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martin luther's king speech when he was at riverside church.is april 4, 1967. >> we can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation for the oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of hate. history is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate. as arnold toynbee says, love is the ultimate force that makes the saving choice of life and good against the damming choice of death and evil. therefore, the first hope in our inventory must be the hope that love is going to have the last word. we are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. we are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. in this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. procrastination is still the thief of time. life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and ejected with a lost opportunity. the tide in the affairs of men does not remain have fled -- it eggs. we make right out desperately pause and or passage,
martin luther's king speech when he was at riverside church.is april 4, 1967. >> we can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation for the oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of hate. history is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate. as arnold toynbee says, love is the ultimate force that makes the saving choice of life and good against the damming choice of...
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he made a career out of hating martin luther king and heaping scorn upon him. he was present, he was elected to congress in nearly 60s and always filing of these link the reports based on innuendo and character assassination and guilt by association. all of the mccarthy tactics. he had his hearing not only before dr. king was shot but interestingly after dr. king was shot he was all over the pages of the congressional record saying bad things, interesting stuff. the most king opponents, not all of whom were republicans and not all of whom were conservatives really kept their mouths shut on the floor of congress and elsewhere with some interesting exceptions. but bashis broken to need to go after king and stayed in congress until 1982, through most of the debate on the martin luther king holiday, the national holiday that was finally enacted after a four year struggle led by coretta king with some help from steve wonder and a host of characters who are traced in my story. but-brook kept dishing out this old conspiratorial king consorted with communists stuff, de
he made a career out of hating martin luther king and heaping scorn upon him. he was present, he was elected to congress in nearly 60s and always filing of these link the reports based on innuendo and character assassination and guilt by association. all of the mccarthy tactics. he had his hearing not only before dr. king was shot but interestingly after dr. king was shot he was all over the pages of the congressional record saying bad things, interesting stuff. the most king opponents, not all...
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martin luther king jr. used to preach about the fight for voting rites at the ebinezer baptist church. why his words ring true today. it's a big friday show. we're growing hope. live from the sweet auburn festival in atlanta. you're watching a special edition of "politics nation" only on msnbc. can you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up. because tomorow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. when csx trains move forward, so does the rest of the economy. csx. how tomorrow moves. cut! [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll sound!" "action!" female narrator: the mattress price wars are on the mattress price wars are on at sleep train. we challeng
martin luther king jr. used to preach about the fight for voting rites at the ebinezer baptist church. why his words ring true today. it's a big friday show. we're growing hope. live from the sweet auburn festival in atlanta. you're watching a special edition of "politics nation" only on msnbc. can you start tomorrow? yes sir. alright. let's share the news tomorrow. today we failrly busy. tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. i want one of these opened up....
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tomorrow is martin luther king day?- yeah, and neither of us have dates. - too bad we're just platonic friends. - ♪ i'm just curious about you ♪ ♪ noticed you for quite a while ♪ - i have a right to love you. - hello. - in the words of martin luther king, i've just got to go for it. - you're a white supremacist? - you guys can just do the fun stuff. - oh, my god. - ♪ uh-uh, oh no - all i want is one extraordinary moment. - ♪ so let's get things started ♪ - sounds like you have a dream. - ♪ some time, you're gonna get what you put out ♪ ♪ announcer: it's martin luther king day. - so, i need you to promote that on tgs. - no, i'm not promoting that garbage on the show. - oh, liz. this isn't a request, this is an order.
tomorrow is martin luther king day?- yeah, and neither of us have dates. - too bad we're just platonic friends. - ♪ i'm just curious about you ♪ ♪ noticed you for quite a while ♪ - i have a right to love you. - hello. - in the words of martin luther king, i've just got to go for it. - you're a white supremacist? - you guys can just do the fun stuff. - oh, my god. - ♪ uh-uh, oh no - all i want is one extraordinary moment. - ♪ so let's get things started ♪ - sounds like you have a...
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he thought martin luther king.k, "let freedom ring," it's really the biography of one day in our life. august 28, 1963. and it shows you the tussle between president kennedy, who didn't want the march on washington, felt that the city was going to be covered in blood, chaos, violence. and martin luther king, who said the march will go on. and the two of them. there is negotiation after the negotiation. finally, in that picture you showed of president kennedy speaking to rfk. he said, well, if we can't stop it, will control the thing and they did. the march was decided it would be on wednesday so that people couldn't take weekends on either side and stay in washington too long. they only got a permit to be on federal grounds from 9:00 a.m. and they had to be out of the city. out of the city by 5:00. they nationalized the national guard, the fbi. the establishment in washington, including the owner of the "washington post" just felt there was going to be chaos throughout the city. restaurants closed, retail shops clo
he thought martin luther king.k, "let freedom ring," it's really the biography of one day in our life. august 28, 1963. and it shows you the tussle between president kennedy, who didn't want the march on washington, felt that the city was going to be covered in blood, chaos, violence. and martin luther king, who said the march will go on. and the two of them. there is negotiation after the negotiation. finally, in that picture you showed of president kennedy speaking to rfk. he said,...
