martin luther king jr.lause ] >> so while we commemorate his memory today with this great memorial, let us not confuse nor forget what he stood for and died for. the young people around this nation organizing are very something, but let us not forget the ideals he gave up his life for, love, peace, equality, jobs, education, nonviolence, decent housing, and an end to war. >> reporter: just a lot of living history out here on the mall right now, candy. and once again, we're told the president of the united states now on his way over to this memorial for his part of this event. >> you know, joe, i talked with congressman john lewis, a man who i know you know well, as i do. and one of the things that we were talking about president obama, he said that on inauguration day president obama gave to john lewis a picture of the day and wrote on it "because of you, john," and the idea that this memorial is being dedicated -- and it's been 15 years in the making. being dedicated at time that an african-american is ser

martin luther king jr. we will take you there live. >>> also, a look ahead to the cnn western republican presidential debate in las vegas. what can we expect in the tuesday night showdown? >>> and last night in los angeles, a star-studded birthday party for former president bill clinton. but not the kind of birthday you'd think. on hand, lady gaga, usher and el en ellen de generes. thchlts morning on the national mall, the four-acre, $120 million martin luther king jr. memorial will be dedicated. our athena jones is in the mall right now and joins us now live. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. as you can see, the crowd is building here. in just a little while, this dedication ceremony which was postponed, as you know, from august, will begin. we expect to hear from several civil rights leaders like jesse jackson, like john lewis. also martin luther king iii and bernice king. president obama will also be speaking. we thought we'd take a look at some of the scup tur itself and some of the contro

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the martin luther king jr. memorial on a gorgeous day. the backdrop, the body of water you're seeing, is the tidal basin. i want to bring in our joe johns. joe, your impressions of the speech? i thought i heard a lot of politics in there. >> a lot. this was obama the president, the politician, the professor, and in some ways this was a rallying cry to his coalition, his base, answering that question that a lot of people have been asking on both sides of the political spectrum -- what happened to that change you were talking about four years ago? and his answer to his coalition, to his base, change will come if you don't give up. again and again and again, the president talking here at this sort of moment where he ties himself to martin luther king and the whole civil rights movement that began way back when, saying like martin luther king this presidency can continue if you don't give up. change isn't easy. it's very difficult. and a pretty effective outreach, i would say, to his constituencies and something i

martin luther king jr.cated in the nation's capital. he will join other titans of american history including presidents washington, jefferson, and lincoln. you might be wondering who spearheaded the movement to build a memorial to martin luther king jr. it turns out -- and this may surprise you -- it was actually his fraternity brothers at alpha phi alpha. dr. king pledged the first black fraternity in 1958. t.j. holmes talked to the group's national president to find out how all this happened. ♪ >> narrator: alpha phi alpha is the country's first black fraternity, founded by seven men on the campus of cornell university in 1906. >> the alpha phi alpha mission is to provide advocacy and service for our communities. in developing leaders, but particularly we spend time working to develop young college men. and ensuring that they receive the proper nurturing and guidance so that they can go into the world and into society and to serve and to lead. >> reporter: dr. skip mason jr. is the national president of a

to quote martin luther king jr.s speech at oslo when they gave him the nobel peace prize -- one of the things he made clear was that while we have come a long way we still have a long, long way to go. while the presence of this imposing structure forever reminds us of a long and perilous journey that the struggle has brought us through, it also points toward the future. in the words -- through many days of toil, we have already come with grace that brought us safe thus far and grace will lead us home. we recognize here that in the midst of the amazing truth that an african-american preacher who never held public political office is recognized here among the fathers of the country. indeed, he has become a father of the country. [applause] for his leadership gave birth to a new america. this marvelous president is in peril by forces that come today to turn back the clock. there are forces in this country that wants to turn back the clock but we want to make sure they understand we have marched too far, prayed too hard

king. >> on that day, martin luther king jr.of the lincoln memorial and shared his dream with the american people. he said he had a dream, a dream that was in keeping with the american dream. i can never, ever forget that day. dr. king had the ability to transform those steps on the lincoln memorial into a modern day pulpit. i can hear him speaking right now. right now. you could tell. he was so pleased that everything had gone so well. he knew he was preaching. he knew he was getting the message over. and at one time he just put his hand into the air, his arm, he was pleased. and after the march was all over, you know? president kennedy invited us down to the white house. he stood in the door of the oval office and he greeted each one of us. he was like a proud father that everything had gone so well. he said, "you did a good job." "you did a good job." when he got to dr. king, he said, "you had a dream." >> what does the dedication of this memorial mean to you personally? >> the dedication of this memorial just is -- it's unre

