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>> we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it as old as the scriptures and as clear as the american constitution. the heart of the question is, whether all americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities. >> hours after that speech, after midnight, medger evers was shot and killed in his driveway a few steps from his front doosh. civil rights leaders rallied across the country and pressed for meaningful legislation and they determined a march on washington, something th...

40 of north carolinas roughly 100 counties have been covered by the voting rights act. now thats been undone. what do you think the president should do in leadership on that? its obviously a national issue that affects your state. >> exactly. well, we believe that number one, it was bad what theyve done. its tried to gut the voting rights act that one of our legislators described it as a headache. we said he was racially and historically insensitive because the voting rights act was won because ...

Remain in the annals of history next to medger evers and emmett till as symbols for the fight for equal justice for all. >> benjamin crump right there continued saying "its time for the country to move forward from this tragedy and learn from it." >> the verdict has sparked emotional protests across the country. it started outside the courthouse in sanford, florida last night. take a look and listen to what was there. >> nationwide protest! nationwide protest! >> people demanding protests. peopl...

>> my grandmother always growing up talked about civil rights, medger evers, even malcolm x. but she always talked about always remember these people. i mean she always talked about. especially when i was a little kid, but even when i became a teenager, dont forget because shes the reason that mohamed ali is the greatest sports influence in my life. i mean, she talked about these people all the time, and i really appreciate her giving me that foundation. >> she worked in a meat packing plant. >>...

That is what medger evers was. he was a great american hero. that is what others honored in this museum were -- true american heros. today we strive to be worthy of their sacrifice, we pray for inspiration from their example. we want our country to be a place where every child from every background can grow up free from fear, innocent of hatred, and surrounded by love, opportunity and hope. >> reporter: so there you heard part of the presidents message here. he also spent some time, a good deal ...

Guests who talked about his track record dating back to, you know, housing discrimination to, you know, leading the berther movement, trying to discredit the first african-american president. what was the presidents goal, in your view, and did he achieve it? >> the presidents trip to mississippi, to the mississippi civil rights museum had the effect of marginalizing and trivializing the civil rights victories of the past and the struggles in the present. so his visit to mississippi, which provid...

To vote, and of course when we saw voting rights people killed for coming down to mississippi to register blacks to vote in the early 60s, and for this president, who has advocated things that suppresses that vote, the advancement that you lead and others of us have fought vehemently to protect that vote, i think that crystallized what a lot of us are saying. some were killed for registering us to vote and you advocate policies that we feel return us to the days of voter suppression. >> thats ...

Including freedom writers, who helped desegregate buses in the 60s. he mentioned james meredith, who was the first black student to attend the segregated university of mississippi in 1962. he spent a good deal of time talking about medgar evers himself who was assassinated here in jackson in 1963. yak sons airport is named after him. its interesting, that bit of sound, that clip you played just now, with the president talking about the fight to end slavery, to break down jim crow, end segregatio...

Bloodied during a voting rights march in alabama in 1965, they decided to skip this event, but their names were still on todays program. but they pulled out a couple days ago to protest the invitation of president trump. he did not address that criticism during his brief remarks. he spent about 40 minutes here at the museum touring the facility. he saw an exhibit on the freedom riders who were the folks of course who helped to desegregate the bus system. that exhibit includes dozens and dozens o...

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