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martin luther king said thingfying us. that's what we have to do from the bottom up, raise consciousness, try to get some of these preachers to, you know, do some reading and thinking about changing the world, and i think that's how we're going to do little by little. i don't think there's any one leader that we need to follow. no, i don't think there's any one leader anymore. i think we just need to organically come together as best we can and question and push back and look to change things as we can. hitting by little. >> i say one really quick thing about obama. i felt that way about barack obama. and before i say things that will irritate people here, i'll let people know, i was in south carolina in 100 degree heat walking around, organizing voters in 2008 in north carolina in that same summer doing the same thing. i gave large sums of money to make sure that he was elected president, and i served as delegate in 2008, as a committed democratic delegate in 2008 to make sure that nothing crazy at the convention happened
martin luther king said thingfying us. that's what we have to do from the bottom up, raise consciousness, try to get some of these preachers to, you know, do some reading and thinking about changing the world, and i think that's how we're going to do little by little. i don't think there's any one leader that we need to follow. no, i don't think there's any one leader anymore. i think we just need to organically come together as best we can and question and push back and look to change things...
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this is where martin luther king jr. was born.me up in atlanta, learning the gospel of hope from great civil rights leaders. this house and ebenezer baptist church just down the block, dr. king's church, are now national historic sites, but atlanta's role in the civil rights movement predates even dr. king. in 1906 race riots left the city one of the most segment galted in america. protests staged here pushed back against segregation, helped consolidate black voting power and improved economic opportunities in the black community. a lot of that power rested here, auburn avenue. the thing that made the sweet auburn historic district so unique was the role that its churches and businesses played in the civil rights movement and the way we impacted the student protest movement that swept atlanta's black institutions. there was the 1945 march from mlk's church to atlanta city hall. the push to desegregate city buses in the late 1950s. the 1960 mass sit-ins at lunch counters inside atlanta department stores. the 1962 naacp boycott of r
this is where martin luther king jr. was born.me up in atlanta, learning the gospel of hope from great civil rights leaders. this house and ebenezer baptist church just down the block, dr. king's church, are now national historic sites, but atlanta's role in the civil rights movement predates even dr. king. in 1906 race riots left the city one of the most segment galted in america. protests staged here pushed back against segregation, helped consolidate black voting power and improved economic...
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ways, people make martin luther king and mauka max and all of them seem larger-than-life and that is dangerous because it tells young people that you can never be that. young people ought to be able to see. asians,es, white ones, hispanics. they ought to be able to see that and say, yes, i can. what is the legacy of this great man? >> love. not sentimentality, but love. the element that keeps the stars permanent. tavis: that is why i love you. you and thank you for the opportunity. let me get philosophical with you for just a second. let me hit it and quit it. you said something a moment ago that made me think about this. i was in a conversation the other day with a mutual friend and dr. west was making a philosophical point to me, and i got it, that every one of us dies a failure. don't believe in success because we all die failures. i asked him to unpack that for me and he said, essentially, we die failures because in the end, there is stuff we didn't get done. nobody gets everything done while they are here. some projects never got started so i wonder if you agree with that and if
ways, people make martin luther king and mauka max and all of them seem larger-than-life and that is dangerous because it tells young people that you can never be that. young people ought to be able to see. asians,es, white ones, hispanics. they ought to be able to see that and say, yes, i can. what is the legacy of this great man? >> love. not sentimentality, but love. the element that keeps the stars permanent. tavis: that is why i love you. you and thank you for the opportunity. let me...
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it's a johnson signing and martin luther king, jr. is there. so the focus is opened up by that image becomes the iconic sort of summation of the history. but for me it's not so much that medicare and the war on poverty and the sub rights act and the voting rights act and so forth were for the benefit of black americans, but they were for the benefit of americans, in particular a kind of clash edge to it. someone i used to know and like very much, i'm sure you know, derek bell, derek bell is a legal scholar always felt that nothing could happen in civil rights that would benefit black people in less that benefited non-black people more. so i don't agree with derek 100%, but i think in terms of looking at the positive legacy, not the vietnam war, but the positive legacy of lyndon johnson's presidency, have looked at in terms of what he did for all americans. i hesitate because these are really congressional ask that we are talking about. so it's the federal government. now, obama. >> gosh. i think it's far too early to tell. because i think what
it's a johnson signing and martin luther king, jr. is there. so the focus is opened up by that image becomes the iconic sort of summation of the history. but for me it's not so much that medicare and the war on poverty and the sub rights act and the voting rights act and so forth were for the benefit of black americans, but they were for the benefit of americans, in particular a kind of clash edge to it. someone i used to know and like very much, i'm sure you know, derek bell, derek bell is a...
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his aggressive suit of martin luther king is an example of this. king came here to the church up the road and gave a deep indictment on johnson and the entire country on the vietnam war. king was against the war and against war in general but as the war went on he became increasingly vocal against the war and by '67 he broke with the president and the president ordered the irs to go after him to see if he committed tax fraud and the fbi was wire tapping king already. he had the fbi really turned loose on them. and because he personal felt that king was a trader. not to the country, but him personally. he felt this couldn't just be a difference of opinion or king had a point of view. it was something personal that king had somehow broken his trust or friendship to the extent there was a friendship. and call it what you will, mental instability or just the stress of the job, but it is definitely something that is -- i think can't be separated from the core story of his career. this is who this man was and it made for a tragic story in the end. >> his
his aggressive suit of martin luther king is an example of this. king came here to the church up the road and gave a deep indictment on johnson and the entire country on the vietnam war. king was against the war and against war in general but as the war went on he became increasingly vocal against the war and by '67 he broke with the president and the president ordered the irs to go after him to see if he committed tax fraud and the fbi was wire tapping king already. he had the fbi really...
