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
was in a dark cell, alone, wit no mattress, and was denied an phone calls. he was smuggled a birmingham newspaper that had published a letter by eight white loca clergyman in response to civil rights protests in alabama in that letter, the whit clergymen wrote that they, quote, strongly urge our own equal community with her par withdraw support from thes demonstrations and to unit locally and working peacefully for a better birmingham. when rights are consistently denied, a cause should b pressed in the courts and in negotiations among local leaders, and not in th streets. look dr. king responded with a 21 page handwritten letter
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 a birmingham newspaper that had published a letter by eight white loca clergyman in response to civil rights protests in alabama in that letter, the whit clergymen wrote that they, quote, strongly urge our own equal community with her par withdraw support from thes demonstrations and to unit locally and working peacefully for a better birmingham. when rights are consistently denied, a cause should b pressed in the courts and in negotiations among local leaders, and not in th streets. look dr. king responded with a 21 page handwritten letter written in the darkness of tha