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Yet they were threats to america according to j. edgar hoover. when you look at the kinds of fights that are happening now on civil rights issues, narrowly defined. for example, this fight is over voting rights in north carolina and texas. there is attorney general eric holder weighing in. thats happening at the official level. how much do you feel like the unofficial response, the sort of movement response, the activist response, even the political response is in inheritance from that civil rig...

If there hadnt been a world or raid against them, a very powerful world including at times all of the powers that be in our country. it is inspiring now to see echos of civil rights heroism in our country today. it is unsettling to see echos in our country today of what they fought against. joining us now is charles ogletree, thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> happy to be with you, rachel. >> why was dr. king perceived as a threat, such a dangerous threat to national security, par...

The singer harry bellafonte was very close to a lot of national civil rights leaders at the time, including martin luther king, and his family, in harry bellafontes auto biography, he writes about these protests and how there was this national shock and horror at seeing these images, at how these protesters were brutalized in birmingham. there was the practical nuts and bolts dollars and sense matter of raising the bail money to get the protesters out of jail. he raised $50,000 himself, the unio...

They did nothing wrong, nonviolence, very peaceful, and yet they were threats to america according to j. edgar hoover. when you look at the kinds of fights that are happening now on civil rights issues, narrowly defined. for example, this fight is over voting rights in north carolina and texas. there is attorney general eric holder weighing in. thats happening at the official level. how much do you feel like the unofficial response, the sort of movement response, the activist response, even the ...

And left with a big suitcase full of cash to get the kids out of prison. and then late that summer, when it came time to write a big speech for dr. king, that man who signed the promissory note for the $100,000 to get the elementary schoolkid prisoners out of prison released to their parents so they could go back to school. that man who you see over dr. kings right shoulder, suggested that that promissory note experience he had at that bank vault on that saturday morning in new york city with th...

Those heroes of the movement would not have had to be heroic, if there hadnt been a world or raid against them, a very powerful world including at times all of the powers that be in our country. it is inspiring now to see echos of civil rights heroism in our country today. it is unsettling to see echos in our country today of what they fought against. joining us now is charles ogletree, thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> happy to be with you, rachel. >> why was dr. king perceived ...

>> happy to be with you, rachel. >> why was dr. king perceived as a threat, such a dangerous threat to national security, particularly after that speech. >> a lot of this was in j. edgar hoovers mind. he did it not just with king, malcolm x, harry bellafonte who was supported. what made it even worse, if you think about it, bobby kennedy played a role as the attorney general, looking into these cases, talking about indicting people. they did nothing wrong, nonviolence, very peaceful, and yet the...

Works, is that its something that you pay to the jail. you pay bail to whatever entity is holding you, to get yourself out of jail. but its kind of a promise, right? youre giving them money as a way of saying, thank you for letting me out of jail right now, i will give you this money to hold because its a promise. you hold this money, and that money stands as my promise that i will come back to stand trial. if i dont come back, at least you got the money. its like a guarantee youll come back, ri...

Pens. children, and they held them in jail. and they set bail for them. of course, the way the bail works, is that its something that you pay to the jail. you pay bail to whatever entity is holding you, to get yourself out of jail. but its kind of a promise, right? youre giving them money as a way of saying, thank you for letting me out of jail right now, i will give you this money to hold because its a promise. you hold this money, and that money stands as my promise that i will come back to st...

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