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springhill just kind of went ahead and did it quietly and so in martin luther king's letter from a birmingham jail he mentions the college is one of the places that offered hope and inspiration and try to do the right thing. so i just want to call attention to the fact that in addition to those dramatic headlines for you saw police dogs and you saw the bombed church in earning him and those horrific scenes that were the flipside of the courage that the civil rights leaders and protesters were displaying that you also had these quieter things going on in a number of different places. mobile had an african-american man whose name was john leflore and mr. leflore back in the 1920s decided he was going to take on segregation and started one of the earliest naacp chapters in the south here in mobile and kind of quietly went about the business of opposing lynchings and pursuing the right to vote, pursuing the desegregation of buses and public accommodations and mostly he did it through negotiation and lawsuits and that kind of thing less like demonstrations and confrontation. he found a few moderat
springhill just kind of went ahead and did it quietly and so in martin luther king's letter from a birmingham jail he mentions the college is one of the places that offered hope and inspiration and try to do the right thing. so i just want to call attention to the fact that in addition to those dramatic headlines for you saw police dogs and you saw the bombed church in earning him and those horrific scenes that were the flipside of the courage that the civil rights leaders and protesters were...
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in a trilogy of articles on martin luther king "the huffington post." their first tour in the archives and you can look them up on her by name. the last one is my why the king had to die. it focuses on the poor people's campaign. when martin luther king understood and what we have to understand is we need a real countervailing force against the forces of capitalism and wealth. and we don't really have that. unions are the closest that we have so we have to really start organizing and supporting unions again fighting against the demonization of unions. how can people praise donald trump and demonize the union workers folks who really work and most of the raisa we take for granted came for unions. we must focus on structuring unions again. also put the poor people's campaign king self-consciously found several broad principles and broad goals that would encompass most of the people in america and the poor people's campaign and to bring people together with common interests to fight against those who are in power and those in positions of exploitation. tha
in a trilogy of articles on martin luther king "the huffington post." their first tour in the archives and you can look them up on her by name. the last one is my why the king had to die. it focuses on the poor people's campaign. when martin luther king understood and what we have to understand is we need a real countervailing force against the forces of capitalism and wealth. and we don't really have that. unions are the closest that we have so we have to really start organizing and...
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. >> martin luther king's dream? >> martin luther king so famously spoke about. >> you think there is a direct line between the civil rights movement and the movement for gay rights? >> i do. i think there is a direct line. it's not necessarily a straight line, but i think it's -- i think there is a direct line from the struggle of equality that this country has gone through over the years. it's involved race. it's involved gender. it involves sexual orientation. it's involved relig. it's involved national origin. we have moved toward the dream of equality. our founders had great principles that all people were created equal and had certain inalienable rights. it was revolution arrest, a great principle. the problem was in those days, it really didn't apply. they didn't apply it. when our constitution says, "we, the people of the u.s." means we, white, male property owners. expanding the concept of who the "we" is in "we, the people" has been a process this country has gone through. i think that process is a direct l
. >> martin luther king's dream? >> martin luther king so famously spoke about. >> you think there is a direct line between the civil rights movement and the movement for gay rights? >> i do. i think there is a direct line. it's not necessarily a straight line, but i think it's -- i think there is a direct line from the struggle of equality that this country has gone through over the years. it's involved race. it's involved gender. it involves sexual orientation. it's...
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and martin luther king, jr., said to jack. it's not your job to tell me what to do. it's your job to get me out of jail when i do it. if you look at the photographs from that era, of the civil rights leadership, many of those photographs, you will see martin luther king, jr., whitney young, roy wilkins, you ill see all of the great ones. a. phillip rand awful and dorothy in -- randolph and you will see jack greenberg was oticeable. i had the privilege along with lawyer i covering think i could describe him as, he has been busy with other things, who is here today, governor patrick, of being i think one of the last two -- i think we were the last two hired at the legal defense fund. i can't say and won't say it's not my place to say how good my hire was. i will say that he made a great hire in governor patrick. and i remember when i was hired, elaine, you know how jack was. i came to ldf from -- i was trying to get out of the justice department, the administrations had changed, i was now in the reagan administration. so i came up to new york at jack's behest for an in
and martin luther king, jr., said to jack. it's not your job to tell me what to do. it's your job to get me out of jail when i do it. if you look at the photographs from that era, of the civil rights leadership, many of those photographs, you will see martin luther king, jr., whitney young, roy wilkins, you ill see all of the great ones. a. phillip rand awful and dorothy in -- randolph and you will see jack greenberg was oticeable. i had the privilege along with lawyer i covering think i could...
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martin luther king jr., in jail, for nonviolent protest, writes the doctrine of nonviolence. >> and its such an iconic document of the civil rights movement. this is just a couple of the things that you can see here at grand central through the rest of this week, all leading up to this premiere of "the sixties." i got a sneak peek of the episode last night, captivating, really unusual, unique, rarely seen archival footage. >> you guys were great tour guides for us. thank you so much for a sneak peek. we're going to let people know you can take in "the sixties" if you didn't live through it yourself. >> like me. >> like you. it premieres thursday, 9:00 eastern and pacific. check it out on cnn. set your dvr. >> go to our facebook page, like it immediately. thanks for joining us at this hour. >> "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts now. >>> the rejection, the jealousy and the rage behind the uc santa barbara massacre. there is new insight into what drove that killer. as a community gathers to mourn and the families of the dead students make their final arrangements. also this hour,
martin luther king jr., in jail, for nonviolent protest, writes the doctrine of nonviolence. >> and its such an iconic document of the civil rights movement. this is just a couple of the things that you can see here at grand central through the rest of this week, all leading up to this premiere of "the sixties." i got a sneak peek of the episode last night, captivating, really unusual, unique, rarely seen archival footage. >> you guys were great tour guides for us. thank...
