a moment, i'll talk with a historian about some of her musings about civil rights leader martin luther kingobby kennedy told her that king made light of her husband's funeral and said the coffin was almost dropped and made fun of the cardinal who performed the mass. here's what she said next from the abc special "jacquelyn kennedy, in her own words." >> well, i mean martin luther king is really a tricky person. he never said anything against martin luther king to me, so -- i don't know if he -- if bobby would be the one to find out what he ever really thought in that way. but bobby told me later, i just can't see a picture of martin luther king without thinking, you know, that man's terrible. >> that tape shows that at least at the time she made the recording, jacquelyn kennedy didn't have much confidence in lyndon b. johnson. listen. >> lyndon can ride on some of the great things jack did and a lot of them will go forward because they can't be stopped, the civil rights, the tax bill, the gold range stuff. and maybe you'll do something more about the alliance and everything, but when some r

we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. steves: from towns on the valley floor, a train takes tourists and adventurers alike to the region's ultimate perch, the jungfraujoch. this breathtaking station sits like a fairy castle at 11,000 feet between two of the region's highest peaks. the weather's usually better in the early morning. we're on the first train. towering high above are the jungfrau, monch, and eiger peaks, named for the legend of the young maiden -- jungfrau -- being protected by the monk, or monch, from the mean ogre, or eiger. continuing on, we change trains at

a moment, i'll talk with a historian about some of her musings about civil rights leader martin luther kingennedy told her that king made light of her husband's funeral and said the coffin was almost dropped and made fun of the cardinal who performed the mass. here's what she said next from the abc special "jacquelyn kennedy, in her own words." >> well, i mean martin luther king is really a tricky person. he never said anything against martin luther king to me, so -- i don't know if he -- if bobby would be the one to find out what he ever really thought in that way. but bobby told me later, i just can't see a picture of martin luther king without thinking, you know, that man's terrible. >> that tape shows that at least at the time she made the recording, jacquelyn kennedy didn't have much confidence in lyndon b. johnson. listen. >> lyndon can ride on some of the great things jack did and a lot of them will go forward because they can't be stopped, the civil rights, the tax bill, the gold range stuff. and maybe you'll do something more about the alliance and everything, but when some really

martin luther king jr., mrs. kennedy harshly judged his personal life and was told that the civil rights icon had misbehaved poorly at jfk's funeral. as a result, this is how she felt about him and quotes her husband as having felt about him. >> i mean martin luther king is really a tricky person, but i wouldn't know, he never said anything against martin luther king to me. so i don't know if bobby would would be the one to find out what he really thought of him. but bobby told me later, i just can't see a picture of martin luther king without thinking, you know that man 's terrible. >> there are also harsh judgments about linden johnson, her husband's vice president and later of course president after jfk was assassinated. >> bobby told me this later and i know jack said it to me sometime, he said, oh, god, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if linden was president? the only times he would say it if there was ever a problem. >> it is at times harsh and provocative and tough stuff. the book was

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the two new folks at martin luther king middle school. and i'd like to introduce natalie eberhart who is the principal and anthony braxton who is the assistant principal to make the presentation. please. >> so thank you, my name is natalie eberhart, the new principal at martin luther king jr. school and with my assistant principal mr. braxton and with ms. diane reynolds who is one of our outstanding teachers. mr. braxton and i have only been at the school for less than a month and already found ms. reynolds to be an inavailable -- invaluable member of our staff who cares deeply for our teachers and the staff and are making sure our students with special education needs are being fully realized in the education classes, being fully included and coming to the fullness of their potential in our school. so we're definitely very proud to recognize ms. diane reynolds. [applause] >> it's been my privilege to be at dr. martin luther king middle school since it's been at the present site. i only missed one year there. being at the school. and i've

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your you. thank you. kcet public television] tavis: she came up with what seemed like a simple idea in kenya. she was the subject of the pbs documentary, "taking root." >> we have a government in this country that is overseeing the obstruction of order. today we are faced with a challenge that calls for a shift in our thinking so humanities and stop threatening life support system. >> she joined us in 2006 and again in 2009. this came on the heels of her book "challenge for africa." nice to see you again. let me start with the personal. this work is so personal for you, and i suspect anyone that becomes a nobel laureate

answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstaclesf e washington, d.c., martin luther king, jr., memorial foundation. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: what an honor to have lenny kravitz on this said. he is about to embark on a world tour in support of his new cd, "black and white america." here is a video from "to come on, get it." i feel like a canine ♪ come on and get it ♪ love, in love with your and i am coming to get it ♪ you know i am good for your love, and you know that i need it ♪ tavis: are you all right? >> i am beautiful. >> you are beautiful. i did not mean it that way. >> everyone i know says the same thing. tavis: i was the all-star game. you killed its. >> thank you. tavis: i thought it was so cool the way they staged a concert. you look like you had a good time. >> they went all out. it was a good way to come back. tavis: how do you -- now that you have so many records behind you, is there

