dr. martin luther king jr. and became known as dr. king's singing organizer.hanges, the african-american spirituals jimmy grew up singing became powerful anthems for the civil rights movement. >> for safety reasons they never wanted people to know exactly when dr. king was going to arrive at a mass meeting like this. so my job was to go a little bit ahead in some cases. i wouldn't know how long i would have to play. sometimes it was just a few minutes. sometimes it would be a couple of hours. >> and i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. ♪ oh freedom over me ♪ before i'll be a slave i'll be buried in my grave ♪ ♪ and go home to my lord and be free ♪ >> we were trying to get people to register to vote. so you'd go out and think, god, this is the middle of alabama, the middle of mississippi. and people would go out and try and get people to come into town and register. you'd wonder, people would go off and you'd think maybe we'll never see them again. if we got

dr. martin luther king." and we're going to pretty much have a lot of subtle messages saying, "well, what if this happened to america? and this is how we feel." and i happened to be in hamburg, germany, when all of it was going down. and like i said, it was like--it was a highlight of my career, being that we played in arizona with u2 in sun devil stadium, no pun intended. you know, everybody was expecting the big p.e. show to open up for u2. and we played that song and then got off the stage. and by the next year, they voted in a dr. martin luther king holiday. my whole thing was saying that you can spur and you can trigger minds into not being so much asleep by using art, using song, to make them think progressively against what's wrong or what's ignored. oftentimes, when we're not heard or seen while we're in pain, you know, it's business as usual in america. and my whole thing is to say, "well, sometimes it can't be business as usual, because slavery was business as usual." and if you have the discussion

dr. martin luther king, jr.. we have a very quick presentation. they will present a brief snapshot of some of the latest data we have from the california healthy kids survey. this is going to be very quick. then we will have a summary of the tools and materials that we will recently be distributing as well as ongoing resources and classroom lessons that are available to promote and maintain a positive school environment that is respectful, kind, and nurturing for all students, every day. >> [unintelligible] >> the surveys are administered every other year. we are happy and proud to say that we have generalized data. we are starting with the high school administration. we have the results of the california healthy kids survey. 57% have been bullied, hit, or pushed. >> as you can see from the seventh grade, 35% have been harassed. >> these numbers have been consistent since 1991. >> they hear fag, dyke, or so gay at school. according to students, they do not hear teachers addressed. >> the high school, 6% of heterosexual students report the same tha

dr. martin luther king but even more to advance the march of dr. martin luther king towards a pledge as old as the revolution and the civil war, that all of us are created equal. in his first term and the senate, edward kennedy wrote bigotry of the past out of our emigration laws. he vote for civil rights and voting rights, for fair housing and fair employment, for education and equal access to health care. in all his time in public life, he was proud to speak for those who had no voice and to fight on, even when it was out of fashion, to make sure that no one was left without help or hope. he was a sponsor of the sanctions that brought down the mighty walls of apartheid in south africa. [applause] yes, and he was so proud of that. on affirmative action, on the rights of the majority to our women and the minority who are of different ethnicity, ability, or sexual orientation, he sought to fill dr. king's vision that we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. and that, as both men knew, was true not alo

dr. martin luther king junior's letter from a birmingham jail is here along with his private to his wife who in 1960 he writes from a state prison. >> this is a letter from dr. martin luther king junior to his wife coretta scott. hello, darling. today i find myself a long way from you and the children. i am at the state prison in reidsville which is about 230 miles away from atlanta. they picked me up from the dekalb jail at around 4 a.m. this morning. i know this whole experience is very difficult for you. especially in the condition of your pregnancy. but as i said to you yesterday, this is the cross of that we must bear, for the freedom of our people. so i urge you to be strong and faithful, and this will be in turn strengthen me. i can assure you that it is extremely difficult to think of being away from you, my little yuki and marty for four months. but i ask god hourly for the power of endurance. i have the faith to believe that this excess of suffering which has now come to our family will in some little way serve to make atlanta a better city. georgia a better state, and america a

dr. martin luther king, i think everybody should be treated equal. even the people with mental disabilities, they should be treated fair. you wouldn't want that to happen to your kids. let's forget about white supremacy and let's start over. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. my name sl ribbi adi cochran. we have a problem here, and the problem is we have many mentally ill patients that have been shot or injured. and it behooves the police department to consult with the comperlt which in this case was the medical profession, the psychiatrist, the psychologist. we always learn something new every day. even the police department can start something new by talking to the experts. many police departments in the country have done so. even in israel they have done so. so it would be wise also to to ask people to con sult. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. >> i still don't fully understand how c.i.t. works. what i am happy to see in there rezz is i will have an opportunity to understand and learn how c.i.t. works. what's good in this res

dr. martin luther king, i think everybody should be treated equal. even the people with mental disabilities, they should be treated fair. you wouldn't want that to happen to your kids. let's forget about white supremacy and let's start over. thank you.