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martin luther king jr., devastated angelou. it was in 1969 that she was encouraged by the author james baldwin, among others, to focus on her writing. thus was born "i know why the caged bird sings," her first of seven autobiographies and the phenomenal career for which she is known around the world. maya angelou was also an award-winning people's poet. this is maya angelou in her own words as she reads one of her most celebrated homes, "still i rise." >> you may write me down in history with your twisted lies. you may tread me in the very dirt but still, like dust, i'll rise. does my sassiness upset you? why are you beset with gloom? 'cause i walk like i've got oil wells pumping in my living room. just like moons and like suns, with the certainty of tides, just like hopes springing high, still i'll rise. did you want to see me broken? bowed head and lowered eyes? shoulders falling down like teardrops. weakened by my soulful cries. does my haughtiness offend you? don't you take it awful hard 'cause i laugh like i've got gold mi
martin luther king jr., devastated angelou. it was in 1969 that she was encouraged by the author james baldwin, among others, to focus on her writing. thus was born "i know why the caged bird sings," her first of seven autobiographies and the phenomenal career for which she is known around the world. maya angelou was also an award-winning people's poet. this is maya angelou in her own words as she reads one of her most celebrated homes, "still i rise." >> you may write...
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it was jack who told martin luther king jr. that if you march and break this injunction, you will be breaking the law. as any good lawyer should have told him. and martin luther king jr. said to jack, it's not your job to tell me what to do. it's your job to get me out of jail when i do it. [applause] if you look at the photographs from that era of the civil rights leadership, many of those photographs you'll see martin luther king jr. you'll see whitney young. you'll see roy wilkins. you'll see all of the great ones. a. philip randolph. and dorothy hite in some of those photographs. but you'll see jack greenberg. and jack greenberg was oticeable. had the privilege along with another recovering lawyer, i think i can describe him as, he's been busy with other things who's here today, governor patrick, of being, i think one of the last two, i think we were the last two hires that jack greenberg made at the legal defense fund. i -- i can't say -- i won't say, it's not my place to say how good my hire was. i will say na -- that he
it was jack who told martin luther king jr. that if you march and break this injunction, you will be breaking the law. as any good lawyer should have told him. and martin luther king jr. said to jack, it's not your job to tell me what to do. it's your job to get me out of jail when i do it. [applause] if you look at the photographs from that era of the civil rights leadership, many of those photographs you'll see martin luther king jr. you'll see whitney young. you'll see roy wilkins. you'll...
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tomorrow is martin luther king day? neither of us have dates. - too bad we're just platonic friends. - ♪ i'm just curious about you ♪ ♪ noticed you for quite a while ♪ - i have a right to love you. - hello. - in the words of martin luther king, i've just got to go for it.
tomorrow is martin luther king day? neither of us have dates. - too bad we're just platonic friends. - ♪ i'm just curious about you ♪ ♪ noticed you for quite a while ♪ - i have a right to love you. - hello. - in the words of martin luther king, i've just got to go for it.
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i heard the words of martin luther king on the radio. the words of dr. king, the actions of rosa parks, inspired me to find a way to get in the way. with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, we went down to the little town of troy. trying to check out some books from the public library. trying to get library cards. we were told by the library and the library was for whites only. i never went back to the public library. on july 5, 1998, for a book signing. hundreds of blacks and white citizens showed up. signed a lot of books, had a wonderful reception. at the end of the reception, they gave me a library card. that may not sound that important. when people tell me that nothing has changed in this state, change in america -- i say, come and walk in my shoes. the state is a different state. our region is a different region. we are a better people. we are on our way to the vision. the burden of separation. we're on our way to the creation of the beloved community. and i have said to you, you must find a way to get in the way. to get in trouble. good
i heard the words of martin luther king on the radio. the words of dr. king, the actions of rosa parks, inspired me to find a way to get in the way. with some of my brothers and sisters and cousins, we went down to the little town of troy. trying to check out some books from the public library. trying to get library cards. we were told by the library and the library was for whites only. i never went back to the public library. on july 5, 1998, for a book signing. hundreds of blacks and white...
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junto con malcolm x y martin luther king. nos vemos maÑana, que descanse. >> es miÉrcoles 28 de mayo de 2014,Éstos son los titulares: la mÁs reciente masacre del paÍs puso otra vez el dedo sobre la llaga acerca del control de la venta de las armas de fuego. colombia viviÓ otra jornada de luto, la mayorÍa de los niÑos muertos en el incendio de un autobÚs fueron sepultados. en Épocas de graduaciones tenemos recomendaciones para quines se preguntan cÓmo financiar su educaciÓn universitaria. y mÉxico termina llenando de esperanzas a sus hinchas comidas a la copa mundial de brasil 2014, hoy le ganaron a israel, comenzamos. ♪ ♪ >> este es su noticiero univisiÓn, de visión nocturna, - ediciÓn nocturna, con ilia calderÓn y enrique acevedo. >> muy buenas noches, el asesinato de seis estudiantes universitarios en santa bÁrbara el fin de semana, de - servicio el debate sobre el control de armas. otras ciudades del paÍs comienzan a sumarse. >> el hecho de que eliot roger, quien tenÍa una historia clÍnica de desÓrdenes mentales, pudo comp
junto con malcolm x y martin luther king. nos vemos maÑana, que descanse. >> es miÉrcoles 28 de mayo de 2014,Éstos son los titulares: la mÁs reciente masacre del paÍs puso otra vez el dedo sobre la llaga acerca del control de la venta de las armas de fuego. colombia viviÓ otra jornada de luto, la mayorÍa de los niÑos muertos en el incendio de un autobÚs fueron sepultados. en Épocas de graduaciones tenemos recomendaciones para quines se preguntan cÓmo financiar su educaciÓn...
