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Cotton and this type of thing. and its about making money, as well as for cheap labor or no wages at all. so the point being is that we cannot sit around idly and tolerate this type of behavior. if we allow this, the next thing we know, well be back in the cotton fields, back on the farm, back on the plantation. we are not going to go back one iota in terms of the imagery of what we have accomplished. >> ray, what do you think about what charles just said about your comparison to the confederate...

Daughter? >> im like this over the back of all of them, like im over her and im -- my arms are around as many kids that i can reach. >> so youre not safe at all? >> no, but that doesnt really cross my mind. at that point, i just wanted to put whatever i could between whatever was going to happen and those babies. >> well, extraordinary people, dont miss it, tonight 10:00 p.m. eastern and antoinette tuff, the remarkable woman that talked down a shooter at the school. that does it for this edition...

Disrespect just because they are different from me. we are all created by the almighty and like him, i love all of humanity. we would all be better off if we loved god and loved each other." not only did he make anti-gay comments he said while growing up in the jim crow south he "never saw black people mistreated requestand worked cotton fields with blacks and said "theyre singing and happy, i never heard one black say i tell you what these doggone white people, not a word. were they happy? they...

>> reporter: robertson and his family are known for preaching their christian beliefs. >> we managed to stay true to ourselves. >> reporter: gay rights advocates say long with the limelight comes responsibility. >> you have the freedom of speech, absolutely. but we have the freedom to turn off all of our televisions when you say something that offends us and the people that we love. >> reporter: robertson released this statement after the article was released saying i would never treat anyone wi...

Are, quote, bible thumpers who happened to end up on television. >> you have the freedom of speech absolutely but we have the freedom to turn off all of our televisions when you say something that oefds us and the people that we love. >> reporter: robertson release this had statement after the article was released saying i would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. we are all created by the almighty and like him i love all of humanity. we would all be bette...

N roll style but gone all country with her new album "feels like home" and joins me exclusively. how are you? >> im good. >> a country girl? >> ive always been a country girl. i grew up in a town that had three -- that has three stoplights, all cotton fields. its great. feels like home. >> i mean, you have this extra ordinary life. youre the cat with nine lives, arent you? >> yeah. >> and now youve gone to nashville which in many ways is the obvious spiritual home for you, i would think. >> it i...

>> some time i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama to now be serving in the united states congress makes me want to tell them come and walk in my shoes. so i say so each one of us today, we must never, ever give up. we must never, ever give in. we must keep the faith and keep our eye on the prize. >> we have a long way to go, but our eyes are on the prize. joining me now are joy reid and joan walsh. thank you both f...

>> some time i hear people saying nothing has changed, but for someone to grow up the way i grew up in the cotton fields of alabama to now be serving in the united states congress makes me want to tell them come and walk in my shoes. so i say so each one of us today, we must never, ever give up. we must never, ever give in. we must keep the faith and keep our eye on the prize. >> we have a long way to go, but our eyes are on the prize. joining me now are joy reid and joan walsh. thank you both f...

Preached about. this moment in our history has been a long time coming, but the change has come. we are standing here in the shadow of abraham lincoln. 150 years after he issued the emancipation proclamation. and only 50 years after the historic march on washington for jobs and freedom. we have come a great distance in this country in the 50 years. but we still have a great distance to go before we fulfill the dream of martin luther king jr. sometime i hear people saying, nothing has changed. bu...

Fields, in the cotton fields. and during the movement. so i tried to -- try to tell humor, you know. >> its probably how they survived. let me ask you. how difficult was it to get to make the movie? i understand it was always challenges and funds and all of that? >> its always hard. im surprised i didnt hit you up. youre the only one i probably didnt hit up. its difficult. its difficult to get black cinema on screen. its difficult to get any cinema on screen, especially black cinema. the studios...