martin luther king. i've got at least eight or nine on my shelf, not counting yours and not to mention his that he wrote about himself, too. about ten of those. so the first question one wants to know is why did you think there was a need for yet another martin luther king book? two reasons. mainly. one, it had been a long time since the last king biographer in 40 years when the civil war, the trumpet sound came out. and since then we've had other great books about civil rights, about king, obviously, the taylor branch trilogy, but that's covers really america in the king years. david carroll's book is not a biography. it's wonderful. but 40 years between king biographies is ridiculous. that's much too long. and in that time, obviously, material, not just fbi material, but archival material that's come into play. and at the same time, there were people alive who knew dr. king and was really the sweet spot where i could get around and interview them for, you know, it was too late. and obviously when i was

i think that really hurt doctor martin luther king. had something to do with the trajectory of the movement? >> is no question about it. king was disappointed jfk felt he owed the black community some action after the cultist lectured american history some say were swung by black voters. king felt like kandi was afraid to act out because kennedy was already concerned about reelection and might lose some of the white vote in the south of he gave into much on civil rights.. he comes to candidate with a second emancipation proclamation on the anniversary of f the firt one kennedy basically ignores it. he's deeply disappointed by pretty much everything kennedy did until he was forced by some of kings protesters to take a more public stand and speak out. he had to stand up at his feet to the fire to get it done. quick speaking of putting his feet to the fire the fbi we've got to talk about that. they were obviously out to destroyg. king. someone said to king should felt built the cap what does that mean? ask when he criticized j edgar hoover

we can prove martin luther king was real because we were here. i mean, i met him and we have him on film. we have him on tape. we have on tape. no matter what happens, no matter how many hundreds of years from now no one is going to deny martin luther king was real. but i would argue that if we go too far in making them into a mythological figure, you lose sight of how great it was. dick gregory knew it. people from atlanta who are still with us today who knew him, could feel his reality and we just need to keep them alive in that way. [applause] >> if you are enjoying booktv been signed up for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive the schedule of upcoming programs, often discussions, book festivals and more. booktv every sunday on c-span2 or anytime online at booktv.org. television for serious readers. >> the house will be in order. >> this year c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979 we have been your primary source for capitol hill are fighting balanced unfiltered coverage of government. ta

martin luther king. so it just occurred to me that a really good use of my time would be to travel around the country and interview who knew martin luther king and record their stories. well, like, maybe i could also write a book and the thing that i think i had to ask myself is do we need another king book? because there have been some great ones already. in fact, i'm the third person to win a pulitzer for a martin luther king book. david garrow and taylor branch. so i think advice to young writers is write a biography of martin luther king. you'll win a pulitzer. a track record been laid. the thing is that it had been 40 years since the last biography and 25 years since the taylor branch and david garrow, which were not biographies. they're more encyclopedic in scope and had lost sight of his humanity. we've turned him into a monument and a national holiday and a thousand streets and in doing that, we've celebrated him as should be celebrated. but we've forgotten that suffered. he had moments of doubt t

i martin luther king iii, chairman of the drum major institute. and and i would like to welcoh of you here today, particularly the moderators, all of the panelists, students, friends, and each and every person who is here. because all of us could have been somewhere else today, but you have chosen to be here for this moment at this time, and we appreciate the opportunity to share today and hopefully when we get to the end of this, all these panel discussions, that we will understand and reinforce the importance of all communities working together, but certainly the black and brown community. to ultimately help realize the "dreams of my father" envisione envisioned, the community and the world, where freedom, justice, equality, peace, justice and equality exist for all humankind. this conference grew out of the vision of andrea waters king, and i'm going to present her again, although you've already seen her, the president of the drum major institute and the woman i am blessed to call my partner and wife. perhaps also, and most important, the mothe

