. >> the third major character in this mess is william lloyd garrison and william lord garrison for those of you who are familiar, he led the abolitionist movement went on to become one of the most famous if not the most famous white male abolitionist in history. he was the founding editor of a periodical known as the liberator. and he also was involved in the founding of many of the principal and slavery societies that challenged slavery in 1830, 1840 and 1850s. and so this begins with a speech that he gave on independence day in 1829. and he gave the speech for the american colonization society and in 1820 the most prominent and powerful racial reform organization became the american colonization society, a society geared for ending free back black people back to africa. and thereby sort of encouraging the sort of gradual abolition of slavery and getting rid of those newly freed people and sending them back to africa. it was interesting for white. the time knew they had been hard geared against their will on shift and now the nation was talking about sending them back to africa on ships

william lord garrison. civil rights activists whose names aren't even that well known. like fred shuttlesworth. had his home bombed, his wife chain whipped, himself stabbed but kept on fighting for his impossible dream of america. these are ancestors. this is our roots. people who never surrender to circumstances who kept on dream i ing. i have to tell you right now when i hear my mom utter something from lewis carroll and it actually fortifies me as i get on a red eye to fly back to washington, in my head were the songs from a kid in a black church in new jersey, the songs being sung that my mom would impress upon me. you're hearing those now in the 1980s as a little boy, but those were the songs that sourced us. ain't nobody going to turn me around. ain't nobody going to turn me around. i'm going to keep on walking. i'm going to keep on talking. marching down to freedom land. one of my favorite songs i was playing in my apartment last night, different renditions of different choirs and groups was just this concept. of keeping your hand on the plow when my way gets dar