let's prosecute martin luther king based on some ancient boy boycott statute. first time he's ever mentioned in the national media is in this trial. martin luther king testifies in his own defense. fascinating stuff. >> you believe he is one of the most underrepresented -- he was just 25 years old at the time. he also represented rosa parks, claudette colvin, the freedom riders, numerous school segregation lawsuits. the most impactful things about the struggles of folks who were living in montgomery, alabama and the people who were dealing with what of happening at the time. >> what an honor. i'm talking a piece of history working on this book with him. it was great! getting to work on this book with him, the most impactful this evening working on this book was reading the accounts from the individual citizens, ordinary folks in montgomery. witness after witness who testifies about how horrible it was to ride the bus. how they were called the "n" word. you had to pay your money, you had to walk outside of the bus and whack back into the back of the bus and some

martin luther king as a visible symbol of poverty in america. heavy rains and unrealistic demands brought mud and disaffection to what was supposed to have been a city of hope? the energies of its leadership were diverted from crusading against poverty. to restraining militant agitators during its existence the johnson administration kept a close watch over developments in resurrection city. high government officials including cabinet officers held meetings with the demonstrators to listen to their grievances and try to work out solutions to many of their problems. here very means more than 50,000 people gathered between the washington and lincoln monuments for a nine hour peaceful demonstration of solidarity with the nation's poor. it was a capstone event of the poor people's campaign begun two months before to follow the absolute direction than the directives of the march but even as the voices of reasons spoke non-violence and restraint to this gathering seeds of discontent were taking root in the camp itself. tensions and discord continued u

two months after martin luther king's been killed. and hillary got up. her paper away and she dressed down. the only black senator in in the congress and she told him to bits. say and their picture was on the cover. i think of look magazine. so i'd been following her since she was 17. and and i had never met obama. and i made the mistake of reading the wrong book first. so if you read his book on his childhood. and you get who he really is dreams of my father said dreams of my foot, but i didn't know that one. the first time i heard of him paid attention to him. i happened to be in hawaii and his book that he wrote just came out. and so i read it on the way back from hawaii and it wasn't anything that anybody else had was saying i mean, that was not a good book. say i mean it wasn't a good book. i mean it didn't like. jimmy carter's book why not the best was so arrogant see what i mean? see? i mean it really was who in the hell is this georgia cracker saying why not the best? but you read it and you really said, you know. he is pretty good. yeah, well, i

with martin luther king and and it really to see king and kennedy, you know in in conversation in this hearing room at the end of six weeks of these these remarkable exploration of of the issues and the problems kennedy. i mean king described his time in chicago. and said, it was the first time he had experienced. the grinding poverty exploitation and despair that prevailed an urban neighborhoods king and his family moved into the west side of chicago and lived like a member of the community and really felt that there was it an uprising that summer while they were there so he really felt it in a way that that just accelerated his efforts he he observed again and king on vietnam. he sort of he's he's spoken out. he's pushing for negotiations, but he's careful not to take the attention off of the issue of racial equality and the problems the many problems they're facing but in this hearing he observed that the johnson administration spent liberally on a war in vietnam where american security was not at stake. and he questioned the wisdom of a conflict justified by vague commitments to a

king, martin luther king, jr., and the criminal trial to launched the civil rights movement." everyone knows about rosa parks about refusing to give up her seat. then the busboy cot in montgomery, 40,000 african americanme residents refusing t get on the buses. but what so few people know about, is when they couldn't get people back on the buses, the local establishment, the prosecutors, decided let's try and use the law to force them to get back on the buses. so they indict 89 people, one trial. that is ale, relatively unknow local minister named martin luther king, jr., who was appointed to be the spokesperson for this d movement.th as a result of that criminal case, that has somehow been forgotten to history, which we uncovered a transcript up.sc martin luther king testified in the trial and as a result of this case, he's in the national media, people are talking about him across theple country. and according to my co-author, fred gray, who was martin luther king's lawyer in this case, he believes it was this case that launched the civil rights movement, in the sense that lo

