jesse lewis jackson sr., people still know who jesse jackson is, right? a civil rights leader, a famous chicagoan, somebody i'm trying to do research on, trying to think about a book project on. particularly as jackson centers black people running for the presidency. without jesse jackson, 1972 at the democratic convention and later on in 1984 and '88, there would be no barack obama. and so jesse jackson is in his own ways controversial. let's see if my other video will come up. here's i little bio video. >> after king's assassination in april 1968 jackson split from the fclc leadership. he moved to chicago and in 1971, formed operation bush. >> to make sure that store owners in the black community did their part hiring black clerks. he believed they need to hire african-americans and he did that and it was quite effective. >> in 1979 he traveled to south africa to speak out against apartheid. >> jesse jackson supported the palestinian cause. he started using the same phrases he used in the united states. i am somebody. say it with me. i am somebody. repea

that's right it's not something that jesse jackson has discussed much in the fifty years since martin luther king jr his fellow activist and his mentor was assassinated on the balcony behind me that you see there draped in black bunting but people are trying to focus not just on what they say was a traumatic loss for them personally or for the country as a whole but they're also trying to focus on the work that martin luther king did during his very short life you only lived thirty nine years to talk with me more about king's legacy and what is the challenge facing not just americans but others in the days ahead i'm joined now by derrick johnson he is the president and the c.e.o. of the n.w.a. c.p. one of the nation's largest civil rights organizations thanks so much for joining us here on al-jazeera thank you for being here. when you woke up today what is your thought about this anniversary the death of martin luther king jr but i think is both the speed of his hard work but we also want to out of a certain tension workers who sacrifice must to be sure that they have a. bias working

. -- jesse jackson.iness was the theme of the commemoration. the central question was where we go from you. many believed doctor king provided that as many years ago. facebook has now revealed that as many as 87 million users may have had their personal information improperly shared with, and used by, the political consultancy cambridge analytica. that's many more than previously admitted. within the past few hours, chief executive mark zuckerberg has told journalists he'd made a "huge mistake", and that facebook had not done enough to protect people's information. our technology reporter dave lee reports from san francisco. a conference call asking all must now, mark zuckerberg admitted that even been to a dealer stick on the past, putting too much trusted third—party companies that went on to abuse the system who created. but despite calls questioning this ability to continue as the bleeder of the world's most powerful social network, mark zuckerberg consistently would not step down. ez... -- consisten

you know the name abernathy, you know the name of jesse jackson and so forth, but you may not know the name of james orange, you know? you know the name of james bevel, of course, but you may not know the name of jimmy lee jackson. maybe you do. you may not know all of those men and women who tirelessly worked to make dr. king's leadership of the movement have its success. it wasn't successful because he was a great orator, it was a success because of the courage of a leader walking across the edmund pettis bridge. it was success because of diane nash, okay? and this icon here, james lawson, okay? and not to -- and that man sitting right there, that man sitting right there, you know why the democratic party got representation before they didn't have it before, okay? because it was his 1984 -- because of his election campaign. jesse jackson's 1984 and 1988 presidential campaign scared the livi living living bejesus off the political establishment. they didn't believe it. and so we have a -- we have a responsibility to talk facts and reality, and i'm sorry if i came down very hard, but i

you know the name abernathy, you know the name of jesse jackson and so forth, but you may not know theame of jimmy lee jackson. maybe you do. you may not know all of those men and women who tirelessly worked to make dr. king's leadership of the movement have its success. it wasn't successful because he was a great orator, it was a success because of the courage of a leader walking across the edmund pettis bridge. it was success because of diane nash, okay? and this icon here, james lawson, okay? and not to -- and that man sitting right there, that man sitting right there, you know why the democratic party got representation before they didn't have it before, okay? because it was his 1984 -- because of his election campaign. jesse jackson's 1984 and 1988 presidential campaign scared the livi living living bejesus off the political establishment. they didn't believe it. and so we have a -- we have a responsibility to talk facts and reality, and i'm sorry if i came down very hard, but i really feel this. i feel very pained. i personally feel pained, i can't speak for anybody else -- now,