martin luther king.d, hard time. >> even with me, even now, in the state of mississippi. i was the first black fee male to run for office in mississippi, and received death threats. you still have racism in this country and also you have race baiting in this country where we're trying to enforce people to vote by playing the race card. so, this is one memorable time i have when barack obama won. i did an interview on the same stage with vernon jordan. and he worked heavily in the civil rights movement. and i said mr. jordan, would dr. martin luther king be happy today? he said, angela, martin would be pleased, but say we still have a long way to go. >> why? >> because we don't have -- i mean alisyn can attest to this, we don't have a level playing field in america. but we can't use it as an excuse. as women, as black americans, and hispanic americans, but we can't use it as an excuse. >> dave: we don't have a level playing field? we have a black president and a black g.o.p. front runner for the nominatio

martin luther king iii has this op-ed. martin luther king ii in the "washington post," and live coverage with president obama among those at the event, with performances from stevie wonder and aretha franklin. you can see the have been to in its entirety here on c-span. this is from the "washington post." thousands rally in that district calling for jobs and civil- rights. al sharpton and jesse jackson on hand. the stories saying -- like the king memorial dedication, the march was postponed as hurricane irene made its way to washington, d.c. back to your calls. where is occupy wall street heading? from boston, welcome to the conversation. caller: you are looking dapper as usual, brother. hello? host: we can hear you. go ahead. caller: i was down at occupied boston on friday -- occupy boston on friday. i am a socialist and a machinist who was just laid off. i was there and struck up with a -- a conversation with the fellow who was laid off from i forget which bank, but he was making $150,000 a year and he was laid off. here

to quote martin luther king jr. in his speech at oslo when they gave him the nobel peace prize -- one of the things he made clear was that while we have come a lon way we still have a long, long way to go. while the presence of this imposing structure forever reminds us of a long and perilous journey that the struggle has brought us through, it also points toward the future. in the wds -- through many days of toil, we have already come with grace that brought us safe thus far and grace will lead us home. we recognize here that in the midst of the amazing truth that an african-american preacher who never held public political office is recognized here among the fathers of the country. indeed, he has become a father of the country. [applause] for his leadership gave birth to a new america. this marvelous president is in peril by forces that come today to turn back the clock. there are forces in this country that wants to turn back the clock but we want to make sure they understand we have marched too far, prayed too h

from the martin luther king junior monument dedication ceremony... nexx. next.and later in sports... another ig win bb the ravens...complete highlightss and post game reaction. ((bumm out)) ((break 2)))- &p a civil rights icon is now capital. as shhnnon travis repprts.. it's been more than a deccde in the mmking ... and on sunday the martin luther king, jr. memorial was finally dedicated. dedicated. --reporter pkg as follows-- 3 day.. words that transformed a nation. and now, 43 years after hee as assassinated in memphis, a memooial is dedicated to martin luther king junior.an earthhuake and hurricane may have delayed phis day, but would not be deniedpresident obama -- among those heralding doctor king's legacy.that is why we honor this man. because he had faith in us. and that is why he belongs on this mall. because he saw what he might ecome. king's children spoke to theirs father's message. i now we're here to celebrate the need to try to liveelike him, to love like him ann to care like him.one day - we will be able toosay free at last, free at last tha

martin luther king. her and her brother, martin luther king, the iii. they brought it back to the economic circumstances of day and the injustice they think their father would see in today's society. so far, that's been the theme from some of the speakers that we've seen. that's not so much a reflection and joy and celebration of dr. king's life and of all the things that you cited and the fact that this memorial is in existence and being dedicated today, but also a reminder of the principles that he stood for. it's seven weeks late. hurricane irene washed out the first plans for the ceremony. august 28, 1963, that was the date 48 years later that they hoped to have this ceremony. obviously, hurricane irene came along seven weeks later. here we are on a beautiful sublime day on the national mall. president obama will be speaking later. one more thing, if we can get that shot back up of the memorial itself. in the 1963 speech. he set het his hue a stone of hope. you can see the symbolism, the granite mountain of despair pulled from the center of which is

