martin luther king jr.'s birthday, we will say something about both, and the second segment is about the book fair, which is 50 years of celebration of the world book fair that we have here in the bay area, it comes here every other year. black history was first proposed by dr. g carter wilson, woodson, excuse me, back in the 1900s and back then it was negro history week, they chose the second week of fairbury because of the birthday of abraham lincoln, and it became a month 1976. dr. king would have been 88 years old and we would have celebrated his birthday since the holiday, so two very important times in january and february. my guess is a longtime friend and colleague, we went to seminary together, he has always been in the struggle in justice and truth, and glad he is still around, that is reverend dr. dorsey blake. great to have you. >> it is great to be on this program and congratulations to you, 16 years at mosaic. >> and you have been with us at least two or three times, we appreciate that, you rem

martin luther king has to explain himself still at this point in his. and that's the the bitter ironic that the fbi tapes have given us. but what we should remember is not just that king was frustrate it, but that he continued he never lost hope in this in, what he could accomplish and what this country could do. incredible moral leadership against all kinds of political pressure. we can open up for questions. the audience i. is there a microphone that they should use. yeah, you can ask your question from the podium here in the center. can you come to the center microphone? thank you. hi. i, i have a kind of controversial question. how frustrating is it to you guys that some people can excuse or ignore? george floyd death because of his criminal record? but people in power like trump who have an even more extensive record of felonies, can run for presidency and control how we live our lives. thank you. i love question. yeah. you know what? one of the true ironies before the book was about to be released, i was getting a new pair of so i could do better z

peter: and here is how martin luther king concludes his letter from birmingham jail. "for more than two centu without wages.ts labored here they made cotton king and they built the homes of theirters in the midst of brutal injustice and shef humiliation, and yet out of the bottomless -- a bottomless vitality, they continued to thrive and develop. if the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. we will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of god are embodied in our echoing demands." reginald dwayne betts has a new afterword to a commemorative edition of letter from birmingham jail. he's also the founder and ceo of freedom reads and he's been our guest for the past hour. thank you for your time. reginald: thank you for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] >> all q&a programs are available on our website or a

martin luther king jr.. our violence showed the world that we sought a perverse justice and we carry her wondering if we deserve something more than the ways we beat ourselves up." what were you getting it? reginald: i think people imagine you walk into a prison and you forget what you did. i imagine people think prisons are filled with people who have no shame, no regret, no remorse, but i have done time with people who know they will live forever with what they have done. i know people trying to make amends, becoming mentors, organizing book clubs, you know, organizing religious communities, and what i wanted to say is that i don't think the world sees us the way we want to be seen. and i'm not suggesting that everybody is holy. i'm not suggesting that everybody is reformed or rehabilitated or deserving of a second chance or mercy. i am actually saying that mercy is not something you deserve. i am saying mercy is something that you were given as a gift, right? but i'm saying, if people recognize that, then

the celebration of martin luther king day and black history month should be celebrated throughout all of our schools. i believe that martin luther king was one of the strongest components of making sure that we look at all of our populations. he said he would hope his children would not be judged by the color of their skin or content of their character, and i think that is the fundamental basis we should celebrate black history month with. >> west point has closed down all ethnic clubs, so the society of black engineers cannot meet because they believed to be in compliance with this order, they cannot have troops structured around ethnic or racial affiliations. will public schools be in violation of this order? will they risk funding if they have clubs that students can belong to based on racial or ethnic identity? >> i certainly do not want to address hypothetical situations at once confirmed, i would like to get in and assess these programs and look at what has been -- >> isn't that a pretty easy one? you are saying it is a possibility that if a school has a club for vietnamese-amer