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dr. martin luther king.i had watched, you know being in alabama, i had seen all of the demonstrations he was leading leaving and all of his work and of course his speech in washington, the i have a dream speech. i just had so much admiration for this man, and i never thought i'd get an opportunity to meet him. but he announced from atlanta that he was going north to chicago, and he was going to fight segregation in chicago. well, this big competitive news town, all the reporters are trying to find out what the heck is he going to chicago for? mayor richard j. daily was mayor of the city of chicago and he was horrified. there is nothing wrong with the city of chicago, so everybody was trying to find out what it was that he was coming for. i asked my news director, can i have this story? he said well, he is black, he is black, probably. [laughter] so i went to o'hare airport, waiting for all the planes coming from atlanta with all the other reporters and tv crews, so we are going from gate to gate and the plan

dr. martin luther king. i'm sure he would have been mr. green or something like that.e people were saying no, he's not registered here. but one of the hotels that i went in there was something i got from body language, you know, you learn as a reporter to pick up on that, and it was just the way she said it that i believed she's here, i know he's here. so when she wasn't looking, i went up the elevator and buy stock on to, three, four, i was looking up and down the corridors, looking for any activity. fortunately it salaam hotel that didn't have other quarters, it was just long. so you could look off the elevator and see if there's any activity and i know he would be traveling with his lieutenants, and so i get to the seventh floor and i see all these black men at the end of the hall, and i'm going -- so i start heading that way, and i said to one of the gentleman who was like young leedy -- i said i want to get an interview with dr. king. [laughter] >> host: sure, no problem. i'm sure that was the response. >> guest: of course. she said no, dr. king is not giving any

dr. martin luther king jr., creating hud. this particular parcels are called projects, projects that need to be developed. that is the bottom line. the incentive for america to get it right is in this particular type of opportunities you are able to do more with federal land than city or state land. funds are more able to be achieved because it is more possible to help children, youth, and their families. this particular site is a senior disabled building. once again, america has to help itself. people that live there have to help themselves. in a recession, we have to create bills. we have to create notes. we have to create economic growth. we have to create development to be able to keep the economy going. not only that. it gives the residents the opportunity to learn how to take care of business. it is a long, drawn-out process. i will give you one success story of work done down in north beach. we walked to hell for a heavenly cause. this place was madness. it was not a safe place to be. but as we began to come together a

dr. martin luther king it. watched the been of them the plant area think that his speech in washington and come i have a dream, 1/2 by a would never thought i had an opportunity to meet him. but he announced from atlanta they he was going north to chicago to five segregation in chicago book of all the reporters are trying to find out the mayor of this city of chicago was horrified ask my news director can i have this story? they said he is black and she is black. probably. [laughter] and i went to o'hare airport 18 for the planes coming from atlanta with the other reporters, tv crews going from place to place and never are writing anywhere. i found out from a ticket agent that he was taken off the back of the plane and into a car on the tarmac and away from us. [laughter] most of the reporters will say in a hotel when he frequented when he came to downtown chicago. if he is this guarded and is now want to anybody to know he will stay here close to the airport to. i started by myself from all of from the airport

dr. martin luther king, jr., and the place just like boom, okay? now, by the way, let me back, you know, there was some discussion in the preplanning march on washington on who was going to speak -- >> host: and how long. >> guest: and how long they were going to speak, right, right. those of us around martin and more tin himself felt he should be the last speaker. we thought it was not appropriate for him to say i want to be the last speaker. okay? so it was raised, and there seemed to be some resistance to it. i said, come to the meeting with me, okay? they are talking about, well, i think that, you know, one of the reasons you want martin to speak is because you know he tends to speak so long. i listened to the discussion. i'm not getting into names, but they were all jockeying for position on who would be the closing act. finally, i looked at them and i said, now, i want you to think about this. do you really want to follow martin king? think about that. just pause. do you really want to follow martin king. they said, why do you say that? i sai

