as our ancestors did on the edmund pettus bridge, and at the east l.a. walk out, and on the national mall in 1963. now it's our turn. now we must do the work. i would like to say that this work isn't about collective guilt. it's about collective responsibility. we have the responsibility to our ancestors and to the generations that come behind us to take on this work and advance this movement. we are united today. now we must do the work to ensure that we are united tomorrow. we must do the work to ensure our movement continues to stand up to injustice. we must do the work to raise our voices and the voices of the oppressed. martin luther king, jr. did not march from selma to montgomery alone. one person cannot carry the torch of our movement. we are united here today to share different worries, different solutions, and different hopes. but each with the same goal, to build a beloved community and continue to feed the flame of peace, of justice and equity for all. thank you all very much for joining us. i hope that you will continue to be a a part of our

lewis' speech that day and his heroism at the edmund pettus bridge, where he nearly died after being beaten by alabama state troopers propelled him to the forefront of the civil rights movement, where he would remain until his death in 2020 after serving 17 terms in the u.s. house of representatives, where i had the great, great honor of making a friendship with him there. the remarkable life and legacy of the late congressman is the subject of the biography, john lewis, a life, and david greenburg is joining us now. a professor of history at rutgers university. it's an unlikely story. talk about how this shy alabama farm boy grew up to be the one that helped drive the steak in to the heart of jim crowe. >> it's an amazing story. i think readers who know john lewis from television and the years in congress are going to learn a lot about him from the book. he comes really as you say abject poverty. his parents were sharecroppers who scraped together enough for their own plot of land. one of ten siblings in the worst of jim crowe, alabama. he saw and felt the sting and evil of segregat

and that conversation led to the march across the edmund pettus bridge, john lewis, not ralph abernathy, and hosea williams, which you all hopefully know was bloody sunday. less than three months later, the 1965 voting rights act was passed and signed into law by president johnson. so, when mr. king talks about helping a president govern, giving a president the power to do what you want, that's a concrete story that you can now run with and tell all your friends. 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 nex

i remember going across the edmund pettus bridge with her just a few years ago, even in a wheelchairfighting for civil rights and marched and rolled with us. valerie jarrett, senior adviser president obama and john lewis and i and others. we wish her family all of our condolences, and my family suffered another last night. my older brother, thomas sonny glasco passed in alabama just a few days after my father passed. but on a lighter note i want to thank all of you that wished me a happy birthday on october 3rd. i did not get a chance to say it last week, but i want to also wish a happy birthday to my mentor, a guiding light, and one who helped change this country. reverend jesse jackson celebrated his 83rd birthday this week. no man has given so much so long as reverend jesse jackson and i want to wish him a happy birthday. i know his wife will tell him i did because this is her favorite show and she's watching me. well, it's one of her favorite shows. anyway, i want to wish him that. we will be right back after this. dexcom g7 is one of the easiest ways to take better control of yo

and then also secondly, it is troubling to see king neil and turnaround and not cross the edmund pettus bridge was tough because those diverse clergy who flew in, james reed and lee jackson and viola louisa, they lost their lives. but dr. king's life was not in vain. so how do we take those moments when we say let's look at our leader as courageous b but huma, one, december 1, 1955, and then at that bridge where king said he knelt but he had to turn around? >> so the first question, why king emerge of the mocha why he was chosen. he was chosen in part because he was new in town and he had not made any be shipped. there were other leaders who had been there a while and a were void if they chose one of those leaders the others would resist cooperating. so came because he was in town, reputation of being a great speaker wasme asked to be the spokesman of the movement at first. he was not asked to be the president of the montgomery improvement association. but when he found his voice, when the crowds responded to an end that way, it became clear he had the power, the potential to lead. so i would

brutality of what happened when, when john lewis and all those were trying to cross the edmund pettus bridge it took it took a lot of work over our history to do what we have accomplished thus far and we have to remain committed. >> but how do you convince republican centers as you just said well, part but, but, but we'll part of it is that their constituents are part of this. >> i mean, we have plenty of folks folks who want this, who live in districts where they serve. and this is the point, this gets back to the earlier point of that. he can't let him by, take you out of the game by not voting you got it the solutions and maybe this is the point you're making about pred look, president obama set the solutions are not going to happen just overnight. and the solutions that we all want are not going to happen in totality because of one election but here's the thing. the things that we want and are prepared to fight for won't happen if we're not active if we don't participate, we cannot allow circumstances to take us out the game because then basically what we're saying is all those people wh

and then also secondly, it is troubling to see king kneeled and around and not cross edmund pettus bridge. it was tough because diverse clergy who flew in reeb and james reeb and lee jackson and louisa viola lewis. so they lost their lives. but dr. king's life was not in vain. so how do we how do we take those moments where we say let's look at our leader as as courageous but human? one december 1st, 1955. and then at that bridge where king said he knelt, but he had to turn around. so the first question why king emerged at that moment, why he was chosen. you're right. he was chosen in part because he was new in town and he hadn't made enemies yet. and there were other leaders who had been there a while. they worried that if they chose one of those leaders, the others would resist cooperating. so. king because he was new in town because he had a reputation for being a great speaker, was asked to be the spokesman of the movement. at first, he was not asked to be the the president of the montgomery improvement. he but when he found his voice, when when the crowd's response ended to him in th

when there are moments like the march on washington in 1963 when you think what happened on the pettus bridge. yeah there were people marching there too. they were organized they were disciplined. but were doing it for good. you can something like that and you can make it evil. plenty of examples that and you were right to point that out. you can also make it for good. and a lot of that is going to depend on the hearts and the minds of the people who are part it and who are its leaders. because at the end of the day you can take anything and pervert it for evil you can take elections and pervert them for evil elections are supposed to be the hallmarks of democracy, but you can use elections to pervert the soviet union had election forms all the time. what did that. well in the catalog of human behavior once said the line of evil runs through everyone and everything. and it is people who must make the decision. will we do this for good, or will we do this for evil? that's where the real struggle is. not whether you're wearing a cape or not wearing a cape, what really makes the difference is wh