and just kind of a funny thing, my little sister was chattering a little bit when martin luther king was speaking in i remember them saying you might want to watch this because someday it will be in your history books. anyway. guest: wonderful memory. wonderful memory. host: thanks for those memories. mr. holzer? guest: it was an extraordinary day. i remember watching on television and not quite the same but you knew when dr. king started to speak that history was being made, not only american history but rhetorical history. an aside was it was the first national speech by a very young man who had helped organize the day and if you go back and watch the entire event on youtube, you will see young, handsome john lewis introducing the proceedings in that unmistakable georgia patois he had and it is just fabulous, the same voice, same rich baritone voice he had. host: to tim out of minnesota, good morning, you are next. caller: hi, john. thinking about all of this, it reminds me of two books i read, black like me, uncle tom's cabin , and all god's children. that was by fox butterfield.

and just kind of a funny thing, my little sister was chattering a little bit when martin luther king was speaking in i remember them saying you might want to watch this because someday it will be in your history books. anyway. guest: wonderful memory. wonderful memory. host: thanks for those memories. mr. holzer? guest: it was an extraordinary day. i remember watching on television and not quite the same but you knew when dr. king started to speak that history was being made, not only american history but rhetorical history. an aside was it was the first national speech by a very young man who had helped organize the day and if you go back and watch the entire event on youtube, you will see young, handsome john lewis introducing the proceedings in that unmistakable georgia patois he had and it is just fabulous, the same voice, same rich baritone voice he had. host: to tim out of minnesota, good morning, you are next. caller: hi, john. thinking about all of this, it reminds me of two books i read, black like me, uncle tom's cabin , and all god's children. that was by fox butterfield.

i remember peter, paul and mary and of course the martin luther king speech. just that everybody got along real well and all i remember, we were kind of camped out over underneath the closest tree to the steps maybe. i was only eight and my parents let me, oh, okay, it was hot and i wanted to get my feet in the reflecting pool. okay, we'll be here, come back when you're done. i went swimming for an hour and got cool, came back and it was a wonderful time, had a great time and i'm glad i went to it. just kind of a funny thing, my little sister was chattering a little bit when martin luther king was speaking. i remember dad saying, you might want to watch this because some days going to be in your history books. anyway. >> that's a wonderful memory. >> wonderful time. >> wonderful memory. >> yeah. >> dan, thanks for those memories. mr. holzer? >> it was an extraordinary day. i remember watching it on television, not quite the same. but you knew, when dr. king started to speak, that history was being made. not only american history but rhetorical history. and ins

i've gotten frustrated on martin luther king day, we've created a santification of martin luther kingo expand its moralization. the idea this holiday is descending into consumerism, we can't rete that happen. companies will want to pad their bottom lines, but we have a responsibility to not cheapen the holiday. most importantly to be and live the yieltdz we're celebrating. ( applause ) >> stephen: i think that's exactly right. i think it's exactly right. you have to remember what the -- the day, what the celebration is. but the commercialization means it's a real american holiday. ( laughter ) if corporations are making money, it's going to be with us forever. ( laughter ) >> you add to that large amounts of consuming food and makes it very american. >> stephen: sure. i said to the band and the audience at the top, happy juneteenth. i'm so new to the juneteenth celebration. do you say happy juneteenth? because you don't say happy good friday. >> no. >> stephen: do you say happy juneteenth because my only hesitancy is it is the celebration of the ending of something so horrible. >> but

martin luther king march. available. >> true. >> it's simply not widely acceptable -- >> let's be clear, there is merch for absolutely everything at this point. beyoncÉ selling invisible merch and people can't not -- i mean, that's my favorite, we know what we are buying of hers, we are buying it today. i would, by the way, all day, every day, and tomorrow. andy, what do you think? >> well, the commercialization is going to happen. people have barbecues and they bake red velvet cake. and folk are dancing and having -- they are celebrating. that has happened. i think we have to do is understand the moments on the celebratory calendar for the nation afford us an opportunity to tell a different story about the nation. even though, commercialization will happen. so, you know, some folks we'll be selling the a politan juneteenth ice cream, whatever the hell it is. there will still be other folks having this kind of conversation, having programming, right? in schools. or we can open up the african american museum, t