to the king family, including the board chair, martin luther king iii, and president arndrea waters king i am deeply humbled and honored to be here with you today. as a child i never would imagine that would be sitting in front of you giving a speech. the legacy of course your family and your father mean so much to the country into me personally. just a little bit of note about myself. my grandfather was a civil rights leader as well. for those who know him, he led the chicana rights movement in the southwest. he marched alongside cesar shabbos and dolores huerta. he fought against against this commission schools. he fought for the power of education that unlocks opportunity and equality and justice. he should many of the same values that your father had and your family had, and martin luther king, jr. was an icon and hero to my grandfather. under the because he wrote about it. and so i grew up at a young age very aware of the important work of your father the legacy of your family. my grandfather used to talk to me about the coalition work between black and latino leaders of winning to

martin luther king jr. said anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. you heard today they have shared the injustice and the challenges we face collectively. we know the solutions are only possible if and when we are united. [applause] it is important to remember the political tool is our right to vote. give us the ballot before he told the world. we do not abandon our fight against injustice. that is the pope we hold in gathering today that we make strengthen our movement he sent in equity and continued discussion maintain diverse dialogue can achieve this. advancing the values of the key legacy realizing the of doctor martin luther king jr. something he called a beloved community. equal opportunity and love of a fellow human being. through collective work and collaborative community we can build a community. no individual or organization can do it alone is a key step in that mission of unity. ... >> we must have a diversity of voices to advance our cause. diversity of choices and believes make us more effective. that is why the unity on display today

to the king family, including the board chair, martin luther king iii, and president arndrea waters king i am deeply humbled and honored to be here with you today. as a child i never would imagine that would be sitting in front of you giving a speech. the legacy of course your family and your father mean so much to the country into me personally. just a little bit of note about myself. my grandfather was a civil rights leader as well. for those who know him, he led the chicana rights movement in the southwest. he marched alongside cesar shabbos and dolores huerta. he fought against against this commission schools. he fought for the power of education that unlocks opportunity and equality and justice. he should many of the same values that your father had and your family had, and martin luther king, jr. was an icon and hero to my grandfather. under the because he wrote about it. and so i grew up at a young age very aware of the important work of your father the legacy of your family. my grandfather used to talk to me about the coalition work between black and latino leaders of winning to

martin luther king iii, professor harold mcdougall, brandon wolf, fatima graves, thank you very much for this conversation. [applause] >> welcome back, everyone, after that long exhaustive break. [laughter] >> that while my fellow panelists are taking their seats, i want to once again thank panel one for the important discussion and particularly for their diagnosis of the challenges. they were extraordinary. [applause]. >> iment and also, what i like about that panel they have very real prescriptions and very real takeaways each of us can do to heal and go forward in our democracy. now, i'm very much looking forward to this next panel on political violence, hate trends and path to community. this is dear to my heart. and i worked with my mentor, the late reverend vivian, hate crimes, and communities organized against hate violence. for those of you who don't know who reverend vivian is, i implore you if you have a moment to look him up particularly when he gave an impromptu speech on the steps of selma courthouse as he was registering people to vote. and for those with the hate group

martin luther king jr. had a plan. - [martin luther king jr.]ch greatness in our heritage to tolerate the pettiness of race hate. negros have declared they will die if need be for these freedoms. (phone rings) - [narrator] his idea, - march on washington, may i help you please. - [narrator] organize the largest protest in the history of the civil rights movement in the shadow of the capitol. (singing and clapping) - the president didn't want him to have the march. they tried everything possible to talk 'em out of it because they said we are gonna have people dead in the streets. chaos, we're gonna have the place would be torn up. they predicted the ugliest picture would take place if they proceeded with the march. - [narrator] but king would not be dissuaded. the march would go on as planned. - [organizer] we are requesting all citizens to move into washington. this is an urgent request. please join. go to washington. - [narrator] the quarter million demonstrators from across the country gathered in the nation's capitol and there was no chaos. (

