i don't know who martin luther king was. martin luther, martin has his problems and i got mine. mine is to stay alive, to keep earning a little money so i can get more of my kids and grand kids into college. it's not that he doesn't like martin luther king, he doesn't dislike many people at all, but he got nothing to do with martin's business. i mean, this is hoke. this is the way i'm beginning to see him. i didn't see many people that clearly. my grandfather, perhaps, who did not hate people the way his wife hated. i don't know how he got around that, really. because he was a very fair man. he taught me more about justice by not hating people than i'll ever learn from any law book. >> rose: and hoke... every question was my focus is to get my kids so they have a better life than i did. >> yes. he gave up on ever learning to read so she gets at him in the cemetery and says "you can. don't leave here saying you can't because you can." and this is a woman dedicated to that art, the art of teaching. >> rose: yes, indeed. >> that's when i started falling in love with her. >> rose: w

martin luther king's letter from a birmingham jail is here along with his private message to his wife who in 1960 he writes from a state prison. >> this is a letter from dr. martin luther king jr. to his wife, coretta scott in 1960. hello, darling. today i find myself a long way from you and the children. i am at the state prison in reedsville which is about 230 miles away from atlanta. they picked me up from the dekalb jail at around 4 a.m. this morning. i know this whole experience is very difficult for you, especially in the conditions of your pregnancy. but as i said to you yesterday, this is the cross that we must bear for the freedom of our people. so i urge you to be strong in faith, and this will in turn strengthen me. i can assure you that it is extremely difficult to think of being away

martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail along with his message to his wife who in 1960 he writes from a state prison. >> this is from martin luther king to his wife, coretta scott on october 26, 1860. hello, darling. today i find myself a long way from you and the children. i am at the state prison which is about 230 miles away from atlanta. they picked me up at 4:00 this morning. i know this experience is very difficult for you, especially in the condition of your pregnancy. but as i said to you yesterday, this is the cross that we must bear for the freedom of our people. so i urge you to be strong and safe and this will in turn strengthen me. i can assure you that it is extremely difficult to think of being away from you, my little yogi and marty for four months. but i asked god hourly for the power of endurance. i have a faith to believe that this excess of suffering which has now come to our family will in some little way serve to make atlanta at a better city, georgia a better state and a

we want to thank you for coming out for the martin luther king jr. celebration. this is a special opportunity. you will hear from bellva davis, the first african-american reportedder on the west coast. her book is a black journalist's dream in journalismism. >> one of my first jobs was to write press releases for a show she used to do. i used to dream of having the opportunity, especially on dr. king's birthday. to interview belva is a dream come true to me. thank you for the inspiration you have provided for me and others through the years. >> now you have hit upon the dream. the dream was that i could do well enough that women coming later like yourself would find it easier to crack the walls keeping us out. you have done your part. you have worked hard. >> thank you for your inspiration. thank you for this book. this is such a treasure. there are so many wonderful pictures in there with luminaries you interviewed. i would like to start back with the history. you begin the book talking about being at the republican convention with the kdi news director. once th

kennedys sponsored an airlift and barack obama, senior can on the airlift and to credit the martin luther king movement for his very existence and political success. senior was coming and kennedy was elected and 60, barack obama senior comes in 1959. there was an airlift but he wasn't on it. you document and very interestingly that obama, sr. was much more entrepreneurial and figuring out how to get here and it had nothing to do with some big government subsidized airlift. how did he get here? he came independently. even though he was a good friend who wrote to organize the airlift. he didn't get on at. but he did before and a couple of american women who were the wives of people working in the embassy in nairobi at a time and obama, sr. was a very, very charming man and he clearly impressed these women with the determination and intelligence and so it is through private means he was able to secure a place in hawaii and he actually flew quite independently before his airlift to hawaii. with women, american women in nairobi who founded his place of their fair. you talked about this on a speech