still with us and deepened and made even more powerful by the civil rights movement and by martin luther king's own martyrdom and sacrifice. that's why we have a martin luther king day today as well. it's part of our official or unofficial both official and unofficial. american theology now i just want to add to that there might be some listeners who feel troubled by the idea that our political theology is so derivative of christian stories and ideology after all we do have an establishment clause in our constitution and our free exercise clause and lots of us would like to believe that we have a separation of church and state although not everybody agrees that that's the way performinated. i happen to think. that is a good way to formulate it. i think the key point to recognize is that when it comes to them making of narratives narratives are made including national narratives by the people who are living in the country at the time according to their own moral instincts and judgments and at the time that lincoln was speaking the united states was descriptively and practically a christian count

carolina professor patricia sullivan on the 1960s civil rights movement and of the involvement of martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy talking about the racial unrest such as detroit and the creation of the kerner commission. he also repeated warnings that the u.s. would not have enough money for vaccines in the fall and winter without additional congressional funding. joined by the institute of allergy and infectious disease director doctor fauci and the cdc director wilensky. >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm the covid-19 response coordinator for the white house. first of all, apologies for the technical delays getting us started. but i am excited and delighted to get going this afternoon. with two familiar faces and two colleagues who've been tirelessly battling the pandemic since the b

mark: these conversations of course there are several with martin luther king jr. they shut so much interesting lighting on the relationships between lbj and the civil rights movement generally and of course in particular and brian williams what your sense of what these conversations tell us about that read. brian: something melody just touched on and this needs to be said as a new generation of students during this time glenn often younger folks feel that all of history should have sensitivities. and you are going to hear figures of speech terminology and vocabulary that is time specific read and thankfully our country does not talk away some of the people on these tapes notably our president talks talk back then. but i hope it is helpful to teach our language standards have migrated. remember the new york times used words to describe japanese adversaries during world war ii that we would never dream of using an conversation or anyone else for that matter in 2021. but on the subject of civil rights, to be essentially when the president is talking about marshall, h

and really, pushing hard in that direction, because the truth is, there are also martin luther king, ptable, as a way to recognize the holiday. >> there is a march for absolutely everything at this point. beyoncÉ is selling invisible march, and people -- i mean, that's my favorite. we know it were buying of hers, and we're buying it today. and i would, by the way. all day, every day, and tomorrow. eddie, what do you think? >> well, i mean, the commercialization is gonna happen. i mean, you know, people have barbecues, and they bake red velvet cake. and folk dancing, and having celebrations. that has happened. i think we have to do is understand this moments on the celebratory calendar from the nation, affords us an opportunity to tell a different story about the nation. even though, commercialization will happen. so, you know, some folks will be selling the juneteenth ice cream, or whatever the hell it is. there will still be other folks having this kind of conversation, having programming, right? in schools, or we can open up the african museum, we can do something to have this kind

martin luther king jr. >> i have a dream.hat my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. i have a dream today. >> jimmy: okay, now same venue but different speaker. this time donald j. trump. >> distinguished leaders representing each branch of the united states armed forces, the army, navy, air force, coast guard, marines, and very soon, the space force. >> jimmy: that's right, yes. his famous "i have a space force" speech that will never be forgotten. [ laughter ] yes, donald, the election was stolen and your speech was better than martin luther king's. anything else you want to throw in while you're hallucinating? maybe you could beat steph curry at h.o.r.s.e., you probably could. [ laughter ] don's mypillow pal mike lindell is still at it. you know, donald trump's ego won't allow him to admit he lost the election. mike lindell is stuck on this for no reason at all. >> the january 6th committee, he kept saying, who's t

possible among and with the american people. >> these conversations, there are several with martin luther king junior. they shed so much interesting light i think on the relationship between lbj and the civil rights movement generally. of course, king and particular. brian williams, what is your sense of what these conversations tell us about that subject? >> something melody just touched on. this needs to be said, especially as a new generation of students during this time when often are younger folks feel that all history should match current sensitivities. you are going to hear figures of speech terminology and vocabulary that is at times specific. thankfully, our country does not talk the way some of the people on these tapes, notably our president, talks back then. i hope it is helpful to teach how our language standards and mores have migrated. remember the new york times used words to describe our japanese adversaries during world war ii that we would never dream of using in conversation or anywhere else for that matter in 2021. i think on the subject is talking to farragut marshall, he

