dr. martin luther king, jr. examines the creation of the "i have a dream" speech. the stanford stanford university scholar in residence also discusses his relationship with the civil rights leader and several of his fellow advisers. he speaks with herb boyd. >> host: clarence jones i am blessed and astonisheastonished to be with you because over the years all of my books have been trying to catch up with you to get a few quotes in a better understanding of dr. king's life. he spent a solid eight years with him. i know for five books out there david garo's buck taylor branch they mentioned you and they cite you. i said i need to catch up with him because i need to get that same information. i was never successful but someone else was trying to catch up with you and that was docked or king.

dr. martin luther king jr. was a pastor who is voice inspired countless souls to fearlessly stand up and speak truth in the face of injustice and discrimination. in fact a recorded history, but particularly this past half century we've revealed that the tongues of clergy like dr. king have consistently spoken out in issues of discrimination, race, poverty and domestic disparity, immigration, and yes, sexual orientation. they dared to challenge society's conscience on all rights. it is dr. kings inspires that led to these decisions, presidential and executive orders and concongressional and equality. the hero awards are living and profound symbols of this tradition. remind us that we here today are stewards of that great legacy, but more importantly that our collective work to advance human and civil rights is far from accomplished. today's historic observance is also a reminder to those of us in our commission to honor those 5 decades of service and accomplishments of the san francisco human rights commission i

dr. martin luther king jr. not only marched here -- he was born here. and so was rosa parks -- the african-american woman who refused to move to the back of the bus. it may be a simple flag, but alabamians take pride in it. in addition to the pledge of allegiance to the stars and stripes, students in alabama recite a special pledge of allegiance to their state flag. with "flag facts," i'm katie. >> grab a pen. aubrey has another great recipe from the culinary institute of america. >> hi, everyone. i hope you're doing well. today, we're going to make really, really easy and delicious hummus with homemade pita chips. earlier, i cut and toasted my pita... ...i squeezed the juice out of a lemon... ...and i peeled some fresh garlic. i have all of my ingredients ready. we have 2 cups of chickpeas, half a cup of olive oil. we have 2 tablespoons of tahini, which is a sesame paste that you can find in any grocery store. we have garlic. i peeled more garlic than i need, but once i do it, i can use it for the rest of the week in all of the food that i make. we als

dr. martin luther king middle school this past year. i want to give the mic to one of our stellar young men. we have two stellar young men who is less microphone shy and he actually has some remarks. and please, mr. daunte has a few brief words for you. >>> good evening, everyone. student of promise is -- it's very empowering. it helps keep me and others young students -- young men look forward to proceeding in like -- and like help me stay on track and others. (applause) >>> and in closing, as we take our seats and as a former boy scout, if i know anything about scouting i remember our motto was be prepared. he did not know he was going to speak, did not know he was going to address and be on live television. so, i think that in itself -- [laughter] >>> that in itself i believe is indicative of the potential our students have. they are our future leaders. i'd like to acknowledge mr. franklin, [speaker not understood] also accompanied us on our trip, mr. scott who is also a stellar stand out district employee. so i'm told. he also accom

dr. martin luther king jr.and mlk were born in georgia, which is why they asked the question in the first place. 73% of georgia republicans have a favorable opinion of paula deen. 11% are unfavorable. and only 59% have a favorable view of martin luther king. 28% unfavorable. to be fair, martin luther king jr.'s key lime pie recipe was not very good. but that's crazy, isn't it? especially because paula deen herself happens to be an admirer of martin luther king. in fact, she named her last cookbook "i have a dreamsicle." [ laughter ] but the paula deen controversy is a divisive issue. so we decided to use it to bewilder people out on hollywood boulevard today. so we went out on the street and asked the following question. where do you stand on georgia republicans who say they have a higher opinion of paula deen than dr. martin luther king during shark week, and does this negatively affect your opinion of powerball obama care? [ laughter ] and here's what they have to say in response. it's our "confusing question

dr. martin they were inspired by the march on washington and dr. king's speech which subsequently has passed on to me. my mother was among the 200,000 people who joined dr. martin luther king on the march on washington 50 years ago and stood up for the rights for freedom.as a teenager growing up in washington as a teenager growing up in washington dc, she and her church did people demonstrations leading up to the march in washington where they would go in front of the white house. you have to remember, the time. this was the time they would go there and racial epithets were thrown at them and people would come up and spit on them and they had to practice turning the other cheek. a very very scary time.but both of my parents, made me fully aware of the importance of that speech and importance of education and but both of my parents, made me fully aware of the importance of that speech and importance of education and the future of black america. as the first woman's and african-american city administrator i bow to do the best job i can possibly do for the city as i've done from as the first woman's and african-american city administrator i bow to do the best job i can p

