martin luther king. now, as the south had been trending republican under eisenhower, the black vote, which had historically been republican and had gone democratic starting with franklin roosevelt, was coming back to the gop. in 1956, blacks voted 40% for dwight eisenhower. and it looked like it could have held up that way in 1960. but towards the end, what happens is this. martin luther king has moved to atlanta, georgia from alabama. he is arrested and goes to jail for the night. it's the first time he spent the night in jail. and he would be out the next morning, not a big deal, except that not long before that he was pulled over for a moving traffic violation in georgia. and he had been released on parole. and when he is arrested for this sit-in, it's a violation of his parole and the judge in rural georgia decides, you are going to prison camp for six months for a traffic violation. this is pretty outrageous, it was also pretty tough prison camp. the king family, particularly dred scott king, feared

it's the anniversary of martin luther king jr's famous i have a dream speech black people but in fact stop our. president. it's a days that will and china back the major figure this out mr right. i got sure but this is the same place where monolithic a stood this is like 57 years ago this is what i saw on on t.v. on television we are fighting the same struggle and this is so is peroration all to see this and is just going to make me push is going to make us push so much harder . it's hard to believe that just 3 years ago china mark was a convicted criminal in prison. today who's leading his community in their fight for equality whatever it was. whatever it was no. it's not something that you know i really want to do is not something that i really was planning on doing it's not something that i'm saying oh this is going to be. the rest of my life because i don't want to do this for the rest of my life. but nobody's doing it. hurts. to know that the same country that you're born or raised. hates you. here or doesn't seem to have an equal. this is my country i'm just fighting because it'

it was a year of assassinations, the first being martin luther king. untry with the king assassination? >> it's hard to summarize it, but you immediately have riots. you have riot that is are still -- mark cities like washington, d.c., chicago, kansas city. it becomes a national moment of crisis and you have people fearful that there's going to be large-scale racial war in the country after this assassination. and, you know, the unrest that surrounded the vietnam war is all -- is still present but now it becomes a background. remember, king was an opponent of the vietnam war and he had said that this was an unjust war and a wrong war and why are black and white boys dying in this war and there are people who were trying to join the civil rights movie with the antiwar movement and king who has not been political, king who had condemned -- said there were flaws within the democratic party and flaws within the republican party, is becoming more political and there are people inside the civil rights movement who recognize that johnson has been so supportive

host: you tell us that martin luther king visited india. we found an archival clip of him telling that story in 1965 to the los angeles world affairs council. it is audio, but let's listen. one afternoon, i went down to speak in the southern part of india, in a school that was by youngby and large boys and girls who were the children of former untouchables. i remember that afternoon that the principal got up to introduce me. as he came to the end of his introduction, he said i would like to present to you a fellow untouchable from the united states of america. that i would be introduced as an untouchable. he soon, my mind ran back to across america. started to think about how my living children were still judged on the basis of the color of their skin rather than the content of the character and i had to say to myself, i am an inouchable and every negro the united states is an untouchable. segregation is evil and sinful because it stigmatizes the segregated as an untouchable in a caste system. like listeningt to that 60 years later? and res

martin luther king jr must bring americans together to legislate but. one of the most important changes was with all of the violence in our society and other societies in the late 1960 s. and with the assassinations of martin luther king and robert kennedy in 1968 president johnson began to push for more restrictions on the cause and then the americans even democrats who had supported johnson became very worried because they were afraid that if they didn't have their guns they would be unprotected when they saw in particular they were afraid of black power and. that. that effective crime control. remains in my judgment effective gun control. a warning shot to the country's traditionalists. there was a small group of members of the n.r.a. that believed that gun rights were about to be curtailed dramatically and there were these conversations about gun rights and they decided to rise up within the n.r.a. and they effectively took over the entire organization and it went from a moderate. less powerful group of sportsmen to a very staunch conservative organ

