i have some very sad news for all of you, and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis. martin luther king dedicated his life. to love and to justice between fellow human beings. you know, actually standing at the intersection of 17th street and broadway, broadway and annapolis, indiana, both 6202. this is the spot where on april 4th, robert kennedy gave his impromptu speech, so to speak, informing the crowd of martin luther king's assassination. i was in a position on this side. so if you look at the picture up there of robert kennedy at the time he gave his speech, of course, this a collage. but that was that was the angle from which i was looking at. and i was no more than 25 feet away. so i was relatively close being here as early as i was. so i got a good spot. we did get here early. 24 years old at the time, just got out of the navy the year before i came home and in annapolis it changed somewhat. i mean, this was still a predominantly black neighborhood. i had spent four years in the navy and become a journeyman printer and i came home and i co

- yeah, well, i think that they really wish martin luther king had supported something like race-based affirmative action, because if he had, then it wouldn't be so obvious that they are not carrying on his legacy. - so you've made the case that martin luther king believed in colorblindness and wanted class to be the metric by which america addresses inequality. what is the argument you make today for why we should use class rather than race to address inequality? - yeah, so my argument today is that all people with a heart and with empathy acknowledge that there's a huge difference between being born upper-middle class, two parents in the home, like i was, mom over my shoulder, helping me with my homework, cooking me healthy meals, no crime in the neighborhood i grew up in, raising me from a young age to know that i ought to go to college and that i can be anything i want, safe, loving. this is what we refer to generally as privilege, right? this is the good life. there's a huge difference between that and shuffling between foster homes, dirt poor, violence in the neighborhood you gro

martin luther king, junior. his life inspired many, especially youth college students and, young adults that king's moment movement, his words and life example provide encouragement that could change the direction of our country. and today, in this moment, in this moment, we hope and pray that these beliefs continue to go for our living will not be in vain. we present this week, in honor of our brother martin luther king jr here in front of the balcony, the place where he was killed transcended to eternal home. 56 years ago. we as alumni brothers are joined with college for others to perform this wreath laying ceremony dr. king, the man showed us that it takes women and men, both young and old, working together to effect to create a movement that will change our as we place wreath, we will take a moment to pause and reflect the life of dr. king. also, we should think about and be challenged by the question he raised. where do we go from here? chaos or community? we will now share it. let me remembrance of dr. kin

martin luther king jr. and so many people, why did he help? >> if you read dr. thurman and you read dr. king, you will see the influence. in many ways king was the person who applied the legend of what dr. thurman talks about in terms of social reality. many people you mentioned were people that were committed to social action. and king carried with him all the time a copy of jesus and the disinherited. they saw in these writings mack away was to see his own spin on it in a way forward. all kinds of separation. and then, for king in particular, the families knew each other. misses thurman a new martin luther king's mother because they are both daughters of baptist ministries , so they knew each other. one of the things that is very interesting , when dr. thurman was at boston university, king was also there finishing his doctorate. and he went over to the thurman's to watch the series because they knew each other. it was at that point when he was talking to dr. thurman and misses thurman asked martin luther king about coming to san francisco to be pastor of fello

martin luther king jr. was assassinated 56 years ago today. anniversary, president biden issued a statement saying dr. king is one of his political heroes and his assassination inspired him to leave a prestigious law firm and beginning in public service -- and begin a career in public service. orton lichter king junior was shot and killed while standing on a hotel balcony in memphis in 1968. dr. king famously led thousands in the march on washington, where he gave the i have a dream speech demanding civil rights for african-americans and the end of segregation. martin luther king iii has taken up human rights activism over the decades. i spoke to him about the anniversary of his father's assassination, which happened was only 10 ars old. caitriona: martin luther king iii, thank you for being with us. marking the 56th anniversary of your father's assassination, the night before he delivered the famous "i've been to the mountaintop" speech, he concludes that by saying i want to let you know we will get to the promised land. how close or far away