we need to continue to do better but i am blessed that leaders like jesse jackson, doctor king paveder the optimist, he said that his people would get promised land. he was also very, he saw it as his duty to call out the injustices he saw, to call out the injustices he saw, to actively fight against them and today on this podium, we heard people talk about police brutality, about the economic justice people talk about police brutality, about the economicjustice that persists, hyatt unemployment, what do you think, how far do you think this country still needs to go?|j think this country still needs to go?” think we have a long way to go. if you look at black wages versus white wages in this country, there is still a huge gap. wages in this country, there is stilla huge gap. if wages in this country, there is still a huge gap. if you have the power of an education, which doctor king at and pioneers really enabled, people like me in so many others to ta ke people like me in so many others to take advantage of, i think that leads to a betterjob, not least about opportunity. what do you

jesse jackson. tuesday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, our cbs anchor announcing doctor king's assassination and on wednesday, live coverage of civil rights leaders of past and present and including john lewis and diane mash and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. on c-span 3. coming up tonight, clifford berryman political cartoons. a discussion of the impact of the bible in america and a look of the museum exhibit on the vietnam war and the battle of way. later american artifacts explores gunston hall, the home of george mason. each week american artifacts take viewers into archives and museums and historic sites around the country. the national archives center for legislative archives houses the popular, political cartoons from the early 20th century. his work is still relevant and is featured in the journal's white house historical association. we take a look at his cartoon. >> clifford barryman was one of the most renowned and widely claimed political cartoonist during the f

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jesse jackson, who was there at the time, said the pain was still raw.y brought a real mix of weather across the country. thursday is looking completely different. it's going to be quite a chilly start. frosty start for some of us, but the weather is looking great. a lot of sunshine eventually in the afternoon. that'll be right across the country. that is finally clearing away and as we head through the course of the morning the remnants of the cloud across parts of lincolnshire, east anglia, the midlands, and the south—east but the skies already clearing in many parts of the country. by early thursday morning, it will clear in northern england too, and temperatures will drop away like a stone in the northern half half of the uk. some rural spots in scotland could get down to —7 degrees. whereas in the south, around 3—6 degrees celsius. the last of that cloud clears away from the south—east in the morning on then it's pretty much sunshine all round. however later in the afternoon, the skies might turn hazy here out west and into northern ireland. a sligh

eastern, live coverage of the outdoor service outside of .he lorraine motel with remarks from jesse jackson and others. c-span3, tuesday, at 8:00 eastern, archival events including walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. wednesday at 8:00 eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders including georgia congressman john lewis, diane tamikaina ella ponty and mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. live on tuesday and wednesday on c-span and on american history tv on c-span3. >> now, dave rubin is interested -- is interviewed by nick gillespie at liberty gone -- liberty con. this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to libertycon. [cheering] time that it1th has met. admittedly, a little bit of a mouthful. that is one of the reasons why we have changed it. the other is you. you come from all walks of life. all ages

the sole surviving member are ambassador andrew young and reverend jesse jackson. tonight, cnn's victor blackwell sits down with them at the motel to reflect on what happened there and how dr. king's spirit lives on. >> does it feel like 50 years? >> it feels like it was yesterday. >> reporter: it was april 4th, 1968, in memphis, tennessee. before andrew young was an ambassador to the world, before jesse jackson became a reverend and a groundbreaking political figure. they were two young men dedicated to the cause of equality led by dr. martin luther king jr. it was a chilly thursday afternoon at the lorraine motel. >> i was telling him he needed a coat. he sort of raised his head to kind of see test of weather. and pow. >> reporter: a single shot to his chin and king was dead. he was 39 years old. now a half century later, young and jackson return to the spot where their friend and leader assassinated. >> his shoes got caught under here and it knocked him out of his shoes. >> reporter: a photographer staying three rooms down snapped this iconic image as king lay d

and on stage with me is a dear friend, reverend jesse jackson.eat. i would love for all of my other panelists to come on stage and i'll introduce you. come on, all the panelists. yes. gina belefante. yadon israel. quintin james. clarence jones. and is my friend tamika mallory in the house? tamika is here, all right. so, we've got this great panel. and i want to start off this discussion -- i want to start off this discussion in a very meaningful way. i mean, today, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king, jr., and i would like to ask those in the upper tiers on the sides if you could give us this moment, shhh. it works, yes. >>> the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king, jr. let's set the time. we remember those moments in time where we felt like our hearts and our minds were ripped from our bodies. that was one of those moments. you can remember where you were. the nation was coming together, trying to bridge a divide, trying to work together in the midst of injustice and inequality. that was

