0 present. one of those continuing dr. king s work is his son, dr. martin luther king iii, reflecting earlier on how much work we still have to do to achieve his father s vision from 50 years ago. let s take a listen. the vision preached by my father a half century ago was that his four little children would one day live in a nation where they would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. however, sadly, the tears of trayvon martin s mother and father remind us that far too frequently, the color of one s skin remains a license to profile, to arrest, and to even murder with no regard for the content of one s character. let s bring in our guests this afternoon. stan was here 50 years ago as a member of the original local organizing committee for the march in 19 63. he s also the author of the edge of politics. edith lee payne attended the march on her 12th birthday 50 years ago with her mother. this iconic photo of her as a young girl will d
0 dr. joseph lowrie, the dean himself. it s an honor you re here with us tonight as well as tomorrow. you are one of the only survivors that was in leadership 50 years ago. a cofounder of the sclc where dr. king chaired the board, became president. and you lived to tell us. and you live to do the invocation for the first african-american president of the united states barack obama. benediction. the benediction. get it straight. you closed. last word. you had the last word. all right. well, dr. lowrie, how do you feel? first of all, let s go back. how was those times? because people don t realize this wasn t just a bus outing coming to washington. there was major struggles in the south. james farmer who headed one of the civil rights groups couldn t even make it, he was in jail. there had been blood shed. would be a non-violent experiment. a non-violent experience. and surely enough there wasn t a single arrest that i recall made. there was no violence. people were joyful. p
0 without fearing for their safety because that place, like all american restaurants, would be an integrated restaurant now. they put a historic marker at that site just the other day. 50 years of the sit-in at that wol wolworth s in jackson, m mississip mississippi. as you can see from this picture, the store is gone. in its place is a bunch of redeveloped stuff including a parking garage. that old place with all the restaurants crowded around in that neighborhood. not just the woolworths. that place is gone. the southern part of the united states did get forced to abolish its segregation laws, but it was a bloody, bloody fight. throughout the old confederacy, white people were asked first as a matter of conscience, and then finally they were ordered as a matter of justice to integrate on racial lines. and when the white people who had control of the laws and the government and the schools and the businesses, when the fight to hold on to segregation laws was a lost fight and they knew
inauguration in january. including a public memorial service, held yesterday at evers gravesite at arlington national cemetery. the nation was built and it continues to be improved by patriots like medgar evers. next time you hear people complaining in washington about what a rough business democracy is, we might want to remember what it was like 50 years ago and the sacrifices that were made. we also heard from mrs. evers williams, a civil rights pioneer herself, working to carry medgar s legacy forward. and i can hear medgar s voice saying, i thank you all for believing in me but it s really not necessary. just get out there and prove that you believe in me. and you believe in my country
0 you can talk about fiscal displan or being a budget hawk but what kind of budget hawk does this and what kind of budget hawk are you when deficits are coming down because the economy is coming up. president obama will leave office. they can go after him and personalize is all they like but they cannot touch him. the next democratic nominee will say, i m bringing about some change and you are with the democratic agenda voters at large. republicans have to get on to a position that voters like and stop personalizing it because they are going to face a disaster and lose their third in a row. but jamal, food stamps, 45% of the recipients are children. and many people stopping me around the country, writing us, e-mailing us saying that democrats ought to be fighting more. when you re talking about taking away food stamps from children, i mean, why aren t we seeing more aggressive fighting from the democrats in exposing this and fighting on behalf of the people that they want to vote for