and mark moreal, current president of the national urban league and former mayor of new orleans. start with you. what's the state of the civil rights movement today? >> i think we're not where we were. separate from the white kids down low, drinking from separate fountains, not being able to go into the stores. we're not there but we're not where we ought to be. we have huge disparities in terms of wealth. for every $1 in wealth held by the typical white family, the typical african american family have 5 sengts of welt, we have disparities and challenges, we thought we were beyond the gutting of the civil rights movement of the voting rights act. but here we are today facing the same challenges in terms of the right to vote and so we have got a long way to go. >> and yet what we are hearing hearing mark moreal, to reach young people through music and where they're most comfortable. >> i'm impressed by philip agnew and the dream defenders, from north carolina a and t and sat in on greensboro and the freedom riders and the like. music is a medium, the focus on the disparities that

young's torch today, mark moreall president of the national urban league. the tom joyner morning show. he will host our rally tomorrow and march. thank you, both. >> thank you. >> thank you so much, reverend. >> mark, we made tremendous progress as a country, but we're reliving many of the same battles today, aren't we? >> particularly in the area of economics and jobs. the unemployment rate is twice as high as it is for whites for african-americans and latinos are not much better off. and in fact, the unemployment rate for african-americans is higher today than it was in 1963. the economic divide, income inequality, that to me is an essential part of why we march and what tomorrow's going to be about. >> now, you have looked at the -- you know the urban league puts out black state of the year. you look at these things with data. to spearhead where we're going tomorrow. what are the important things that we want this nation to know about today? >> we want this nation to think about the work that has to be done in five areas. and that's the agenda we put tog

young's torch today, mark moreall president of the national urban league.f the tom joyner morning show. he will host our rally tomorrow and march. thank you, both. >> thank you. >> thank you so much, reverend. >> mark, we made tremendous progress as a country, but we're reliving many of the same battles today, aren't we? >> particularly in the area of economics and jobs. the unemployment rate is twice as high as it is for whites for african-americans and latinos are not much better off. and in fact, the unemployment rate for african-americans is higher today than it was in 1963. the economic divide, income inequality, that to me is an essential part of why we march and what tomorrow's going to be about. >> now, you have looked at the -- you know the urban league puts out black state of the year. you look at these things with data. to spearhead where we're going tomorrow. what are the important things that we want this nation to know about today? >> we want this nation to think about the work that has to be done in five areas. and that's the agenda we put to