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martin luther king's peaceful protest movement.he year in 1963. and in late 1964, the nobel peace prize. when he heard he won, what was that reaction like? >> coretta got the call. and coretta woke him up. and he said he thought he was dreaming. >> the day the announcement came down, we were running up and down the sidewalk there on auburn avenue saying we won, we knew he had been nominated. we won the nobel prize. >> the acceptance speech was considered at the time his most important. what kind of pressure to get it right? i mean, you see in the documents, you know, draft after draft. >> he usually went off by himself for three or four days to do his writing. he was a poet. and poets work on speeches until every little syllable is right. >> i accept the nobel prize for peace -- >> i think his heart, his soul, his gut came out in his speech. >> i am mindful that only yesterday in philadelphia, mississippi, young people seeking to secure the right to vote were brutalized and murdered. >> he didn't take it as a personal achievement.

he attends martin luther king middle school not far from here. joining me now is roger anderson, one of the organizers of the search. mr. anderson, we talked earlier. you said this is doctor there are several reasons the search is going on and your organizing it. >> yeah. i'm the parent of an 11-year-old. and i can only imagine what she would be going through if she were living. she would probably be a basket case. there's really no word in what the police activity is or whatever. there's a lot of anxiety. so we're here to exercise that and try to, you know, see if we can find any leads about william. >> and how many people are you expect something. >> oh, at least 100. mostly from jane's church that will join us later. and we're getting e-mail and texts from other people who are willing to join in. >> and i spoke to one of the people that will be joining you who said jane would be doing this. >> oh, yeah. jane, you know, jane would definitely be doing this for any of us if she was here. unfortunately since she's not here, we're picking up that s

, this is unbelievable that a memorial to martin luther king jr. would be here. he was never elected to any public office. progress is made in america as a people. >> might ask how difficult it was back then? you were arrested some 40 times. you were beaten. you suffered as so many did. it has become defacto that we have made progress but it was such a tough time for all of you that struggled. >> we must never forget that it was not easy. it was a struggle. a struggle just for black people and white people in america to come together, to be able to eat together, sit at a lunch counter together, to sit and eat in a restaurant. to be sitting together on a bus or a train or to go to school together. to be able to register to vote. >> you have a black man and the white house, you have the first black president. as you just heard in our report, there are so many problems still. there is so much inequality. >> in spite of all of the changes and all of the progress that was made, we still have problems. people ask me over and over again whether the electi

martin luther king jr.ct foundation. his board of directors, dana kurtz and his entire staff. i want to thank the man from alpha phi alpha and average citizens who made this dream come true. thank you for building a monument, a monument to peace, to love, and nonviolent resistance. on the front yard of america to symbolize the cornerstone of our true democracy. it was 48 long years ago when thousands of us long for freedom. we were in the shadow of the lincoln memorial. many of us were fresh from the jails of the hard south where the front lines of the struggle for human dignity and america was. together there in peace with their hearts in our hands, open to see some sign that our cries would be heard in the cold marble walls of this distant capital. martin luther king jr., this man, this brother, this citizen of america, this citizen of the world, was never in the program lineup. i was number 6. for those who spoke that day, i am the only ones still around. dr. king was our leader. he never, ever asked us

honoring martin luther king on the national mall today. the king family along with the first family helped dedicate the memorial hours ago. we'll go live to the national mall in a moment. >>> first, new developments at this hour in the frantic search for a missing baby girl in kansas city. missouri governor jay nixon is calling in national guard troops to help police look for lisa irwin. jim spellman is in kansas city with more on this investigation into the 10 months old disappearance. what prompted the national guard's involvement now? >> honestly what prompted this is a lack of any other leads. police it tell us they haven't made any breakthroughs on the case. they're trying to get fresh eyes on this investigation. take a look here, as you mentioned 25 national guardsmen deployed here to research this area a few blocks away from the home. these are especially trained mps, and they've been trained in it. joining fbi and local law enforcement here to just try to bring a fresh set of eyes, go through everything, make sure they haven't miss

jackson portrays are evidence martin luther king on broadway.arriage number three for former beatle paul mccartney, and a federal crackdown on medical marijuana sales in california. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> mitchell: thousands of medical marijuana outlets in california are bracing for a federal crackdown. prosecutors say the shops are doing more than just helping their patients. john blackstone has the story. >> for federal justice department officials, the photographs of marijuana being sold in lollipops and candies show the problem with california's medical marijuana law. >> where there's marijuana, there's money and lots of it. >> melinda hague is -- melinda haag is the u.s. attorney for california. >> people are using the cover of medical marijuana to make enormous amounts of money, in short to engage in drug trafficking. >> >> reporter: medical marijuana has been legal in california. 15 other states have similar law, but marijuana remains illegal under federal law. now federal officials have sent letters to do

