a provocative new book called "the outsider, a "emoir. good to have you on this program. on my staff was

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: coming to grips with what it means to see your homeland torn apart by war has been at the heart of the work done by khaled hosseini, and he became an international best selling author, and now, after six years, he has written his third novel, "and the mountains echoed," which once again returns to the themes of war and family. nice to have you back. >> thanks for having me. tavis: this title comes in part from a rather well known poem, but you tweaked a word. >> yes, it was "and all the hills echoed." there are mountains and afghanistan. it is known for its mountains

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. >> there's a saying that dr. king had and he said it's always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we're only halfway to completely eliminate hunger. >> and by contributions from your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: it sounds like a fiction story. a teenager struggling with the harsh reality of a difficult upbringing. she spent some time at a summer camp. she changed the young girl's life for the better. that's what happened to one mary williams and the woman she considers her second mother, jane fonda. mary ice written a memoir about the physical trauma and her efforts to find her place many the world. the book is called "the lost daughter." i'm honored to have you on the program. >> i'm honored to be here. tavis: and jane fonda, thank you for being here. >> big fan of yours. tavis: given that your story is so unique from what most black girls will ever encounter, what you hope what you wanted or want the takeaway to be

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, the verdict in a high-stakes trial has shot dennis done a bonus country and reignited the debate about race in the justice system that has smoldered for generations hearin. the acquittal of george zimmerman has enraged many americans. that a young man can be killed on is way home from a store and no one is held accountable. from brownricia rose university, good to have you back on this program. >> thank you. tavis: your take on the verdict when you heard it? >> the first feeling was profound sadness which was trying to translate into anger at every turn. then a str

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: phil jackson retired from basketball after earning 11 rings coaching the chicago bulls and, of course, the la lakers, and another two rings as a player with the n.y. knickerbockers. but that does not stop every team, practically every team in the league, from pursuing him to come back to the bench. i promise tonight, coach, no questions about your comeback, but, anyway, that decision may be forthcoming. we shall see. in the meantime, he's putting a lot of time in his home state of montana, where he writes best-selling books, detailing his philosophy about winning and

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you mentioned dr. king. dr. king is trying to move to another level in his ministry, that being fighting economic justice. he was trying to mount the poor people's campaign and he called a meeting in virginia and 124 ministers were invited and guess how many came? none. i think this is sort of emblematic of a sort of, it speaks to the fiction of the church at large as being the forefront of our struggle. i will just say this. the other problem is though, it's not that until recently in the last couple of generations i think my generation of scholars that we saw any significant critical mass of black biblical scholars, theological scholars who were able to cut through some of this domination must dialogue, discourse that has permeated christian and with the result that the black church too often is held in thrall to the same kinds of misreadings of jesus and the gospel that we see in white churches. not just the patriarchs, not the unwillingness that the ambivalence about being political and seeing jesus as a poli

we're looking 50 years later at the state of the dream of the dr. king.he dream at msnbc. the mash will be august 24th, august 23rd. national urban league will have come concessions for the march in washington. a lot of people think we're just talking. give americans a sense of where we are. >> it's a tale of two americas and a two sided coin. when it comes to diversity in college admissions there are many more african-americans with college degrees and in college. on the other side more unemployed and more incarcerated than ever before. we have to look at it in two ways. we've tried to respond working with you. it's called jobs rebuild america. we're going to help tens of thousands of people find jobs. get better skills for jobs and help young people achieve college admission and help entrepreneurs. it's about the analysis but also about the response and action. we have to continue focus on jobs, on education and also now on this critical issue of democracy and voting rights. >> now the congress was appealed to in '63 by the civil rights leadership aroun

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just tried to live my life everyday by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about half with a completely eliminate hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting under in the u.s.. as we work together, we can stamp under out. contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be % >>> hello and welcome. i'm becca. this week, behind me you can see the famous hangar one. you've no doubt noticed it as you have passed by on highway 101. it's so large you can fit three ships the size of the titanic inside. built in the 1930s for the uss macon, an airship and could hold two blimps. we'll talk more about it in a bit. an we'll also meet some local aviators who also made history. the only woman to win an air medal in world war ii. a tuskegee airmen and the pilot that ditched his airliner on the hudson to save

. >> there is a saying that dr. king had. he said, there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only about halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>dean: hi, welcome back to hometime. well this is where last time we ripped up a bunch of concrete because of moisture problems. this time we're going to as they say "re-frost the cake". lay down some new stamped concrete. >>miriam: we're talking about a patio that's built over a storage area. it's just too wet to keep anything long term because of the moisture from above. >>dean: so we tore out all the concrete. repaired the rotten framing. >>miriam: insulated between the joists. put on new plywood. >>dean: and covered it all with a new bulletproof membrane. so now we're read