and so i think it's interesting that some people think that you can only admire lee or martin luther king and they're not mutually exclusive. you could admire both of them. and i think most people do. but most people who know the truth about lee, at least you i think a lot of what the generals tries to do is to inform alumni and parents. i mean, number one, inform them about what's going on. and number two, hopefully, to to build bridges to the board and to the students and and the faculty and, increase the improve the dialog. because for long time, there was only one point of view that was really being advanced on campus and no one likes stepping into the arena and getting involved in controversy it's no fun and we've all taken the arrows, but we believe it's something that needs to be done. and i think we are making you see there have been some of the small that we've seen on campus recently too that give us hope that things are beginning to turn around. but we have a long ways to go. all right. we have time for one more question and any more questions or is that it? all right. well, th

it's like the same thing they say about doctor martin luther king. you know? martin luther king in real time as a real person on the radio, in tv. my first eight years of my life until he was assassinated, he wasn't popular either. no. in every household, not every black household, you know, fight the power. when it came out in 1989, the highest it climbed, i think was 15 on the on the black charts. it wasn't even in the pop charts, you know. and the next year was on fear of a black planet. we didn't make records so people would come and love them. we made records that would stand the test of time. and matter of fact, we made ugly to me. i make ugly art. i really don't want you to dig it at all, but i want you to be affected by it. >> when trump started, people claimed it was an aberration. he he returns. >> but those people. >> for those people who didn't maybe understand or that was their view. now he got more votes. you see the business community around him today. do you see this as defining america? you can't say, this isn't who we are. we just had a vote.

ignore the dark clouds gathering overhead. 2025 began with a new president being sworn in on martin luther king day, only to turn around and sign a series of executive orders aimed at dismantling the civil rights. legacy. doctor king fought and died for. his team quickly went to work, scrubbing all references to racism or diversity from government. a few days ago, president trump even blamed the worst us aviation crash in nearly a quarter of a century on die. before we even knew the identities of the pilots involved. and so, even as we honor the achievement of the tuskegee airmen this year, we must also acknowledge we now live in a world where our country's leaders are encouraging americans to view today's pilots with fear and suspicion. it is outrageous and unacceptable, but it should also serve as a reminder of what black history month is really all about. it's not only a time to honor the achievement of black pioneers, but also to acknowledge the hell they often went through during their extraordinary lives. from harriet tubman to shirley chisholm to jackie robinson and barack obama. any bla

learn from. >> the lessons of martin luther king jr.he said in the letter from birmingham jail, just because they say it's legal, that doesn't make. >> it right. >> and as judith does with the. advancement project, we. >> got to. >> learn from frederick douglass. >> without struggle, there. >> can be no. >> progress, and we're going to have to struggle in these next. >> four years. >> but we can't get this. press for the struggle. reverend al, as you have taught me, we have. >> to celebrate. >> the struggle every day. because that's how we make progress for our children. now, martin, your home city of atlanta is one of several that have seen immigration and customs enforcement raids really under the president's mass deportation action, ice says it has arrested 7400 people in nine days since the crackdown began, with few specifics as to who has been targeted and their origins. but i want to remind our viewers that black migrants are also caught in the crosshairs of this purge, with thousands of haitian nationals fearful that trump will e

america wants to know about the yfk and the martin luther king -- jfk and the martin luther king assassinationsant to know who's on the epstein files and if our government was involved in a cover-up there. these are things the american people want to know. donald trump said he would leapt us know it, to we've got a task force that's going to follow through. we're going to evaluate everything that's released and try to figure out if there's more that they're sitting on or if there's evidence that's been destroyed, and we're going to have hearings and talk about it. anna a paulina luna's going to lead that effort, and i think every american's curious about what we call federal secrets that our government has kept from us. ufos, things like that. i don't know what the answer to those questions are, but i'm curious, and i know people in kentucky are curious. so, hopefully, this'll be an interesting task force that will answer a lot of questions that americans have. jonathan: for sure. i can't think of anything that is more interesting to so many americans than the secrets that could be revealed her