dr. martin luther king jr. spoke at some of the funeral as year later, president lindon johnson signed the civil rights act. lisa mcnair never met her sister. >> the first memory i remember that my sister was killed by white people that didn't like white people. and how i carried that around forever, and always wondered why. >> four lives forever lost, the result of racial hatred and a mark on history still not forgotten. ray lynn johnson, al jazeera. >> denise mcnair a good friend of secretary of state condoleezza rice. >> new concerns for the country's manufacturing future still ahead. and 50 years later what have northwesterns learned from the death crisis? rainfalling through the night on an almost devastated colorado. thousands of people had to be evacuated. areas now said to be as large as the state of connecticut. six people dead, including a woman whose house was washed away. secretary of state john errry met with israeli prime minister is this morning. in a statement kerry reiterating the threat of mil

dr. martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech.e dipped into politics on that conversation. >> tip toed? >> he jumped into the deep end. >> did people take note? >> it was nostalgia time. we need peter, paul and mary "blowing in the wind" there. the media ignores the racists in the democratic party. two georgia senators. it was lyndon johnson who had to twist arms from the democrats. the media ignored that. they allowed the democrats of today to paint republicans as racists when it is the other way around. >> i'll let ellen speak next before she hits you. >> there were no republicans up there. the washington small media, the hill news and politico. quoted taylor branch and mr. cain. those guys did not ignore the other side. the mainstream media did. >> i think it was kind of striking and several commentators pointed it out. there were no black republicans out to speak. how could you have such a one sided event in a unifying moment for the country? it was a real miss for the organizers. >> it leads to the charge that, you know, if y

martin luther king and sports. how did you come to that? >> well, it just, it was a fascinating thing in reading biographies of dr. martin luther king, particularly the magisterial work of taylor branch and then reading some sports biographies about athletes in the 1960s, how much overlap there is. and how much connection there is or the way that martin luther king was somebody who just kept a close eye about what was happening in the world of sports. i think dr. king was influenced by jackie robinson and jackie robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier in 1947. >> and years later he said of jackie robinson, he was a sit-iner before sit-ins. he was a freedom rider before freedom rides. and he got how important jackie robinson was to the struggle. he got that you couldn't talk about the civil rights movement without talking about robinson. and so because of that and because i think of a sense in dr. king that, you know, the arc of history bends towards justice, that when there was an athlete speaking out, he never said, that person needs to just shut up and play. so when his closest advisors like, for example,

dr. martin luther king speech and we're creating this separate effort to help african american males. >> is that almost segregation? maybe that's a bad label but does it make sense in this situation? >> it does because these students at the bottom of the achievement gap, they have different needs. >> you're targeting it. >> you're targeting to that specific group of kids. an african american male has different needs than a latino female so, why not address those needs specifically and maybe then if this works, transfer that same idea to females or males and give them what they specifically need. >> so you're a journalist not in the academics, loop and you say here's the study i did and here's what i found out. are you confident they'll take your results and apply it? >> well, i was reporting a lot on what they're doing, but what i am seeing is the results from the series are that people are looking that the problem a little differently than they have in all the years before. that the series is making people think about what do these children face. they aren't just bad kids. these african

dr. martin they were inspired by the march on washington and dr. king's speech which subsequently has passed on to me. my mother was among the 200,000 people who joined dr. martin lutherg on the march on washington 50 years ago and stood up for the rights for freedom.as a teenager growing up in washington as a teenager growing up in washington dc, she and her church did people

on and blackmailing of both american politicians and activists like for example the reverend dr martin luther king jr he even sent king tapes of an extramarital affair and suggested the king should consider committing suicide it was a shameful period in american history and most americans think it's behind us. but the n.s.a. or other intelligence agencies and even local police departments have put the practice of spying on average of citizens in america on steroids as brazil's president points out without privacy there can be no functioning democracy democracy requires opposing voices democracy requires a certain level of reasonable political conflict. and it requires that government misdeeds be exposed that can only be done when whistleblowers and people committing acts of journalism can do so without being spied upon. perhaps the larger problem is that well over half some estimates run as much as as high as seventy percent of the n.s.a.'s budget has been outsourced to private corporations these private corporations maintain an army of lobbyists here in washington d.c. who constantly push fo

