early on in 1965 bayard counseled martin luther king jr. to speak out against the vietnam war and king did so in 1965. by the way, so did bayard rustin. he gave a major anti-vietnam speech in madison square garden. it inspired people. they got up and marched over to the u.n. shortly after that speech. but later on he counsels king not to give a speech that ties the civil rights movement and the peace movement together closely. so he opposes that famous speech that king gave on april 4, 1967, at riverside church here in new york. king opposed that for a variety of reasons. he thought that that would undermine the ability of civil rights leaders to extract victories from the johnson administration for economic justice for african-americans, indeed, for all americans. remember, king is -- i'm sorry, remember, bayard is pushing the freedom budget at this point as well, and he believes that tying these movements together will undermine that freedom budget as well as calls for economic justice. that's part of the story. so they separated tacticall

again, a contrast for martin luther king. with marlin martin luther king, leaders would can him to come in, he and sncc will fly in, and they will take over the movement. they will make all of the decisions. the sncc people were just the opposite. they were very, very quiet. they didn't put themselves in front of the tv cameras. they said that our job is to help local leadership develop and to help local heleadership achieve its goals. i'm going to give you one example of this. and it's actually -- it's a local example. tent city in fayette county, tennessee. you know, i told you i grew up in brownsville. fayette county, tennessee is the next county over. both haywood county and fayette county experienced rampant voter intimidation. remember i said earlier that my parents hadn't voted in 1960? they had never voted? the reason they had never voted was because the last person who attempted to organize black voters in haywood county, tennessee in 1940 was lynched. it's that simple. the last person was lynched. and his body was di

into consideration we have people, kids, families out there in the bayview hunters point area, martin luther king and other schools that are drowning because there is nobody coming by to say the incident that is happening at martin luther king school, you didn't address it. you didn't go see about it. that is a child that drowned. the system let that child down. i'm asking you as a concerned citizen, would you start focusing on not only the martin luther king school, but that is the troubled spot of the bayview hunters point area, but all schools in general puts aside your title or whatever you do and start thinking about it. if it was your child, would you save them from drowning? i believe you would. thank you. >> my name is diana. my child was bullied and jumped at king. i'm here as promise that i said that i will be back if the administration was not removed or -- so i'm here today. you guys showed me nothing. nothing at all. so i'm very disappointed. it is -- that school is just -- the administration is not handling stuff properly. i have the letter from the d.a.'s office about my daughter.

at martin luther king, the population is big. you are surrounded by public housing. that is where most of them do well to read if we do not address it, they will be on the streets and they will be causing other type of money we do not need. we only make up 1.5% of the total population in the city and county. almost 10% of the juvenile population to syria that is alarming. population -- population. that is alarming. this is not just about one group. this is about all. being the chief, i have to air that with you. i have sat down at the table with you, superintendent. i appreciate the support you have given us. i look forward to continue to work with you to make sure that the people get represented. please reconsider that. if we do not have anyone to go to -- we are going to be in trouble. i have a problem and i need your help. please consider and losses to all of you. -- blesses to all of you. >> my name is sandy thomson. i wanted to have a word before i leave because my son has something else to say. we have had a rough time at martin luther king for the year. this y

before we get to the bridge, you knew martin luther king. >> i knew martin luther king >> stephen: good guy. >> wonderful man, wonderful man, wonderful human being. i met him when i was 18 years old. >> stephen: how did you get to know him? >> well, i grew newspaper rural alabama. and when i graduate from high school, i wanted to a a school called choice 125i9 college, 10 miles from my home some i wrote a letter to dr. king. told him i needed his help. he sent me a round trip greyhound bus ticket and invited me to come to montgomerie to meet with him. and i will never forget it in march of 1958, boarded a bus to montgomerie. young lawyer met me. i walked into this room, into bs, and dr. king said are you the boy from troy. are you john lewis. and i said dr. king, i'm john robert lewis, i gave my whole name. and that was the beginning. >> stephen: and he remembered. >> he remembered. >> stephen: so he was a mentor of yours. you became friends. you were actually the youngest speaker at the march on washington in 1963. i was maybe the youngest attendee because my mother was there. she was

