and then i had such an attitude, i said, we ll have this and that and i won t do this or that and then at the end of the conversation, i heard, okay. and so i said, okay, we ll do that then. we ll bring you back that s it? up that quick? no, you re not finished. i ll bring you back. and i have movie ideas for you. tamron hall, melissa, you know, we got a thing. we can do this. tyler perry, we ll be right back. thank you. coming up, stefy wu stefy wonder, back on stage at the apollo. and corey booker, how he is advancing the dream. and condoleezza rice, on the day that may have changed her life. someone called the church to say a bomb went off at 16th street. we felt the explosion. this is an msnbc special. advancing the dream live from the apollo. [ male announcer ] at hebrew national,
awful day in september when 16th straight baptist church was bombed. somebody called the church to say this a bomb had gone off at 16th street. we felt the explosion. oh really? at your church? my dad s church was only about two miles from 16th street baptist church. it was like the ground shook. and i remember pretty soon we were starting to hear that these little girls had been killed and then the names started to come out. and of course, everybody knew one of those little girls. and for kids in birmingham, my age, i was eight, it was, how could these people hate us so much. what is this? your dad actually add watchman group on the block. my father and his friends formed a brigade to keep the community safe. they had their shifts with their weapons out there to keep night
there is a clerk down there and she is actually a republican. and if you will just say you re a republican, she ll register you because she want to get as many republicans as she can. so he went down, said he was republican. she registered him. he stayed true to his word and he was a republican the rest of his life. a lot of people don t know, that generation, our parent were all my mother and father were republicans. i think they changed to democrat with kennedy and that was the norm. it was the norm. because democratic party in the south were the dixie cras. were the dixie crats. you actually knew some of the four girls bombed at 16th street i knew denise very well. denise s family was in our neighborhood. her dad was the photographer at everybody s birthday party and everybody s wedding. and i will never forget that
it was the norm because the democratic party in the south were the dixiecrats. now you in birmingham you actually knew some of the four girls that were bombed at the 16th street i knew denise mcnair very well. her family was in our neighborhood. her dad was a photographer at everybody s birthday partyies. and everybody s wedding. and i will never forget that awful day in september when 16th street baptist church was bombed. somebody called the church to say that a bomb had gone off at 16th street. we felt that the explosion really? my dad s church was only about two miles from 16th street baptist church and so it was like the ground shook. and i remember pretty soon we were starting to hear that these little girls had been killed. and then the names started to come out.
four girls that were bombed at 16th street baptist church? i knew denise very well. denise s family was in our neighborhood. her dad was a photographer at everybody s birthday party and everybody s wedding. and i will never forget that awful day in september when 16th street baptist church was bombed. somebody called the church to say that a bomb had gone off at 16th street. we felt the explosion. oh, really? at your church right. my dad s church was only about two miles from 16th street baptist church so it was like the ground shook. and i remember sooner, pretty soon we were starting to hear that these little girls had been killed and then the names started to come out and, of course, everybody knew one of those little girls. and for kids in birmingham my age, i was 8, it was, you know, how could these people hate us