martin luther king told a group of parishioners "the real problem is that, through our scientific genius, we have made the world a neighborhood, but, through our moral and spiritual genius, we have failed to make it a brotherhood." so let's think about that. callousness and cruelty we have recently seen around us, would anyone deny that dr. king's words ring true today? when babies have been separated from their mothers, when we desecrate the planet that god when, insted to us, the wealthiest country in the world, we allow millions of children to go hungry. when we fear for the lives of our black babies as they grow simply because of the color of their skin. we are all in a lot of pain right now for all of these reasons, and especially every community. but i think what the past few months and a last few years have taught us is that we have no choice but to heed the teachings of dr. king. if we are serious about making our world a brotherhood and sisterhood, then our faith cannot remain just a matter of personal sustenance. it cannot be only about our personal needs. our faith must presen

that martin luther king jr is the most dangerous negro. in america part of my agenda is that what you still make is to deal with these and choose them look at where. since social change i mean that's going to mean way back when i wasn't. in this continued with the rise and fall jim crow. you know. in the instance in is a part of my gender. so williams has also spent a career looking at what it means to be black in america in a kill is a skate which premiered at the toronto film festival williams plays a drug dealer looking to break out of a life of crime. a slam poet a rapper and a filmmaker williams was and is always an activist 1st. just received word in work like multimedia piece martyr loser king he mashes up the past current events and virtual reality to break with an american history that leaves out black voices by more than you can look at you know the history of lynching in this country through the history of police violence or the history of policing and loitering laws and all of these things and all this is not civilized. this is

. >> what was happening in april, 1968, when martin luther king was assassinated? what was george wallace's reaction? what did he do? >> he made remarks about how tragic this was, and talked about it a couple of times. he really didn't respond publicly very much. he responded earlier much more to the assassination of john kennedy despite the fact he always used kennedy as a foil for example in the school house door trying to keep out black students in 1963, he admired kennedy and respected him. when kennedy was assassinated it disturbed him deeply, he realized the assassination of a public figure like kennedy could happen to him as well. >> you've got a picture in your book, the politics of dan carter of president kennedy touring. alabama in 1963, not a picture that jfk wanted to have published. >> he made every effort to make sure he was not photographed side by side with george wallace and for him it was politics, he may have not to liked wallace in some way n some way he admired political skills, he didn't like him, but he realized that politically this was not

that is not something we would say to martin luther king jr. or other people in the 1960's whose religious life very much informed their politics. some people thought he went too far. in retrospect, he probably handled it pretty well. he reassured enough white protestants to support him. he had overwhelming support from the catholic community. >> how significant was the speech and houston to baptist parishioners? >> >> a big deal. at least in the media at the time, it really took the issue off the table. the speech was early in the campaign and it really made it very difficult for richard nixon, his opponent, to talk about catholicism. even though nixon in some ways wanted to. some of his advisers were doing it behind the scenes. his dad was a very famous strong-willed irish catholic businessman and ambassador to england. it is a good joke because people were worried that joseph kennedy had too much influence over his son. >> today the catholic church is dealing with another crisis, the abused by priests that dates back to 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 ye

on august 28th its 57th anniversary of martin luther king's famous i have a dream speech was played over loudspeakers lived up to be free. to speak. to me where we were going to be standing here. that we were taking that that still lives there today not really anything has changed and the japanese and you know it in a moment of x. meaning some dreams even that is wrong even though it's nice it's pretty to look at real change is not being committed by a great many things that we have. evoking by race thing. and the race that is going on out. something that i never got. strong enough to think that there is progress in the now you see that soon as soon . mingling among the demonstrators and members of radical black nationalist organizations like the new black panthers and the and if they see a fringe group that's grown substantially of late and if they see leader grandmaster j. accuses white sympathizers of the black lives matter a movement of hypotheses. like . well. that we don't know the ultimate goal is to be treated as an equal human being in every aspect that there is but the way that

point of saying my religious life is entirely separate which is not something we would say to martin luther king jr. or others. some people thought he went too far. but he probably handled well because he reassured enough protestants to support him. >> how significant was that speech in houston to baptist ministers? >> a big deal. at least in the media at the time, it took the issue off the table. and so the speech was early in the campaign and it really made it very difficult, for example, for richard nixon to talk about catholicism even though nixon wanted to and some of his advisers were doing it behind the scenes. his dad was a very famous strong-willed irish catholic businessman and ambassador to england and he -- it's a good joke because people were worried that joseph kennedy had too much influence over his son. >> today the catholic church is dealing with another crisis and that's the abuse by priests that really dates back 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 years ago. somehow the church dealing with that? >> well, i think it's not been successful so far. it's a terrible -- it's the biggest crisis in th

