going for 25 hours. and i m here today to say, john lewis, we join you in getting into good trouble on behalf of the american people. coming up at 9:00 eastern on this martin luther king holiday weekend, msnbc s headlines salutes congressman john lewis, how the civil rights icon paved the way for a new generation. at 10:00, msnbc will air hope and fury . it explores how social media influence civil rights until today. vil rights until toy.da hey, what is it? i realize i love you, but as long as you re with jessica, there can never be anything between us. listen cassie, there s no need to cry. besides, i ve got really great news. you re leaving jessica? no. i just saved a load of money on car insurance by switching to geico.
country. that s amazing. we need to keep that up and keep those changes happening. and we ll have much more of both martin luther king iii and carrie kennedy on our show next sunday, same time, right here on politics nation. and tonight you can catch me on a new documentary called hope and furry, mlk, the movement and the media. it explores how social movements and the media have influenced each other from the civil rights movement through today. king was able to energize young ministers, young students. he set a tone of let s come out of these cathedrals, let s come out of these offices, and let s do something in the streets. hope and fury airs tonight
i am 16. wow. you guys are a couple of years away from being able to vote but not too young to change the world obviously. you all are brilliant. thank you to lanie and briana and zoey gordon. i am so honored to meet you guys. this is amazing. thank you very much. will you guys e-mail me your piece, i definitely want to read them. the march for our lives movement, the social movement that s led by young people. during the civil rights, the students played a critical role for the fight of justice. here is our documentary hope and fury. the movement and the media. take a listen. protesters get attack and the media covers it. then came things what can i do now? that s when he decided to have the children s march. these are the 1100 children of birmingham who demonstrated
this hope and fury documentary that ll be on tonight. i want to look at what s happening today with you. mlk, john lewis, jesse jackson. these were men barely out of their teens when they got involved in the civil rights movement. what does that tell us about these students taking part in today s march for our lives here in d.c.? well, the parkland teens and young people involved with march for our lives are a reminder that every single social movement that has been successful in america has a critical youth component. think of diane nash when she got involved in the student sit ins in nashville and really helped lead the way for change in the south. and the work that she continues to do today. it starts a lifetime of activism. a lifetime of caring about things that are bigger than ourselves and speaking about things that matter. i am deeply inspired by the b k parkland teens just by so many
in the streets and went to jail and suspended and expelled from school. following doctor king s tactic going to jail deliberately. unlike albany, the recruit for the so-called non violent. hope and fury premiers tonight on msnbc tonight. keep it here on msnbc for more live coverage of march for our lives.