martin luther king relieving himself in the rest room.ying to do with that moment in terms of setting the play for the audience? >> to me, it's about he is a human. oh, my goodness, he urinates. when i walk into my mother's house in the living room, there are two pictures on the wall, jesus and dr. king, and they sit side by side, and i grew up revering him, and he was a saint and he had become a deity, so he was a ghost that haunted me almost, and so for me, the play was a way for me to take him off of the wall and take him out of the history book and make him a real life flesh and blood human being, who had challenges and sometimes smoked and had stinky feet because he was always on the road, you know, and it allows an audience to see that this man who was so extraordinary was actually quite ordinary, and it inspires people, and they can be like if he was ordinary and did that, well, me as an ordinary person, i can do that too. >> so the thing about smoking, he gets a pack of cigarettes in the beginning. is there a resistance to having

and justice being led by civil rights activist, the reverend al sharpton, heading for the new martin luther king memorial which will be officially dedicated tomorrow. >>> a catholic bishop has been charged with failing to report suspected child abuse. bishop robert finn knew about foreign graphic pictures of children on a priest's laptop last december. if convicted, bishop finn could face a year in jail. >>> actor larry hagman says he has been diagnosed with cancer. the 80-year-old, best known fr his role as j.r. ewing on the tv series, dallas, didn't disclose the type but says it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. he will undergo treatment this month while working on a remake of the show, dallas. >>> let's get right to those occupy italy roe protests that have turned violent. barbie nado is in italy. she is joining us by phone. earlier, mentioned these an a anarchists that clash with the peaceful protests. are you there? >> i am here. i can't hear the show, though. i can hear you. >> tell me about how this protest has been taken over by the anarcists. >> what we have right now

>> athena jones, thanks so much, the mall on washington. >> among the crowd there, martin luther king iii, he was there at the rally. before he took off for washington, i spoke with him as well as his sister, reverend bernice king. they drew parallels between the occupy movement and the civil rights movement. >> certainly, we have to applaud young people. number one, because the modern civil rights movement was basically young folk. >> so you see some real parallels between the civil rights movement that your dad and many others, foot soldiers, were involved in. you see the parallels with the "occupy wall street"? >> i certainly see that a movement could evolve from what they are doing. and my prayer is that it always stays nonviolent. if it reverts to violence, that would be terrible but i don't see that happening. >> at the root of both movements, we are talking the frustration of economic disparities, do you think that when you see some of the young people and people of all ages, not just young people but people right in the middle, people who are older, some who have jobs, some wh

martin luther king relieving himself in the rest room. what were you trying to do with that moment in terms of setting the play for the audience? >> to me, it's about he is a human. oh, my goodness, he urinates. when i walk into my mother's house in the living room, there are two pictures on the wall, jesus and dr. king, and they sit side by side, and i grew up revering him, and he was a saint and he had become a deity, so he was a ghost that haunted me almost, and so for me, the play was a way for me to take him off of the wall and take him out of the history book and make him a real life flesh and blood human being, who had challenges and sometimes smoked and had stinky feet because he was always on the road, you know, and it allows an audience to see that this man who was so extraordinary was actually quite ordinary, and it inspires people, and they can be like if he was ordinary and did that, well, me as an ordinary person, i can do that too. >> is there resistance? the thing about smoking, he sends somebody to get him a pack in the b

the legacy of martin luther king jr., miles, cesar chavis, it is now coming back. it is about what connecting catastrophe with courage and compassion, standing up and having the courage to tell the truth. as you said, let us be attuned to the suffering and lettuce have compassion. it is no longer fashionable to be assessed with the lives of the rich and famous that we overlook the impact that 42% of children live in or near poverty. tavis: when you see that clip, doctor king gave his life fighting for sanitation workers. this war on poverty. people are now calling for a new pop -- war on poverty. you look at those years from his debt until now, there has not been any appreciable gain on the notion of eradicate in poverty in america. >> part of it is that with the advent of reagan, you had markets on least, a deregulated, unfettered. they generated about -- unbelievable innovation but it went hand-in-hand with not just an increase in wealth and equality, but also the callousness toward the catastrophe of poverty, of working people. in the last 25 years, 82% has gone

