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Memorial opens in washington. and in new york last night, a new play named for one of his most famous speeches, the mountaintop. even before it opened here it garnered critical acclaim. a young woman who wasn t even born until after dr. king was assassinated. reporter: memphis, bright lights, beal street, and music. but you can t talk about the city s history or this woman s history without talking about what happened aet the lorraine hotel, room 306. martin luther king jr. was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. reporter: she grew up hearing about the great dr. king at her grandmother s knee. she still to this day in her living room has two paintings on the wall. one is of jesus and one is of dr. king. reporter: she learned too that her mother, just 15 then, december fratly wanted to hear dr. king speak at the mason temple in april 1968 but wasn t ....
people s assemblies going on. you can see it and possibly hear it over my shoulder, where people make speeches, but because they don t use a mic system here, they don t have permits for that, so instead, they shout it from person to person to person so the entire crowd can hear what the message is, trying to rally support for their cause. as you say, as we pan the crowd here, you can see that there are a lot of young activists here, certainly, but already also others here from different walks of life. last hour, we introduced you to a grandmother who came here all the way from detroit. all kinds of people represented. they re also getting visits from celebrities. some who are here to show support, some who stopped by, not necessarily looking for the spotlight, but just to hear what s going on. in the middle of this week, on the biggest day we saw of all the crowds we had, that was the day we had the big rally. we ran into documentary filmmaker, michael moore, who s been ....