horrors of racial injustice. we remember the words of king and the actions of men like john lewis and the risks taken by thousands of demonstrators in part because of reporters who were on the front lines, taking the pictures and recording their stories. joining the panel is jeff nielson, director of archives at the saturday evening post, and back with us is also historian, jelani cobb. in this moment, as we're about to celebrate the 50th anniversary, what is the role of the press in social and political movements? pick one role of the press. >> i think it's important, as i look across, 50 years and even longer, the big difference was that 50 years ago, the black community, the white community had this great chasm between them, and there was no communication between each other and there was, for the early reporters, there was this great area to start introducing information. there was general acceptance,