we re back with msnbc one contributor and columnist, and then our professor, and we want to play the clip from dr. king on meet the press. we got to spend the we can going through all meet the press archives, and this is a gate clip of dr. king talking about the nonviolent direct action and demonstrations. dr. king, to follow-up the question, recent polls suggest that in terms of national reaction, demonstrations are now counter productive, by continuing them, don t you run the risk of doing more harm than good? again, i contend that we are
ms. hall. i want to play the clip for meet the press. we got to spend the we can going through all meet the press archives, and this is a gate clip of dr. king talking about the nonviolent direct action and demonstrations. dr. king, to follow-up the question, recent polls suggest that in terms of national reaction, demonstrations are now counter productive, by continuing in them don t you do the risk of doing more harm than good? again, i contend that we are not doing more harm than good in demonstrations because i think demonstrations serve the purpose of bringing the issues out in the open. i have never felt that demonstrations could actually solve the problem.