thank you so much. >> an earlier caller compared frederick douglass to martin luther king. prof. ord: the thing to remember about frederick douglass is his whole thing was about agitation and protest. he would have been pleased with what martin luther king jr. was doing because he was trying to move forward. it was agitation and protest. king had a different perspective in terms of how you agitate and how you protest but douglass would not have criticized him for that. he would have been pleased the struggle still continues. he says one of his most famous quotes is where there is no struggle there is no progress. and certainly king understood that as well. >> let's return to bradley austin, our urban ranger in baltimore, to learn a little bit more about frederick douglass's life and his eventual escape. >> we are here in fell's point on the corner of lancaster and wolf street. in 1836 one frederick bailey returned to baltimore after his sojourn on the eastern shore, this was the end of fell's point. shipyards were here. he worked in one of those shipyards, the william gardner ship

his contribution is basically equal to what martin luther king did in a way, or he is martin luther kingost: thank you for calling. in the words of cesar chavez, if you read his writing, is he emulating martin luther king? he has the letter from sacramento. miriam: a little bit. they had some contact. i think the points that ricardo raises are really great and important. his legacy, that is why i wrote the biography because i think his legacy is not well enough known. it is not understood. he has been presented as a very two dimensional figure in a lot of ways. the answer to the question is more people need to study what he did and how he organized and what he did when he was most effective to see how those things can be used to help the lives of people who need that kind of power. for people to understand their own power was at the heart of his mission. and i think his success was making people who did not believe they had the power to stand up to the growers -- remember, they had no rights at all. to understand that by banding together, there were ways they could exert power and contro

martin luther king and then later of senator robert kennedy in early june. humphrey just never really got off to a good start because each time one of these shockwaves hit america, it forced us to pause and kind of rethink who we were. so humphrey really was never firing. and also understood about midsummer. well, it was april 4th, 1968. martin luther king, assassinated in memphis, june six, 1968. rfk assassinated in los angeles. what was the impact? not only on the country, but on the presidential race that you alluded to? well, i think each one of those acts of political violence affected the country in different ways. you know, dr. martin luther king, when he was assassinated, it really shook the civil rights community. and i think all champions of civil rights throughout the 1960s. and i think the second assassination of that year of senator kennedy really shook the political class. and in humphrey's own memoirs, he writes that his wife, muriel humphrey, said to him after the kennedy assassination, the bullet that that killed senator kennedy, also wounde

and said we don't believe in this, we breen in genuinely progressive values and we believe martin luther kinging we judge people on the content of their character than the color of their skin. and this, proselytizing being a former white supremist, a middle age white woman proclaiming that martin luther king is, and it's not that we don't notice race, don't see race, but don't treat people differently on the basis of race and we should be striving for that again so you don't have the situation like you had in california where they were segregated by skin color in order to have conversations with the teachers, put in separate rooms, similar in london, the most expensive school in london called the american school, seg grated children on the basis of skin color and thought they were doing this to be anti-racist. of course, i would have liked to believe that most of us, that there is a consensus that racial segregation is wrong. why are we implementing that in the name of dei. doesn't make sense. >> you write about british writer j.k. rowling getting in trouble over pronounce. >> yes. there's a

this is a concept that was very important to activists like martin luther king and rosa parks. right. that they be perceived as mobile, as respectable. they would be taken seriously. barney initially is very worried about calling the government to report this ufo because he's worried it won't be taken seriously. he is worried about the government. he is worried what if this story gets out, what its impact would be on his political work and betty persuaded him to do? but i think later in her life in particular are barney's fears are manifested. right. but she loses that sense of respectability comes to be seen as someone is fringy someone who is a kook and then does moves away from the center of political life where they had been before. very interestingly and surprisingly to me, you recall that when she learned about the work of america abstract artist, a notable artist, budd hopkins, his work providing support groups and amateur hypnosis be for people who claim to have abduction experiences. she rejects all of that and wants nothing to do with it and asserted that her experien

