Transcripts For CSPAN3 Martin Luther King The Walk To Freedom 20240714

Mayor of the city who was a supporter of housing segregation. Convention the main center. It would be here, dr. Martin luther king jr. , after leaving one of the largest civil rights marches, 125,000 people would come here to listen to him give a portion of the i have a dream speech. He gives a portion of that speech right here in the city of detroit, two months before he gives it in washington dc. People in detroit already had a preview of one of the most famous speeches in American History. I have a dream this afternoon. My four little children will not the same young days i came up with. They will be judged on the basis of the content of their character, not the color of their skin. I have a dream this afternoon. Detroit,ight here in neat rows will be able to buy a house or rent a house anywhere that their money will carry them. They will be able to get a job. And organization in the city of detroit called the council for human rights, was also the father of aretha franklin, and benjamin mcfall, who owned funeral homes, these three men an organization to deal with housing segregation. Y believed a march wood to would do two things. Attach people all over the countrys eyes on the issue of civil rights in the north and places like detroit. Aat it does, it cements growing connection between labor and civil rights. Head of the uaw is going to be one of the leaders. He is going to join the march. Even governor romney is going to send a representative. The mayor, they all joined this march. It is a merging of political liberals and civil rights. That is going to cement a growing bond between liberals with the Labor Movement and civil rights leaders. Have a dream this afternoon. The brotherhood of man will become a reality. Out. L go carving a tunnel of hope to the mountain of despair. I will go out with you and transform yesterdays into bright tomorrows. We will be able to achieve this new day. Childrenof gods protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing with the need in the spiritual the spiritual of old. Free at last. It looks like detroit is on the right path. A major civil rights march happens. No violence or destruction of property. A connection between the political leadership. With the Labor Movement and civil rights. It looks like detroit is a model city. It is handling race issues in a better fashion than many other large cities. That is coding coating another issue, housing segregation, police brutality, and even job discrimination. Those issues which are deepseated and not going away, they look better after this march but they are still there. T in are going to erup 1967. Four years later, detroit violence broke out. Clashes between africanamericans and Detroit Police because the deadliest uprising in the citys history. The rebellion began to lie 23rd after a police raid. Violence and property dear instruction lasted for five days thel George Romney ordered Army National guard and president johnson called federal troops into detroit. More than 2000 buildings were destroyed. Our cities tour staff recently traveled to detroit, michigan to learn about its rich history. To watch more video from detroit and other stops on our tour, visit cspan. Org cities tour. Youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Next, on lectures in history, Lafayette College Professor Robert weiner teaches a class on the origins of world war ii in europe. He describes how the british and french governments initially saw soviet russia as a bigger threat that the fascists in germany and italy. He argues that some leaders reluctance to end a war led to military unpreparedness