he worked with martin luther king, jr., on equal accommodations, whether it was housing or restaurants or whatever it was in the transition time. so this has a lot of history in making this a very emotional day for me. it is a wonderful honor. it is a wonderful honor. it is just unbelievable and staggering, and i am only now beginning to accept it. mark buell, thank you for making this possible, for making such possible in our community over and over again. that that was -- that is why i was so honored that you ed sees the were in the gallery that day as we made history and now we make progress. i want to see why. every good thing that happens, you have a hand in. thank you for that. thank you for making this possible for me. [applause] it is about a city. the biggest honorable -- honor of all is to walk onto the floor of the house of berbers and those and speak for the people of san francisco. san francisco. liberty and justice for all is what we care about. nondiscrimination in the rest is our hallmark. where we talk about the environment as god's gift that we must preserve. every is

asked in montgomery, alabama. >> do you hear more about martin luther king at school or malcolmyeah. >> he seems interested in getting the youth involved and having the children learn about their history. >> this educator is dedicated to helping young people realize the value of preserving their own history. >> will we one day say the rap of lil wayne in the schomburg. >> i think it's a good idea, actually. i think all these questions about who is black, what is black, whether i fit in the world, so i have to bring those questions front and center into the life of this institution. >> for kalil mohammed the schomburg center is about the past and the future. >> we live in a time where some of the same problems of racial inequality, of racial disparity are still very much a part of the equation and history can help to navigate some of what happened in the past to give people a deeper sense that they're not dealing with these problems for the first time. >> we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] savor a sip of a real fruit smoothie from mccafé! ♪ like the flavorful fusion of man

gandhi, martin luther king, nelson mandela. these people were masters. nelson mandela was able when he was in prison, right? people are winning hearts and minds. gandhi with strategically brilliant. gandhi was more great than napoleon. think about. gandhi was able to defeat the most powerful empire on earth, the british empire, without firing a single bullet. i think he would have been in all because gandhi thought tactically and strategically. he called his supporters an army of peace in the called at the most powerful weapon. gandhi said it had to choose between violence and not fighting, he would rather choose violence. that was waging peace. so here's a good example.

and god knows it's not martin luther king. there's a little bit of martin luther king in all of us. if we can take the things we have done, franklin, richardson, the willingness of people to come together. the church is the only thing some people have. they believe in you. we ask in you as a congressional black caucus to believe that we need that. we're in your pocket. we want to be with you. we hope at the end of this meeting you will think about adopting half a dozen of us. if we live in your district. that's a contract. but pick who you want, and i'll tell you we'll make you feel like we don't move without you. because one day we'll be coming back and ask please ask like you were right. we have a vote on the floor. we'll be asking you to call every member. tell him who you are. how many do you have? how important is this to you. and i assure you that the church's symbol bigger and god knows -- only god knows -- how much stronger your congressional black caucus can be. we started with 13 members, then 26, then 32, then 42. there's no limb with the way that color is coming into our

for example, martin luther king, jr. was very antiwar. martin luther king, jr.as anti-vietnam war and anti-all war. but did you know one of his favorite television shows, one of the few television shows he would let his children watch was a show that glorified the melted. issue he himself like. a show that portrays people in the military with exceptional noble qualities but if you're be said is the work, please don't give it away. a television show that glorifies the?i military, let his children watch and like, himself. in any of you guess what that show was? mash is a good guess. matched by the way is the dalai lama's favorite television shows. [laughter] official i'm talking about is 100 times more famous than the official i'm talking about is the most famous television show ever made to in terms of global recognition, more famous than seinfeld, more famous than the simpsons. the most high name recognition of any show ever made. all the characters and military. i'll give you a hint. there's a story about one of the actors in the show. she was at a party, and s