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and martin luther king, jr., said to jack. it's not your job to tell me what to do. it's your job to get me out of jail when i do it. [laughter] [applause] if you look at the photographs from that era, of the civil rights leadership, many of those photographs, you will see martin luther king, jr., whitney young, roy wilkins, you will see all of the great ones. a. phillip randolph and dorothy and you will see jack greenberg, and jack greenberg was noticeable. i had the privilege along with another recovering lawyer i think i could describe him as, he has been busy with other things, who is here today, governor patrick, of being i think one of the last two -- i think we were the last two hired at the legal defense fund. i can't say and won't say it's not my place to say how good my hire was. i will say that he made a great hire in governor patrick. and i remember when i was hired, elaine, you know how jack was. i came to ldf from -- i was trying to get out of the justice department, the administrations had changed, i was now in the reagan administration. so i came up t
and martin luther king, jr., said to jack. it's not your job to tell me what to do. it's your job to get me out of jail when i do it. [laughter] [applause] if you look at the photographs from that era, of the civil rights leadership, many of those photographs, you will see martin luther king, jr., whitney young, roy wilkins, you will see all of the great ones. a. phillip randolph and dorothy and you will see jack greenberg, and jack greenberg was noticeable. i had the privilege along with...
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lawyers, with with martinators luther king jr. and others who were at the edmund pettis bridge. it was jack who told martin that if youjr. march and break this injunction, law, as be breaking the any good lawyer should have told him. saidartin luther king jr. to jack, "it's not your job to tell me what to do. your job to get me out of jail when i do it." [laughter] if you look at photographs from of the civil rights thoseship, many of photographs you'll see martin luther king jr., whitney young, wilkins. great ones ll of the philip randolph, dorothy. but you'll see jack greenberg. and jack greenberg was noticeable. [laughter] the privilege along with recovering lawyer, i think i can describe him as. other things with things. governore today, patrick. i think we were the last two that jack greenberg made at the legal defense fund. i can't say and won't say -- place to say how good my hire was. i will say that he made a great governor patrick. [laughter] when i was hired, jack was, iknow how came to l.d.f -- i was trying to get out of the justice administrations had changed. i was
lawyers, with with martinators luther king jr. and others who were at the edmund pettis bridge. it was jack who told martin that if youjr. march and break this injunction, law, as be breaking the any good lawyer should have told him. saidartin luther king jr. to jack, "it's not your job to tell me what to do. your job to get me out of jail when i do it." [laughter] if you look at photographs from of the civil rights thoseship, many of photographs you'll see martin luther king jr.,...
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>> she left the african continent to work with martin luther king. he was killed.ad to use her activism in other ways. she opened up her home to folks, i met so many of them there at her house. and you -- >> how did you get to know her? >> in about 1989 she was in the book, "i dream a world" and a woman named connie motley was in the book as well. i went with conni connie to they that was held. i was standing with connie alone and dr. angelou said would you like to join us for dinner and we've been close since. >> what did you think about dr. angelou? >> intense. she used stories to make a point. i'll tell you one story. she was with porgy and bess internationally. every day she walked past a dirty lot. with gypsies. she is a six foot tall woman and very imposing. they offered her coffee, and she convinced herself being hill kc thinking she had eaten a roach or something like that. when she asked someone, what was in her coffee, they said raisins. it was a high honor to get raisins in their coffee because gyp sis consider them very rare. so don't assume anything wh
>> she left the african continent to work with martin luther king. he was killed.ad to use her activism in other ways. she opened up her home to folks, i met so many of them there at her house. and you -- >> how did you get to know her? >> in about 1989 she was in the book, "i dream a world" and a woman named connie motley was in the book as well. i went with conni connie to they that was held. i was standing with connie alone and dr. angelou said would you like to...
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denominations agent to encourage the civil-rights faber experts on the south with the examples martin luther king in yet another way very critical to add to the long list of what he did for the country inspired others that sawicki was doing. jail it was published in almost every local newsletter. have by then there wrestle ready activism. people saw this and read it and it was determined all over the country. so not only did they feel they had to do something but they had not done anything he has a flavor active as well the you had the rise of a cohort who was the head of the united autoworkers as a leading force by the late fifties or early 60s and was motivated by civil-rights as an issue but also because he sought it obviously could not continue to be segregated center of society that it was immoral and did not make sense y / workers with the corporation from his point of view? and then of course, the movement largely because of so many years of groundwork there was a lot of good will around the country then things like birmingham and the church bombing they all just added that something
denominations agent to encourage the civil-rights faber experts on the south with the examples martin luther king in yet another way very critical to add to the long list of what he did for the country inspired others that sawicki was doing. jail it was published in almost every local newsletter. have by then there wrestle ready activism. people saw this and read it and it was determined all over the country. so not only did they feel they had to do something but they had not done anything he...
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vo --el ejercicio de simulacro se realizara en la biblioteca "martin luther king" e incluye a alguien pasar por el pistolero pero han decidio retrasar este ejercicio por la cercania con la tragedia de la universidad de santa barbara donde 6 estudiantes murieron, 3 de ellos del sur de la bahia. cesar tiempo de la primera pausa en noticiero telemundo 48 pero al volver take vo qu opinan los residentes del area de la bahia, que en medio de las criticas por la inseguridad en las tuberias...
