sncc thought it would be like a big show come a march in washington where as they wanted to march onhington. it is really the events in birmingham, alabama, earlier in the year which forced the leadership -- this comes from the grassroots. it forces the leadership to say, well, now we have to have a march. we have to do something. the story of that year is the leaders literally -- figuratively running to catch up which on the day they literally did because they go to meet the people in congress and the march start without them. they have to kind of run to catch up. the picture that looks like they're leading the march, they are near the front but they are not at the front. they just cleared people to make it look as though it was. there is an interesting moment where king and randolph and others are in -- speaking to kennedy a week or so before the march. kennedy is trying to get them to call it off. randolph says, "we what legislation on the hill, not a big show, not negroes in the streets." randolph says, "the negr are already on the streetoes and i doubt if we call the they will c

speech. >> reporter: cox worked alongside the 23-year-old activist john lewis who was chairman of sncce it down to look less critical of the kennedy civil rights bill, which they felt it did not go far enough to protect people from police brutality. >> and there we were in back of the little car to revise the speech. >> that must have been incredible. >> yes, and after all of that controversy, john got up there to deliver a very good speech. >> we come without reservation. >> reporter: this week, flanagan brought his daughter bax to the place history was made. he'll be back saturday. >> this is where the entertainers were. >> reporter: cox is going to prefer to stay away, and he says that the marching days are behind him. both agree that much was accomplished that i dashgs but the work is not over. >> while we are better today than in 1963, we are not where we thought we would be 60 years on. >> we have succeeded in a number of things of the past, but we have to do much more for the future. >> reporter: both mr. cox and mr. flanagan express grave concern as well as civil right leaders

got is internal documents that the fbi sought to infiltrate catholic church diocese to combat direct sncc this case. there is an actual shortage of families for foster children. they want families to swear that you will engage in top surgery, bottom surgery, if your child wants it? is that where we are? >> yeah, unfortunately, that's exactly where we are and exactly why the burks were denied. the reviewers said otherwise this family is perfectly fit. the problem was that they wouldn't be affirming to lgbtq views that the state held. and for that reason and that reason alone, the state said these good folks cannot foster. they did it at a time when they don't have enough foster parents and they have kids that are stashing in hospitals according to the boston globe for 30 or 40 days at a time. they are letting their fights about politics and sex harm those children. >> this is not only religious discrimination, this raises the issue as to whether or not this issue of whether or not you will affirm a transitioning of a child. why is that even relevant? why is that a question for adopting or

reporter: cox worked alongside then 23-year-old civil rights activist john lewis, who was the chairman of sncc the two men as they re-wrote the speech to tone it down, to make it less critical of the kennedy administration's civil rights bill, which they felt didn't go far enough to protect people from police brutal. >> reporter: john lewis and jim foreman myself were in the back of the lincoln memorial, rechanging john lewis' speech to make sure that while it was critical, it was not negative. >> reporter: that had to be an incredible moment? >> but what was more incredible to me is that john got up after all of that controversy and delivered a fantastic speech. >> it is true that we support the miadministration's civil rights bill. we support it with great reservation, however. >> i have never been here before. >> reporter: this week, flanagan brought his daughters back to the place where history was made. cox prefers to stay away this time, saying that his marching days are behind him. both agree wile much was accomplished that day, the work is not over. >> we are still, while we are in a m