dr. martin luther king, robert kennedy stood before a crowd in a stunned indianapolis and broke the terrible and in the anguish of that moment, he turned to the words of an ancient greek poet, aescalus. even in our sleep, pab, which we cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart until in our own despair comes the infinite wisdom of god. pain which cannot forget. drop by drop, on the heart. the tragedy for the pain that brings you here today is extraordinary. it is unique. the lives that were taken frommous were unique. the memories their loved one carry are unique. they carry them and endure long after the newspapers are gone. but part of what wears on as well as the sense that this has happened before. what troubles us so deeply is how this echoes other recent tragedies. mr. president, i have now grieved with five american communiti communities ripped apart by mass violence. ft. hood, tucson, aurora, sandy hook and now the washington navy regard. and these mass shootings occur gengs a backdrop of charges as the epidemic of gun violence terrors communities across america. so once again,

dr. martin luther king jr. his name was demetrius newton and he was interviewed for the same documentary. >> i saw two white police officers manhandle a young blind girl that i knew and i think it was the catalyst that perhaps led me to choose a career. >> later, newton became the first african-american to serve as president pro tem of the alabama house. he died age of 85 earlier this week. 50 years after that church bombing, he was fondly remembered by both black and white alabamans. and those four girls who lived such terribly short lives were remembered throughout birmingham. this morning, bells tolled at 10:22, the time the bomb exploded. and the sun day school lesson that was interrupted that day was read from start to finish. >>> on the "newshour" tomorrow, on air and online, we kick off a three-part series on how climate change is altering life in the arctic. and five years after the fall of lehman brothers, we sit down with former treasury secretary, henry paulson. recap our lead story, john kerry trave

who are as dr martin luther king said it really hurt him to say it's. the greatest provider purveyor of violence on earth it's my own country one thousand nine hundred seventy three which i heard here in new york the greatest purveyor of violence in the united states of america someone like you who has served in the administration decades ago seen it out on the outside now when you were serving in government was it more transparent and accountable to itself and the people than it is today or is the level of deceit and corruption kind of all relative as attorney general and. a free hand to. i wouldn't state i hadn't. rendered justice is i so if it is possible to make a difference but it's it's a struggle and it's. not sure that any different you may will long endure. and what we try what would you tell people who just feel like it's hopeless and you know look looking at the world and say how can we get out of these of this policy of bellicose militarism the harder it gets the more important it is that we stand up and struggle. i watched in the sixty's an

dr. martin luther king junior. he's still fired up because of the work that needs to be done. tomorrow the president and first lady will visit the families of the victims of the navy yard shooting. they'll attend a memorial at marine barracks washington, that's not far from the contractor aaron alexis open fire on monday killing 12 people. the memorial will not be open to the public but invitations are being sent to about 4,000 people. >>> a northern california democratic party official has resigned over an offensive tweet on the healthcare reform debate. alan brour sent the tweet to a speech writer to ted cruz. amanda carpenter tweeted support to strip funding from the affordable care act. brour tweeted may your children all day from incurable diseases. brour later apologized. in alameda county hundreds of people turned out to learn about their insurance options under the healthcare reform law. more than 300 people attended workshops in oakland. representatives from kaiser permanente and childrens hospital were among those on hand. organizers say that county is almost 200,000

martin luther king jr.? >> wow. what do you make of it, is that offensive or meaningful? >> i think it's meaningful. i don't think it was meant to be offensive. reverend drmartin luther king jr. was a controversialfigure. in fact, they put him at the end of the march because he was so controversl. because he focused on poverty not on the middle class. does that sound familiar? when i see that kind of photograph, when i see that t-shirt and i see all of the different signs, i think people went there to express themselves. >> we'll have to leave it there, ladies. thank you so much for your insight. great to see both of you. >>> up next the obama administration says any action it takes is not a regime change. ♪ if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. getting to goal is important, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors because you could be at increased risk forlaque buildup in your arteries over time. and that's why when diet and exercise alone aren't enough to lower cho

martin luther kg jr.? >>wow. what do you make of it, is that offensive or meaningful? >> i think it's meaningful. i don't think it was meant to be offensive. reverend druther king jr. was a controversial figure. in fact, they put him at the end of the march because he was so controversial. because he focused on poverty not on the middle class. does that sound familiar? when i see that kind of photograph, when i see that t-shirt and i see all of the different signs, i thin people went there to express themselves. >> we'll have to leave it there, ladies. thank you so much for your insight. great to see both of you. >>> up next the obama administration says any action it takes is not a regime change. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local scottrade office is there to help. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. voted "best investment services company." but i feel s

