the nobel peace prize but he wasn t done yet he continued to organize peaceful protests and marches which are often met with violence from authorities and pro segregationists. in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight king was helping organize sit ins against economic inequality when he was shot and killed in a hotel room in memphis tennessee he was only thirty nine years old. king s legacy still reigns over civil rights debates from the south african anti-apartheid movements to the modern day black lives matter and pro-gun control marches political change makers all over the world use king s teachings and writings as inspiration even fifty years after his death. or for more i m joined here in the studio by sebastian york she s a professor of american history of the john f. kennedy institute of free anniversary thanks for being with us this morning as we
no. i don t understand the index. the media, that s their history. some people in the democratic party today praised those people that were involved in that history. here is another fact the media is ignoring. george wallace, one of the most racist pro-segregationists in history, democrat for most of his political career. remember the former klansman, wasn t that long ago, robert byrd filibustered the civil rights act for over 14 hours before voting against it. other well known democrats, to vote no that s bill clinton s mentor j. william fulbright and al gore sr., once again you would think democrats would denounce and force those type of people out of their party but democrats did the complete opposite especially robert byrd, former klansman, hillary clinton, we ve got the tape praising him as her mentor after he died. take a look.