mirkarimi knows about our building that was under the redevelopment processing under the martin luther king apartments. there was a situation where i did not get the police report because of what i suspected to be a at the time, on june 18, 2010, the officers who were circumvented from getting a police report taken care of that i needed to get. i never received it until several officers [unintelligible] i have a statement about things that are happening to me. and i know for sure, i have been through the occ. i don't like the police that much. i am not talking about every police officer. i am talking about the things that make you very upset. i was racially profiled by a couple of your officers. officer anderson, officer etia. i was denigrated. racially profiled. all of those negative words when it refers to a person like myself. a good person of good standing. what are you going to do about it? i don't think you have a definition of community policing. we need to try something new. the newness would be respecting those that are respectable. i should never have to feel like i am being threa

on april 4, which is the day that martin luther king was shot in memphis, tennessee, we will be at 555 the world bank of america, at 4555 to say save social security, 78 years later. we are asking the public to come out on april 4 at 4:45 at 555 california and call senator feinstein that 8666-251-40444 today only to say do not cut social security because it is a big lie about that money affecting our government. thank you very much. we will be back to see you later. >> supervisors, i was not here earlier when you spoke on the ordinance. supervisor chiu: we do not speak about matters which have already taken public comment on, but if you to speak generally, your welcome to do that. >> i just want to say i support. there is an issue with the corridor. there has been a long-term effort. i have a proposal i would like to submit to our supervisor, and i would like to again state for the record that we support the zoning ordinance that would forward. supervisor chiu: are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is

i grew up 20 miles away in a town that put martin luther king in jail for a few nights in 1963. when they heard the story of hog zila i wondered why people killed things they don't understand. i would like to read hog zila this is the first timei've read this part one is what i'm reading today. killer of kid and faun, muddy wallower trichinosis and tick. trap smart, nonnative gar gant wan flea bag you root in the oak brush of bogs and swamp. if we killed you now, hog zila, if we took aim for your belly with our cross bow or laser sight and pulled a trigger or let a tripped arrow rip through the night air there wouldn't be a story to tell. while we lay and wait for you to appear, chewing our ciao and the fat lit up on beer, lit up on the last of the evening light. we will harness you in speech, laszo you with language and make you bleed like the common pig you were before all this celebrity. in dreams you are bigger than you will ever be. you must be made to suffer for your mystery. the origin of hogzila. are you spawn of desoto men? long snouted do your upper tusks sharpen the l

the search is on martin luther king jr. way between 26th and 27th street in oakland.ecilia joins us with more. >> very dramatic morning for residents. police were here to serve a search warrant at a home down the block here. let's take a look at that video. it started 8:40 this morning on sycamore street as officers were getting ready to enter the house. someone inside peeked out the window, saw the police present and bolted out of the home. he pulled out a gun, fired the round into the air. they joined police and the man who fired the gun was caught on the street behind the house. >> it's a difficult challenge for us. we're still trying to piece together some of the narrative, perhaps he'll admit it, perhaps he won't. whether the suspect shot at the officers or intended to shoot at the officers. but what we do know is he fired a round and that's concern enough for us to have this kind of activity here. >> well, that activity went on for quite some time. one other man was arrested this morning. police aren't saying for what but he was arrested on the scene and the bur

martin luther king, how were without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. power at its best is love and lamenting the demands of justice. i want to thank my husband, virgil, and my sons, who love me unconditionally every single day. and many thanks to my sister, yolanda, and to all my other sisters here who love encourage me to move towards this work, and lastly, to my parents who taught me all about love. thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: now, continuing in alphabetical reverse order, i would like to acknowledge our supervisor from district 6, jane kim. supervisor kim: thank you. i'm also presenting on behalf of behalfmirka -- on behalf of supervisor mirkarimi, who could not be here today because he is in washington, d.c. i will present his first. it is a brilliant honor to present this. she's worked as executive director of the women's community clinic since its inception in 1999. under her leadership, the clinic has focused on providing personalized service to women, by women they trust. the clinic relies heavily on volunteer clinicians