martin luther king jr.? >> wow. what do you make of it, is that offensive or meaningful? >> i think it's meaningful. i don't think it was meant to be offensive. reverend drher king jr. was a controversial figure. in fact, they put him at the end of the march because he was so controversial. because he focused on poverty not on the middle class. does that sound familiar? when i see that kind of photograph, when i see that t-shirt and i see all of the different signs, i th people went there to express themselves. >> we'll have to leave it there, ladies. thank you so much for your insight. great to see both of you. >>> up next the obama administration says any action it takes is not a regime change. it takes is not a regime change. [ male announcer ] we all lead digital lives. we do our banking anytime... we shop anywhere... and stay in touch with friends everywhere. the freedom is great. but, it comes with a risk. every time you use your devices you could be putting your personal information on display for identity thieves to steal. ♪ even a little onlinehopping... could be a risk. a friend just wishing you a "happy birthday"... might give thieves the info

dr. martin luther king jr. they fought to move up higher. not for what he calls thuggish mentality. >> unusual arrest with a slippy suspect was nabbed for in texas. >> good morning. a little baseball for you. the as not invincible. the raiders, 49ers, how hurt are they? we'll update. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, wandering around town. the animal was taken into custon austin a >>> in texas, police picked up a pig just wandering around town. the animal was taken into custody and placed into animal shelter until the owner could pick it up. it was put in the back of a police cruiser and a present of some sort for the officer. police say the pig is not facing any charges despite the mess. and we just had to show that. >> that's not good. >> good morning, everybody. we'll lead you up a little baseball. just a matter of time. the story how the as win the west. the last home game holding on to a lead. last night it was 6.5 with the angels coming in. mike trout doing damage. this will give 4-0 lead. same inning cole found a hole. that's going to score two m

dr. martin luther king was jailed for civil disobedience, it was unions and union members who came to the legal and financial aid of dr. king. african-american workers have played a pivotal role in strengthening our unions and our economy. the path to the middle class for african-americans has always been through union jobs. and what we see today is an .rosion of that dream people's way of life, what they're used to, the levels of which they're used to live at is eroding. and it is because there's an attack on organized labor in this country from forbeses within this nation -- forces within this nation that are eroding the quality of life for hundreds and thousands of americans throughout this nation. so i am really here to say and to point out to this august body that labor has been the pathway for many americans, not just african-americans, but people of all walks of life, to live the american dream, to own a home, to feed their children, to send them to school, to take care of their parents, to have health has all been rity through labor. e stand here today and count the countless numb

dr. martin luther king, junior, mohammad ali, democratic senator frank church. the three were among over 1600 people on a watchlist whose overseas phone calls, telexes, and cables were targeted. president lyndon johnson launched the list in 1967 in a bid to see if growing antiwar beinged -- sentiment was aided from abroad. the spying continued through 1973 under president richard nixon. just seven names on the list have been revealed so far. in addition to dr. king, ali, and senator church, they include two journalists, washington post humor columnist art buchwald and new york times columnist tom wicker. the venezuelan president maduro is claiming he canceled his trip to the u.n. general assembly in new york this week due to threats on his safety. he said political opponents were planning what he called provocations and direct threats. provocations led to the situation of violence in new york, and certainly, the international campaign was going to begin. venezuela, violence, venezuela, maduro, etc. the other provocation was integrity. affect my >> in his comment

dr. martin luther king jr., and it was the headquarters of the children's crusade when young marchers demonstratedh was targeted by the kkk, a bomb exploded in the basement near a room full of children. the bombing just a few weeks after the march on washington shocked a nation and left an indelible mark on everyone who lived through it. i recently talked about that with condoleezza rice who as a child in birmingham at the time of the bombing >> my dad's church was only about two miles from 16th street baptist church. so it was like the ground shook. and for kids in birmingham of my age, i was 8, it was how could these people hate us so much? >> condoleezza rice on one side. knows that it wasn't for the sacrifice of little girls like her and others, white and black, goodman, cheney and southwesterner, if they had not shed blood, she won't have been secretary of state. president barack obama won't have been in the white house. people paid a price to open america up. we should never forget them and we should not stop until we finish the path that they put us on. we should honor them and honor them b