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. >> para cÉsar chÁvez y martin luther king, el ayuno fue la extensiÓn de boicots realizados contra susunidos. >> las las condiciones que han vivido los cientos de miles de personas que han pasado por este centro de detenciÓn por ya 10 aÑos,son pÉsimas.> >> hubo de un muchacho que trabajaba, y el guardia empezÓ a gritarle y a querer humillarlo, Él no entiende ingles, y sentÍ mucha frustraciÓn porque yo querÍa hacer algo y no me pude poner en contra del guardia. >> estos hombres y mujeres que decidieron exponerse asÍ, sus nombres van a pasar al historia, y estÁn reflejando que ya no tenemos miedo. >> el documental de cÉsar chÁvez: "la Última huelga", una presentaciÓn especial de univisiÓn. >> y ahora como todos los viernes tenemos un adelanto de lo que podrÁn ver este domingo en "aquÍ y ahora". >> son populares, se ofrece como una mejor alternativa a los cigarrillos, aunque son una industria que ha crecido sin reglamentaciÓn de las autoridades de salud. >> no tenemos muchos datos sobre los quÍmicos que estÁn en esos productos. >> los cigarrillos electrÓnicos, y la fascinación de muchos m
. >> para cÉsar chÁvez y martin luther king, el ayuno fue la extensiÓn de boicots realizados contra susunidos. >> las las condiciones que han vivido los cientos de miles de personas que han pasado por este centro de detenciÓn por ya 10 aÑos,son pÉsimas.> >> hubo de un muchacho que trabajaba, y el guardia empezÓ a gritarle y a querer humillarlo, Él no entiende ingles, y sentÍ mucha frustraciÓn porque yo querÍa hacer algo y no me pude poner en contra del guardia....
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martin luther king junior said it best.always judge a man by his character, never by the color of his skin. we are all different. sizes,different different shapes, different orientations, different religions, different ages, different sexes, different ethnicities. we all have gifts from god to contribute. what i speak at high school graduations, i always tell the 235 pound middle linebackers, don't you ever kick sand in the face of the 135 pound math and science whiz. they may hold a scalpel to operate on your knee. everyone of us has a talent to offer to everyone else. life is about relationships. relationships are about respect. the older you get, you realize that you meet people a second time along the way in life. it is always true. they will treat you the second time reciprocal to how you treat them the first time. the third silence to grit his ethics. i know that everyone is saying, here is an american politician. talking about ethics. they do nothing but create special prosecutors and committees. they are always tryi
martin luther king junior said it best.always judge a man by his character, never by the color of his skin. we are all different. sizes,different different shapes, different orientations, different religions, different ages, different sexes, different ethnicities. we all have gifts from god to contribute. what i speak at high school graduations, i always tell the 235 pound middle linebackers, don't you ever kick sand in the face of the 135 pound math and science whiz. they may hold a scalpel to...
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martin luther king and wrote the draft for the famous antiwar address beyond vietnam. king in 2008, he talked about the speech. >> there was a great deal of struggle within the community .round martin about the speech even more about the speech, about what position king should take in relationship to what our country was doing in vietnam and what our country seemed intending to do all over the .orld but it is important to recognize that came saw these issues, not simply as what we call foreign-policy issues. pastor. most deeply a king saul these issues in terms of what they were doing to the poorest, weakest, most vulnerable people in this country, as well as what they were doing to the poor of other countries, particularly, in this case, vietnam. asg did not see himself separating his attention from this country and turning it overseas. king saw the natural connection between what was happening to , why young the usa men and women were rising up in anger, frustration, desperation, saw that action as deeply related to the attention that the country was paying to the dev
martin luther king and wrote the draft for the famous antiwar address beyond vietnam. king in 2008, he talked about the speech. >> there was a great deal of struggle within the community .round martin about the speech even more about the speech, about what position king should take in relationship to what our country was doing in vietnam and what our country seemed intending to do all over the .orld but it is important to recognize that came saw these issues, not simply as what we call...
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martin luther king.ed at the reynolds professor of american study since 1982. our thoughts and prayers are with dr. angelou's families and friends at this difficult time. we thought we would share with you what i thought was probably among her biggest moments where everybody in marketgamerica got understand the greatness behind maya angelou. she was asked to deliver a poem at president clinton's inauguration in 1993. here it is. >> today i call you to my riverside if you study war no more. come clad in peace and i will sing the songs the creator gave to me when i and the tree and the rock were within, before cynicism was a bloody sear across your brow and when you yet knew you still knew nothing. the river sang and sings on. oh, larry. she thinks i'm crazy. mm-hmm. but would a crazy person save 15% on car insurance in just 15 minutes? [ chuckles ] [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for a quote is crazy. with esurance, 7½ minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backed by
martin luther king.ed at the reynolds professor of american study since 1982. our thoughts and prayers are with dr. angelou's families and friends at this difficult time. we thought we would share with you what i thought was probably among her biggest moments where everybody in marketgamerica got understand the greatness behind maya angelou. she was asked to deliver a poem at president clinton's inauguration in 1993. here it is. >> today i call you to my riverside if you study war no...
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martin luther king junior said it best. always judge a man by his character, never by the color of his skin. we are all different. we are different sizes, different shapes, different orientations, different religions, different ages, different sexes, different ethnicities. we all have gifts from god to contribute. what i speak at high school graduations, i always tell the 235 pound middle linebackers, don't you ever kick sand in the face of the 135 pound math and science whiz. they may hold a scalpel to operate on your knee. everyone of us has a talent to offer to everyone else. life is about relationships. relationships are about respect. the older you get, you realize that you meet people a second time along the way in life. it is always true. they will treat you the second time reciprocal to how you treat them the first time. the third silent secret is ethics. i know that everyone is saying, here is an american politician, talking about ethics. they do nothing but create special prosecutors and committees. they are alway
martin luther king junior said it best. always judge a man by his character, never by the color of his skin. we are all different. we are different sizes, different shapes, different orientations, different religions, different ages, different sexes, different ethnicities. we all have gifts from god to contribute. what i speak at high school graduations, i always tell the 235 pound middle linebackers, don't you ever kick sand in the face of the 135 pound math and science whiz. they may hold a...
