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Being where medger evers lived and died. it was a place where he fought really hard to register african-american voters, lynching, the history of mississippi, a lot of it is quite dark territory. >> right. >> however, one of the things the trump era has meant is that for a lot of you know not a lot of this idea of calling out racism has been turned around for people to say that doesnt affect me anymore. i can say what i want to see, do whatever i want to do, if you think its racist, so what? tha...

Thats who we are. there has always been an attitude if were not that, then we can leave. and thats something that many people now are fighting because we dont think that that is true or that it should be true. >> right. obviously, your paper was in jackson, mississippi, jackson being where mmedger evers lived and died. the lynching, a lot is dark territory. however, one of the things that the trump era has meant is that for a lot of you know not a lot of, not every white american. for some this ...

He was in mississippi for the opening of the civil rights museum. where he honored heroes like medgar evers, so selena, do you think the presidents words at the mississippi museum will resonate with black voters in alabama or did the presidents message at the roy moore rally derail -- youre already shaking your head -- any attempt at reaching out to the black community? >> well, i think -- >> you dont even have to verbalize, i read your body language. >> exactly, im italian, this is what i do. h...

American constitution, proposed the silver rights bill that linden johnson did everything he could to pass. the next night june 12th, 1963, in what people have called the first political assassination, medger evers, the monopoly. field director was shot in his front yard. it bullet came to rest in his had kitchen. the rifle that was used in that murder will be in the museum tomorrow sg president trump is there he might take a look and think about how close that violence, how tangible the extraor...

To gain the right to vote. to achieve the sacred birth right of equality here. thats big stuff, thats big stuff. those are very big phrases, very big words. here we memorialize the brave men and women who struggle to sacrifice and sacrifice so much so that others might live in freedom. >> all right, i want to bring in athena jones now. shes at the museum. so how was the presidents messages received today? >> hi, fred. well, there was certainly applause after those remarks. and during those remar...

He took the flag down. >> city hall in new york? >> city hall in new york city. >> so it was an issue even then. >> it was an issue even then. and the reverend was arrested for rioting, interesting. you see in the photograph. >> reverend kendall smith is arrested for burning the confederate flag. how old is this? >> it has to be over 50 now. >> people think that this all just started. let me go to another picture. >> so this was the funeral for medger evers at the event. we ran a wire photo. thi...

Medger evers, martin luther king, malcolm x. and it was supposed to be a book about america, and like the definite baldwin book. and he never wrote it. so when i discovered that document, those notes, i thought, well, this is the film because knowing all baldwin i know that somewhere this book was around somewhere buried in his body of work. so the film for me was finding that book. and the film is only with baldwins words that i got throughout his whole body of work thanks to the estate, who ga...