when there are moments like the march on washington in 1963 when you think what happened on the pettus bridge. yeah there were people marching there too. they were organized they were disciplined. but were doing it for good. you can something like that and you can make it evil. plenty of examples that and you were right to point that out. you can also make it for good. and a lot of that is going to depend on the hearts and the minds of the people who are part it and who are its leaders. because at the end of the day you can take anything and pervert it for evil you can take elections and pervert them for evil elections are supposed to be the hallmarks of democracy, but you can use elections to pervert the soviet union had election forms all the time. what did that. well in the catalog of human behavior once said the line of evil runs through everyone and everything. and it is people who must make the decision. will we do this for good, or will we do this for evil? that's where the real struggle is. not whether you're wearing a cape or not wearing a cape, what really makes the difference is wh

when you think about what happened on the pettus bridge there are people marching there.they were organized, they were disciplined. they were doing it for good. you can take something like that and make it evil. there are plenty of examples of that. you can also make it for good. a lot of that will depend on the hearts and minds of people who are part of it and the leaders. at the end of the day you can take anything. you can take election sent prevent them from evil. you can use elections to prevent things. the soviet union had elections all the time. what did that do? in the catalog of human behavior, the line of evil runs through everyone and everything. it is people who must make the decision. will we do this for good or will he do this for evil. that's when the real struggle is. not whether you are wearing a cape or not wearing a cape. what really makes the difference is what comes out of the heart. you can take something and make it the worst possible result imaginable are you can also make it something that will produce the greatest good. it all comes down to the m

as our ancestors did on the edmund pettus bridge, and at the east l.a.walk out, and on the national mall in 1963. now it's our turn. now we must do the work. i would like to say that this work isn't about collective guilt. it's about collective responsibility. we have the responsibility to our ancestors and to the generations that come behind us to take on this work and advance this movement. we are united today. now we must do the work to ensure that we are united tomorrow. we must do the work to ensure our movement continues to stand up to injustice. we must do the work to raise our voices and the voices of the oppressed. martin luther king, jr. did not march from selma to montgomery alone. one person cannot carry the torch of our movement. we are united here today to share different worries, different solutions, and different hopes. but each with the same goal, to build a beloved community and continue to feed the flame of peace, of justice and equity for all. thank you all very much for joining us. i hope that you will continue to be a a part of our

took the brutality of what happened when john lewis and all those were trying to cross the edmund pettus bridgetook a lot of work over our history to do what we have accomplished thus far. and we have to remain committed. >> how do you convince republican senators as you just said? >> part of it is that their constituents are part of this. i mean, we have plenty of folks who want this, who live in districts where they serve. and this is the point, this gets back to the earlier point about you can't let anybody take you out of the game by not voting. the solutions and maybe this is the point you're making about what president obama is saying, the solutions are not going to happen just overnight, and the solutions that we all want are not going to happen in totality because of one election, but here's the thing. the things that we want and are prepared to fight for won't happen if we're not active and if we don't participate. we cannot allow circumstances to take us out of the game because then basically what we're saying is all those people who are obstructionists, who are standing in the way of

lewis' speech that day and his heroism at the edmund pettus bridge in 1965 where he nearly died after the civil rights movement where he would remain until his death in 2020 after serving 17 terms in the u.s. house of representatives where i had the great, great honor of making a friendship with him there. the remarkable life and legacy of the late congressman is the subject of the new comprehensive biography titled "john lewis, a life" and the book's author david greene brg joins us now. he's a professor of history at rutgers university. thank you so much. it's such an unlikely story. if you will, talk about how this shy as "the new york times" said, how the shy alabama farm boy grew up to be the one that helped drive the stake into the heart of jim crow. >> it is an amazing story. i think even readers who know john lewis from the television, know him from those years in congress, are going to learn a lot about him from the book. he comes really, as you say, abject poverty. his parents were sharecroppers who scraped together enough to buy their own plot of land. one of ten siblings r

took the brutality of what happened when john lewis and all those were trying to cross the edmund pettus bridge. it took a lot of work over our history to do what we have accomplished thus far. and we have made commit. >> howdy convince republican senators, as you just said? >> part of it is that their constituents are part of this. i mean we have plenty of folks who want this provision districts where they serve and this is the point come this gets back to earlier point about you can't get in but teacher out of the gain by not voting. the solutions, and maybe this is a point you're making but what president obama said. the solutions are not going to happen just overnight, and the solutions that we all want i'm not going to happen in totality because of one election. here's the thing. the things we want and are prepared to fight for happen if were not active and if we don't participate. we cannot allow circumstances to take us out of the gain because they basically what we're saying is almost people who work obstructionists who are standing in a way a change are winning. because they're convinc

the brutality of what happened when john lewis and all those who were trying to cross the edmund pettus bridge this far. we have to remain committed. charlemagne: how do you convince republican senators? vice pres. harris: part of it is that their constituents are part of this. we have plenty of folks who want this who live in districts where they serve. this gets back to the earlier point, you cannot let anybody take you out of the game by not voting. the solutions, and maybe this is the point you're making about what president obama said. the solutions will not happen just overnight and the solutions that we all want are not going to happen in totality because of one election. but here's the thing. the things we want and are prepared to fight for will not happen if we are not active and if we don't participate. we cannot allow circumstances to take us out the game. then basically what we are saying is all those people who are obstructionist and standing in the way of change, they are winning. they are convincing people that it can't be done, so take yourself out. don't participate. look at t