we stand here today, we honoree the great explorations and commitments 90 from leaders like martin luther king and president barry recognize obama and kamala harris by have local heros have championed civil rights and inadequate housing and employment we have the big 5 in bay area women fought for investment in their communities. let me be very clear investing in the african-american community is a core priority of my administration. (clapping.) earlier today we moungsz dedicated invest in the youth and i did not know adult in the workforce programming i have a committee to offer opportunity to all and black sf (clapping.) i've said this and i will think it to say this with our neighbors and communities are strong, the whole city benefits. many of you, you here today stood with me last week on the steps we advocated for a state of emergency to tangible the i fentanyl crises we are often the way to treat this issue with the emergency it demands and improve our streets and save lives in the process. and this this country dispersonal property effects african-american and thirty percent of overdos

there are many traditions of christianity, the tradition of martin luther king jr., a broad traditionf christianity in america, which is my tradition, which i am speaking out of. so i am not speaking hate. what i'm speaking is out of my truth as a reverent who comes out of the important tradition in american religious life, so i reject the idea that because i'm speaking my truth i am speaking hate. host: dimensioned the reaction to bishop budde and the sermon and speaking directly to dolla trump. this is from piers morgan uncensored last week, the reverent franklin graham who we heard at the inauguration ceremony at the beginning of that and their loved ones in great danger, and that is what has happened these last four years. host: let's sum up the reaction that you were talking about. guest: he's using his pulpit right now to say something about how he feels about what bishop budde said. bishop budde was in the national cathedral, she was the bishop of a national cathedral, it was her pulpit, she was speaking the gospel. i will respond to the idea that none of the policies that trum

martin luther king junior saying non violence, but i, i'm not a violent man, but um, not a pacifist. when the person to choose us to use the fist. i have to really use my feast. and it is on the buck of that argument that on the west is a way was then from which nelson mandela led on the west is we're meeting this theater of the nation with became the leading of the african national congress. and monday and i was legacy begins to emerge in a very unique way at that particular time. when he leaves glucagon, the west is away and they begin to a tough up tied to installations within the country that we know south africa. and ultimately they address that they have quite a number of them, but the most famous that address that at that time is notes on monday lines of golf funding, bakshi medical center, ida and what it does is sulu and one of the biggest trials that ever took place in south africa is very vanya trial dot is when monday last funds in his defense, he shows the statement as you speak for 3 hours. do you need the defense on the issue is the statement at the end of it that this

martin luther king jr.. as we march, in the streets of atlanta, we sang the song, the old union song, which side are you on? for a prolabor progressive like me, a guy who has carried a union card and organized for the labor movement throughout his life, that cut to my core. for the last few nights and brief moments of stillness that we get these days, i keep thinking about that song. as we move through the next year, democrats need to ask ourselves each day, whose side are we on? which side are we on? are we on the side of the robber baron, the oil and gas polluter, or on the side of the american working family, the small business owner, the farmer, the immigrant, the students? let me tell you, i know which side i am on. i know which side you are on. let me tell you, folks, black history month started today. are we on the side of this grotesque brand of politics that bans us from observing this month, stops us from celebrating the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr., and expressly aims to turn back the cloc

of course, today is also martin luther king day, [applause] i agree wholeheartedly. in his speech, trump promised that his presidency would honor dr. king's legacy. >> today is martin luther king day. and to his honor, this will be a great honor, but in his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality. we will make his dream come true. >> stephen: "yes, we will make his dream come true and that dream was, of course, buying greenland. i don't know why. not sure. maybe that's where the mountain top was. i don't know. he had his own reasons." in his speech, trump made a pledge to the nation. >> we are going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. and we will restore the name of a great president, william mckinley to mount mckinley. >> stephen: "and the atlantic ocean is now the miami pond. and i'm officially heretofore renaming my penis the baconater. available for a limited time only at a participating wendy's." [applause] don't encourage that sort of joke. trump also laid out his plan for american imperialism. first, he threa

francisco housing development corporation, african-american art and encouragement complex for martin luther king waterfall. they fought for it nobody handed to them they did the work and so as you learn about the history don't - have random facts and dates by the what the workload and dedication and understand if you're called upon to rise to that same level. so i'll end with an example of how history um, impacts our young people. back in 2003 we did the history in san francisco history. three hundred and innovators of historical and culture society. you'll see the plazas at o ferry terminal street 64 people we use their folks and the relatives. so when we designed it i said we need people in the community to actually do the interviews. so after specifically gang members. one of them to get a picture of the community they live in this is after 2003. so 2007 some of you in law enforcement remember. there was a gang war in western edition. 7 young men got shot at the same spot. in a twenty-four hour period and somebody should figure out maybe; right? but that's how bad things got. so we went out t