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us in memphis tennessee those and commemorations come emotional speech from reverend reverend jesse jackson and eros describing a moment dr king was assassinated. that's right it's important to remember that just the jackson was a man only in his twenty's a young minister himself who had recently joined the work of martin luther king jr and had come with him here to memphis in order to was support us trash workers who were on strike for better pay and really respect from the city government this was a situation where he literally was having a conversation with him joking with him before they were going to go out to dinner and then suddenly he said he watched king die in front of him and you can imagine how traumatic that would be for anyone honestly and it's something that jackson has not really discussed even though he's been very much a prominent figure in u.s. politics and civil activism for the past fifty years it's only really been in the past year or so that he has started to talk about that moment you could essentially hear a pin drop to use the cliche but in an outdoor space with th

reverend jesse jackson returned to the spot where he witnessed the assassination.e of the crucifixion. but not far from here is the resurrection — the new hope and the new possibilities. bell tolls. at 6:01, king was silenced by a sniper. bells rang 39 times, to honour the number of years he lived. because of him, because of his glorious words and deeds, because of his hopeful vision and his moral imagination, we found the courage to come as far as we have. picking up dr king's unfinished business was the theme of this commemoration, with the central question — where we go from here? many believe dr king provided that answer so many years ago. nada tawfik, bbc news, memphis. one of india's biggest film stars, salman khan, has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing two blackbucks — a rare antelope species which is protected under indian law. the case dates back to 1998, when salman khan was making a film. rajini vaidya nathan reports from delhi. he's one of the world's highest—paid actors, loved by millions. salman khan's career spanned decades. seen her

jesse jackson told me that he gave his organization space in his building for free. so there was this part of him that was going to these meetings where people were trying to get more black people on wall street and was interested in that topic. there weren't cameras there, there weren't people edging him on, he was genuinely like, yeah jesse jackson, come to my tower. - and he wasn't running for office at the time. - he wasn't running for office at the time, so a complex person is essentially who the president is. - if you got the opportunity, in the context of the particular beat that you're on or the interest that you have in civil rights journalism as you described it, to sit down with him and to talk about race with him, what would you wanna ask him? - the first question i would ask is why do you think white supremacists are excited about your presidency? what is it about what you said that you think hits a chord with people who wanna discriminate against people of color? and should they not be excited about you? and people say that you're a racist, what do you

jesse jackson/civil rights leader "every move i've made, whether it was a demonstration or running foridency, i always felt his spirit in some way and touched base with him before doing it."jackson, now 76 and young, 86 say king did not fear death.and even as they stand on the balcony that was once stained king's blood, they're convinced that he will never die.andrew young/civil rights leader "i've been to 152 countries. i've never been anywhere where people haven't wanted to ask me about martin luther king."jesse jackson/civil rights leader "if he had been 89 years old, he'd be just an old preacher who preached great sermons. his martyrdom is power. his spirit is alive."victor blackwell, cnn, memphis. (robin) and here's a live look outside...from the sutro cam. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) san ( robin ) san ( robin ) san francisco's outside lands has announced its lineup for the august festival. headliners include.. the weekend, florence and the machine, and janet jackson. the

i spoke with refer ends jesse jackson and ambassador andrew young, they are the two living members ofrom that day. for first time together, they returned to the lorraine hotel balcony to talk with me about their friend and that very tragic day. >> reporter: does it feel like it's been 50 years? >> it feels like it was yesterday. >> reporter: it was april 4th, 1968 in memphis, tennessee, before andrew young was an ambassador to the world and before jesse jackson became a reverend and ground breaking political figure. they were dedicated to the cause of equality led by dr. martin luther king jr. and it was a chilly thursday afternoon at the motel. >> i was tacking talking to hi telling him he needed a coat. and he sort of raised his head to kind of see -- test the weather and pow. >> reporter: a single shot to his chin and king was dead. he was 39 years old. now, a half century later, young and jackson referrturned to they spot where their friend and leader was assassinated. >> it knocked him out of his >> we were pointing over there, because the police were here. they were running over

i did get to, you know, the most fun was going to cuba in 1984 with jesse jackson. >> you met castro? >> yes, i took his hand. i shook his hand. and jackson and his first run for president, and the primaries were over, but he wanted to show that he had, you know, foreign policy bone fidas and so he went to el salvador and cuba and nicaragua and when i saw that jesse jackson was going to cuba, i had to be there and the last national review writer who went to cuba was john leonard who i mentioned, and he was sent there as a 19-year-old kid when kcasto had just take then over as and there was a journalist who was anti-bautista and anti-castro aed he had been thrown in jail, and he was sent down to find is guy, and when he got there the british embassy said leave there today. get out today. so he did. he was the preceding national review reporter in cuba. so i went on the trip, and you know, castro came down the aisle of the airplane once and he shook everyone's hand, and the chilling moment that i saw, there are the was going to be a welcome of jackson when the airplane landed, so we, th