let's take the martin luther king junior deal first. it's reported hoover didn't like dr. king.hat's a matter of historical fact, and was taping him, wire taping him because he fell the doctor was a communist, an agitator and on and on. this is j edgar hoover. what he got off the tapes, some was embarrassing to dr. king s that a historical fact? >> that is a historical fact. bobby kennedy, who was the attorney general at the time, and john kennedy, were anti-communists. >> on the tapes was some personal stuff that dr. king was talking about as far as miss stresses were concerned, right? >> well, we don't know because we haven't actually heard -- we are hearing what mrs. kennedy said she was told, and we aren't even sure which brother told her. the tapes themselves, the fbi take place, won't be revealed for another ten or fifteen years. >> it was something to do with. >> perhaps arranging a party at a hotel or something. >> perhaps with women. because we know that because of the jackie kennedy take place. something to to with women. >> and we know that's part of the dr. martin lu

martin luther king, an ar gantd twit, he was a four-letter word. so everybody, everybody please just calm down. this is a memorial. it's about how we remember dr. king, no matter what he may have actually said. i know my personal favorite dr. king quote has always been, "who you going to call, ghostbusters." if anything, if anything, folks, memorial architect ed jackson still left the quote a little too long. i say trim the fat down to, "i was a drum major." you can even add one of those fancy hats. hey, hey, he did lead a march. we'll be right back. [cheering and applause] >> thank. welcome back, everybody. nation, before our august break, i was trying to get to the bottom of the huge scandal rocking the republican race for president. and i'm not talking about the rumor that candidate thaddeus mccotter's real name is cotter mcthaddeus. new york i'm talking about iowa's parry-with-an-a gate. you all know the details. oh, yeah. but in case you're some sort of cave man just thawed from a million-year icy sleep, let me catch you up. first of all, this

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martin luther king jr. is up already. it's being criticized. erican author. dr. angelou is saying the quote on the side is making dr. king look like an arrogant twit. the quote says, "i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." this was taken from a sermon he gave at ebeneezer baptist here in atlanta. he did it two months before his assassination where he was suggesting a eulogy upon his death. let me tell you what he actually said. take a look. you can read it on the screen and listen to this. >> yes, if you want to say that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say that i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness. >> that's my favorite mlk writing. every time you hear it, it gives you chills. dr. angelou wants the indescription changed. i spoke with her about the quote and why it is so important that it should be changed. >> it is said that speech is the mirror of a man's soul. and certainly it was for martin luther king. each word he spoke was chosen carefully. you can read back long

black people, and then the civil rights movement broke out, and so much was happening with martin luther king and all the people in the forefront of that movement. it was not something we did not know, because kenyans and -- we lived a life where we are separated into three groups -- africans, asians, and europeans, but as young people in our early 20's, it was amazing to see this in america, because america is this great nation where everyone was wonderful. tavis: you found out that is not always true. now what do you feel about not enough young african americans getting the chance of reaching young africans getting the chance you had? >> i think we are in a position where we have created universities and professors. there should meet -- there should be many professors. they have not invested enough in education, and you will have a lot of people who will not get the opportunity i had, and even though we still have a lot of students in america, the greatest numbers are still at home common and we need to develop good universities. we need the kind of education that gives them business -- giv

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martin luther king jr.'s vision of the american dream. in this opening portion we'll hear remarks from president richard trumka, martin luther king iii and congressman john lewis of georgia. the event was planned in accordance with the unveiling of the historic memorial dedicated to dr. king. from the afl-cio headquarters here in washington, this is about 40 minutes. >> feeling pretty good as we started to say earlier, things are a little in flux in this city because of o postponement of the march. and the unveiling. but we are going on, and i am so happy that everybody's here. you evidently got your tweets. [laughter] and your e-mails. but good morning, again, i'm arlene holt-baker, and i'm the executive vice president here at the afl-cio, and on behalf of rich trumka and the secretary of treasury here, we want to welcome all of you to the house of labor this morning. [applause] now, of course, we're so excited for those of you that are in the room, but as you know, this is also being webcast, we're on c-s

martin luther king, an ar gantd twit, he was a four-letter word. so everybody, everybody please just calm down. this is a memorial. it's about how we remember dr. king, no matter what he may have actually said. i know my personal favorite dr. king quote has always been, "who you going to call, ghostbusters." if anything, if anything, folks, memorial architect ed jackson still left the quote a little too long. i say trim the fat down to, "i was a drum major." you can even add one of those fancy hats. hey, hey, he did lead a march. we'll be right back. [cheering and applause] a young man with ambition met an old man at the top asked him if he had a secret and the old man stopped and thought and said: free 'cause that's how it ought to be my brother credit 'cause you'll need a loan for one thing or another score 'cause they break it down to one simple number that you can use dot to take a break because the name is kinda long com in honor of the internet that it's on put it all together at the end of the song it gives you freecreditscore-dot-com, and i