now they are going through the archives and martin luther king.ant to remind you to comes to these events, and i wanted to see if you can speak on this, things will come out that will try to get black america in the streets again. i hope my people do not fall for it. they want is in the streets for him to show his dominant power, but i want to see if that could be one of the scenarios. guest: to me -- i am a journalist. i -- john was asking me the difference about writing about a first civil rights movement and a civil rights movement -- the second civil rights movement. that i see taking place right now. you are talking about something that has not happened that could happen. i hope it does not happen, but i understand what you're talking about because i see -- it is unbelievable to me the kind of antagonism being directed at people of color, progressives, democrats from this white house. i think they are trying to stir people up and i do not know what -- to what end. i do not know. it plays to grievance politics, i guess. it may be go after the

period. >> by the way, he was never 15. >> i wouldn't say sharon stone, mlk. >> the answer is martin luther king jr. and sharon stone. >> oh, whoa. >> doctor king was only 15 years old when he started at morehouse college as an early admission student, and sharon stone was also 15 at edinburgh university on a creative writing scholarship. yes, they all know the character in basic instinct was a writer. that's why we remember that character. >> right? >> let's do creeper by the cousin. >> giuliani. >> would you like the description of the category? >> you need it. i heard creeper. giuliani. >> that's right. he did marry his cousin. so that's which. >> two of these people kept it in the family by marrying their cousin. >> it's giuliani and it's paddington. >> it's fine if it's paddington. he's a bear, right? that's normal and bear. >> life, right? >> but now giuliani should be ashamed. >> okay. >> so i'm going to say giuliani, and it has to be einstein. no. >> rudy giuliani and albert einstein both married their cousins. rudy's first wife was his second cousin and einstein's second wife was his fi

those records and the records of robert f kennedy and martin luther king jr, are set to be released byda health officials reported that state's first human case of avian flu. public health leaders say a farm worker was infected with a new strain of the virus after being exposed to cattle at a dairy farm east of reno. here in california, 38 human cases of bird flu have been reported since the outbreak last year. the cdc says nationwide, 67 human infections have been reported. >> the fear is that it continues to evolve, and it's going to figure out how to get into human bodies more effectively over time. >> 16 states have reported cattle herds infected with avian flu. the spread through poultry has infected more than 156 million birds, leading to the slaughter of many flocks. new york city shut down poultry markets this week to prevent transmission, and the spread of bird flu means a growing number of stores are limiting the number of eggs customers can buy, if you can find them at all. trader joe's is allowing customers to buy one dozen a day. costco is now limiting customers to three p

kennedy, martin luther king jr.search, the agency found proximally 2400 newly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized, as related to the jfk assassination case file. under the jfk records act of 1992, all documents related to the killing of jfk should have been transferred to the national archives and released to the public by october 2017. president trump in his first term, and former president biden, both authorized the limited release of these records. we will know more about these records sometime soon. back to you. >> thank you very much, madalyn. we have breaking news. now, we are going to get the tape play out from the oval office. the bilateral meeting between our president who is trying to negotiate a deal for piece in the middle east, moving -- peace in the middle east, moving gazans from the strip, with ther who is pushed against it, but now says they will take 12,000 children: the king of jordan. let's watch. >> thank you very much. it's an honor to have king abdullah with us.

