they going to handle this situation. governor wallace ordered 500 alabama national guardsmen. at the moment they are under his control. it would require more than the pen to place them at the disposal of kennedy. national guard units are commanded by a governor unless they are federalized and the president becomes their commander in chief. kennedy had to make the decision what to do next. president kennedy has done some significant things in civil rights. at the same time, i must say that president kennedy hadn t done enough, and we must remind him that we elected him. [ applause ] under a siring alabama sun
a demonstration again? we want our freedom and we want it now. open hostility towards the civil rights. black power! this is the wrong way! we talk about it as separation of the races, customs
serious white backlash against the entire civil rights movement. the nation suddenly learned what it should have known, that racial prejudice was not just a southern problem, it was nationwide. whites in the north formerly could comfort themselves by pointing an accusing finger at the south, they could do so no longer. once again showing open hostility towards the civil rights demonstrators. these people here are firmly opposed to these marches. moreover, they don t see where they serve any useful purpose. most of the national press categorizes chicago as a defeat for king. i can say that i have never seen even in mississippi and alabama mobs as hostile and as hate-filled as have i seen in chicago. there was a growing feeling that king s movement wasn t working. he had lost a lot of support
slogan, nationally or internationally. it is real that black people can come together and start determining for their lives how they re going to live and controlling their economic and political lives. so it means you have to build a movement so strong in this 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 it. you talk about loving these honkies to death. during these reebel ons, brother, you have to stop looting 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
the nobel peace prize and a gold medal. some critics have charged that the nobel peace prize was not appropriately given this year. what is your reaction to that one? well, first i want to say that i don t think the peace prize was given to me personally, and i don t accept it as a personal honor. i think it is rather a tribute to the wise restraint of discipline, and dignity with which negroes and white persons of good will have carried out the whole struggle for civil rights. by the end of 1964, dr. king is aware that the one major southern civil rights challenge that had not been dealt with in the 1964 civil rights act was voter registration.