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from the bus boycott in monger, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually nothing happened in the arena of civil rights. it was dead, absolutely dead, even martin luther king said that. in 1960 things did change dramatically in greensboro. . greensboro is the origin of all the events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960. i happened to be there. mcneil happened to be there. when you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track the train is rolling on. that track is what divides white from black. that s what separates the white ghetto from the black ghetto. it s the track that heads somewhere but you do not know exactly where. and it is not really for the good of society. and before sit-ins, walked right across the track in the wrong direction, went to the other side. i think greensboro liked to think of itself as polite and being polite and moderate and open to different points ....
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sit in protests along with archival footage. that begins right now. and we feel also that one of the great pillars of american democracy is that we have the right to protest for our rights. we will do it in an orderly fashion. this is a nonviolent protest. we are depending on moral and spiritual forces using the method of passive resistance. from the bus boycott in montgomery, alabama until february 1, 1960, virtually nothing happened in the arena of civil rights. i mean, it was dead, absolutely dead. even martin luther king said that. in 1960, things did change dramatically in greensboro. it is the origin of all of those events that occur subsequent to february 1, 1960, and i happened to be there. mcneil happened to be there, and so did richmond and blair. when you hear a railroad, the train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track that the train is rolling on. and that track is what divides white from black ....
that is about to reopen so we re going to get out of here. but after more than four hours, highway 101 south is reopened again near healdsburg. live near healdsburg, wayne freedman, abc7 news. thank you, wayne. we told you 101 opened literally minutes ago. traffic is really slow. want to take a look at our drive time traffic map. you can see the area in red. that s the heavy traffic. hopefully that will dissipate as we get into the afternoon hours. that road has just reopened. governor brown s budget is out and it calls for more spending on schools and child care. the plans for the budget year july 1st shows moderaely improved fiscal outlook since his initial proposal in january. the revised package calls for $124 billion in spending, 1.5 billion more than last year. most will go to k-12 edge kaeks. he is backing away for child support for low income families. it is now up to the legislature to come up with the final plans. wells fargo is having budget issues of i ....
and there is not a lot of public or public policy leadership around this issue. i think king would feel proud there were victories in the civil rights movement, many of which happened after he passed. and there are people fighting to make sure those victories remain, even when there are massive efforts to overturn those victories. host: coverage of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington takes place on c-span and will also take place on wednesday with special coverage on this program as well as the president giving a speech. the president s impact on civil- rights to date? guest: that is interesting. my students try to draw a link between martin luther king and president obama. senses a link in the they re both african-american leaders and have had massive followings. they are seen as their opinions having an impact. but they exist in very different times. president obama exists in a time when there. demographicndous changes going on. the role of the u.s. in the ....