Thank you all for coming out. What a Beautiful Day to make history again. Inthis very day 50 years ago this very spot, dr. Martin luther king jr. Came to king street to deliver his march on ballot boxes speech. 8, 1966,nday, may mothers day, just as it is today, and now we gather on these hallowed grounds, 50 years later, to remember that important day in the history of king street and williams gstree and williamsburg, South Carolina. Thank you for being here for this importance occasion. When dr. King spoke your on may a rainy afternoon as you will see it was his first major public appearance in South Carolina. Speeches in three the state of South Carolina and defined not mistaken, the other two locations were in charleston and orange. Ree firstme to kingst and he came here after the passage of the Voting Rights act of 1965. He came as a result of mr. Virgil dimly of the funeral home who came to atlanta, camped out, took up residence outside dr. King pro office for three days, hounded
She said to me, on that day, i want you to see what you can be when you grow up. I will never forget that day. I thought about that day while we stood here in this field. Now i said to bakari a few ago, this day has even more significance to me. At the time that we came here, i was also serving as chairman of the board of directors of the shaw boys club in charleston, South Carolina. Many of you may not recognize shaw. Me robert gould Robert Gould Shaw was the quiet kernel colonel who commanded the 54th regiment. And to see here today reenactors of the 54th regiment participate in this program and reflect back on that day, this day has significant meaning to me in the way that you would not believe. [applause] heres what i want to say about today. I dont know if i ever thought, while standing on these grounds 50 years ago, that i would be back here 50 years later, as your representative to the United States congress. But i am. And its because of what was launched that day. Remember wat
Agreement to destorerestore diplomatic relations for the first time in more than 50 years. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning to you. Im pamela brown in for carol costello. Thank you for being with us today. We begin with breaking news out of greeleyville South Carolina. Were expecting a News Conference to begin at any moment now. These are live pictures of their town hall. Officials are expected to speak about the fire that burned the mt. Zion ame church last night, the sixth black church to have burned in recent weeks. The fbi and atf havent linked these fires and there were reports of lightning in the area around the time of the fire. Our Victor Blackwell joins us from town hall in greeleyville South Carolina with r h. Whats the latest . Reporter were looking at members of the state house and state senate. I think theyre about to begin. Lets listen. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to greeleyville South Carolina that we affectionately refer to as the small town with a
deal of remorse. but at the same time we are never without hope. and so weeping indeed endures for a night but joy always comes in the morning. and so the commitment of the membership, the pastor reverend john taylor is to move forward and i want to thank county supervisor stanley paisley who s already indicated that they will help in providing us with temporary worship site until we can move forward. so again, we continue to lift up the mt. zion church family and pray that things will work out. thank you. at this time i want to present the state representative caesar mcknight who serves as representative of this area. representative? good morning. thank you, elder parrot. it s with a heavy heart that we
time we are never without hope. and so you know we ve been indeed indoors for a night, but joy always comes in the morning. so the commitment of the membership passed to reverend john taylor is to move forward, and i want to thank the county supervisor stanley paisley, who has already indicated they will help in providing us a temporary worship site until we can move forward. so again we continue to lift up the mt. zion church family and pray that things will work out. thank you. at this time i want to present state representative caesar mcknight who serves in this area. representative mcknight. good morning, and thank you,al deryou, al alder parrott.