And out of the ten people that spoke that day, im the only one still around. Congratulations. Whats that . Congratulations. Thank you very much. It was a great moment in american life. You were his friend . Yeah. I got to know dr. King. I met him in 1958 when i was 18. But i first heard of him when i was 15 years old in the 10th grade. We worked together. We marched together. We got arrested together in selma, alabama. Have you ever heard this story before . Yes, i have. You have . I watched it on tv. You did . So you know about the sitins . The freedom ride . Yeah. People marching for the right to vote . You know, i was on the march from selma to montgomery. I was beaten. On march 7th, 1965, a group of us, about 600 people, black and white, many young people, some people who had just left church, decided to march from selma to montgomery, about 50 miles away, because people of color, black people in alabama, couldnt register to vote simply because of the color of their skin. And we de
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Members were contingent and unsecure with their jobs. Now its over 70 . That trend seems to be continuing. The trend of state legislatures defunding Higher Education gradually shifting the cost from taxpayers to students, thats now a 25 year trend. Trends like that dont always and quickly. I think theres a future for state funding in higher Public Education is not great. Both of those things do not mind mote bode well for maintaining Higher Education. If i were to recommend anything i would recommend the federal government pay for public Higher Education and make it freeforall children come to all americanamerican s. 60 billion a year and a couple of battleships left, we have actually made public Higher Education a genuine public good. I think without some fundamental change the quality is going to erode. Scientists all over the country having to choose the basic research that will bring in the most dollars. Rather they choose the research that will do the most good for the people in t