this is a concept that was very important to activists like martin luther king and rosa parks. right. that they be perceived as mobile, as respectable. they would be taken seriously. barney initially is very worried about calling the government to report this ufo because he's worried it won't be taken seriously. he is worried about the government. he is worried what if this story gets out, what its impact would be on his political work and betty persuaded him to do? but i think later in her life in particular are barney's fears are manifested. right. but she loses that sense of

belafonte's house many times and i saw him with martin luther king in the picture in a picture of bobbyrstood his friendship with bobby kennedy and the work that bobby did for the civil rights movement. it was a unique happenstance moment where i went to see the too concert in vegas and when i left the concert i went to the concert and i'm walking into a lounge with my wife bono came in so i stopped to meet bona because he's a huge hero of mine. we got to talking about our mutual friends and mr. belafonte and he said mr. belafonte told me a story about naacp and the story and martin luther king encourages them all to leave and find one good thing about bobby kennedy that they can make a connection to expand civil rights and when bona said the one thing i got chills and i heard that in the title of the song. and i felt almost as if mr. b was up there orchestrating us like a marionette, putting us together to have this conversation. this song one good thing, if we can just find one good thing about someone that we otherwise may not want to communicate with it might be the spark that chang

sizes as being a white supremacy and there you have it a middle-aged white woman claiming that martin luther king was a racist and erg is upside country-specific. what we should be parks having conversation withs teachers and put in separate rooms and similarly in len don and called the american school and going back for them on the line. i would like

martin luther king. but he wouldn't them for so many years because he was sad the way the decade ended with bobby's death. and when he was very with and martin luther king's assassin and the riots in the streets and the campus violence. so he kept just wanting to look forward instead of backward. but suddenly this day, he said and, this is the way he talked. he said, if i have any wisdom to dispense, i'd better start dispensing that, oh, what a crazy way to talk. right. but then we made a pact that that we would spend every weekend going through the boxes. and most important, we'd go through them chronologically so that we'd start at the beginning in the late fifties and sixties without knowing the sadness that was going to come later. and so we could relive that exciting part of the decade before the sadness set in. and that's way you sort of have to tell history in. barbara tuchman, who was a heroine of mine, said if you're a narrative historian, even if you're writing about a war, you have to, imagine

the civil rights movement led by martin luther king absolutely appropriate and not a violation of the establishment clause. let me take a step back. if we go to that, he finished his drafter that letter on saturday. on sunday thomas jefferson, then president of the united states went to church services in the us capitol building before your john leland, great baptist itinerant minister and himself an opponent of religious establishments preach and they regularly help worship services in the us capitol building, jefferson is president of the war department building and the treasury department building to be used for worship services as well. whenever jefferson desired in his heart of hearts, he did not act as if there was a wall of separation, needed to james madison, you did any of the founders. this is completely a historical. letter was ripped out of context when it first appeared in the court opinion in reynolds versus the united states and unfortunately it was used in a horrible from the perspective of history supreme court opinion where the court basically said the establishment

martin luther king jr. another since help i think christianity is been a very positive force.or the flourishing of all humans that all american history we live in a sinful world, and continues to be a limits racism that must be commanded they continue to be religious things are really should to be related better pretty and then the policies the sort of thing pretty we live in a problematic release of the sorry that we do but i think christianity provides making the best answers. for the fall which we live then historically. >> final two minutes here about founders. independencef which are quoted from the decoders the famous when we told these troops they evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by the creator certain anything of all rights and among these are liberty and the pursuit of happiness. his a complete list of what were endowed by our creator for his stamp of the liberties. >> will i would say is a sampling and you know, i think that you know this book of life liberty or property jefferson use more broader pursuit of happiness and yes with a variet

