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He is doing his best. and he is changing now too. he sees now that it seems to be impossible to do what he want to do. >> king was rapidly being eclipsed by a younger and much more militant faction of the black power movement. >> we are not going to let these white people come into our neighborhoods and kill us. >> there was a lot of disunity because the only thing that had really kept the black community together ironically was segregation. once that has been overcome, then the question is what...

>> king very wisely sees an opportunity to give more exposure to the civil rights movement and prod the kennedy administration. >> martin luther king decided that they should have major demonstrations only in areas that local law enforcement would react violently. >> do you think you can keep birmingham in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but ill die trying. >> beau conner has a well-known identity as one of the hardest hardliners in defensive segregation. he ...

>> you black son of a bitch thats on television? been on more than goddamn 17 minutes, they better get his black ass off or ill get up there and take him off. >> -- >> sir, this is -- >> this is below the mason-dixon line, you dont have to put the black jungle bunnies on tv. >> to many white mississippians it was an outrage. thats the first time a black man had been allowed to appear on television in mississippi. certainly to argue against segregation. it made him in some ways a marked man in mi...

Greyhound and trailways buses to challenge segregation as freedom riders. >> the freedom ride started with two buses, 13 people going from washington d.c. to new orleans. >> the concept of the freedom rides was to show that the desegregation laws were not being enforced in the south.des being enforced in the south. >> even though the law the man says that a passenger can ride interstate and participate in the lunchrooms and waiting rooms and bathrooms, the law says everyone cannot, particularly ...

Defiance of segregation a threat to the peace in an area whereupon lar feelings run so high. >> the freedom riders included james bevel, john lewis, james lawson, among others were sent parchman state penitentiary. to the state penitentiary. >> so this guy takes me back to the jail cell and prison doors slam it has an effect on you. the sound, you thought you would never get out again. >> as soon as they leave and get tired of stirring up trouble, were going back to the same old way of living th...

Issue. difficulties over segregation and discrimination exist in every city, in every state of the union. but love alone cannot make men see right. we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and as clear as the american constitution. >> and that was the first time the president made the question of ending racial segregation not because its politically expedient to do so, because it is morally right to do so. >> next week i shall ask the congress of the united ...

In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, i draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of seerny. and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> george wallace became a almost mythic figure for white southerners. and that speech in which he promised segregation forever is the fullest expression of that commitment to becoming the leader of the resistant white south. >> im sorry, mr. wallace. good has spoken to me. that he...

Burning them in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but ill die trying. >> bill conner has a well known identity as one of the hardest headliners in defensive segregation. he hired the klansmen on the police force. >> he assumes hell provide the footage they need to outrage the country. >> the commissioner has has arrests, police dogs to break up the demonstrations. >> the civil rights leader john louis was a key part of the movement and featured in the episode o...