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congressman lewis marched with martin luther king and lead a youth group during the civil rights yo struggleu this is 15 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for those kind words of introduction. to the graduating class of 2014 -- parents, family, and friends, i must tell you, from the bottom of my heart, it is a great honor to be standing here with you today on this important occasion. if someone had told me many years ago, when i first came to mississippi 21 years old, a few pounds lighter, in 1961 on the freedom ride, that i would be standing here today -- i would say you are crazy, you're out of your mind, you do not know you're talking about. i am so pleased and so happy to be here. so, thank you. thank you. [applause] to each and every one of you receiving a degree, congratulations. this is your day. you should enjoy it. celebrate it. you deserve it. when the parties are over and the candles are all blown out, the world will be waiting for you to take it to a better place. as graduates of ole miss, you can play a powerful role in building a better nation and a better world. sometime in m
congressman lewis marched with martin luther king and lead a youth group during the civil rights yo struggleu this is 15 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for those kind words of introduction. to the graduating class of 2014 -- parents, family, and friends, i must tell you, from the bottom of my heart, it is a great honor to be standing here with you today on this important occasion. if someone had told me many years ago, when i first came to mississippi 21 years old, a few pounds...
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60, nos explica jackman, siempre tuvo con contenido mÁs profundo, representaban a malcolm x y martin lutheres, hay una historia humana y emotiva con la que muchos se pueden identificar, nos dice la actriz elen page, que te traten como seas, es algo muy significativo en este momento de mi vida. tanto en stark trek y en x-men, he representado personajes buenos, nos cuenta patrick stuart seres muy nobles. tras una desastrosa cita a ciegas, los padres solteros estÁn de acuerdo en una sola cosa, no quieren volver a verse jamÁs, pero los menos que se imaginan es que se inscribirÁn para pasar las vacaciones con sus hijos en el mismo lugar, por lo que deberÁn pasar una semana entera juntos. y se destaca una pelÍcula owen y binotche. regreso al estudio. ♪ ♪ >> cada uno de nosotros es una parte muy importante en de nuestro planeta, y una muestra de esto es el mosaico creado por la nasa con cientos de miles de fotos reunidas con imÁgenes enviadas de cada rincÓn de la tierra. >> y nosotros en primer impacto tambiÉn envÍamos nuestra foto que hizo parte de esta campaÑa global para celebrar el dÍa de la t
60, nos explica jackman, siempre tuvo con contenido mÁs profundo, representaban a malcolm x y martin lutheres, hay una historia humana y emotiva con la que muchos se pueden identificar, nos dice la actriz elen page, que te traten como seas, es algo muy significativo en este momento de mi vida. tanto en stark trek y en x-men, he representado personajes buenos, nos cuenta patrick stuart seres muy nobles. tras una desastrosa cita a ciegas, los padres solteros estÁn de acuerdo en una sola cosa,...
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martin luther king. >> i want to see some honesty, some fair play. i want to see kindness and justice. >> reporter: she made poetry cool in the movies. >> i'm a woman, phenomenally. >> reporter: and only the second poet in history invited to compose an inaugural poem. >> on the pulse of this new day, you may have the grace to look up and out and say simply very simply with hope good morning. >> reporter: her philosophy was when you get, give. when you learn, teach. so she treated the world as her classroom. ♪ let it shine ♪ let it shine everywhere i go! ♪ let it shine ♪ let it shine, america >> oprah called her a sister friend. >> she is one of the greatest influences in my entire life. >> reporter: and the obamas considered her a she-ro. >> she has encountered countless suffering in her lifetime. >> and she turned her life into a triumphant within. >> speak the word aloud and speak the word peace. look at the world and speak the word aloud, peace. we look at ourselves and then into the each other, and speak the word aloud, peace, my brother. peace,
martin luther king. >> i want to see some honesty, some fair play. i want to see kindness and justice. >> reporter: she made poetry cool in the movies. >> i'm a woman, phenomenally. >> reporter: and only the second poet in history invited to compose an inaugural poem. >> on the pulse of this new day, you may have the grace to look up and out and say simply very simply with hope good morning. >> reporter: her philosophy was when you get, give. when you learn,...
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now, 45 years after martin luther king's march on washington, full equality was one step closer to realityfor those who had devoted their lives to this cause, the moment was bittersweet. >> i wish that he could just for a moment, you know, 30 seconds, could just have seen the fruits of their labors. >> it's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day. >> while the path to electing our country's first black president has been long and torturous, for the man himself, it has been brisk, smart, purposeful. it began in hawaii in 1961, when barack obama was born to a white american mother and a black kenyan father, a man who soon left his family behind. young barry, his nickname at the time, grew up in hawaii and indonesia, the home of his stepfather. in 1983, he graduated from new york's columbia university. >> after columbia, he elects to go not just to chicago, but the south side of chicago, to be a community o
now, 45 years after martin luther king's march on washington, full equality was one step closer to realityfor those who had devoted their lives to this cause, the moment was bittersweet. >> i wish that he could just for a moment, you know, 30 seconds, could just have seen the fruits of their labors. >> it's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and...