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and the good news that martin luther king senior new grandfather when you talk about in the book thatpersonal and interesting. so include in the bible? >> and then to ask questions we might just love that and then to say that should be the bible goes back to those values and principles and with those individuals and that would be miserable. people need to understand that you make that rate decision. and then the left is pushing against that. no law enforcement or nothing. >> will anybody be characterized in politics with the democratic party that you consider a hero? >> the kennedy for losing? [laughter] >> ironic. that is good. it easier question who is your hero? >> my grandfather first and foremost and then my grandfather i think and then my husband. >> i love that answer i think it's a great answer. [laughter] and then just to believe that you can do it and then to believe in the idea to be better than you. i love marriage im a big antifeminist and having a good partner is one of the greatest gifts of life. >> we have covered a lot of controversial topics and obviously you are con

and with the assassinations of martin luther king and robert kennedy in 1968 president johnson began to push for more restrictions on guns and then he americans even democrats who had supported johnson became very worried because they were afraid that if they didn't have their guns they would be unprotected when they saw in particular they were afraid of black power plant have black panthers. how. effective crime can prove. remains in my judgment effective gun control. a warning shot to the country's traditionalists. there was a small group of members of the n.r.a. that believed that gun rights were about to be curtailed dramatically and there were these conversations about gun rights and they decided to rise up within the n.r.a. and they effectively took over the entire organization it went from a moderate. less powerful group of sportsmen to a very staunch conservative organization 100 percent focused on the idea of ensuring that the right of an individual to own a gun would not be curtailed at all. looking for new ammunition to berther his campaign the n.r.a. founded argument root

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which is not something right we would say to martin luther king jr. or other people in the 1960s whose religious life informed their politics. some people thought he went too far but in retrospect he handled it well because he reassured enough white protestants to support him and overwhelming support in the catholic community. >> how significant was that speech in houston to baptist ministries. >> a big deal. in the media at the time it took the issue off the table so the speech was early in the campaign. it really made it very difficult, for example, for richard nixon, his opponent, to talk about catholicism. nixon wanted to and some advisers were doing it behind the scenes. >> somebody famously said it's not the pope, it's the pa. >> yeah, his dad, he was a famous strong willed irish catholic businessman, that's a good joke. people were joird that joseph kennedy, john kennedy's dad had too much influence over his son. >> today the catholic church is dealing with another crisis and that is the abuse by priests that really dates back 30, 40, 50, 60, 7

what can party itself earn some scorn as a embrace the southern strategy under richard nixon martin luther king senior was a longtime republican but in the sixties it seemed like the republican party's dropped the ball with the is voters so that's our history we have to talk about as well do you believe the party is nothing like that today? >> it's not perfect but i would say the reason and they lost wasn't necessary because of their shortcomings with democrats offering free stuff the first time you see that is with the new deal to me but the thirties was the first time they voted for these handouts and by the way the economist that have examined the new deal say that actually lasted the depression and go five years longer than it needed to. and then practicing with lbj and that he gave the speech saying black americans we have to give you quality plus benefits and that benefits welfare so the strategy has remained the same in the democratic party that they offer handouts so that they take those without reading the fine print and that this harms black american society but an interesting point t

could jackie robinson had been a republican, martin luther king senior had been a longtime republican but in the 60s it seemed the republican party seemed to bobble the ball with these important voters. i think that is our history that we have to talk about as well. we see those in the republican party and do you believe that the party is nothing like that today? >> the republican party isn't perfect, but the reason that they lost wasn't necessarily because of the shortcomings but more the democrats offered. the first time you see them is with the new deal, fdr and the new deal. lyndon baines johnson gave that speech and now the government has to give quality plus benefits and the benefits is welfare so what we are seeing it's the strategy has kind of remained in the democratic party and realizing that they offer handouts without realizing the fine print. a really interesting point i took the answer to that is 1930. the government decided to get involved in issues of federal minimum wage which black americans couldn't complete and it was done because the democratic racists in congress

