often times he would actually call on mahalia jackson to sing that song to him.faith. we have in san francisco one of only eight persons to ever take a class from dr. king. he has been a fixture in san francisco for over 40 years as a senior minister of third baptist church. and for four of those years, as one of your representatives on the san francisco board of supervisors. here to talk to us very briefly about king and faith, the reverend dr. amos c. brown. [applause] >> good morning. to brother grisell, the moving spirit behind our annual observance of the birthday of dr. martin luther king, jr. let's give brother grisell a hand for his endurance. and his pit bulldog determination to keep us aware that there was a man in the land named dr. martin luther king, jr. reverend, clergy, other members of the platform and to our president of the board of supervisors, sister london breed who spoke so eloquently, and with great substance, and meaning. ladies and gentlemen, i just came from two events, one i got to get back to, a funeral of one of my congregants. and i

. ♪ [music break] amy: "nobody knows the trouble i've seen" sung by mahalia jackson. of reverend dr. james cone's books was titled "the spirituals and the blues: an interpretation." he wrote in his book "no black person could escape the reality they brace. bb king, generally king, mahalia jackson to find my blackness." those the words of the late dr. cone. this is democracy now! look at continue our the life and legacy of the founder of black liberation dr. james cone.y future but at the christian gospel from the oppressed. he said he was inspired by dr. martin luther king jr. and malcolm x. dr. cone died saturday at the age of 79. this is dr. cone speaking at the 2012 general conference of the united methodist church. >> i write for those who are penniless and jobless, landless, socialse who have no power. s speak and i write for gay bisexuals, and those who are transgender. thequeer people of this world. i write for the undocumented farmworkers toiling in misery in our nation's agriculture fields. i write and speak for muslims who live under the terror of war and em

. ♪ [music break] amy: "nobody knows the trouble i've seen" sung by mahalia jackson. of reverend dr. james cone's bookwas titled "the spirituals and the blues: an interpretation." he wrote in his book "no black person could escape the reality they brace. bb king, generally king, mahalia jackson to find my blackness." those the words of the late dr. cone. this is democracy now! look at continue our the life and legacy of the founder of black liberation dr. james cone.y future but at the christian gospel from the oppressed. he said he was inspired by dr. martin luther king jr. and malcolm x. dr. cone died saturday at the age of 79. this is dr. cone speaking at the 2012 general conference of the united methodist church. >> i write for those who are penniless and jobless, landless, socialse who have no power. s speak and i write for gay bisexuals, and those who are transgender. thequeer people of this world. i write for the undocumented farmworkers toiling in misery in our nation's agriculture fields. i write and speak for muslims who live under the terror of war and empi