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dr. martin luther king's dream speech, we're looking at where we have been and where we are going, movingvance the dream? we'll talk to the trail blazers, the symbols of hope and success, the sport legend who brought magic to the business world, and to a worldwide cause, earvin magic johnson, the entertainment mogul who went from being homeless to the richest man in hollywood, tyler perry, the musical genius who inspired the world, stevie wonder. the political leader fighting to reimagine our cities. and the little girl from alabama who walked the world stage as secretary of state. my exclusive with condoleezza rice. it's ms. rice as you have never heard her before, talking about the 1963 birmingham church bombing. she lived through it as a kid. >> my dad's church was only about two miles from 16th street baptist church. so it was like the ground. for kids in birmingham of my age, i was ate, it was how could people hate us so much? >> she also talked about the challenges of growing up under jim crow, deep in the heart of the old south. >> you were always aware that you couldn't go to a mo

dr. martin luther king in 1958. that is his introduction to the civil rights movements. you know about those. there are many others. if there had been no claw that and if she had not done what she did on the second of march 1956, mrs. rosa parks may not have done what she did on december december 1st 1956 -- 1955. and if she had not, she would not have been arrested on the first. the hope street baptist church. dr. king would not have been introduced to the community, to the statement to the nation, to the world. in the whole history of the sole rights movement may have been deferred there are many individuals in the civil rights movement these faces never appear on television, his name is never appeared in france, but they are the ones who make it possible to do that. i am happy, and i am delighted that i was able to represent a lot of those people in breaking down vote loss not only for voting, but with recreations, with education, you name it, i probably filed more lawsuits than any other living lawyer the has resulted in changing things in this nation. and i am happy

dr. martin luther king voiced his opposition to the vietnam war, why aren't we giving peace a chance?itical break grounds are, we deserve much, much better. this is beyond partisanship. we're coming together on principle and that's a good thing. >> kelly, maybe this is a great thing that will bring republicans and democrats together because the american people are gravely disappointed in our washington leadership. >> ladies, angela and santita, i thank you for a very, very good conversation about this topic, and fortunately i think you hit the nail on the head, try to give peace a chance if we can. >> angela and i are in agreement. can you believe this? >> i love it. somebody shout hallelujah. >> hallelujah! >> oh, my heavens. >> it happens once in a while. >>> many are in agreement on this. doctors are treating heart attack patients faster than ever before, and thank goodness, because according to a new report, though it doesn't necessarily mean they're saving more lives, but it can make a huge difference, so we want to tell you what's going on with dr. david, part of our medical aid

dr. martin luther king delivered those inspiring words 50 years earlier, clearly, major strides have beentudents and teachers, maids and pullman porters. they shared simple meals and bunked together on floors. that's the debt that i and millions of americans owe those maids. those laborers. those porters. those secretaries. >> for more now, i'm joined by new yorker contributor jelani cobb. welcome. you wrote about that speech that the president gave and i'll read what you wrote. he spoke of the debt that i and millions of americans owes, those the porters, secretaries folks who could have run a company maybe if they had a chance but he suggested no way to make good that debt. no responsibility on his part whether as a black man or as president to see it repaid in any other way than by simply acknowledging it. you are not saddling this president with a burden that he cannot carry? because you know that if he had overemphasized issues in relation to african-americans, he would never have been re-elected? >> i think here is the point. no one's saying he has to come out and give the malcolm x

dr. martin luther king and helped get him out of jaime when dr.resented rosa parks, helping to free her from jail as well. mr. newton worked on the legal cases surrounding the 1965 historic march from selma to montgomery, securing their right to protest peacefully. he went on to become the first black speaker pro tem of the alabama state house, serving for 13 years. respected by members of both parties for his dignity and moral courage. mr. newton was 85 years old. when i think of demetrius newton, i think of many of those whose names never made national currency, that never became household names in generations behind them, but were in the trenches and fought the fight, even when it was more dangerous. it is because of them that we are where we are. some white, some black. but they gave their lives for all of us. and that is why we should behave in a way that will show our appreciation and continue that fight until we have the new america that we all desire. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> rooting for putin.

dr. martin luther king died.street, which was the hub of middle class black washington just burned out and we know '70s financial problems, '80s drugs, '90s violence, you can't keep that out of a public school. you just can't. and the truth of the matter is dunbar was all black before 1954 and has been all black after 1954. what changed about it was that it wasn't a magnet school anymore. it became a neighborhood school and all the issues of the neighborhood came into the school. >> reporter: those problems continued to the present, as many students left the washington public school system and last year just six in ten dunbar students graduated on time. given all that, why the sense of hope today? one reason, clearly, is making the explicit link to the past. today, plaques of famous alumni line the walls and floor of the new building. some are left blank. t he message is a clear one to dunbar senior millante patterson. >> one day i'm going to be on one of those plaques, hopefully. >> reporter: patterson says the