meredith manning. >>> hi, my name is meredith manning. i'm from the art san francisco, resource for people with disabilities and we wholeheartedly support this effort that cathy and her team is putting together. in fact, we've been supporting them through testimonials. there was a lot of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as uncomfortable as anyone else. in fact, one of our folks who was there the entire 25 days is being interviewed on monday by one of cathy's staff. and we're also going to be functioning as a beta test site for the exhibit to make sure that our folks are comfortable interacting with the exhibits. and providing sites, you know, both our sites with the arf san francisco and community partners. we are really excited to be part of this. what i thought -- i just wanted to mention to you folks, you're probably thinking way ahead about the a-d-a anniversary and highlighting section 504. but for our part at the arc and just supporting longmore institute, this is a real opportunity to think about celebrating

people died, and meredith spent two years in ole miss and faced incredible hardship, unconstant protection from federal marshals and mach of that began in his mind. a very singular individual man. he wasn't someone who has associated himself with a larger movement but he was a very determined to try to combat institutions of white supremacy. but of ole miss, meredith drifts off the rave dar screen and struggles to find his place in the larger struggle. spends time in washington, dc. accepteds a fellowship to nigeria, that he abandons every one year. enrolls in columbia law school but has an eye on a larger political career. ... spec. >> on the second day of the march she has just come in your hand down mississippi mississippi, he left the office the day before and he gets the nice warm reception who say they will register to vote and he tells stories of old african-american men that were so intimidated for so long but now standing up he said you can follow me but you have to be a man with the hierarchal view and you have to be independent. we will not impose a and then these people vulnerable. independent, willing to move in small groups. so it did not invite matt -- mass regi

that includes martin luther king stokely carmichael and it includes the quixotic man who started the whole thing james meredith and this image was lucky enough to capture the whole -- the three of them. let's go let's backtrack a bit and tell us about the march you are referring to and the title of the book and i chose it. >> guest: the title is "down to the crossroads" civil rights by power and of march two -- to civil rights march that begins in june 1966 and ends three weeks later and in those three weeks you can make an argument that the civil rights movement transforms and it approaches its crossroads. the call for black power is first heard. stokely carmichael unveils that slogan if you will midway through the march and immediately generates controversy. in immediately generates a great swelling of enthusiasm on many local black people and in many ways unites a new direction of black policies. those changes might have happened over the course of time anyway but with the meredith march did was dramatize the shift. .. >> well, if you are talking about the pure, physical act of marching, one of the marchers

the of the great mystery to me involved the motives of the man who shot james meredith and we haven't talked about him. a guy named aubrey. at the time he's in his early '40s, and wishes james meredith people assume he's another white supremacist and a figure he's associate with the clan, the early newspaper coverage editorial blasts them as another man full of hate. but once they start to investigate, they are confused as to why this thing to do. not that he was average a little bit this guy who had never said anything, had no known connection to any white supremacist organization, whether the ku klux klan or what. his motives aren't mr.. he is still alive and to try to call it a number of times. he lives in the same house in a subdivision outside of memphis that he lived in at the time and has never revealed his motive. as to why he shot james meredith. just an interesting political story, this to me was one of the most interesting sort of stories from the march, when meredith was shot a lot of people within the movement figured it was a conspiracy. the mississippi police were an od