cuomo. >> selma was different. they were ready to kill, burn, bomb, destroy. to ask artists to go in was a whole different game. >> reporter: harry miles had to be covered. the real obstacle was hate. not long after 600 marchers began on sunday, march 7th, police brutally beat them. driving them back to selma. >> when bloody sunday happened, and dr. king decided to march again after it, what was the mood? >> the mood was anger, rebellious. the question is what do we do in the face of this kind of rage? the bottom line was that we will go back as o as necessary. >> reporter: belafonte, enlisted by dr. king to bring artists into the movement, convinced the likes of joan baez, paul newman, marlon brando. but one of the first calls was to old friend and supporte eer y bennett. >> i didn't want to do it but then he told me what was going down. when blacks were burned, gasoline thrown on them, and they were burned. when i said that, i said i'll go with you. >> and that black/white divide, white faces would see your face. what do you think they thought about you? >> that you are a god damned traitor. there was a spirit. we decided we wo