you're too banned books were about rosa parks and martin luther king, right. >> i got the call and theyne reason only. it is about power and control. if you look historically throughout history, you can see that the first book that america band was harvey it's classic, uncle tom's cabin. slave owners did not want people to know that slavery was bad. it is a worry that they are losing power. that is what we are seeing here. >> how are you able to keep your books on your shelves? that is what happens up in pennsylvania. >> they took the books, i am rosa parks, i'm martin luther king junior, off the shelves. they banned every book that they thought was going to be bad. then a hero went by and they had not read them. all of them were about people of color, all without a white face that were banned. what we do is that we took the lessons of rosa parks and dr. king and we fight back. i saw they banned new kids, i bought. it i'm jazz was banned, i want in bought it. by the books that are banned and make them eat it. about so many of i am rosa parks, and we bought every book on that list. there

they were called at the martin luther king jr. international chapel on the campus of morehouse college. we invited some of the public officials in the community to come to this event. the only one who showed up. was your friend john lewis? john lewis was probably in his first or second term in the congress. and that's when i met him. honestly, i don't remember what he said that night he gave a speech at our event a long time ago. but it was hit ministry of his presence. alone, the fact that he took the time to come spend time with a student. he spoke at our event and then afterwards i remember him standing around and spending some time with us. i had no idea that later on. i would become his pastor as i assumed the pastorate of ebenezer baptist church and it is his kind of courage the courage of the john lewis. and amelia boynton. oh, yeah, one of the women we don't we don't let's lift up those names nearly enough. but amelia boynton was on that same bridge. i later met her. hosea williams across of course crossed that bridge with

>> when martin luther king as i wsaid, one of my mentors was reverend jackson. when he went to chicago to show the movement, i'd seen the video with missus king and we worked closely together and i have seen the video when they would lead marchers and he said he never saw the hate he saw in chicago and talking about the marchers with 66 in chicago and here we are in 22. voting rights protection, so on the one hand you can say i'm tired of this and on the other hand we did 50 years for nothing. >> i'm permeated and that because if we stop now, as the old folks used to say, too close to give up now. another question. do you think america is still going through a match from obama or are we still going through tsomething else? >> if you study american history there's a step forward and back. so we had slavery and they would help to win the confederate. they could signed the emancipation proclamation and the confederate states we would go into reconstruction, backlash, ku klux klan, supreme court with decisions that there were no rights that they were bound to respect

professor patricia sullivan on the 19 of 0s -- 1960s civil rights movement and the involvement of martin luther kingr. and robert kennedy. she talks about the racial unrest in urban areas such as watts and detroit and the creation of the kerner commission. then at 2 p.m. on the presidency, harry truman signed the presidential succession act of 1947 after franklin roosevelt's death elevated him to the presidency. scholars discuss how the act has worked since then through presidential illness, assassination attempts and death. exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturday on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. ♪ >> booktv, every sunday on c-span2, features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction books. at 2 p.m. eastern, join our coverage of the san antonio book festival featuring former texas congressman will hurd on his latest book, american reboot, where he argues america needs a reboot to crease the challenges of the 21st century and offers his thoughts on how to move country forward. and at 10 p.m. eas

and he went over to martin luther king's father's home. the thing that floored me, we pulled up there and there were many cars. it's kind of a entry hall, and you look through, and there was dr. king sr. he saw nixon. in the two men started to one another, threw their arms around each other, and i did not know that nixon had known dr. king senior for years. they had this incredibly touching moment. i must say, and several different parts of the book, but these are the moments that we did not hear about. and these are sides of richard nixon that we never hear. but it's one of the reasons why i wanted to write the book. >> we come to election night, and you made -- we are really jumping forward. this was early in the campaign, and you are in the nixon candidate suite, a very small group of people. the candidate has a suite, the family has a suite down the hall. you are keeping watch, when very late in the night, and you made some notes. one of them is a 4:30 in the evening, in the morning, and essentially -- but nixon said to have an open doo

