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>> and tonight, dr. king in his own words, from his "drum major instinct speech" in 1968, encouraging the congregation to seek greatness, but to do so through service and love. >> everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. >> thank you so much for watching tonight. im whit johnson in new york. for david and all of us here, have a great night.

Seems to me is that he remained devoted to nonviolence, not only as a tactic but as a way of life. but lets be very clear. the claims in 1968 was not simply about, hey, lets all get along. it was about economic justice. it was about creating genuine reform, and genuine reform is not easy. it requires sacrifice. it requires a sense that we are, in fact, all in this together. and if you read that speech from april 3rd, you will see him calling out companies that he thinks should be boycotted. you ...

The supreme court later rules discrimination in public transportation was unconstitutional. at 25 he became the youngest man to receive the nobel peace price. in 1968 king was assassinated. he was 39 years old. his powerful message continues to live around the world as we celebrate his legacy. lets talk about it. former naacp president along with charles love. welcome, guys. ben, what are you going to be thinking about monday? >> i want people to remember that he died leading a campaign to help ...

The supreme court later rules discrimination in public transportation was unconstitutional. at 25 he became the youngest man to receive the nobel peace price. in 1968 king was assassinated. he was 39 years old. his powerful message continues to live around the world as we celebrate his legacy. lets talk about it. former naacp president along with charles love. welcome, guys. ben, what are you going to be thinking about monday? >> i want people to remember that he died leading a campaign to help ...

Continue to pursue the next struggle in this chapter for freedom, the church you see, or the historically temple in memphis, tennessee. this was home base for the famous sanitation workers strike that brought keen to memphis in 1968. the catalyst for that strike was the gruesome deaths of two sanitation workers, nicole cole and robert walker, who are crushed to death by a malfunctioning truck. workers ive been complaining about dangerous equipment for sometime, but when the city refused to compe...

Have been to the mountaintop speech in important to striking workers. now, what does this all mean in this great period of history? it means we have got to stay together, we have got to stay together and maintain unity. when the pharaoh it wanted to prolong the slavery in egypt, hit a famous formula for that. what was? he kept the slaves finding among themselves. but whenever they got together, something happened in pharaohs court, a cant hold the slaves in slavery. when the slaves got together,...

President biden who is a catholic got some laughs from the audience as he joked about how intimidating it was for him to stand up and talk before the congregation at ebenezer baptist religious institution, often referred to as the worlds most famous black church during his sermon. president biden praise the iconic efforts of doctor king. he was pastor at the church up until his assassination in 1968. the president say doctor kings a life and legacy showed how we as a country should pay attention...

The supreme court later rules discrimination in public transportation was unconstitutional. at 25 he became the youngest man to receive the nobel peace price. in 1968 king was assassinated. he was 39 years old. his powerful message continues to live around the world as we celebrate his legacy. lets talk about it. former naacp president along with charles love. welcome, guys. ben, what are you going to be thinking about monday? >> i want people to remember that he died leading a campaign to help ...

The supreme court later rules discrimination in public transportation was unconstitutional. at 25 he became the youngest man to receive the nobel peace price. in 1968 king was assassinated. he was 39 years old. his powerful message continues to live around the world as we celebrate his legacy. lets talk about it. former naacp president along with charles love. welcome, guys. ben, what are you going to be thinking about monday? >> i want people to remember that he died leading a campaign to help ...

Hey charles. >> hey good afternoon, arthel paid president biden just wrapped up his sermon at the ebenezer baptist church here in atlanta short time ago. as you mention, making a bit of history while he has adit been the first u.s. president to speak in front of that congregation during the churchs regular sunday service. the president took the opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of civil rights icon doctor trayvon martin luther king jr. on this mlk day weekend. and kings at 94th birth...