and jesse jackson really talked about that.o we're all the inheritors of that spirit that king had. but also we need to understand the vision, like you were saying, you know? that if people don't really get what he was talking about,en then how can they -- then how can they move in the direction that he was talking about. so the business as usual things, there are lots of ways that people are working. a friend of mine in memphis is, they have a community development corporation. they're buying up old houses that are totally shot, and they buy 'em for a dollar from the city and rebuild the house and sell it for less than $40,000, which is hard to get in memphis. and they have 114 houses right now that they're either renting or getting people to buy. and they're, it's just building on itself. and so i don't know how many things like that are going on in the united states, but that's one way. and steve lockwood, who runs that, said i think, you know, we have poverty so we have to figure out how to make the best out of that. and it

re-used a remington rifle with one bullet killed it was a very traumatic moment as might expect jesse jackson who even though he is extremely vocal known around the world for his activism on the ballot that almost there. it's. shared with the ground here. in the last. from this balcony in memphis the balcony in white houses for the years in the wilderness of friends today the hope is in the resurrection when you celebrate barack winning the campaign in two thousand and eight and twelve he is alive and those children module last week saying ban on assault weapons enough. he's alive. and we walked in modern freed mendell and he's alive. my friend let nothing brick your spirit the day he would go home spend the phone turn loam volleyed it yet somehow someway he would not give up. now of course i think he will love feature artistic performances and it's a liberation of the four corners. but the big has been tossed around just tired. to spend that. energy and the memories and the knowledge of work during the civil rights to translate that same momentum into the challenges facing students things of

i did get to -- no, probably the most -- the most fun was going to cuba in 1984 with jesse jackson. >> you met castro. >> yeah. shook his hand. jackson, this was his first run for president, and the primaries were over, but he wanted to show that he had foreign policy bona fides, and so he went to four countries. he went to panama, el salvador, nicaragua, and cuba, and when i saw that jesse jackson was going to cuba, i had to be on this trip. so, the last "national review" writer who had gone to cuba was john leonard. he was sent there as a 19-year-old kid when castro just had taken over, and there was a journalist who had been anti-batista and anti-castro and he had been thrown in jail, and so bill sent him down to see what had happened to this guy. and john went down and one morning, he got a call from the british embassy which said, leave today. get out of here today. >> get out. >> so, he did. so he was the preceding "national review" reporter in cuba. so i went on this trip, and you know, castro came down the aisle of our airplane once and shook everyone's hand. the chilling mome

listening to jesse jackson, it listening tojesse jackson, it makes me think of something christian andng. what strikes me, it is quite loud here, what strikes me about doctor king and his legacy, there has been a vacuum and his legacy, there has been a vacuum of a civil rights icon to ta ke vacuum of a civil rights icon to take his place. in that vacuum, a lot of people have struggled for power and struggled to have the mantle to speak for black leadership in this country. that is much to our detriment, something doctor king would never have wanted as a part of his legacy. you have written a lot about african—america ns his legacy. you have written a lot about african—americans in politics, and black leadership in the country, ron, ona and black leadership in the country, ron, on a personal note, being down there in memphis, what does martin luther king mean to you? what it means to me is an opportunity to achieve the marketing. a lot of young people today wouldn't have had the chance to go to school or couege the chance to go to school or college and achieve the american dream. my gra

moments ago jesse jackson spo balcony wherethe dr. king was assassinated. are a lot of children and older folks bringing t an oppory to reflect on the great life of dr. martin luther king. >> has there been much discussion about the barriers whh clearly his dream of racial equality? there has been a lot disct.sion today to that effec 50 years ago today he was here for a sanitation workers march. there were a lot of people representing trade unions, talking about improve education of people of color and all americans. -- many aspects of his room have been realized. there is much more to go and there are many people here behind me to celebrate that call for greater equality. he was 39n iee evo ish li >> he really did. i think what was remarkable about dr. king is he understood of to harness the power television. the marc wssaw in birmingham and so many other places, they awakened americans to the herors of racism and what used to pressure john f. kennedy ba let more diligent to protect people of color and break down the barriers that havehackled african-ameri