dr. martin luther king, my uncle frank was so tonight we turn to him to showcase some of black history month. here's professor uncle frank. >> hi, professor uncle frank here today speaking about black history month, which this is the month. what a history, and we should celebrate it because look what the blacks have done for this country. we have a president who is now black. let's have festivities, music, sports, space! look how we're going to space. i think half the astronauts are black. wow. let's celebrate by having festivities, all kinds. and if you don't have a black friend, look for one. [ applause ] >> jimmy: very good advice. very good. he might be confusing neil and louis armstrong and possibly the apollo, too, but well said. the literary world has been abus today after a listing went up on amazon.com for a 304-page memoir written by bristol palin. they haven't officially settled on a title yet, but this is what they're going with for now. it's called "i got knocked up by a guy on a hockey team and my mom ran for vice president." it kind of says it all but -- [ applause ] she's 20

dr. martin luther king. i'm sure he would have been mr.omething like that. >> host: yang. >> guest: and so all of these people were saying, no, he's not registered. one of the hotels that i went in, there was something i got from body language. you learn as a reporter to pick up on that. it was just the way she said it that i believed, i bet he's here. i know he's year. so when she wasn't looking i went out the elevator. i stopped on to, i stopped on three, i stopped on for. i was looking up and down the corridors looking for any activity. fortunately it was of on hotel that did not have other corridors. it was just one line. you could look off the elevator and see if there was any activity. i knew he would be traveling with his lieutenants. and so i get to the seventh floor and a sea of these black men at the end of the hall i am going, i start heading that way. asked at to one of the gentlemen, young lady. i said, i want to get an interview with dr. king. [laughter] >> host: sure, no problem. >> guest: come this way. he said, no, dr. kin

dr. martin luther king. because he scared the hell out of them.hen king went to birmingham, 50,000 people went with him. win can get up in april of 1967 and riverside church and denounced the vietnam war and called america the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, lyndon johnson took away before plan -- plant closed fbi agents that had been assigned to protect king. they knew what that meant. it was a beautiful moment. remember, can, like malcolm, became a pariah at the end. he would be booed by the back -- black power movement, dissension within his own ranks. southern christian was disintegrating as an organization. king stood up two months before he was assassinated in front of his staff and said, i take non-violence to be my lawfully wedded wife in sickness and in health, till death do us part. only by going back and standing for these moral imperatives we have any hope of protecting what is left of our anemic democracy. and we have to stop asking whether it is practical or even rational. we have to believe, as these great figures before

dr. martin luther king jr., to people who are sometimes well known just in their own neighborhood. tonight there's one person i want to mention who influenced my life and the direction i took , our late beloved former congresswoman shirley chisholm. in 1968 congresswoman chisholm was the first african-american woman elected to congress and she was a founding member of the congressional black caucus. we celebrate this year, 40 years of this great institution in our congress, the conscience of the congress. this year, actually it's the 42nd anniversary of the election of congress woman chisholm who represented her brooklyn-based congressional district with grace and distinction for 14 years, earning a reputation as one of the house's most eloquent orators and greatest champions of human rights, social and economic justice. in 1972 congresswoman chisholm again made history when she became the first african-american to run for the presidential nomination of a major party. that campaign captured the imagination of millions and inspired countless individuals to engage in the political pr

dr. martin luther king, jr., launched the career of keresan said. for story on kleiber the ranks on what was a profession dominated by white males. and an examination of the way governments are using the internet to maintain political power. and stephanie koontz looks at the feminine mystique and the birth of the women's movement. sign up for book tv alert. >> "washington journal" continues. host: collected a week ago from today, al cardenas is the new chairman of the american conservative union. what your goals? guest: obviously want to be successful. we came off of the most successful cpa,c for as we ever had. almost 11,000 activists. lots of panels. most of them presidential wannabes for this coming cycle and a lot of exciting participants. our goal is to continue that success. you know , you knowin my new chairmanship, we are entering into a third phase of the conservative movement. it started as an intellectual movement with high-tech and bill buckley and others i admired as a college student, an intellectual and college movement, take into a r

dr. martin luther king jr. launched the career of carole simpson. her story of climbing the ranks of what was a profession dominated by white males. also this weekend we examined the way governments are using the internet to maintain political power. stephanie koontz looks at the feminine mystique and the birth of the women's movement to beat find a complete three day holiday schedule at book tv. sign up for book tv alert. >> this monday visit the public and private spaces of america's most recognizable homes, the white house, the original documentary provides a rarely seen look at the history of the presidential residence and takes you through the mansion, the west wing, of all office, and lincoln bedroom and focuses on the presidents and first families who have most influence how it looks today, airing in high-definition and newly updated with interviews with president obama and the first lady and comments from georgia and laura bush. the white house, inside america's most famous of this monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> donald ross felt w