he told the crowd that martin luther king was dead. hs later he was dead, within the space of three months, we lost martin luther king. we lost robert f. kennedy, and we lost perhaps -- i don't know the exact head count, more than 16,000 young men in vietnam. the country was in a state of near collapse. you could hear the nuts and bolts of the republic popping off, but guess what, reverend al, the republic held and hope still lived. today people fear the re-election of donald trump and what it might mean for this country. people talk about would this be the end of democracy. i say no. i say the republic is stronger than trump, stronger than hate. you were 13 years of age then. you've seen a lot in your life. what do you think about the fact that optimism can still survive today? >> no, i think optimism must survive, and i think that if we are not operating from that optimism and that hope, then they win, and i think that we've got to be very careful of the cynicism on both sides. i say to a lot of activists, yes, we must stand up for a

martin luther king jr. for guiding his political judgments. prior to the president's remarks , a kennedy's book on his behalf. it is 25 minutes. ♪ >> thank you come on john, for those inspiring words. my name is cary kennedy and i am the seventh child of robert and ethel kennedy. [cheers and applause] i am joined here today with my sisters kathleen and rory, with joe and chris and max. [cheers and applause] and with my hero, president joe biden. [cheers and applause] president biden has said very movingly that his long career in public service was prompted by a speech my father, robert kennedy, gave in indianapolis on april 4, 19 68, the night martin luther king was murdered. two days later, along with my parents and siblings, i sat in the den of our home in northern virginia and watched in horror as washington burned. daddy left the room and he got in his car. maybe 15 minutes later, we were all still glued to the tv. and suddenly, daddy was on the news. in the midst of the mayhem, trying to put out the flames of pain, fear, and rage in the w

president biden credited the principles of robert f kennedy and martin luther king junior for guiding his political judgments. prior to the president's marks, harry kennedy spoke in support of the president's reelection campaign on behalf of the kennedy family despite the independent white house bid of robert kennedy junior. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you for those inspiring words. my name is terry kennedy. i'm the seventh child of robert and ethel kennedy. i am joined here today with my sisters, kathleen, joe, chris, and max. [applause] >> and with my hero, president joe biden. [cheers and applause] >> president biden has said very moving believe that his long career in public service was prompted by a speech my father, robert kennedy, gave in indianapolis on april 4, 1968, the night martin luther king was murdered. two days later, along with my parents and siblings, i said in the den of our home in northern virginia and watched in horror as washington burned. daddy left the room and got in his car. 15 minutes later, we were all still glued to the tv, suddenly daddy was on the news

we are standing here in the martin luther king recreation center for children.mily members who lost our father, let us not forget that president biden has always advocated for the rights of people to live, to play and to go to school in communities free of gun violence. he signed the most significant bipartisan gun safety legislation in 30 years. thank you, joe biden. [cheers and applause] as donald trump proudly brags about overturning roe v. wade, rolling back the clocks 50 years when women couldn't make our own health care decisions, president biden is fighting to get our freedoms back. thank you, joe biden. [cheers and applause] this is a long list of freedoms and rights that president biden is protecting during the period. make no mistake, all these rights and freedoms are on the ballot in november. donald trump is running to take us backwards attacking most rights and freedoms that are at the core of who we are as americans. he said he will be a dictator on day one and saying he wants to suspend the constitution so he can go after his enemies after his cri