with remarks by religious and civil rights leaders including jesse jackson and on american history tv on c-span3 tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. includingne of events walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. and wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders including georgia congressman john lewis. bellefonte anda tamika mallory. the 50th a la bursary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king junior. american history tv is on featuringery weekend archival films and programs on the presidency. here is a clip from a recent program. >> i'm asked what is your andrite item in a museum with 3100 exhibits and inventory of almost 100,000 that we curate, it is hard to say what that is. there is one and it is this one right here. -- wrote a poem at 2:00 the morning at the hotel and that she says in her own words, she to the stub of a pencil by the candlelight that was available to her and she wrote down what she says god gave her to write down. she sho

jesse jackson. [applause] rev. jackson: i am somebody, i am somebody. i am a man.pect me, protect me, never neglect me. i am somebody. stop the violence, save the children, save the children. keep hope alive. keep hope alive. he lives, he lives. he lives. let me hear you scream like you mean it. [cheering] my brothers and my sisters, it is a bit difficult standing here again today. i see brother bill who was sitting here, he was here 50 years ago. i have been blessed by god to come back here 50 years later. every time this had comes off, the story is still wrong. this is the site of the crucifixion. not far from here is the resurrection, the new hope and possibilities. a difficult season without the king this was. had, januarying we 15 1968. it was a day of excitement. the smoky mountains native americans, jewish allies, blacks from the deep south, delta, mississippi, arkansas. about how they ended the war in vietnam. their fathers had been going to the war in vietnam. that was his mission, to end violence. it was on this attack that spring, february 1, two men wer

the lorraine motel, the site of the assassination with remarks by civil rights leaders including jesse jackson and an american history tv on c-span3 tuesday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, archival events including news anchor walter can cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and the funeral. live coverage with civil rights leaders both past and present including georgia congressman john lewis, marian wright edelman, and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king, jr., live tuesday and wednesday on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

outdoor service in front of the motel, the site of the assassination, marked by leaders, including jesse jacksonannouncing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. wednesday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders past and present, including georgia congressman lewis, gina bellefonte, and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr. life next tuesday and wednesday on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. monday on landmark cases, planned parenthood challenge the connecticut law banning the prescription and use of birth control. the supreme court ruled the statute to be unconstitutional, and in the process established a our guests are helling, a law professor. dean for research in a law professor at temple university. watch landmark cases monday and join the conversation. our #is #landmark cases. follow us at c-span. we have resources on each case. landmark cases companion book, a link to the national constitution center's interactive constitution, and the landmark cases podcast at c-span.org/land

service outside of the lorraine motel with remarks by religious and civil rights leaders including jesse jackson and on american history tv on c-span3 tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. archival events, including cbs news anchor walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. and wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live coverage with civil rights leaders including georgia congressman john lewis. marian wright edelman, diane nash, gina bellefonte and tamika mallory. anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king junior. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency. the civil war and more. here is a clip from a recent program. and bill as a debater was first class. but he was very fair. he let the other points of view be presented and generally speaking, his view was, i'm going to give the other fellow enough room to hang himself. sometimes the other fellow is good enough to hang a bill. that is the risk to take

the civil rights activist jesse jackson is one of only two survivors of dr king's entourage on the day. he spoke from the motel balcony where dr king was shot dead. i've been blessed by god to come back here 50 years later. and every time the scab comes off, the sore is still raw. the blood still oozes. this is the site of the crucifixion. not far from here is the resurrection, the new hope, and the new possibilities. our correspondent nada tawfik summed up the mood in memphis. i would describe it as almost like a pilgrimage of people young and old, from here in memphis and across the country, coming here not tojust honour the legacy of dr king, but really to recommit themselves to the struggles that he fought against 50 years ago. and so here in memphis, you had 10,000 people marching, you know, in the name of his legacy, singing songs, rejoicing. and here at the official commemoration in memphis there was a mix of performances, and as i say again, celebration, storytelling, from icons who were there with him on that night, and also some very passionate speeches from activists and fai

i just want to remind people that jesse jackson of the presidential campaign -- jesse jackson's presidentialampaign was run from a property donated by donald trump. so how do you relate the destruction of the black family directly to civil rights? because planned parenthood was a eugenics program designed to sterilize the black community. margaret sanger, you can look it since the inception of planned parenthood, the black population has been kept up 13.7% in america. it is a complete tragedy. net seven-hour category 4 30-50 years old, pennsylvania. morgan, hello. caller: to the lady that just called, lady, you need to know your history. more babies have been murdered through abortion because their father was black and their mother was white. people need to remember that same bigotry and hatred martin fell from the south, he also got when he came up to the north in boston, chicago, and it shows you that immorality, the abomination of racism in this country, is coast-to-coast, north and south. host: before you go, do you think it is the same today than 50 years ago? caller: it is worse today.