let's continue the discussions with martin luther king iii, global sense right leader. we have yet to hear a clear denouncement of white supremacy from the white house. you dedicated your life to fighting human rights. why do you think the president and white house, for that matter, renews to unequivocally denounce white supremacy. >> the only thing any of us can come to the conclusion of is that is who he is. he told us who he is. people close to him have told us who he is in relation to issues of race. we cannot mandate anything in terms of what he does. what we can do is, you know, our government, preamble talks about we the people. we the people must come together. so many far more people in the country who did not embrace this. the bigger question is why are so many persons embracing him with an attitude that refuses to denounce racism and homo phobia and so many tragic things in our society. i think that is the biggest question that should be perplexing in 2020. we can, we must, we will do better. we will not let a president, just as in my dad's era, talk about in

martin luther king, did it cause a problem? prof. johnson: the other policy backdrop here is that after the assassination of martin luther king and the assassination of robert kennedy, congress passes a crime control act. the primary thrust of this act is a gun control measure. a fairly weak gun control measure. but nonetheless a gun control measure. from nixon's standpoint, the underlying argument is johnson and liberals in washington are interested not in protecting this woman walking down the street. they are interested in taking away or limiting the rights of guns for americans. nixon overwhelmingly wins. johnson carried 44 of 50 states. nixon basically sweeps the country, wallace carries a handful of handful of country -- -- handful of states in the south. as all of this is going on, johnson is still trying to come up with a scheme to put a replacement on the supreme court. what he thinks is a possibility is to use the recess appointment power. this very obscure constitutional clause that was commonly used in the 19th century. it

our message they respond. >> what has it meant to you to be preaching from the pulpit that martin luther king that church in atlanta? >> i'm deeply honored. i've been at that church now 15 years. i'm a post civil rights baby born a year after dr. king's death. but early in life he captured my imagination. the way in which he used his voice to move people and stand up for the highest and the best. and every sunday morning i get to preach from that pulpit talking about the issues i care about, speaking about the gospel and my faith in a way that brings people together rather than divides them. i think unfortunately in america today for many people here in the south and the loudest voices we're hearing, the loudest voices so often use their faith as a weapon rather than a bridge. i believe that faith ought to bring us together, ought to cause us to be through to the highest in our humanity and, yeah, even affirm eplurbus unum, out of many one. that's what i hope to do in the u.s. senate at this deeply divided time in our country. >> reverend raphael warnock, you are the front-runner. i want to g

and with the assassinations of martin luther king and robert kennedy in 1068. president johnson began to push for more restrictions on the cause and many americans even democrats who had supported johnson became very worried because they were afraid that if they didn't have their guns they would be unprotected what they saw in particular they were afraid of black power and what happened. was that. the effective crime control. remains in my judgment effective gun control. a warning shot to the country's traditionalists. there was a small group of members of the n.r.a. that believed that gun rights were about to be curtailed dramatically and there were these conversations about gun rights and they decided to rise up within the n.r.a. and they effectively took over the entire organization and it went from a moderate. less powerful group of sportsmen to a very staunch conservative organization 100 percent focused on the idea of ensuring that the right of an individual to own a gun would not be curtailed at all. looking for new ammunition to further his campaign the

and in the other georgia senate race, the current pastor of martin luther king jr.'ezer baptist church, is running ahead in a very crowded field of 20 candidates, which will probably trigger the need for a runoff election in january, because georgia law requires gnat candidate senate win at least 50% of the vote. the same poll that shows reverend warnock running first in that georgia senate election shows joe biden one point ahead of donald trump in georgia. donald trump won georgia in 2016 by five points. today. joe biden endorsed both senate candidates in georgia, the reverend and john osoff. joe biden will campaign in georgia tomorrow with two stops in atlanta and warm springs. reverend rafael warnock, the front runner for a senate seat in georgia, will join us next. with the new freestyle libre 2 system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose with a painless, one-second scan. and now with optional alarms, you can choose to be notified if you go too high or too low. and for those who qualify, the freestyle libre 2 system is now covered by medicar