martin luther king, jr. place beside lincoln, jefferson, and washington. >> he will stand among monuments that fathered this nation and those who defended it. >> hundreds of thousands attended the dedication of the mall. an event that put together tributes with political calls for justice. >> a towering figure in american history. >> now he is 30 feet tall looking down on everyone. children, itng's is a memorial for everyone. >> let us not confuse or forget what he stood for and died for. >> a day to honor a man and a dream for peace and racial harmony that echoes for all time. >> true measure of any man is how his message continues on. >> a message etched in stone in the nation's capital. >> now your 11 insta-weather forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> there is some rain to the north with the little thunder. most of the moisture is closer to the energy with the storm up in pennsylvania and new york state. the whole line is sinking in our direction slowly. there is no guarantee of rain. a lot of thi

martin luther king, jr. on the steps of the lincoln memorial and uttered the famous words "i have a dream", this weekend history will be made once again on the washington mall. a memorial to dr. king set to be dedicated. the first major memorial for an american who wasn't president and an african-american and of course, comes at a time when the first black man is president of the united states. joining us now, jehmu green of the women's media center and a fox news contributor. on the phone, julian bond, chairman emeritus of the naacp and welcome to both of you. chairman, let me begin with you, today is the day that people are looking at what's happening in the streets of america, jobs, and justice, and we're talking about dr. martin luther king, the dedication taking place tomorrow for his memorial. and at the same time, many people are beginning to wonder if president barack obama has been able to not only help the american dream move forward, but is he living up to the standards of the american past in ter

martin luther king jr.und search for a missing jermantown boy who is mother was murdered. hello everyone, i'm bruce johnson. tonight a massive ground and air search for a missing montgomery county boy has ended with no signs of the 11-year- old william mcquain. his mother was found murdered in their home last week. her estranged husband, the boy's stepfather has been charged with murder. armando trull reports tonight they were searched after police got hips about the boy -- tips about the boy. >> reporter: direct examination detectives will not say -- detectives will not say where or how, but it touched off a massive search. 80 agents searched several acres for nearly nine hours. some were on horseback. >> looking for signs that somebody was back here. they also have dogs that are cadaver dogs that act you know on the accident of somebody who is deceased -- scent of somebody who is deceased. >> reporter: the dogs were there for a reason. >> we had to act on the information given to us. there is the possibil

nosotros no somos mÁs las personas. >> el legado de martin luther king jr.no separar esas familias, porque la fundaciÓn de la sociedad, el nÚcleo del mundo, es la familia. >> la estatua de mi padre, Él estÁ parado,lincoln estás sentado y eso es porque mi padre se mantuvo firme por la justicia y la paz. >> las actividades comenzarÁn a partir de las ocho de la maÑana este domingo. se espera la presencia del presidente barack obama y miembros de la familia king. >> y nos vamos hasta west virginia a presenciar un deporte de extremo valor. las personas se lanzaron en caÍda libre. se lanzaron de dos en dos, t3 en tres, de clavado, de bombita. este festival se celebra desde hace 32 aÑos. llegamos al final. mÁs en esa visiÓn nocturna. gracias.

martin luther king jr.es of our time. >> i have a dream. >> reporter: the dream of his family and those who carried on the fight, has come true. dr. king, immortalized among this nation's greatest figures. you go around the city, memorials about wars, and presidents, and at the end of the day, he was a private citizen. he was just a guy with a tremendous vision. what does that speak to our country that we can honor him in such a way? >> this is tremendous. i have to look at martin luther king jr. as first dad, but then as this incredible citizen and american patriot, who wanted to create conditions for all of god's children. >> his oldest son, martin luther king iii was just 10 years old when his father was murdered. what kind of dad was he? ar >> i remember him coming up the stairs, and i remember him being dog tired, but then you see your children and all of this joy comes through. >> reporter: the impressive 30-foot tall statue of dr. king sits along the tidal basin. visitors enter through parted stone,