particularly effect of sive saying today's radicalize democratic party is not the party of martin luther kingbert or john kennedy. legs. >> this [music] the pais not the matter any more of mung m m martin luther king, john kennedy, gains political candidates. including me, and donald trump and all other political candidates. only -- we deserve a president who'll restore the moral authority of the united states of america. >> almost haunting the way he said that and what he said, robert kennedyj and vivek ramaswamy talked about how what matters in in election is not color of your skin but content of your character, and outlook for economic opportunity. black, white, hispanic or any otherr ethnic group. they want results, this is a key theme of the trump campaign for several years. you heard a lot of it last night, working class coalition. then there is new political rock star, elon musk talking about cutting two trillion out of federal budget with his new doge, department of government efficiency. get it. mr. trump on other hand, shows a diverse group of supporters. more closely a proximating

martin luther king jr and others. so i contend that christianity has actually been a very positive force for the flourishing of all human. so all of american history. but we live in a sinful world and there continues to be elements of racism that must be combated. there continues to be race, religious hucksterism, that really should be regulated better. and we should consider various tax policies and this sort of thing and we live in a fallen world. and i'm sorry do but i think christianity maybe the best answers to evolving world in which we live and just historically it's done a lot of good in the united states of america. final 2 minutes here. can come back to the founders, specifically to the declaration of independence. what you quoted the declaration that famous line we hold truths to be self-evident that all are created equal, that they are by their creator with certain unalienable, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. is that a complete lis

i think often when we say that civil disobedience we immediately go to martin luther king jr.part of the migrant workers movement. that is important for students to know. also, i think chavez helps us make a connection in history. yes we can. that student can make that connection from women working in factories in world war ii. you can have great conversations about how that same topic, the same idea can relate to migrant workers in fields in the 1960s and the 1970s. yes we can it's possible. at the building on the same idea of workers, coming together and yes you can do it. >> want to thank jennifer connolly fornk sharing your teaching methods. we also want to emphasize on our webse c-span.org boo that shaped america teacher resources, teacher lesson plans for all the 10 books they talked a little bit about pesticides. and cesar chavez writes quite a bit inez the words of cesa chavez. >> exposure was ade big issue fr firms instills a big issues for farmworkers. it was the focus of it. we talked about the first fast the second fast in arizona to protest the law there in 1972 a

also in the shadow of martin luther king's assassination. >> if you have not seen it, rfk jr. beautiful tribute to his late mother earlier this week. all right, gang, thank you all. i'm not letting you leave just yet because i have my mvp, so don't go anywhere. we will be back. patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth, they have to make a choice- one versus the other. new sensodyne clinical white, it provides 2 shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. craig here pays too much for verizon wireless. so he sublet half his real estate office... patients are going to love to see [ bird squawks loudly ] to a pet shop. meg's moving company uses t-mobile. so she scaled down her fleet to save money. and don's paying so much for at&t, he's been waiting to update his equipment! there's a smarter way to save. comcast business mobile. you could save up to 70% on your wireless bill. so you don't have to compromise. powering smarter savings. powering possibilities. >>> all right, i want

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john lewis really follow in the footsteps of martin luther king and later coretta scott king in believing if had to be an interracial move. the black jewish alliance was an important part of that, and working with catholic groups and labor groups and other groups, and in some years, the relationship, those relationships with ally groups became strained, but lewis always wanted to preserve and fought to preserve that relationship. you know, back in the '90s when lewis faracon was having a hayday, he said there's messages that people may find inspiring, but i cannot cast my lot with someone who is antisemitic, antiguy, antiwomen, and i think he was a life-long supporters of israel and understood the importance of the jewish state, not only to the jewish people, but all people concerned with human rights that didn't prevent him from understanding the plight of the palestinians. even when there were rifts, he would lead the healing to find a common way forward. you put the finger on an important theme of his life and career. >> the new book is on sale now. author and professor of history at r