martin luther king jr.'s letter from the birmingham jail is here along with the private mrs. to his wife who in 1960 he writes from the state prison. >> this is a letter from martin luther king jr. to his wife in october 26th 1960. hello, darling. today i find myself a long way from you and the children, i am at the state prison in reads bill which is about 230 miles away from atlanta. they picked me up from the dekalb jail at around 4:00 a.m. this morning. i know this if experience is difficult for you, especially in the conditions of your pregnancy. but as i said to you yesterday, this is the cross that we must bear for the freedom of our people. so i urge you to be strong in faith and this will strengthen me. i can assure you it is extremely difficult to think of being away from you, my little yokie and mardy for four months by ask go

he is able to directly credit if you will the martin luther king movement for his very existence, andll sorts of political success. all this turns out to be a little bit of a table. what i mean by that is the kennedy era that had nothing to do with barack obama, sr. coming. kennedy was elected 1960. barack obama, sr. comes in 1959. there was an airlift but he wasn't on it. in fact, you point out and you document very i think interestingly, that obama senior was much more entrepreneurial in figure out how to get your parents that had nothing to do with big government subsidized area. how did he give your? >> guest: as you say, he came independent. even though he was a good friend of the many organized the airlift, he didn't get on it. but he did befriend a couple of american women who were i think the lives of people working in the u.s. embassy and nairobi at the time. there was no doubt obama senior was a very, very charming man. he charmed the ways. he clearly impressed this comment on with his ambitions and his conviction but his intelligence. so it's through private engagements tha

tell them the story of martin luther king, in new york, malcolm x. some day, some time -- and a lot of black people go to church. those ministers in church, i tell them, do not preach about the hereafter, preach about none now. we are losing too many young minds. do not tell me that there are no good african-american doctors. my grandson became a doctor. there is nothing there to stop him -- he is supposed to graduate in april. [laughter] what i am saying is, the american school of public system -- the american public school system, the lower income population is not playing the role they should play. we are not adequately educating these children. the classrooms are too crowded -- that is all over the tv in new york. they blame it all on teachers. i think the youth deserve better. that is what i think. [applause] we have to start not when they are a teenager, but pre-k. [applause] >> you have said what families need to do. as a person in school, we know how much of our children's time is spent in school. we are often the surrogate parents for a leng

martin luther king jr. was shot in memphis 43 years ago next monday. tonight, we're seeing long-lost photos of his assassin. they show james earl ray as he was booked more than two months after king's murder. he is also seen in a jail uniform being patted down by a deputy standing against the wall of cell. it was 30 years ago today that president ronald reagan was shot by a would-be assassin in washington, d.c. reagan, of course, survived and went on to serve two full terms in office. three others were wounded that day, including reagan's press secretary, james brady. today, he visited the white house and met president obama. senior white house correspondent bill plante reports brady is still fighting for his signature cause. >> reporter: in the press room where he once briefed reporters, jim brady was asked if this president was pushing hard enough for gun control. >> you can never push too hard. >> reporter: the bullet in his brain changed jim brady's life forever. brady was so seriously wounded that news wires reported his death. this recording was

martin luther king, how were without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental anemic. power at its best is love and lamenting the demands of justice. i want to thank my husband, virgil, and my sons, who love me unconditionally every single day. and many thanks to my sister, yolanda, and to all my other sisters here who love encourage me to move towards this work, and lastly, to my parents who taught me all about love. thank you. [applause] supervisor chiu: now, continuing in alphabetical reverse order, i would like to acknowledge our supervisor from district 6, jane

tell them the story of martin luther king, in new york, malcolm x. some day, some time -- and a lot of black people go to church. those ministers in church, i tell them, do not preach about the hereafter, preach about none now. we are losing too many young minds. do not tell me that there are no good african-american doctors. my grandson became a doctor. there is nothing there to stop him -- he is supposed to graduate in april. [laughter] t

tell them the story of martin luther king, in new york, malcolm x. some day, some time -- and a lot of black people go to church. those ministers in church, i tell them, do not preach about the hereafter, preach about none now. we are losing too many young minds. do not tell me that there are no good african-american doctors. my grandson became a doctor. there is nothing there to stop him -- he is supposed to graduate in april. [laughter] what i am saying is, the american school of public system -- the american public school system, the lower income population is not playing the role they should play. we are not adequately educating these children.

