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Minutes away from where that beat this guy to death and martin luther king was in memphis in 1968 fighting for city workers. and this is what he fought for. and all of that was in me when i went to the funeral, and it just had to come out because its not like it was a normal thing just a few years ago for blacks to we on the elite squad of the police department or to have a black woman as the police chief. and now were going to inflict the same pain on anyone -- it count center to be on a black ...

Be a part of this, symbolically what did that mean? >> as reverend fisher said, it was a powerful moment. it was too many people, quite frankly, that they had to be there. and i was reminded of april 4th and beyond of 1968, where on the balcony at the lorraine motel we lost the most transformative leader of the 20th century in reverend dr. martin luther king. and our city had to endure that. and weve been living with that legacy for 55 years now. but i have to tell you, because of pastor fisher ...

Gathered at mississippi boulevard christian church, just a few miles from the historic bishop charles nation base and temple, where king delivered that final speech. the room, again, it was packed. the city was again in mourning. this time, over the death of 29 year old tyre nichols, a black man whose family calls him a beautiful soul, who died last month from injuries three days after five black memphis police officers brutally beat him. nichols family and friends, mothers of other black people...

Horrible price to pay. but i do think the evacuation was, you know, tremendous a humanitarian achievement for the many lives that were say. and i think ending the war in afghanistan was the right decision. >> the earliest photograph that i found a view is 1968. you are with your parents. and you are meeting, apparently, possibly for the first time, and probably only time, presidential candidate at the time senator robert kennedy. what does that little boy in the turtleneck in that photograph thi...

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Those smiles. thats why i do what i do. that and the paycheck. last august we covered on this program a small but we thought significant moment in education in this country. the college board announced then that it would finally teach the history of race in the united states of america with a brand new ap course on african american studies piloted in a select group of about 60 high schools around the country. news of that decision was received as a significant step in acknowledging and teachin...

Report back in 1968 and evidence there are systemic problems with policing. the george floyd justice and policing act is the only solution here, and actually, you know what, it goes back further than 50 years because after the civil war, the government recognized, you know what, if we just leave this up to the states, the people who are now freed are going to be exploited by local authorities. there has to be some means of them seeking redress in the federal court system. the exact same thing is...

Wales family and tyres sisters and brothers stood there where martin luther king gave his last speech. they didnt know last night it was his last speech. i was told by those that worked with king that raised me, and ive recounted it with mrs king, i work very closely with martin the third, we go back to washington august 26. doing his fathers marriage, 60th anniversary, we will deal with tyre and the rest of these issues. and they told me that that they, april three, 1968, it was raining and sto...

Balcony in 1968 and were here now where five black cops beat an unarmed man to death and theres no federal legislation that addresses this, shows the shame that we have of what has happened to tyre nichols. to think that dr. king died to put blacks on the police force and theyre acting in as brutal a force as any racist police is why were here today. and im going to address that directly in the eulogy, i think its fitting the first black woman vice president will be there. because this building ...