it was the twenty fifth anniversary of dr king's assassination and i remember hearing reverend jesse jackson on the radio and he said you know we think of king like he was a big civil rights teddy bear but this guy was radical and i remember being so struck by that because he's so that image of king is the civil rights teddy bear so perfectly capsulated this kind of superficial sentimentalized sterilised version of king that we've been given and mass media and so i begin to delve into the speeches sermons and writings and i was inspired by vincent harding and you know dr harding said that part of the problem with our public memory of king is that we freeze him on the steps of the lincoln memorial in one thousand sixty three giving the i have a dream speech and we almost completely ignore the last five years of king's life in terms of our popular culture or memory and so that was a real impetus when i read dr harding in the mid ninety's to say you know i mean people on the panel and so many kings scholars that pointed out that there is a superficial king that we've been left with in terms of

martin luther king and the founder of the defense fund for jesse jackson who was with dr. king outside room 306 at the lorraine motel in memphis, tennessee. we will hear from the cofounder of a current civil rights movement, black lives matter. tonightcoming up live 8:00 eastern time on c-span3. next up is mike from new york. you for having my call. i am calling because i watch these commemorations quite often. i find them to be very informative. i find too, that what is very i look at society today and both black and white and i find that we really do not understand or know our history. if we knew our history, and where we come from -- this is both black and white and i teach --rican history from most for almost over 20 years. knew our if we history, we would be very conscious of how we carry on today and our daily lives. black americans have a rich history. although we have struggles, economic struggles, emotional struggles as far as you quality, that we have a rich history. if we took pride in that and understood where we came from, like all the civil rights leaders tha

the first time i heard was from jesse jackson. people should learn the history. take away the names and put economic statistics, nobody has done better than trump did so far. going back three presidents. finally the reason why the left to scare us because minorities are doing fantastic. they don't care about starbucks or golf courses, they care about the bottom line in the economy. minorities are doing excellent in this economy. >> he's right. the unemployment rate for african-americans just hit historic. people are finding jobs. return the economy upside down from her people couldn't find jobs for the confined workers. what he said is true. i'm glad he realized that. i think the facts are under covered by the media. it's good to get the word out there. >> kimberly in washington. >> i voted for trump and i just left the union. i have better benefits but i was seduced to go to the naked is there supposed to be better. it was far less. they took a span of three months, $880 out of my pay, i left the union. that was a pipeline. i have relatives who work in the count

we know the jackson is speaking, you have —— the reverend jesse jackson is speaking.sharpton as well. and what have they said exactly in terms of what has changed in the last 50 years in civil rights for many african—americans? civil rights for many african-americans? there is absolutely no doubt that a lot has changed, and those who were here in memphis back then will tell you that. doctor king took america out of thejim that. doctor king took america out of the jim crow that. doctor king took america out of thejim crow era. he made it so that segregation was a thing of the past, he guaranteed voting rights for all. and that, if you just look at the fact that in kind of a0 years from that point we elected in america the first african—american president, that was such a momentous achievement. and you see the black middle class in this country growing. but people here really did focus on what hasn't really changed since then. doctor martin luther king spent the last part of his life fighting inequality, fighting economic injustice that he saw as really stopping african

only two of dr king's entourage on that day are still alive — one of them, jesse jackson, told the crowd pain was still raw. before the bells rang out, the reverend michael pfleger, a catholic priest and activist against street violence in chicago, spoke of the importance of maintaining dr king's legacy. the question is will we wake about outrage at their disparities and an equal playing fields that have become an acceptable norm, replace oui’ become an acceptable norm, replace our citizens with hope, and will we ta ke our citizens with hope, and will we take the van out of the hate of the bloodstream of america's veins, and give her a transfusion with blood, truth, justice, and righteousness? will we hold america accountable for what she has promised us, all will we be assassins to martin's assassinations with our silence? we may not have been here 50 years ago, but we are here now. don't be an assassin. continue his legacy. our correspondent nada tawfik summed up the mood in memphis. i would describe it as almost like a pilgrimage of people young and old, from here in memphis and acros