explicit support to the civil rights movement joining forces with the great civil rights leader martin luther king he said of robinson that he was a sit in or before sit ins a freedom rider before freedom rides and i'm black man i'm. going to look around and i'm. going already from the poverty and despair robinson started to speak out about how racism persisted despite his individual achievements always guys who are saying we got a major rap. just. as an individual can make it but i think we've got to concern ourselves with the masses of the people not what happened as an individual so i really tell these youngsters when i go out certainly i have an opportunity to say that they have an abbott because i've had this opportunity doesn't mean. he wanted to shift the terms of the discussing away from individual achievement to structural barriers to individual achievement. what if instead of plucking out the most talented individuals from the negro leagues major league baseball and chosen to incorporate entire teams entire organizations bringing along all the african-american owners and management as we

tell them the story of martin luther king, in new york, malcolm x. some day, some time -- and a lot of black people go to church. those ministers in church, i tell them,

i love martin luther king, but also malcolm x, sometimes you have to really hold your ground.ompassion, kindness, education. rather than more killing. >> when you graduated in 1965, it was the height of the civil- rights movement. you just alluded to the environment that you were growing up in. as a young musician, what was it like for you in san francisco at the time? >> it was heaven on earth. we would go down to the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jimi hendrix, cream, and then go down to the grove to see other music. you could go to the mission district to hear mexican. everywhere i went there was this multi dimensional color and i felt like it was on necessary for me to do just one. like baskin-robbins, i want all the flavors. you cannot just be a mexican play music. there is a lot of beauty in that, but it was not for me. i was born without arms around my heart that wants to embrace everything. palestine's, israelis. japanese, apaches. i am more concentrated with life and love than flags, nationality, religion. that stuff gets in the way. one gets in the

in washington state, there's been an arrest in the attempted backpack bombing at a martin luther king day parade. the f.b.i. picked up kevin harp today. sources say he's been the member of a neo-nazi group. the bomb was discovered along the parade route and disarmed. harp is charged with trying to set off a weapon of mass destruction. in an arizona courtroom, jared loughner, the man accused of the massacre in tucson, pleaded not guilty to a series of new federal charges. john blackstone is in tucson tonight, and, john, this is the first time loughner has actually come face to face with some of the victims. >> reporter: that's right, katie. this arraignment was moved from phoenix to the federal courthouse here in tucson so that those most affected by the shooting could be present. and in appearance at least, it was a different jared loughner who walked into the courtroom. his head no longer shaved, the accused shooter now has a full head of short, dark hair with long sideburns, but entering court with chains at his ankles and wrists, he had the same grin that seemed so shocking in his

thousands of activists aiming to revitalize the american left want to be the solidarity with martin luther king once a vocal supporter of u.s. president barack obama dr west tells r t why his opinion has drastically changed dr west thank you very much for taking the time to speak with r.t. this debate here dr west you are one of twelve hundred speakers from around the world who have come here to new york to take part in the left forum this interest theme it's called tell words the politics of solidarity why do you think that like this is so important one of the i just want to pay tribute to the visionary figures behind the live form would play such an important role in stating that we are now experiencing a were radical democratic awakening in the american empire in the united states the pally affected by what's going on in northern africa deeply affected by what's going on in the middle east and more and more now is shaped by what is happening in madison wisconsin and columbus ohio and other capitals so that i think we've had so much sleep walking. in the united states from where of course. wa