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Asking to be served. today the counter is still here, the building now the international civil rights museum. we came here so many times when i was a child. i ve eaten right along the seats. i wasn t allow today eat at the counter. when we talk about juneteenth and moving forward and where we go to, you and i can sit down and eat together. we can break bread together. alex and odel formed friendship. believing that their shared faith is strong enough to bridge the cultures. we don t want to offend but we want to make people comfortably uncomfortable. following the union army s capture of richmond, virginia the confederate president and cabinet members fled south stopping in this hamlet where they held a series of secret meetings. lauren: it s believed near the spot a decision was made in 1965
Country is grappling with the reality of what it means to be truly free and equal. christian ministers are working to find common ground at the birthplace of the civil rights movement. they always ask me is he a racist, do i think he s a racist. lauren: odel cleveland and alex are pastors in the south who grew up during violent years that brought integration. it was here in north carolina at the world war in 1960 that four black college students defied segregation laws and sat down asking to be served. today the counter is still here. the building now the international civil rights museum. we came here so many times when i was a child. i ve eaten right along the seats. i wasn t allowed to eat at the counter. so when we talk about juneteenth and moving forward and where we go to, so now you and i can sit down and eat together. we can break bread together. lauren: formed a friendship to answer questions of where we are