martin luther king and mrs. king's, bedroom. we flew down there, and the president was torn. he wanted to be president of all of the people, but he did not want to take on a political overtone like it was being used some way. it was very touching moment, and i described it quite early in the book. mr. nixon and i, got on a plane on saturday morning. and nixon's great friend, and we went down and we sent one advanced man. and they got a car, they went over to the king house, and we pulled up, nobody knew we were coming. we are told the king family to not publicize that we were coming. and the president, candidate, at this point, they went to the walkway. these kids, dr. king's kids, he shook hands with each one of them and had some words. private words. and the candidate and i actually walked in. when this was happening. he took her hand and he said, i'm so sorry. and he spent the remainder of time that he was with, i with the kids, and then about ten minutes later, he came back out and talk to the kids for another eight or ten minutes. and he went over to martin luther king's

the first new national holiday since the creation of martin luther king holiday, nearly four decades ago. i'm grateful to the members of congress here today, in particular the congressional black caucus. who did so much to make this day possible. i'm especially pleased that we showed the nation that we can come together as democrats and republicans to commemorate this day with overwhelming bipartisan support of the congress. i hope this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another. we are blessed to mark the day in the presence of miss opal lee. as my mother would, say god love her. i have the honor of meeting her in nevada, more than a year ago. she told me she love me and i believe the. i wanted to believe it. miss opal, you are incredible. a daughter of texas, grandmother have the movement to make juneteenth a federal holiday. this opal, you won't believe it, she's 49 years old! or 94 years old. you are an incredible woman, miss opal, you really are. as a child, growing up in texas, she and her family would celebrate juneteenth. juneteenth, 1939, when she was 1

. >> at 7:10 this evening martin luther king was shot in tennessee. >> i pulled my car to the side justs very angry. i also felt slightly helpless. things would be different now because he was sosht of seen as our knight in shining armor. >> crowds gathered within two hours of the death and they soon became mobs. >> washington, chicago, new york and pittsburgh. >> 100 cities rage with riot. >> uncontrolled carnival of looting began. >> 50,000 troops to stop them. >> i had not seen that much commotion in the streets possibly ever in my lifetime. >> martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. he died in the cause of that effort. >> robert kennedy actually knew. i knew him. we were with him on his campaign train. >> when bobby decided to run i was in charm as what they call the lead advance. he had different teams in different states and my state was california. >> i run to seek new policies, policies to end the bloodshed in vietnam and in our cities. >> bobby was white. he was ivey league. he was roich but nonetheless you believed in bobby ken

martin luther king junior.yolanda, thank you for joining me today. >> thank you so much for having me. >> following the tragedies out of buffalo, new york, in uvalde texas. he put out a very powerful op-ed in the washington post last week. and reading in part, quote, my generation has to stand up against gun violence. and quote. in the op-ed you outlined that you lost both your grandfather and great grandmother to gun violence. can you start by telling our viewers why it was important to you as a young activist, 14 years old and just recently turned 14, as you know, why was it important to you to raise attention to gun violence in america and call action to this issue? >> i think it's so important, because if you look at all the mass shootings there have been, it's unacceptable. it's repetitive. nothing has been done. and so, i would like to really make sure that action is done. it's a concerning issue. children should not have to be scared to go to school every day. nor should parents be scared to send their k

martin luther king used to say there are two types of leaders, those that are transactional and those that are transformative. i think that is the transformative masses that have changed deployment to try to make something move forward, even if it's an incremental steps. >> that's. right i can tell you the police officers i spoke to today appreciated these marches taking place, certainly here in our city and around the country as well. the situation is dangerous for police officers on the streets right now. and police officers also know that they have to be seen as legitimate. that means everything needs to be transparent, there needs to be accountability. good police officers appreciate that. i wish the strategy would never happen. we have to honor the pain by resetting the model what's great policing looks like, in conjunction with the community. >> all right. thank you mayor greg fisher for being with us. now for an update on the war on ukraine, joining me now is ali arouzi, out of kyiv hollywood is the latest there? >> good evening reverend. well today the european commission pres

