Saturday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern, here on American History tv. I have a dream this afternoon, that one day right here in detroit 1963 it, would be here where dr. Martin luther king gave his portion of the i have a dream speech. Announcer continuing our tour of detroits history with historian and tour guide, we had back downtown to cobo center, which is low coded on the banks of the detroit river. So we are in downtown detroit, at what is now cobo center. It was built in 1960 as cobo hall and cobo arena, named after the former mayor, who was a supporter of housing segregation. When this was built, it became the Main Convention center for the city of detroit. In 1963, it would be here where dr. Martin luther king, after leaving one of the largest civil rights marches in americas history, 125,000 people, would come here to listen to a portion of the i have a dream speech on june 23, 1963. He gave the portion of that speech right here in detroit two months before he gives it in washington. People in detroit already had a preview of one of the most famous speeches in American History. I have a dream this afternoon, that my four little children, my four little children will not come up in the same young days that i came up within. They will be judged on the basis of the content of the character, not the color of their skin. Dream this afternoon, that one day right here in detroit, need gross will be able to buy a house anywhere their money will carry them. They will be able to get it. An organization in the city of detroit, called the rally and reverend albert clay junior and Benjamin Mcfall who owned a string of Funeral Homes these three prominent africanamerican men in the city of detroit organized the organization to deal with civil rights issues, including housing segregation. They believed that a march that would highlight these issues in the city of detroit would do two things. One, call africanamericans to pay more attention to civil rights nationally, but also attach people all over the country to the issues of civil rights in the north. What it does in the city of detroit is cement and already growing connection between labor and civil rights. Walter reuther, at that time the head of the uaw, is going to be one of the leaders of the march as well. He is going to join the march. Even governor romney will send a representative. The mayor of the city of detroit, they all join this march. It is a merging of political liberal, the Labor Movement, and civil rights, and that is going to cement and already growing bond between liberals and the Democratic Party in the city of detroit with the Labor Movement, and with civil rights leaders. I have a dream this afternoon, that the brotherhood of man will become a reality in this age, with this face. The hope to the mountain of despair. With this faith, i will go up with you in transform those yesterdays and to break tomorrows. With this faith, we will be able to achieve this new day, when all of gods children, black men and white men, jews and gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing with the negro in the spiritual of old, free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last. And it really looks like detroit is on the right path with the major civil rights march. No violence, no real destruction of property, the distraction between the Political Leadership in the state of michigan with the Labor Movement and civil rights. It looks like a model city. It is handling civil rights and race issues in a better fashion than many of the other large cities. Coding of that is really another issue that is going on in the city of detroit, and that is a deep issue of housing segregation, school inequality, police brutality, and even growing job discrimination, and many other factors. Those issues, which are deepseated and not going away, they look better after this march, but they are still there. They are going to erupt in 1967. 1967, for years after the speech at cobo hall, violence broke out in detroit. Clashes between mainly africanamericans and Detroit Police because the deadliest uprising in the citys history. In 1967 rebellion began on july 23, after an overnight police raid in the northwest part of the city. Violence and property destruction lasted for five days until michigan governor George Romney ordered the Army National guard, and president johnson called federal troops into detroit. In the end, 43 people died. Nearly 1200 were injured. More than 2000 buildings were destroyed. Announcer 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 citiestour. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Announcer photographer David Leventhal uses small toys to recreate Iconic Images and scenes from American History and popular culture. Next on American History tv, mr. Leventhal is joined by joanna marsh, curator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibit, american myth and memory. David leventhal photographs, for a conversation about his career and unique approach to image making. Good evening. Conversation between photographer david