house of representatives who have jumped into our present day and we believe into ou history in a way that we haven t seen, as he pointed out, since martin luther king was 2 years old, when he came to prominence as a civil rights leader it is what feels like a terrible moment for the country, but out of it there are thes absolute lightning sparks of hope in the form of those thre lawmakers who have bee unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, fo
unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, four, quote, parading without a permit. that was during a protes against segregation in birmingham dr. martin luther king was sentenced to a birmingham jail after the united auto worker paid his 160,000 dollar bail back, dr. king was release from that jail, eight days later. on april 20th. while in that jail, dr. king was in a dark cell, alone, wit no mattress, and was denied an phone calls. he was smuggled
meant never. we must come to see with the distinguished jurist o yesterday that justice too lon delayed is justice denied. there comes a time when the cu of endure and runs over, and men are no longer willing to b plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experienc the bleakness of corroding despair. i submit, that an individual who breaks a law tha conscience tells him is on and willingly accepts the penalt by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the communit over its injustice is in reality expressing the ver highest respect for law. today in tennessee, th tennessee three invoked th legacy of dr. martin luthe king jr. when they spoke i
yesterday that justice too lon delayed is justice denied. there comes a time when the cu of endure and runs over, and men are no longer willing to b plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experienc the bleakness of corroding despair. i submit, that an individual who breaks a law tha conscience tells him is on and willingly accepts the penalt by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the communit over its injustice is in reality expressing the ver highest respect for law. today in tennessee, th tennessee three invoked th legacy of dr. martin luthe king jr. when they spoke i memphis outside the lorain motel where dr. king was assassinated in 1968 it is now a museum they began last week as thre members of the tennessee house of representatives subjected t an expulsion vote by the republican majority in the house. the week ended wit representative gloria johnso surviving the vote to expe her. between the votes that did actually expel our first guest tonight, representative just