. >> and we'll take you live to the nation's capital where a martin luther king, jr. memorial is being unveiled and dedicated. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome, it is sunday, october 16. >> good morning. let's get our first check of your sunday morning forecast. good morning. >> it's going to be another nice day. we're going to be slightly cooler than yesterday, but first waking up with a few scattered showers. they are already tapering off. take a look at the radar. i'm going to stop it. you can see just a few cells still lingering right in between, it looks like hayward, maybe working its way towards livermore in the next 15 minutes or so, or it could dissipate and dry out. we are looking at a nice afternoon. your sunday, even a sneak peek into your work week ahead coming up. >>> overnight note, when police launched a homicide investigation after a shooting near a liquor store. live from oakland we have details on a shooting that comes really just hours after a safety summit meant to make the streets a little safer. >> reporter: police are investigating their 85t

martin luther king jr. would not have supported it. >> martin king jr.he had a focus, a message. he was a divinely inspired. i don't know what the inspiration is for these individuals. >> congressman west, the inspiration and the message is pretty straightforward. it's a call for economic justice in america. in fact, in august of 1963, the sunday before a march on washington, dr. martin luther king, jr. said this on nbc's "meet the press." >> we have waited for well now 345 years for our basic constitutional and god-given rights, and we still confront the fact that we are at the bottom of the economic ladder. we confront the fact that the gap between the medium income of negros and whites is widening every day. >> i don't know, congressman, does that sound familiar to you, the income gap between the working class and the wealthiest americans is widening every day. that's why king's very own daughter, the reverend bernice king said her father would have supported the 99% movement. he stood for both racial and economic justice. one part of the 99% movement

and i'm a product of what martin luther king talked about. >> reporter: she's definitely not alone. ♪usic ] >> reporter: brittany morehouse, 9 news now. >> a footnote on tomorrow's mlk dedication. if you're not able to deal with the big crowds at the dedication, you can watch the entire event right here on wusa 9. leslie foster will host the live coverage at the memorial dedication. it begins tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. >>> as for our normally scheduled programming on sunday morning, no worries. you can still see this week in defense news or the group, those shows will now be broadcast on sunday at 1:00 and 1:30 in the afternoon. >>> turning elsewhere, fire gutted a clarksburg maryland home today. nobody was hurt but the two- story residence was engulfed when firefighters arrived at timber creek lane. the cause of the fire is under investigation. damage is set at a half million dollars. >>> now a story that has gotten our news room upset. stealing the social security number of a child who has died of cancer and claiming that child as a dependent on your own tax form. an arlington c

martin luther king jr.s a friend, agreed to meet us here at historic ebenezer baptist church in downtown atlanta. and for this exclusive and extraordinary reunion, we met in the basement of ebenezer baptist, where many of the civil rights planning sessions took place. ♪ they all have their own unique memories of dr. martin luther king jr. they were all part of his inner circle, his think tank, his civil rights family. we met with this unique group on the first floor of the historic ebenezer baptist church, where many of the movement's planning meetings were held. >> oh, it was just soon as i walked in, i was reliving the story thanks to reverend jackson. he tells the story every year. i can always tell where he's speaking because he tells the story that right here in this room was dr. king's last birthday. and somehow when i walked in here this morning i felt that recapitulation of what happened that night. >> reporter: xernona clayton was one of the chief organizers of events for king's organization, the s

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martin luther king iii.ou saw it for first time, what was the emotion you felt? >> the emotion i will characterize by words of our daughter, our daughter is 3 years old. and we took her back in may before the monument actually opened. and this is what is amazing about it is exactly how i felt. she said i'm not going to cry. i said, andrea, what did she just say? just as i said, she said it again, i'm not going to cry. she looked up at the monument and said this is awesome. >> it seems like a very poignant location. near the tidal basin. when people go there, whether for the cherry blossoms in the spring or they're running, it is a very peaceful place. and generally it is a place where people keep moving. but now it seems there is a place where you stop, where you take a pause. is that fitting? is that symbolic of who your dad is? >> well, it certainly is. dad was always reflective and -- but he would also warn us not to get caught up in the paralysis of analysis. and we always need to analyze what the situat

martin luther king's papers.ng them, the original draft from the "i have a dream" speech that had a completely different name. >> there's lot a lot in the draft that ends up in the speech he gave. >> that's the kind of information a scholar learns when he spends much of his life studying the man called america's greatest prophet. >> he emerged out of a movement but he spoke beyond that movement. ♪ we shall overcome >> it's the stuff of black and white footage today, a product of black and white stripe that culminated in the civil rights movement of the 1960. battles long forgotten by most but not by the warriors who fought them. >> if someone is cook ago a pie in the next room and you get the aroma of that pie, i want a slice. so at central high school we wanted a slice. give me a slice, give me a chance to make it. give me an opportunity to get a job. don't turn me down because you see my face. >> for dr. melbourne of dominican university, the battle had to do with desegregating the public high school in little

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