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Downtown birmingham where under the federal voting rights act of 1965, federal officials are examining people to determine their qualifications to register and vote under the laws of alabama. >> once the voting rights act was passed and people got the right to vote, they stopped sitting in and started voting. and that turned out to be much more effective. >> the number of blacks who began voting across the south, the number of black office holders at the local level, the state level, at the cong...

Encourage unregistered negroes along the way to qualify as voters. he also by his very presence hopes to dispel some of the fear negroes have in the south. >> in 1965 with the passage of the voting rights act, youd have thought anything was possible. but then very quickly after that, things start to fall apart. >> im shot in the leg, behind the leg. >> as james meredith was walking along the highway, a gunman stepped out of the woods and just blasted him with a shotgun. >> meredith was taken to ...

Alabama. >> once the voting rights act was passed and people got the right to vote, they stopped sitting in and started voting. and that turned out to be much more effective. >> the number of blacks who began voting across the south, the number of black office holders at the local level, the state level, at the congressional level, one of the greatest changes in american society. >> this is what james meredith intends to do for the next two weeks, march along the highways of mississippi, a state...

>> finally, the army arrives from memphis and comes rolling on the campus and stops the riot at that point. >> i deeply regret the fact that any action by the executive branch was necessary in this case. but all other avenues and al alternatives have been dried and exhausted. >> james meredith went to school at old miss today but his travels to and from classes were not those of a regular student. >> go on now. >> for everywhere meredith went, so did his escorts. >> there is no country where the...

Alternatives have been dried and exhausted. >> james meredith went to school at old miss today but his travels to and from classes were not those of a regular student. >> go on now. >> for everywhere meredith went, so did his escorts. >> there is no country where the violence of sunday and monday is unreported. the example of the biggest story in the london everything standard was the violence on the mississippi campus. it was humiliating for a democracy and embarrassing. >> i think my father an...

Uplifting. >> very much. >> and hopeful. >> thank you so much, meredith. its wonderful to see you. >> so great to see you. >> we are very excited about seeing the program. you can watch "a leap of faith." a meredith vieira special tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. coming up next right here, a change in perspective one year after the supreme courts landmark decision on same-sex marriage. stay with auns "aus on "andrea mitchell reports." id do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that...

Device or medication. its not something women get at convenience stores. >> no, its not something women get for the most part at convenience stores. >> at a 7-eleven. pleasure to have you. >> thank you. big day on monday. and coming up, a leap of faith. meredith vieiras remarkable look into the world of regenerative medicine. meredith joins me next with a preview. at&t introduces the rugged galaxy s5 active. stands up to most everything. within reason yup um hum

That, things start to fall apart. >> as james meredith was walking along the highway, a gunman stepped out of the woods and just blasted him with a shotgun. >> meredith was taken to a memphis hospital under police guard. his blood still remains on the highway. >> once he was shot, then there had to be some response by the movement. they had to show that the segregationists cant win that way. they got together and decided to continue the march. stokely carmichael and martin luther king. stokely c...

Sister, and his mom. >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god. >> how are you? oh, my god! >> joining me this morning, specialist mason miller with his parents, bernie and sue miller, and his sister, meredith. first of all, we thank you for your service as a family and for being with "fox & friends" this

Problem and became overcome by fire, perhaps smoke. from everything ive seen about these pilots, they were pretty sharp guys. >> reporter: stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. >> stephanie, thank you. joining me is jim sciutto and richard quest and mary schiavo. mary now represents victims of negligence by transportation companies, including airlines. jeff beatty and arthur ross senburg. i want to start with this. this is from meredith. she says, is it realistic that a fire incapacitated the pilots...