is at one point, she's asked a question about whether, you know, the legacy and history of martin luther kingof course, i mean, i believe in martin luther king, who has now become, you know, of interest to the right as they talk about a colorblind society. ironically, i would say. but the fact is, you know, it is not a big leap to go from not teaching african american history to no longer teaching martin luther king and the door, regardless of what any of these people say in their confirmation hearings, the door is open. >> what else did. >> you hear? so one of the things that i think is really important, as we talk about what this dea stuff is, is to put it in the proper historical context. some of these employees who i believe have been wrongly placed on administrative leave by the trump administration, the department of education, have sought legal counsel. and i spoke with one of the lawyers who's representing a number of these employees. his name is subodh chandra, and this is for the podcast. he had, i think, probably the most essential understanding of what trump is really trying to do

this is right around the time that martin luther king, jr. was assassinated. was in the midst of incredible unrest. this is right around the time that martin luther king jr.. was assassinated. >> diahann carroll herself. she didn't feel that it portrayed the black experience in a way that it should have been portrayed. >> julia and corey baker, this is my sister, wanda wagoner. >> how do you do? you're a. lenny didn't tell me that. that's all right, wanda. leonard didn't tell us. you aren't. >> she really felt that they were presenting an image of sort of the white. >> but at the time, i didn't care, because there's a black woman on tv like she's a nurse. she's helping people. >> diahann carroll was the first black woman to be nominated for an emmy for her performance in that show. >> it represented the first time that a black family went into the homes of americans on a weekly basis. it did establish that premise, and i was very pleased about that the success of the television show julia opened the door for redd foxx. >> who was this underground comedy legend?

the son of martin luther king jr.object to trump disingenuously citing my father. he said of the attacks that quote, nothing could be further from my father's dream. how much progress do you think could be reversed if these policies continue and stay in place for the next four years? >> i think a lot of progress is going to be reversed, and all government agencies in the military, you know, it's interesting. i had an off the record conversation back in 2021 with female soldiers at fort hood, now fort cavazos in killeen, texas, and they told me that because of some of these programs that were put in place after the death of vanessa guillen that lost her life, that a lot of the jokes, a lot of the slights, a lot of the sexism and racism, not anything, you know, blatant that was already being addressed. but, but, but things that people could get away with before that that had ended. and my guess is that a lot of those programs that were designed to really sort of get at the root of some of the racism that is more subtle,

los manifestantes iniciaron la protesta en el parque martin luther king, en el centro de stockton.vas organizaciones como ha sido la agrupación unidos inmigrantes california, que ha impulsado la propuesta de declarar la ciudad de stockton como santuario de los migrantes, la ciudad de stockton. no somos ciudad. santuario y andamos este moviendo o poniendo las propuestas para que sea la ciudad y el condado santuario. nosotros le estamos pidiendo al alcalde fugaz y al sol que por favor nos den ese voto para que nos pongan en la agenda, para que comiencen a hacer la policía. las policías para la ciudad, para en caso de que venga este ice. los activistas advirtieron que el movimiento continuará con acciones legales y buscando la protección de los migrantes. agregaron que por lo menos una vez al mes se realizarán manifestaciones en diferentes lugares de las ciudades del valle central. también hablamos con una persona que asegura que estuvo en un centro de detención y ahora que está libre es parte del activismo migrante. su testimonio se lo tenemos a las 11. gracias nashieli, te esperamos

por eso hoy se unió a la protesta que inició en el parque martin luther king del centro de stockton.presenciaron una escena ejemplificando la importancia de la tarjeta roja al momento de que oficiales del ice intentan irrumpir en un domicilio. posteriormente emprendieron una marcha por la avenida principal el dorado, para luego culminar en el edificio de la suprema corte de justicia del condado de san joaquín. todavía sigue el miedo en otro nivel porque no se ven fuertes operativos aquí y. y la gente no está participando todavía por temor de que estas actividades pueda venir. la presencia de alguien de la migra. esta nación es de inmigrantes y de indígenas, y trump quiere quitarnos nuestra historia, nuestros libros, nuestro lenguaje. aseguran que el movimiento de lucha por los derechos de los migrantes va más allá de protestas en recintos públicos. entre las acciones a realizar próximamente será abogar para que la ciudad de stockton se declare un lugar de santuario para los migrantes. nosotros le estamos pidiendo al alcalde fugaz y al sol que por favor nos den ese voto pa que nos pon

