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stop the bombing and stop the war. reporter: he began speaking out against the war in vietnam. but some civil rights leaders saw that as a distraction. and after years after confronting segregation in the south, he turned north, targeting poverty and economic injustice. it s much easier to integrate a lunch counter than is to guarantee an annual income. reporter: revered my millions, king was also hated and feared by many white racists. we want king. we want king. reporter: his life was in constant danger. but he never backed down. i can t lose hope because when you lose hope you die. reporter: in 1968, king was planning a massive new march on washington. we are coming to demand a bill of economic and social rights. reporter: but he was drawn into a conflict in memphis where sanitation workers, most of them black, were on strike. ....
Violence in the street or gun violence in their schools and we re suffering from inertia, it s not our place to say whether they re correct or incorrect. laura: it s our place as adults wait a second. are you saying that adults do not have a role in guiding the actions of young people? is that what you re saying? i never said that. what i said is when adults have failed to address quality of life issues for young people and young people raise their voices up, it s not laura: they can do that any time they want. but not during the school day when other kids might not agree with the agenda. so do you think the people that worked at woolworths looked it when white children sat in and sat on the lunch counter laura: that is not a relevant issue at all. we re out of time. i get your point. i celebrate political activism. ....
Whether it s through gun violence in the street or gun violence in their schools and we re suffering from inertia, it s not our place to say whether they re correct or incorrect. laura: it s our place as adults wait a second. are you saying that adults do not have a role in guiding the actions of young people? is that what you re saying? i never said that. what i said is when adults have failed to address quality of life issues for young people and young people raise their voices up, it s not laura: they can do that any time they want. but not during the school day when other kids might not agree with the agenda. so do you think the people that worked at woolworths looked it when white children sat in and sat on the lunch counter laura: that is not a relevant issue at all. we re out of time. i get your point. ....
Birmingham, alabama. the year was 1963. we know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor and must be demanded by the row other pressed. for now i heard the word wait. this wait has always meant never. we have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and god-given rights. the nations of asia and africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say wait. but when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim, when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse and kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters. when you find your tongue twisted and your speech ....
Racism operates after obama. yes. all he can do is the best he can do. he is not a. years hero. it is unare fair to place his color. one of those brake akbarier which obama did is all barriers fall. he says if there feels like there is more racial strife is not only because trump can cause it all, is his election revealed a lot. to make that point, he quoted kanye west, who once rapid racism evolved since his mother was protesting at a lunch counter sit-in, at the tender age of 6, mom was arrested for the sit-ins. with that in my blood, i was born to be different. i hear new music and i just don t feel it. a line he invoked today. yeah, there was a great kanye west line in one of the songs he said, racism is still alive, ....