martin luther king jr. day. so it was fitting that the event took place in dr.s hometown of atlanta, georgia. >> when i hit record, it's going to flash white. >> teens were invited to share their own personal dreams. >> my "i have a dream" is i really want to be on broadway. >> i would like to become a music teacher and i'd like to work at the academy of the theater arts. ♪ i love you a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck and a hug around the net neck ♪ >> the junior theater festival's mission includes building musical theater programs in schools where programs do not exist. >> to inspire students and teachers in deserving communities, there's a special sponsored schools program. >> a big, great big junior theater festival welcome to our first sponsored group tonight, the atlanta youth academy from southwest atlanta. >> some of these kids are new arrivals to america. forced to flee war or poverty, they came to this country to start a new life. >> many of the students from our school who are attending this festival are refugees and it's been the first opportun

martin luther king jr. day or as when beck calls it, monday. now, dr. king's legacy has always held a very special place in my heart. i know that folks marched, many in this audience, many in this audience so that i could be the first african-american woman to serve in congress and the state of alabama. i know that i am living proof that dr. king famous dream speech is now a reality. i can only think of ending this torture by paraphrasing dr. king's most famous speech. by hasan know that tonight i will be judged not by the color of my skin but by the contents of a comedy routine. please be kind. [applauding] >> the nicest congressional district in alabama. what is that like? pablo it sounds awesome. [laughter] where are you, but? [laughter] americans were first introduced to our final speaker in 1997 when he appeared as the seventh most interesting cast member on the real world boston. [laughter] perhaps keeping in mind that footage might make its way into an attack ad 13 years later, john duffy, a conservative republican kept it pretty clean. must be h

martin luther king jr. day or as when beck calls it, monday. now, dr. king's legacy has always held a very special place in my heart. i know that folks marched, many in this audience, many in this audience so that i could be the first african-american woman to serve in congress and the state of alabama. i know that i am living proof that dr. king famous dream speech is now a reality. i can only think of ending this torture by paraphrasing dr. king's most famous speech. by hasan know that tonight i will be judged not by the color of my skin but by the contents of a comedy routine. please be kind. [applauding] >> the nicest congressional district in alabama. what is that like? pablo it sounds awesome. [laughter] where are you, but? [laughter] americans were first introduced to our final speaker in 1997 when he appeared as the seventh most interesting cast member on the real world boston. [laughter] perhaps keeping in mind that footage might make its way into an attack ad 13 years later, john duffy, a conservative republican kept it pretty clean. must be h

martin luther king jr. day or as when beck calls it, monday. now, dr. king's legacy has always held a very special place in my heart. i know that folks marched, many in this audience, many in this audience so that i could be the first african-american woman to serve in congress and the state of alabama. i know that i am living proof that dr. king famous dream speech is now a reality. i can only think of ending this torture by paraphrasing dr. king's most famous speech. by hasan know that tonight i will be judged not by the color of my skin but by the contents of a comedy routine. please be kind. [applauding] >> the nicest congressional district in alabama. what is that like? pablo it sounds awesome. [laughter] where are you, but? [laughter] americans were first introduced to our final speaker in 1997 when he appeared as the seventh most interesting cast member on the real world boston. [laughter] perhaps keeping in mind that footage might make its way into an attack ad 13 years later, john duffy, a conservative republican kept it pretty clean. must be h

dr. martin luther king, jr. maiden speechy's as a young united states senator was a demand to make real the ideal of america and secure the civil rights of every american. nearly a half century later, the last speech of his life was a call to complete the journey. wordsre edward kennedy's in december, 2008. "we have elected a 44 president to, by virtue of his race, could have been owned by the first 16 presidents of the united states. we just him as martin luther king said not by the color of this again, but by the content of his character and his capacity for leadership. for america, this is not just the culmination, but a new beginning." by that december, dr. king had been gone for four decades, but for teddy, he was always a begin to like the way. as he is for countless millions today at home and around the globe. we now observed the 25th anniversary that is both a celebration and a summons. i noted that in the long struggle for this national holiday, edward kennedy was so proud to lead alongside coretta scot