now they are going through the archives and martin luther king. remind you to comes to these events, and i wanted to see if you can speak on this, things will come out that will try to get black america in the streets again. i hope my people do not fall for it. they want is in the streets for him to show his dominant power, but i want to see if that could be one of the scenarios. guest: to me -- i am a journalist. i -- john was asking me the difference about writing about a first civil rights movement and a civil rights movement -- the second civil rights movement. that i see taking place right now. you are talking about something that has not happened that could happen. i hope it does not happen, but i understand what you're talking about because i see -- it is unbelievable to me the kind of antagonism being directed at people of color, progressives, democrats from this white house. i think they are trying to stir people up and i do not know what -- to what end. i do not know. it plays to grievance politics, i guess. it may be go after the democr

now they shot kennedy, they killed him, they killed his brother, they killed martin luther king. these people have been in charge of our foreign policy for damn near 70 years. so, you know, although there's like kind of nothing new in that sense. there is something new in the sense of what we're seeing now and you mentioned it before in gaza. i hate to take a left turn on that. but you know, our, our friend from colorado was talking about how there are no backroom deals. bolden, what was the $230000000.00 that was given to donald trump? for miriam, it'll send him to zion his lobby. what was that if not exactly a back room deal to get the united states to ethnically, cleanse guys are on behalf of israel using our funds. our troops are bonds, our money, and our, our blood ultimately. and frankly, i'm concerned about that. i'm concerned about with war with the ran and you know, it's very difficult i think to get a gauge on exactly. um, i think it's very difficult even as an american living here, following the news that to get a real gauge on exactly what is going on in washington ri

kennedy, bobby kennedy and martin luther king jr., guy, what is does it matter we get these files, wern possibly the truth behind the high profile assassinations. >> it has been decades. it is well pastime for us to get a look at, that i think. and then, you fast forward to just months ago, on campaign trail, that horrifying video we watched so many times, you almost got desensitized. donald trump was almost killed. on live television, the pack that he seems to put out this clarion call almost saying, i have a right to know what happened. because we have a lot of unanswered questions. and if anyone is getting that information you think it would be a sitting president of united states who is also the target of those plots. >> charlie, a great way to tee it up, back to transparency or lack there of. of the biden administration, we respected for weeks about -- we reported for weeks about random and unknown drones in new jersey and country and little stories chinese spies were in one, it was happening overseas. president trump takes office, by the way, karoline leavitt. want to let you kn

martin luther king, martin, you know, the original martin luther. and he reminds us all that these people, all these great historic actions for change that they took occurred when they were in their twenties, in their early thirties. so it's a tremendous power speech about the power of youth and i think it's one of the most inspiring ones. i would encourage young people to read it or people to read it. i just it's just one of these things that that stands the test of time. um, so, yeah, i learned from it. i'm no, i was looking for it because i'm not going to fight in time, but it's a good example of he does something in this speech that i was always kind of floored and i didn't know you were going to say that speech. there was not a sense that was actually i would have looked this up already. i know. but when i was your wife calling, this is good. i thought you look in the speech. he okay? like, i'm not going to find it. just now. but he described pbs's the plane trip to south africa and he describes all the things that happened underneath the route

we stand here today, we honoree the great explorations and commitments 90 from leaders like martin luther kingsident barry recognize obama and kamala harris by have local heros have championed civil rights and inadequate housing and employment we have the big 5 in bay area women fought for investment in their communities. let me be very clear investing in the african-american community is a core priority of my administration. (clapping.) earlier today we moungsz dedicated invest in the youth and i did not know adult in the workforce programming i have a committee to offer opportunity to all and black sf (clapping.) i've said this and i will think it to say this with our neighbors and communities are strong, the whole city benefits. many of you, you here today stood with me last week on the steps we advocated for a state of emergency to tangible the i fentanyl crises we are often the way to treat this issue with the emergency it demands and improve our streets and save lives in the process. and this this country dispersonal property effects african-american and thirty percent of overdose this i