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we can't keep assets but as a second step we'll make sure that the martin luther king entities has the background and history will be managing the artist assets so there will be research conducted in terms of what the potential scenarios are and bring that forward to the commission and educate you on what kinds of approaches we're looking at. and we'll be doing that in collaboration with the department of real estate because there will be additional information around that >> the cookery is a tenant what's the name of the management structure that i mean just for that impacted by the relocation so would there need to be any adjusts to that lease. i need to know >> right now the elliptic cookery has a lease with the building managers like in building 101 and the other one we're looking at the lease for the cookery we're looking at basically transferring that lease for the new building on a temporary basis and once we look at the bigger kind of management of all the artists assets we'll revisit that decision. >> related to the design real quick are reusing the mode last year construction
we can't keep assets but as a second step we'll make sure that the martin luther king entities has the background and history will be managing the artist assets so there will be research conducted in terms of what the potential scenarios are and bring that forward to the commission and educate you on what kinds of approaches we're looking at. and we'll be doing that in collaboration with the department of real estate because there will be additional information around that >> the cookery...
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with the great education of martin luther king, the things he sacrificed, to be in a room like one today with people who, like they say, you know, it's the day-to-day things. yes, the safety, security, education of your children, shelter for your children, but your personal reputation being tarnished with people who are opposing you and done in a way when there is no light on it, so while he would reject separating people based on socioeconomic class or nationhood and would never want to under estimate the power of that courage in so many levels of the human family, the greatest inspirations and the ones who do finally, face the greatest hardship are the poorest and those who are close to death and everything in between. to see this organization do, celebrate and support those people and to do follow-up support of those people is just a kind of undeniable grace, you know, and so i was really glad to be part of it. >> when you speak, it's important, and people listen. do you worry sometimes that you might speak about an issue that maybe you don't know enough about and you speak out about
with the great education of martin luther king, the things he sacrificed, to be in a room like one today with people who, like they say, you know, it's the day-to-day things. yes, the safety, security, education of your children, shelter for your children, but your personal reputation being tarnished with people who are opposing you and done in a way when there is no light on it, so while he would reject separating people based on socioeconomic class or nationhood and would never want to under...
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for a time, she worked with the civil rights leader martin luther king. she also worked with malcolm x. both men were killed. it was her autobiography that made her name, "i know where the caged or in." it was about her childhood. >> white folks could not be people. their feet were too small. their skin was too white. and see throughy. >> throughout her life, she was a superb phrase maker. ment admits to finger snapping, toetapping, hit throwing, rest grasping, eye flashing, good and god and life. >> bill clinton acknowledged her status when he asked her to read a poll at his and not duration. >> history cannot be unlived. it's face with courage need not be lived again. memartin luther king told that he thought there would be a black president in 40 years. i did not. i thought that i would be long dead before that happens. documentaries about the black experience at home and abroad. >> the excitement is not just to survive, but to thrive. and to thrive with some passion, compassion, humor, and some style. elou said that we will all be remembered for how w
for a time, she worked with the civil rights leader martin luther king. she also worked with malcolm x. both men were killed. it was her autobiography that made her name, "i know where the caged or in." it was about her childhood. >> white folks could not be people. their feet were too small. their skin was too white. and see throughy. >> throughout her life, she was a superb phrase maker. ment admits to finger snapping, toetapping, hit throwing, rest grasping, eye...
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martin luther king jr., to her unforgettable appearance at bill clinton's first inauguration.mer president remembered her in a statement that read in part, "with maya angelou's passing are america has lost a national treasure, and hillary and i a beloved friend. i will always be grateful for her electrifying reading of "on the pulse of morning" at my inauguration, and the years of friendship that followed. president obama joined in the accolades saying in a statement, "michelle and i join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time. the voice she found helped generations of americans find their rainbow amidst the clouds and inspired the rest of us to be our bestselves. in fact, she inspired my own mother to name my sister maya." the triumph over personal tragedy, she mitt life with the same nature, and she taught the world to do the same. the reverend al sharpton is the host of politics nation on msnbc. now, i'm going start with you. you and i were on earlier talking about i think the part of maya angelou's life that is least known by most
martin luther king jr., to her unforgettable appearance at bill clinton's first inauguration.mer president remembered her in a statement that read in part, "with maya angelou's passing are america has lost a national treasure, and hillary and i a beloved friend. i will always be grateful for her electrifying reading of "on the pulse of morning" at my inauguration, and the years of friendship that followed. president obama joined in the accolades saying in a statement,...
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working with the likes of m malcolm x, and martin luther king jr. she became the first woman, the first african-american poet to participate in a presidential inauguration. her final tweet was five days ago, listen to yourself, and you might hear the voice of god. outpourings have come in from around the world. condoleezza rice ritweeted, may angelo was a magical person, able to communicate deep insights with soul and speak of the unstoppable joy in the human spirit. and reminding us for impact, on youth, of future generations. "sesame street" tweeted this. we're saddened by the passing of our friend maya angelou. thank you for all you've done and for all the hugs. just moments ago president obama released a statement of his own saying, michelle and i join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time, a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman. the kind words and a strong embrace, she had the ability to remind us that we are all god's children, and we all have something to offer. joining me n
working with the likes of m malcolm x, and martin luther king jr. she became the first woman, the first african-american poet to participate in a presidential inauguration. her final tweet was five days ago, listen to yourself, and you might hear the voice of god. outpourings have come in from around the world. condoleezza rice ritweeted, may angelo was a magical person, able to communicate deep insights with soul and speak of the unstoppable joy in the human spirit. and reminding us for...