we'll see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: what an honor to welcome but a guide to this program. the blues legend has just released a terrific memoir about his remarkable life and career called, when i left home. it details his humble beginnings and as many collaborations with the biggest names in the music business. i am delighted to have you on this program. if >> i have been waiting a while. i told you, i have to do your show. tavis: i told some many of my friends the watch this program every night, that you were coming on tonight, and i have told the story countless times. i am a music lover, i can hang out with friends, james taylor, the peking. the night i spent with you in chicago is one of the great joys of my life. that night in your club, because you play there. if you are ever in chicago, you play this thing e

i'm -- martin luther king. all the other schools in bayview hunts point. we have a concern that was brought to my amention the our organization. a group of people who grew up in the community, we came back into the community. a lot of them came back and we have gone into the schools, wanting to talk to the board, to go into the schools and talk to these young brothers and sisters to change them and let them know that the villsadge live and we are concerned about our students. we want the best for our students. we also want black education put into our schools so everyone can learn about the history of african-americans in san francisco and california and the whole united states. we have a history that is not been told and it needs to be told. that's why you a lot of the kids of our race not interested in scoo schools. they are not learning about themselves. the teachers are not appreciated for what ouce

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: joseph stieglitz's a nobel prize-winning columnist who has previous join us on his program. it is a frank and timely assessment of the american economy, how today's divided society in dangers of future. he joins us tonight from boston. let me start, if i can, with the news of the day. your your sense of the elections in greece, how it impacts us here. >> it looks like they pulled back from the brink of the moment. it doesn't solve anything within europe. the fundamental problem is the bureau is a reconstructed that doesn't work. the remedy to the current problems that germany is pushing a spain, greece, other countries his austerity. bringing the unemployment 25% unemployment. unfortunately, there is no light at the end of this particular tunnel. it will hurt us. one reason for

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: always pleased to welcome jonathan demme. he has two projects at soon. the first is a look at the life of neil young. it opens in theaters june 29. here is a scene from "neil young journeys." ♪ >> that used to be the place where i caught fish when i was 5 years old. this is a town in north ontario. it does not look anything like it did before but i can smell it. ♪ i lived in this tent during the summer so i could be close to my chicken. i think that is why i was out there. my dad was very famous in canada. he was a great writer. this is the school they named after my dad. the golf course is being converted to a subdivision. this is the house after it was burned down. it was right here. isn't this beautiful? that is why you do not have to worry when you lose friends. they're stil

martin luther king jr. people are very critical of things that could be improved or wa merunnt, y tt and you need to hold your politicians accountable, that's what democracy's all about, holding politicians accountable. so waging pce is a method that taneti sodydndve mra ylltry, you'll never convince everybody. i don't have to convince everybody. what percentage of the american population actively participated in the civil rights movement? less than actively participated. poti aelrtat me rights movement? less than 1% actively participed. susan b. anthony would give a talk about women's rights, and people would be seaming so loudco't er k, pe sam her w. ry croia issue, right? so a dramatic change. and that's why henry david thoreau said there are 999 patrons of virtue for every virtuousers. pe winsoin a , pno anything about it. these were people actively involved, and that's why you can't trust opinion polls because opinion with no action has no impact. and all this change ndamentally comefrom changing how p

. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: freddie roach has been a force in boxing for many years now. he has served as a trainer for many champions including manny pacquiao. he has teamed up for a new series called "on freddie roach ." here are some scenes. >> boxing was part of life. somewhere along the way, eddie started to like the sport. >> i was 27 years old and found something i was better at than boxing. when that day came, everything changed. i do not think about parkinson's. i do my day day-by-day and live through it. and doing what i love and i love what i do. i treat everyone with respect and everyone treats me with respect. that is why i have the most successful boxing in the world. i would not trade my life for anybody. tavis: less talk about the clients first and then we will talk about you. julio looked