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President, and so an enormous amount of legislation, important legislation was passed in the last congress, that now can be implemented. and can be implemented in a way that uplifts diverse communities. so if we do infrastructure in a way that increases employment and renewed participation of workers of color, lifts their wages, improves their benefits, that has a tremendous impact on the legacy of this president. and again, fulfilling the legacy of dr. king, because dr. king, as we know, was fi...

There to support some garbage workers who were striking and some young so-called militants disrupted the march and had a riot. he went back in in april to prove he could have a non-violent march. thats when he got killed. we must stand up to extremes on all sides. if we do that, we can change the tone in this country. that is why all of us ought to stand up and denounce what happened in texas at that synagogue. all about, we are not sure if it was anti-semitic. they targeted a synagogue, a rabbi...

I realize now how easy i had it when i only had to worry about my classes, my grades, s.a.t., and getting into college. >> tucker: is so great. obviously covid has been a tragedy for everybody. its destroyed an entire generation of young people. do you know any young people? then you know it. but theres also young people come here to sell one of them, who became braver, smarter, and more focused, and much more impressive. and god bless them. we are glad they exist. in latin company virginia, one...

Election mainly because on the out route for school boards, the parents and demanded to have a say in their kids education. one of those big moments was branded. he came up to speak and he wanted to go to bat for his kid who was suffering because of the extreme lockdown conditions during this pandemic. and nobody is listening to the parents. remember this. >> they are a bunch of cowards hiding behind our children as an excuse for keeping schools close . you think you are some sort of markers. th...

Peace negotiations could begin, his approval rating goes up 13 points. >> on february 12th, 1,300 workers in the city sanitation department went on strike and what began as a union matter soon became a civil rights call. >> even though president johnson announced he would not run, we thought we could continue. we were in the middle of the poor peoples campaign, which was really an attempt to institutionalize johnsons great society. martin had gone to memphis to be with the garbage workers. >> i ...

Returned south. he arrived in memphis in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of kings advisers said dont go to memphis. it will take away from your message and planning. king insists. we are here to help garbage workers. these were the people we are supposed to be helping. >> april 4th, 1968. martin luther king, jr. stepped out of room 306 on to the balcony of the lorraine motel. he told his young aide, jesse jackson, to put on a tie for dinner. >> i said dr. kin...

>> lets move, people. >> shaken but undeterred, king returns south. he arrived in memphis, tennessee in march 1968 to show support for striking sanitation workers. >> a lot of kings advisers told him dont go to memphis. its going to take away from your message. its going to take away from your planning, but king insists. were here to help garbage workers. these are the exact types of people were supposed to be helping. >> april 4th, 1968. martin luther king jr. stepped out of room 306 onto the b...

He was there marching and helping the garbage workers strike. later today his son and i are joining a march in memphis with the same garbage workers strike. not the strike, but the union, because labor is under attack, many of the things dr. king stood for is under attack 50 years later and later were going to his grave site with his sister and brother. i think for people that dont understand, those of us who grew up in the king movement and the generation after king is that we mark the 50th ann...

Dr. benjamin spock and others. and i remember when he last came to new york two weeks before lisa sass nation, he came to reverend ryan t. walker here. many of the so-called mainstream civil rights leaders that laud him did not want to be identified because they didnt want to alienate the johnson administration. so he had a very lonely trek the last couple years. but he was able to stand it and he didnt budge. he ended his life fighting on economic issues. he foresaw a lot of what we dealt with ...

Help garbage workers. these are the exact type of people we should be helping. >> april 4, 1968. mart martin luther king jr. stepped out of room 306 on the balcony of the hotel. he told his young aide, jesse jackson to put on a tie. >> i said, you crazy, we laughed. he never knew what hit him. he didnt suffer at all. i remember thinking, hes my friend, martin, martin, hold on martin. he was gone. he was here, he was not here. >> god knows this is the most tragic thing that has ever