king's paper, trayvon carson, he joins us from stanford. ♪ ♪ >>> "amanpour on pbs" was made possiblethe generous support of rosalynn p. walter. >>> good evening, earn, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. 50 years ago on the balcony of the lorraine motel in memphis, a man who had dedicated an entire life to non-violent protest was

king's paper, trayvon carson, he joins us from stanford. ♪ ♪ >>> "amanpour on pbs" was made possiblethe generous support of rosalynn p. walter. >>> good evening, earn, and welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. 50 years ago on the balcony of the lorraine motel in memphis, a man who had dedicated an entire life to non-violent protest was brutally assassinated. america's most famous civil rights leader martin luther king jr. cut down at the age of just 39 and eerily, just one day after he delivered his final and prophetic speech in which he worried about his own survival and that of his movements. >> i looked over, and i've seen the promise land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promise land. i have seen the glory of the coming of the lord. >> and indeed in the 50 years since his death there has been undoubtedly been progress in black america. there is a black middle class and the country has elected its first plaqblack president and t came this anguished reaction on the night of donald trump's election