martin luther king jr.clared a dream during the march on washington he asked maren anderson to perform once again, and she did. she sang. he's got the whole world in his hands. my fellow americans, today, we honor that legacy and we remember the power and all of your hands. and i mean it sincerely, your hands. i would like to ask the following medalists to stand. let's recognize the class of 2022 national arts and humanities. [applause] thank you. folks, the class of 2022 medal recipients are here and the class of 2023, please, of the arts, stand. [applause] folks, you're an incredible group of people. and there's one other thing i want to say to y'all, is that, you know, the class of 2022, the national medal recipients or humanities recipient -- the class of 2023 national medal of recipients, i would like to see you guys stand as well. did i already have you stand? [laughter] [applause] 2023, come on. [applause] look, you guys are something else. [laughter] class of 2023, humanities medal recipients. [appl

. >> on this date in history, martin luther king junior won the nobel prize for peace prize. plus, a grammy-winning artist was born news nation's markie. martin looks back. >> day is october 14th, a day celebrate annually as the anniversary of christopher columbus's arrival to america in 18, 90 the 34th president of the united states, dwight d eisenhower was born the popular children's book character. winnie the pooh was created making his literary debut. martin luther king junior won the nobel peace prize for his leadership in the american chvil rights movement. and yeah, grammy winning artist usher was born in 1979. national hockey league's greatest score. wayne gretzky scored his first goal german ferrari. driver michael schumacher won his 4th f one world drivers championship. and that's it. we're down. and in 2007, the world was introduced to the reality tv series keeping up with the kardashians, focusing mainly on sisters, kim kourtney and khloe. spooky season is in full swing and a new report names to bay area hotels among america's most haunted this year. >> the list pu

i mean, what happened is in 1968, simmering following the assassination, martin luther king and the the widespread racial violence that was taking in the united states in general started break out in the us army. so in 1968, even as their in the streets during the democratic convention in chicago along been jail in vietnam explodes. there's a racial uprising of black prisoners overtake guards the prison the fellow prisoners and guards seize control of the jail. the the head of the prison who had a ph.d. in penology. he was a reformer. he thought he had great rapport with the people who were imprisoned. there. he wanted to try to talk to them. they beat him. he never recovered from brain. they killed a white private, seized control of the prison. i mean, this just kept going on, spilling out of fights and barracks and bars. it got to the point in west germany where, junior officers and ncos said they go into the barracks unless they were armed. national, international incidents. it was a crisis and it got to the point where the chief staff of the army and the secretary the army said if r

ethnicity the think about how how much has changed since then with the kind of things that martin luther king was faced in duluth at that time, but at the same time, you just think about how much still hasn't changed. and we still like we were celebrating the 50 something memorial, but we still were talking about the same thing. just different versions of it. i guess that that's fundamental issues haven't really changed. you have to be vigilant because it just, if you don't pay attention, you go right back. exactly you those times. and i think that's really my fear as we move forward because now we have a new president. but i don't want that to mean that we stop try that we start working because that's exactly how it will come right back around whenever you go backwards the are when you fight for progress are both a little more ahead. so you are going forward, but you also have to fight about going back, you know, and i think that's an important thing to think about because especially when you think about how much really hasn't changed if you really feel defeated, feel like it's pointless. bu

something, bring it back to the quote say the quote because i'm going to mess it up it's by doctor martin luther kingjr. when you know what your life's a blueprint is you have a solid blueprint and foundation it and you know what you going to do in life you should do it as in god almighty himself has sent you down to do this job enters the best of your ability. that is what i tried to do. i am very blessed with so many school library and her friends friends andfriends and help me e way to try to be the very best i cant be. i have the best job in the world i don't think i'm biased but i don't think there's a better job than to be a school librarian or an educator. >> thank you but what was your inspiration to write the librarian? you speak a lot about censorship and even now just talked about community activism. what was your inspiration? >> are writing the book? >> yes. cover and to tell the story about how it came to be. contrary to popular hate in my community i'm not seeking out fame and fortune. you know, i've been harassed for the past years it still happening among a small town i have been hara