martin luther king, jr. was a communist. things all over, even a holiday named after him. every time a black man or woman stand up to be counted in this country, there's some buffoons running around calling her a communist. i've been called a communist for trying to integrate a lunch counter. this is the kind of foolishness. and then i see a member of the house from north carolina saying that the only reason she was picked is because of her race. these kind of racist tropes have got to stop, and the american people have it in their possession, with their votes, to stop this foolishness. this country is teetering on a disaster. and i would hope people will wake up and really do what's necessary to put this country back on track. this president and his entire administration ought to really be removed from office and do so quickly. >> congressman clyburn, thank you very much for your time tonight, sir. >> thank you. >>> and tonight, the top government vaccine expert who says he lost his job because he refused to push hydroxychl

martin luther king lived down the street. >> i waited on him every morning.f he needed more biscuits or more mea he'd tell me >> reporter: even clay once asked the price for a burger. >> i told him $1.35. glad to get it from me >> reporter: she's never raised her prices, a big juicy burger is still $1.35. >> my mom short of a dime, my mom short of a quarter. i still let them have it those are my babies. >> reporter: in tough times people know mama is there seven days a week at 3:00 a.m. before sunrise. in the twilight of her career she'll continue to pray for her neighborhood and her babies kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> terrific story that's nightly news. thanks for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. ♪ all i want to get is ♪ a little bit closer ♪ all i wanna know is, ♪ can you come a little closer? ♪ ♪ here comes the breath before we get a little bit closer ♪ ♪ here comes the rush before we touch, come a little closer ♪ ♪ the doors are open, the wind is really blowing ♪ ♪ the night sky is changing overhead

. >> reporter: racism is something he's fought against, nonviolently, his whole life martin luther king jr. called him one of the nobleman in their quest for equality. >> registering to vote became a primary issue from day one a black person could lose everything by registering to vote. >> reporter: including their lives which is why he says it hurts so much to see that voter suppression is still with us 55 years after the passage of the voting rights act. he cites texas governor greg abbott's october decision that voters will have one place to return their mail-in ballots in each county. the governor says it will enhance ballot security lawson says it will hamper minority voting as some of the counties with huge minority populations are as big as eastern states. >> it's absolute suppression, regression it follows the plantation owners of the 1870s who used bullets and guns to stop the voting. he's using the technique of voting to stop the voting. >> reporter: governor abbott's order was struck down by a texas state court but three federal judges in the 5th circuit all appointed by pres

martin luther king lived down the street. >> i waited on him every morning.f he needed more biscuits or many meat, he'd tell me >> reporter: even clay once asked the price for a burger. >> glad to get it from me. >> reporter: she's never raised her prices, a big juicy burger is still $1.35. >> my mom short of a dime, my mom short of a quarter. i still let them have it those are my babies. >> reporter: in tough times mama is there seven days a week at 3:00 a.m. before sunrise. in the twilight of her career she'll continue to pray for her neighborhood and her babies kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> terrific story that's nightly news. thanks for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each >>> right now, at 6:00, when the sun goes down, he comes out. >> this is an extremely ignorant type of vandalism. >> plus, new evacuation orders and dangerous fire weather returns to wine country. >> we are under red flag conditions right now, so our focus is contending with the changing conditions on the line. >> we will show you the area tha

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martin luther king himself once said that sunday is the most segregated day in america, it takes effortader, pastor kimberly jones! >> reporter: this is limitless church in georgia. >> yeah! >> reporter: pastor kimberly jones says there used to be no black members. >> when my mom and dad turned it over to me a few years ago, man, all white people. i looked out sunday. this place is packed. and i thought, look at this rainbow. looks like heaven. what heaven's going to look like. >> how did that happen? >> i don't even know. i really don't even know. >> the bible says -- >> reporter: people of her church told us it's because of moments like this. that's pastor kim joining the protests over the police killings of black americans. >> one person can change the world, and that's you. >> they need to be heard. my people need to be heard. >> you said my people. but i wonder if it's because these are truly your people. >> they're my people. me as a caucasian, me as a white woman, my job is to fight for the ones around me so that they can have the same privileges that i have. every time i even se

