from dr. king in the hall where aretha was referencing. talk to me about her commitment to civil rights and social justice. orisha learnaretha learned f father, learned from dr. kings and others. she learned from the young people during the freedom rise, during the sit ins and the marches. she is so right. dr. king appeared at cobo hall and led this march through the streets of detroit two months before the march on washington. and some of the speech that he delivered on august 28, 1963, he had delivered part of that speech at cobo hall. i ve been to that hall a few times. and he inspired the people there. so hundreds and thousands of people who had heard him in
and a moment like that was a one moment in time, a historical moment when he walked in cobalt hall. the sound was thunderous. we have some pictures that we ll put up from 1963 of dr. king in the hall where aretha was referencing. talk to me about her commitment to siccivil rights and social justice. aretha learned from her father. learned from dr. king and others. she learned from the young people during their freedom rise. during the sit-ins and the marches. she is so right. dr. king appeared and led this march through the streets of detroit to months before the march on washington. and some of the speech that he
17, i met rosa parks when i was 17, met dr. king when i was 18, president obama would have been with us. he would have been with us during the freedom rise, during the march on washington, during the march from selma to montgomery. he has a caring heart. and i wish somehow and some way other people would learn from him. we re talking about 2020 and two years away and there s a lot of speculation on who might run for the democratic party. after that speech by oprah the other night at the golden globes a lot of people were saying maybe oprah should be the person to challenge donald trump. do you think oprah would make a good candidate? well, oprah is smart. she s gifted and i would leave it up to oprah to make that decision but if she got out there to run, i m sure many of us would be supportive and pushing her along and playing
understanding among all people. [applause] the honorable john r. lewis. from his activism in the civil rights movement to his nearly 25 years in the house of representatives he dedicated his life to shattering barriers and fighting injustice. the son of share croppers from alabama, he rose with courage, fortitude and purpose to organize students in if the freedom rise. the youngest speaker at the 1963 march and washington, a fearless
they re colored. and then the freedom rise of 1961, remember the turmoil and the fight they went through and that s why we are having the pro-life freedom ride now this year as a matter of fact next week. all of the activities causing people artificially to hate each other. that s what is coming against you. the artificialness of it. well, we can t go and stand with glenn because it look like this. that s ridiculous. or his eyes were this way and my eyes was that way. that s wrong, that s wrong. glenn: i will tell you this. this is such a moment in history. al sharpton was right. i couldn t relate to it. i still can t relate to it. i say to people all the time. you have not received a baton to the head. you have not had somebody hose you down or stick you have not had a separate water fountain. none of us have. that look like me. we haven t had it. but you don t have to go through it to understand it. glenn: no, but there is a