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lots of subjects and it's great, but but you knew martin luther king, you knew medgar evers. you knew stokely carmichael. you knew john lewis. you knew how ralph abernathy, lots of people. give me your snapshot impressions when you hear the name martin luther king, what comes to your mind? good preacher. good preacher. when you hear medgar evers, what comes to your mind. oh, well, he was the lone ranger for a long time in mississippi as seeps represen native. yeah, i oh, he was my number one martyr. yeah i agree. aren't martyrs list? yeah. and you had close relationship with stokely carmichael. well we were good buddies when the freedom march was stopped. the church bombings, i mean, with the bombing, bus bombing and the. problems at the church in montgomery, i got a phone call in the middle of the night because people who were trapped in the church could only make one family, one car per family unit. and it was time, 2 minutes. i got this call in the middle of the night. joan, this is paul. i can't talk. we're trapped in the church. send more writers. so i got five of us toge

martin luther - gods children. we will end on that note. martin luther king| that note. ak to bbc news today. time to speak to bbc news toda . ., ~ ,, time to speak to bbc news toda . ., ~ i. ., today. thank you for the opportunity- _ let's turn to some important news around the world. peru's congress voted against impeaching president dina boluarte, who's under investigation for corruption. she's being investigated over the ownership of expensive rolex watches and jewellery she's been seen wearing in public. last week, police raided her home and the presidential palace. thieves in los angeles have made off with at least $30 million from a cash storage facility in one of the biggest heists on record. police have no suspects. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather will be throwing all sorts at us over the next few days — some wet weather, some warm weather and some windy weather, particularly driven by storm kathleen, a storm named by the irish weather service, for impacts it will have in the republic of ireland over the weekend. but for northern and western par

we share the dream of reverend martin luther king jr. he was great. where is my beautiful -- i want to be able to see you. i wish they would turn up those lights. you are so amazing and we have been friends for so long. we share those dreams. a nation where we are all created equally because we are all created equal with equal rights and equal dignity in the eyes of god and we love god.

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in a letter to martin luther king junior way back in 1965 monk teach not han was even more concise. he said in this very short letter to martin luther king, the monks and nuns who self emulated were not committing suicide. rather, their self sacrifices were aimed at moving the hearts of the oppressors and at calling the attention of the world to the suffering that is endured. it is done to wake us up on quote, is that really what this act is all about? it's to draw attention to wake up the public consciousness into effect or to impact the oppressor. a yes for oh, for many monks who input them, at least they believe in extreme a non violent. and so therefore, the only acceptable form of violence is to turn upon one. so, and that creates a message within the community to say, hey, this is serious. there is extreme oppression, extreme suffering. look at my look at how much i am willing to endure in order to bring this to your attention. please take me seriously. and so that is definitely the purpose of doing that. and that's why i often amongst did that during the, in south vietnam in 1

and also, do you see another martin luther king on the horizon today. i see a lot of martin luther king's on the horizon. the problem is we tend not to listen to them because we all want to just listen to what makes us most comfortable. and the great thing about king, as i mentioned earlier, is that he was willing to talk to people who disagreed with him. he was willing to talk to people who he got punched in the face by a nazi, literally a member of the nazi party. he invited the man to come back and listen the rest of his speech speech. that should not be so rare, should be able to talk to each other. so i think there are a lot of people, a lot of great activists, a lot of people doing the work and it's just that it's very hard for them to reach the masses in the way king did, because we are we're just not listening. i would agree on that last piece. as a journalist, i meet every day who are unbelievably inspired and who are doing what they can on their local level change, who try to speak out on these issues. but it feels like we're in a very fracture

originally a conscious effort to redirect the civil rights movement, to reject the rhetoric of martin luther king, bayard rustin, and other traditional civil rights heroes, to say that actually they didn't go far enough and they should have put race on the front burner. what happened is that ideology percolated inside the academy for a few decades, and then just in the past decade, starting around 2013, those ideas that had been essentially dormant in certain corners of academia academia really spread throughout society and have had vocal exponents such as mexican, mexican and robin d'angelo, who say that rather than strive for colorblind society, rather than strive for a society where someone's race doesn't mean anything at all, and recognize that race only in deep, we should strive for a society where everyone reflects deeply on their racial identity. we teach kids at a young age that their race most important aspect of air we put in racial categories and every piece of public policy and every public policy, including emergence situation like covid, should be viewed through the lens of reducing