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I cant complain. >> reporter: i feel the same way. he tells me the local paper once dubbed him milwaukees angriest young negro. today the youth has passed. the anger has not. recognize him? >> yeah. [ bleep ] this picture captures him, yeah. he was a real [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and his men? >> squad was [ bleep ] incorporated. >> bill weir is nice enough now to join us about this special report. that was incredible. >> yeah, it was something that was uncomfortable, it was enlightening, i think,...

>> and thats kind of the gist of this series, states of change. its hearing the other perspective, sitting down and listening to as a kid. i had a jigypsy mom who believe she was ordered by god to move us all over the place. i have these deep roots. i wanted to talk to muslims and white folks and black folks. milwaukee, my hometown one of the most racially segregated cities to this day. how do we break this cycle of suspicion and resentment and regardless of all the groups, what i found most ame...

Memorabilia i find a flip mug of mug shots including had a 19-year-old named prentiss mckinny. >> we come out there with love and with our hearts opened and our minds open, you understand. we love everybody. they love -- i dont love everybody, but when a bigot throws a brick at me, i dont love him, you understand, and when they send in wild dogs across that street to bite me, im going to cut his throat. >> hello. >> hi. >> how are you this morning? >> i cant complain. >> i feel the same way. >> ...

You and how eye-yoepg i imagine th this journey was for you. it couldnt be easy to have these conversations. >> it was uncomfortable but at the same time i moved around so much i have all these friends and family in different quarters of our divided nation and i thought, you know, you can only lose so much from a stranger in a diner. why not try to talk to folks and that story, my grandfather was a highly decorated cup in the civil rights area of milwaukee. perennis mckin de, a civil rights marc...