after the march on washington it's clear that martin luther king jr is the most dangerous negro. in america part of my agenda. is to deal with these issues that look at racism in america and social change i mean that's going to me way back when i was and continues. to it's continued with the rise and fall jim crow. you know with slavery by the way in essence it is a part of my. soul williams has also spent a career looking at what it means to be black in america in a kill is a skate which premiered at the toronto film festival williams plays a drug dealer looking to break out of a life of crime. a slam poet iraq war and a filmmaker williams was and is always an activist 1st. just received word in work like a multimedia piece martyr loser king he mashed up the past current events and virtual reality to break with an american history that leaves out black voices. and you can look at you know the history of lynching in this country through the history of police violence or the history of policing and loitering laws and all of these things and all this is not civilized. this is barba

. >> reporter: karen is an organizer with the martin luther king freedom center.long with door knocking, her team has been phone banking and hand ought flyers. she says, all it takes is one conversation. >> we know it's really, really important to have different people in the community talk to other members in the community. >> reporter: in oakland, matt boone, abc 7 news. >>> the contra costa county elections office has confirmed a case of lost ballots, about 40 of them. the office does not suspect foul play. but in this election year, any lost vote takes on added significance, of course. some of the ballots were put in a drop box at richmond city hall more than two weeks ago. one voter checked the county website to see if his ballot was received. it had not been. he connected the elections office to find out why. >> we searched everywhere. we reviewed our practices. we reviewed our logs. the machine logs scanning the ballots. to be honest, we don't know what happened. >> they're looking into it. every person with a missing ballot has the opportunity to vote agai

it's clear that martin luther king jr is the most dangerous negro. in america part of my agenda is not what you still make is to deal with these issues then look at racism and social change i mean that's. in some way back when i. asked sue if this continues with the rise and fall jim crow. you know. in the instance and it's a part of my. soul williams has also spent a career looking at what it means to be black in america in a kill is a skate which premiered at the toronto film festival williams plays a drug dealer looking to break out of a life of crime. a slam poet a rapper and a filmmaker williams was and is always an activist 1st. just received word in a work like multimedia piece martyr loser king he mashes up the past current events and virtual reality to break with an american history that leaves out black voices bias more than you can look at you know the history of lynching in this country through the history of police violence with a history of policing and ordering laws and all of these things and all this is not civilized. this is barbari

the developed a friendship with martin luther king? >>. a relationship with king around this legislation. if you look inside the reaction of the black community, there were lots of people who were militants who do not see the value of this legislation. king is saying, this is a necessary step. if you go back to the great march on washington in 1963, in large measure, it is for jobs in freedom, but a large measure it is to say to the congress, passed the civil rights act. humphrey is one of the great supporters of this. he is at the march on washington. he is someone who is in emphatic in his support. even as you get people saying, we should not have a march on washington. they're just trying to pressure us politically. humphrey thought it was a good and necessary step. >> the early stages of the filibuster, he met with martin luther king. one of the thing and martin luther king at the early stages of the filibuster he met with martin tucking. he said to him, i want you to know that we are on the same page. his policy was to treat them with

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. >> reporter: karen is an organizer with the martin luther king freedom center. along with door knocking, her team has been phone banking and hand ought flyers. she says, all it takes is one conversation. >> we know it's really, really important to have different people in the community talk to other members in the community. >> reporter: in oakland, matt boone, abc 7 news. >>> the contra costa county elections office has confirmed a case of lost ballots, about 40 of them. the office does not suspect foul play. but in this election year, any lost vote takes on added significance, of course. some of the ballots were put in a drop box at richmond city hall more than two weeks ago. one voter checked the county website to see if his ballot was received. it had not been. he connected the elections office to find out why. >> we searched everywhere. we reviewed our practices. we reviewed our logs. the machine logs scanning the ballots. to be honest, we don't know what happened. >> they're looking into it. every person with a missing ballot has the opportunity to vote ag