country that if one black man is touched, every black man will rise up and let this country know they re not going to tolerate. you talk about loving these honkies to death. during these rebellions, you have to stop looking and start shooting. black power. the issue is one that moves across civil rights, moves across poverty. we get this explosion of violence. you have the watts riots. then subsequently riots in newark, in detroit. the riots spring to the fore the problems of inner city life. a consequence of a generation of neglect in america s urban centers. this happened on 12th street in detroit in july. next time it could happen downtown or in your town. when you stood on the lincoln memorial, you said i had a dream. did that dream envision the
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mind of the country. the movement begins with montgomery, becomes the sit-in campaign, the freedom ride, the birmingham campaign, the mississippi summer, the selma to montgomery march. history will record that those singular cumulative acts of courage transformed the south. transformed the country. we wanted to change america, make america better, not just for our generation, but for generation yet unborn. all of the civil rights, all the marches, all the people who have died in the civil rights struggle will have died in vain if once the opportunity, once the doors are open, no one is prepared for it. i know there s got to be several young people here who are like 5
demonstration nonviolent. it will be peaceful. it will be dignified and disciplined. and i think it will have a great impact. in my judgment, there was perhaps only one man or woman in america who could have put that march together, and it was bayard rustin. in any movement we need the cooperation of the best minds, many of which are white, as well as black. rustin was simply an organizational genius. he was the best and the brightest. do you feel that the president s civil rights program is actually not needed? i don t think it s needed. and furthermore, i think it s unconstitutional. segregationist senators like strom thurmond are attempting to trumpet the fact that bayard is known to be gay as a way to undercut the march. there was an effort to block rustin being selected.
but the attorney general gets new power to bring suits against racial discrimination in voting, in public accommodations, in education, in employment. if a court finds you guilty of violating some part of the civil rights law, and if you continue violating the law, you can be fined or put in jail until you stop violating the law. three civil rights workers have disappeared in mississippi. still have not been heard from. so far only one clue, the burned out station wagon in which the three were last seen riding there is little hope that they are still alive. schwerner, chaney and goodman were found shot to death in a grave at the base of a recently built dam just six miles from the city of philadelphia. their bodies wrapped in plastic bags numbered one, two, and three were taken to the state medical center in jackson for identification and examination. the two white boys were shot