I dont want your pity. I want change. From political leaders activists and protesters. They brutalized us, shot us with rubber bullets, beat us with batons. Still trying to make the dream of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Come true. I said, mr. President , the people are restless. See why this documentary is more important than ever. 57 years after the first march in 1963. I said, this is it. And i went for it. The march on washington. Hello. Im deborah roberts. Those images of today arc echo of something 57 years ago when 250,000 people descended on the nations capital, protesting for jobs and freedom. On todays anniversary of dr. Martin luther king jr. s i have a dream speech, we at 20 20 are proud to present the documentary, the march. Originally made in 2013 to commemorate the marchs 50th anniversary, some of those voices, sadly, are now gone, but their legacy livines on. I have had to tell my children about the segregation and what it means. My 7yearold daughter, she wanted t
For many of us who have gone overseas and fought for this country, fought for mississippi, fought for alabama, fought for north carolina, fought for illinois, and fought for every state in this union. We are going to stay here and see that the things the mayor has said become reality. 15 minutes after midnight, he got out of his car. About 40 yards away a sniper fired a single shot. The bullet hit him in the back, crashed through his body and through him out a window in the house. He died an hour later at a jackson hospital. You are in the former home of medgar evers. He was born and raised in decatur, mississippi. He knew the differences between the races. He had friends, he talked about having white playmates. They would hunt and fish together. At about the age of 16, they went separate ways. He talked about seeing his friend. He was going downtown. He saw his friend standing on the corner with other whites. He said they called him nigger. He noticed his friend dropped his head when
Of civil rights leader, medgar evers, in jackson, mississippi. We toured his house to learn more about the tragic events of 1963. For many of us who have gone overseas and fought for this country, fought for mississippi, fought for alabama, fought for north carolina, fought for illinois, and fought for every state in this union. We are going to stay here and see that the things the mayor has said become reality. 15 minutes after midnight, he got out of his car. About 40 yards away a sniper fired a single shot. Back,llet hit him in the crashed through his body and through him out a window in the house. He died an hour later at a jackson hospital. You are in the former home of medgar evers. He was born and raised in decatur, mississippi. He knew the differences between the races. He had friends, he talked about having white playmates. They would hunt and fish together. At about the age of 16, they went separate ways. He talked about seeing his friends. He was going downtown. He saw his f
It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a foregone conclusion. Even though you may see images like th
thanks my friend much appreciated and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour it s really good to have the capital of the great state of mississippi is jackson. the airportpi of jackson, mississippi, is called jackson medger wily evers international airport. it s named for medger evers, the civil rights leader. he was a decorated u.s. army veteran in world war ii. after he came home from the war, after the united states supreme court ruled on brown vs. board of education in 1954 racial segregation was of course supposed to end in american public schools. as you know, it did not. six months, after brown v. board they named him the first ever field secretary of mississippi so he could lead their efforts in that state to organize against segregation, to organize for civil rights. in 1963 medger evers was murdered. he was shot in the back in his own driveway. he was only 37 years old. but now37 the jackson, mississippi, international airport is named for him. and just a