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martin luther king, jr.elivered the famed "iavea eech at the lincoln memorial. 48 years later the official dedication of the new martin luerngjr. memorial. it will be the first major monument of a non-president on washington's national mall. e fo to create the memorial was 15 years in the making and will cost some $120 million in private donations. >> the memorial to dr. king is the first on our mall to celebrated a man of color, hope, anpeace. d you can see this location is powerful. >> the "i have a dream" speech was delivered almost 45 years ago, before america elected its first black president, barack obama. >> been a long time coming. but tonight, because of what did on this date in this election at this defining moment, change has come to america. >> but some believe that racial equality still has yet to flower in the u.s. item, unemployment. white americans, 8.1%. black americans, 16.2%. item, netted wealth. white americans, $113,000. black americans, $5700. item, incarceration. of the 73% of white am

martin luther king but the silver lining is the delay appropriately extends k our focus on the civil-rights legacy and the work of since then have strive to make all god's children truly free at last. dr. bradley is one of those freedom seekers. as the title conveys, "black and tired" he is not satisfied with the progress. although for reasons you may not hear about.luin as the essays show like devaluing the family and her pop delusional talk, anthony bradley is a scholar with a wide ranging and tristan his academic pedigrees shows that as well with his undergraduate-- britain degree -- undergraduate degree is in science andry a also from the seminary in t theology and today teaches at a christian a liberal arts school, king's collegeatin in his first book was liberating the black theology and his latest book looks at the experiences of one race to teachers of all humanity. our views of human nature will shape our public policy. it is worth to consider what it means to be fully human. please join me to welcome dr. anthony bradley as he does that to 85. >> thank you for thed invitation i am

as martin luther king, jr., eloquently said -- and i was honored last week in washington -- dr. king said this -- in 1900 and 67 -- if america has organized through public policy and legislation to do bad things against the negro, america had better organized, politicized, and utilize its energies to do good things for and with the negro. that was martin luther king, jr., and he spoke as a profit, and i speak today out of our prophetic tradition to say i am sick and tired of promises being made, to folks who look like me, and after the day is over, we get the short end of the state, and we end up being, as "usa today" said the only major city in america that has lost african-american population. i am going to stir it up. stir it up. stirred up. [applause] >> i cannot think of a better closing. [laughter] thank you all. there will be press availability of here. thank you again. on one of work. thank you. -- onward and upward. thank you. >> before i take a roll, please turn off your cell phone, pagers, electronic devices. will call. -- roll call. [roll call] commissioners, the fir

martin luther king. but the silver line anything that hurricane -- lining in that hurricane is that the delay appropriately extends our focus on dr. king's civil rights legacy and the work of those who since him have strived to make all god's children truly free at last. well, dr. anthony bradley is one of those freedom seekers. as the title of his new book conveys, "black and tired," he's not satisfied with the progress to date. although for reasons you may not often hear about. as the essays in this book show with titles like devaluing the family, hip-hop's delusional god talk and green booze led, anthony bradley is a scholar with wide-ranging interests. his academic pedigree shows that as well. his undergraduate degree from clemson is in science, and his master's and doctorate from westminster seminary are in theology. today he teaches at the king's college, a christian liberal arts school in new york city. anthony's first book was "liberating black theology: the bible and the black experience in amer

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> of quick programming notes. tomorrow night, a candid, frank conversation with the noted harvard law professor randall kennedy. he is out with the new text above recent age of obama -- new text about the recent eighth of obama. there is a part about me. we are here with kwame kilpatrick, the mayor of detroit, but in 2008 he was forced to resign and eventually went to prison. he is hoping to build a new life, which includes his new text. he joins us now from dallas. nice to have you on this program. >> thanks for having me. >> let me start by ask

that's martin luther king, in my opinion. so, i'm going to talk about one riot that happened. just to show you the breadth of what was taking place. so, washington, dc, the largest black population of any major city at that time. and it was very bustling city because the war just appeared. lots of boy,s and soldiers, lots of soldiers being decommissioned. very crowded, very hot. in washington. i was just up there, sweating like a dog. it's a very hot city in the summer. and for weeks, leading up to july of 1919, the newspapers in that town, the white newspapers harked been publishing article about crimes occurring. they were trying to outcompete each other in terms of crime coverage, and they would report on alleged assaults by black men against white women. but the black men -- no one was ever taken into custody. so these were alwayses. and they would say this will -- they would have headlines that would say black brute or something like that, black brute attacks white woman, and the naacp was so concerned this, they went and met with the newspaper editors and said you're rea

luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: we were saddened to learn of the passing of the nobel peace prize recipient dedicated to the people of africa, and powering a generation of women to improve their lives. he appeared a couple times on this program. on thursday we will bring her last appearance in its entirety. you can find the tyra episode online at our web site at -- find the entire episode online at our web site. tonight we will begin with an entire conversation about president obama's standing among african-americans and the controversial speech he gave this weekend to the

." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: trying to find the right word. i am pleased, honored, humbled, delighted, crazy to have jesse norman on this program tonight. the legendary soprano has been an inspirational voice in music for many years to come. she released her first new recording hall. it is a good one. if you are fortunate enough to be at the mall in pasadena, before we get to the conversation, we take you back to a classic performance from paris on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the french revolution. ♪ tavis: i am tickled

." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: ron suskind is a pulitzer prize-winning journalist whose text include "the test of loyalty." his newest text is called "confidence men." good to have you back on this program. >> nice to see you. tavis: i assume that you write at these kinds of books with this kind of insight and you expect there would be a response. has it been what you expected it to be or is it more than that? >> it is stronger than i thought, i will limit that. i have written books that have gotten two different responses. in one case, georg

the martin luther king library in washington, it's going to stay open on sundays.y leaders are planning to close the library due to budget concerns. the mlk library is the only library open in the city on sundays. >>> traffic changes for drivers who access interstate 66 on the capital belt way. one is going to be closing. drivers need to follow a new traffic pattern. that's always fun. you have to use the right exit instead. john schriffen explains, it could be a bumpy road. >> reporter: for drivers in northern virginia, traffic is a way of life on the beltway. >> congested, miserable. all the construction has not helped matters. when i'm driving in areas it's improved it. >> reporter: a new traffic pattern starting saturday at 9:00 a.m., the exit will be shut down permanently. the signs are informing drivers to stay to the right where an extra lane will be opened up. >> this is the old ramp that will be shutting down. >> v-dot gave us a private tour so drivers know what to do. >> as you are coming up from springfield, you notice the traffic is heavier as you appro

the ted dedication of the martin luther king,jr.it's a controversy. lisa sylvester has been looking into the story and you were reporting on the story yesterday and now you are following up with more reaction. what's going on? >> wolf, maya angelou spoke and said that she doesn't want to make this, but she is happy there is a memorial, but takes issue with one inscription that he said misses the mark. the memorial that was 15 years in the making. the focal point is a 30-foot statue of dr. martin luther king,jr. featured with an inscription. i was a drum major for justice, peace, and righteousness. it comes from a sermon delivered two months before his death. he said there is a natural instinct to be out front, the one being praised. if you have to be recognized be so not for material things, but for service to others. >> if you want to say i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness. >> the quote was abbreviated and the source of controversy. "th

martin luther king jr.ine streaming live to us outside, from outside the kennedy library in boston. what a great assignment. this is really interesting, molly. >> reporter: it is. it's a treasure-trove of information. this will keep historians busy for years to come thinking about jacqueline kennedy and what she was thinking back in 1964. she was a young widow, her hawz had had just -- husband had just been assassinated, and they were very intimate recordings largely because the interviewer was arthur schlessinger jr. he was a his torn himself -- historian himself. she weighed in on the cuban missile crisis recalling that she begged her husband not to send her and the children away, she wanted to stay with him and prefer today die with him if that were the case. she also refers to charles de gaulle as an egomaniac, and she said her husband expressed very clear reservations about lbj, lyndon b. johnson, the prime minister possibly one day becoming president. and she also weighs in on martin luther king jr. p

he fbi had martin luther king at the freedom march, how they was calling and arranging for a party of and women to have an in the hotel. >> dr. king? >> oh, yes. that was so terrible. that man is so -- this is when it was just one or they have a conversation. you never judge anyone in any sort of way. they never really said anything against martin with a cane. but the sense than bobby has told me about the tapes that they have orgies, and martin luther king making fun at jack's funeral. host: your reaction? guest: just after that is where she was widely quoted as jackie having said, i cannot bear to look at a picture of him. what is interesting, if you listened to it carefully, you hear her pause and say right before that, well, bobbie said, and then the inflation of her voice goes up as if to indicate that she is in fact quoting robert kennedy, and is not expressing the thought that she cannot bear to look at a picture of him, because of these fbi recordings made of him. so people can make that judgment for themselves. i think it is also interesting at the very beginning of that, she

." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is not just a street, a boulevard, but a place in the community. make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide is proud to join tavis in helping literacy and removing obstacles to economic and power meant one at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: doug jones is a former u.s. attorney who helped bring justice in one of the country's most heinous crimes, the 1962 bombing at a church in birmingham, which, of course, took the lives of four precious girls. doug jones now represents the father of one of those girls. mcnair is now serving a five- year prison sentence on robbery charges. doug jones has asked president obama to intervene on his behalf. doug, good to have you on the program. thanks for your time, sir. >>