that means cnn original series the sixties is back tonight with the freedom fighters, the men and women who never fired a single shot but blazed the trail for civil rights. and one woman blazed the trail with a much different way, with a kiss on television. it is shocking to think how ground breaking that was. that was captain kirk and michelle nichols. their kiss on star trek is considered to be the first interracial kiss in the history of american television and it happened in 1968, which was a key year in the civil rights movement here in the united states. it s such a delight to welcome michelle nichols from los angeles.
training and dreaming for the u.s. national team come downs to one very big game tomorrow. we re going to preview it for you. that is in just a moment. first i want to tell you this, cnn s original series the sixties. make sure you watch tomorrow night nine p.m. eastern. i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. something happening here but what it is ain t exactly clear . hundreds and thousands of negro citizens of alabama denied the right to vote. we re willing to be beaten for democracy. we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. do you think you can keep birmingham in the present situation of segregation? i may not be able to do it, but i ll die trying. i thought i was going to die. stop, hey, what s that sound,
has nothing who rises to everything and then loses it all. in a moment of tragedy and trauma, the duties of this office fell upon me with america s sons in the field far away, with america s future under challenge right here at home, i have concluded that i should not permit the presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. accordingly, i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. thursday on the sixties . i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. we re marching today to demonstrate hundreds of thousands of negro citizens of alabama denied the right to vote. i thought we were going to be arrested. the major said troopers advance. i thought i was going to die.
trauma, the duties of this office fell upon me with america s sons in the field far away, with america s future under challenge right here at home, i have concluded that i should not permit the presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. accordingly, i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president. next thursday on the sixties. i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. we re marching today to demonstrate hundreds of thousands of negro citizens of alabama denied the right to vote. i thought we were going to be arrested. the major said troopers advance.
me as i walked through this center. with the conversations we had with people who helped to build this, they hoped that what was learned during that era can help to spur change as the fight continues for global human rights, lgbt rights, women s rights around the world. well, i can t wait to see it. you ll have to be my guide when i come down there to atlanta. i hope you ll take me through it. sure will. thank you, victor blackwell, good to see you, sir. you can learn a whole lot more about the civil rights movement, thursday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern time, our original series the sixties. it returns with stories of american freedom fighters. such a great series. loving every minute of it. coming up, since when is soccer all over the front page of the newspapers? since america didn t lose. i guess that s good, right? i don t know anything about soccer, but, boy, is it huge. we re going to take you to rio