. >>> recuerdo 63, cuando la marcha de martin luther king, estÁn ciudad era como un oasis en un paÍs >>> por ello lucy dice que ha visto avances y leyes para garantizar la igualdad. >>> han cambiado las leyes pero no siguen la ley. >>> usa la experiencia para guiar a nuevas generaciones como esta profesora que trabaja con niÑos afro americanos. >>> les enseÑo que tienen que verse como humanidad y tienen que respetar las cultura de cada uno. >>> ha vivido el movimiento social generado tras la muerte de george floyd para ella el cambio comienza siendo inclusivo. >>> tenemos que tener policÍas de la comunidad. >>> falta mucho por hacer, pero educarse es la clave para el cambio. >>> tenemos que tener personas como nosotros en lugares donde se hacen las decisiones. >>> esta conversaciÓn sobrepasÓ los lÍmites de estados unidos y esta bÚsqueda de igualdad y respeto ya resuena en amÉrica latina en washington zulema para las noticias. >>> anuncian el retiro del navegador internet explorer. >>> y ademÁs, las historias de estos padres latinos que ni si si quiera en su dÍa dejan de trabajar. >>>

read martin luther king jr.'s speech and that to me is next to the bible is one of the most timely asked documents that i have ever read and want to call your attention to part, king wrote in the book, that we are going to be made to repent in this generation, not just for the bad people. but for the silent and so the good people when we see injustice, we must break our silence. we need to serve this country rated we have been an example to the world and we cannot allow any misfits to destroy that mantra. and being that silent light in the hills of thank you so much mr. mayor for allowing >> welcome to dallas. ♪♪ 84 player started in january. four months later it's the final

. >>> up next, we'll be joined by martin luther king jr.'s 14-year-old granddaughter who is once again going public with her plea to fight gun violence. >> my grandfather had a dream that his four little children will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a dream that enough is enough! >> that was four years ago. it is still very much her dream. yol yolanda's message to other students who are afraid and the leaders tasked with change next. >>> jose on the ground in ukraine where the russian invasion hit 100 days. one major result of this, food shortages, not just in ukraine, but around the world. the global risk of a hunger crisis as one of the biggest exporters of grain finds its exports blocked. think he's posting about all that ancient roman coinage? no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. mong his money into his investment account in real time and that's... how you collect coins. your money never sps working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. my asthma felt anything but no

that's how we get to rosa parks and martin luther king jr.e 21st century. so juneteenth is unbelievably important for us because it provides us a different way of thinking about american democracy and who the architects of that democracy are. yes, thomas jefferson is one of the architects of american democracy, but so are the enslaved black women and men who made juneteenth emancipation day something that was tangible and real for over a century and a half before we turned this into a federal holiday and as somebody who is a native new yorker and now a texas transplant, i'll say that texas is really important here because, in a way, as goes texas, as goes the united states. and so texas was leading the way here, black folks in texas. a lot of times they're left out of the civil rights history. black, latin-x and white supporters who have been in solidarity with those black folks, more than alliesships, white abolitionists who fought and died alongside black people, the people who really have celebrated juneteenth. it's important for us now mo

your grandfather's martin luther king junior.me that in that moment yolanda, you were issuing a call to action for your peers. were you? not >> i. was especially the main -- i think it's always important to get more people and action. we need action from all generations. so not just kids my age. young, and old, and people in between, i think everyone needs to take action. anyone can take action really. i was really speaking to everyone but i really want to, it was coming from the perspective of my generation if that makes sense. >> it makes perfect sense. i think every major movement in this country has been led by young people. changes not happening in america without our purchase the patient. >> david you're, quote if we agree agreed to kill children is unacceptable, then we need to either prevent people intent on killing them from getting their hands on their guns or stop their intent to kill in the first place. this seems like a call to action to america, but specifically elected officials who've been unwilling to do somethin