the american civil rights activist, reverend jesse jackson, paid tribute, saying: "in the darkest hours africa, with nelson mandela in prison, the face of hope and courage was winnie mandela. may she forever rest in peace. and the south african international football player janine van wyk tweeted: "what a powerful woman she was. may your soul rest in peace, winnie mandela, mother of the nation." with me isjohn carlin —journalist and author of the book — playing the enemy, nelson mandela and the game that made a nation. he interviewed winnie mandela shortly before nelson mandela's release from prison in 1990. thank you forjoining us. your reaction to her death first of all. like everyone else i was surprised. unlike her ex—husband nelson mandela, we knew that his death was coming but this was out of the blue. even though she was 81. her death makes me reflect about someone i got to know quite well personally as well as writing about as a journalist. although a lot of what i wrote about her was about the dark and ugly side of winnie mandela, my prevailing sentiment now reacting to her dea

, the site of the assassination with remarks from religious and civil rights leaders including jesse jackson. an american history tv on 8:00,3 tuesday at archival events including walter cronkite announcing dr. king's assassination and a portion of his funeral in atlanta. , live coverage00 with civil rights leaders past and present including john lewis, it'll men, diane nash, gina bellefonte, and tamika mallory. the 50th anniversary of the assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. this month on c-span, we feature our studentcam contest winners. we asked the middle and high school students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and illustrate why it was important to them. our second prize middle school winners are julia angel, maria .ond lamberty and olivia schulz if graders at eastern middle school in silver spring, maryland. in their winning entry entitled, "undefended." they talk about the sixth amendment and the right to

king's longtime lieutenant, jesse jackson, was in the hotel parking lot 50 years ago, and today he spoke from the balcony. >> there's hope, there's healing in this tug-of-war for the soul of america. should we go forward with hope and healing or backwards by hurt and hate? h reporter: many flocked to the national king memorial in washington, d.c., where crowds paused to mourn and others marched. and in indianapolis, where robert f. kennedy told the crowd of king's death... >> i had a member of my family killed, and he was killed by a white man. >> reporter: civil rights icon t,hn lewis, who was by kennedy's side that night, talked about ies personal loss. >> i lost a friend. erlost a big brother. i lost my leader. if it hadn't been for martin luther king jr. i don't know what would have happened to our nation. >> glor: j.b., you've been on the ground there all day long. talk about the mood. >> reporter: jeff, there's no question that the mood was one of reverence for a civil rights econ paying homage to dr. king's nygacy and what he meant to so many people and the fact that he made the u

among the mourners, leaders of african nations and the reverend jesse jackson. winnie madikizela mandela was a beloved but controversial figure in south africa. she was coicted on kidnapping and assault charges in 1991 and had a bitter divorce from her husband in 1996. in 2016 the african natiol congress, the party of nelson mandela, presented her one of its highest honors for her work to end apartheid. oscar winning director milos forman died today at a hospital in connecticut. forman is best known for the films "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" and "amadeu" both of which won oscars for best picture, best director, and more. he emigrated to the united states from his native czechoslovakia after the soviet invasion in 1968 where his early films were considered rellious and subversive. milos forman was 86 years old. >> sreenivasan: on tomorrow's broadcast, we'll have more on the attack inct syria, rions to former f.b.i. director james comey's new book, and we'll look esead to the issues facing enpresident trump's attorney michael cohen, who will appear in federal

king's long time lieutenant, jesse jackson was in the hotel parking lot 50 years ago.e spoke from the balcony. >> there is hope. there is healing. in this tug-of-war for the soul of america should we go forward by hope and healing, or backward by hurt and hate? >> many flock to the king memorial in washington, d.c. where crowds paused to mourn and others marched. i think we have taken leaps and bound. an ever changing nation. hopefully in the positive. >> in indianapolis, where robert f kennedy told the crowd of king's death. >> i had a member of of my family killed. but he was killed by a white man. >> civil rights icon, john lewis who was by kennedy's side that night, talked about his personal loss. >> i lost a friend. i lost a brother. i lost my leader. if it hadn't been for martin luther king jr., i don't know what would have happened to our we are learning more about the woman who opened fire at youtube headquarters. nasim aghdam shot and wounded three people, before killing herself. learning more why she targeted youtube from her own youtube videos. ♪ >> online,