one of his many wise ideas that he left us with was in the buildup to the bloody sunday in selma, alabama. he wrote, a man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. a man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. a man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true. his words are testament to his truth, and his murder is testament to the urgency that must always occur whenever king s evil opposite raises its head. that s why i keep reminding you that our president has still not stood up against steve king s message. king, who said white nationalist, white supremacist, white civilization how did that language become offensive? and today after days of silence, in case you had any question, because he said he didn t know how he could say those things, the congressman thanked rush limbaugh fill-in mark stein for his support in his, quote, fight in defense of western civilization. it can t become a pejorative or
some of those items on the list we marked off? sure. i have my list. the week before my senior finals, i was in dc talking to senators. we have seen an inspiring wave of student-led activism and a growing number of students who found the courage to come forward and report attacks. we owe all these brave young people an extraordinary debt of gratitude. but we can t stop there. i still hear stories from survivors whose experiences reporting to the school sound exactly like mine. activists all around the country are speaking out on this issue. stand up for justice. don t let other students go through what i went through. it used to be the department of education didn t release names of who was under investigation. but after pressure from student activists, they ve begun to do that. 55 colleges and universities face a title ix sexual investigation. more than 70 schools nationwide are now under investigation.
found the courage to come forward and report attacks. we owe all these brave young people an extraordinary debt of gratitude. but we can t stop there. i still hear stories from survivors whose experiences reporting to the school sound exactly like mine. activists all around the country are speaking out on this issue. stand up for justice. don t let other students go through what i went through. it used to be the department of education didn t release names of who was under investigation. but after pressure from student activists, they ve begun to do that. 55 colleges and universities face a title ix investigation. more than 70 schools nationwide are now under investigation.
his convictions, and he persevered and placed his life on the line for freedom and justice and equality. the lesson for all of us even in the face was adversity you have to stand up for justice. you have to fight for what seeing right. and you will be demonized. you will be called radical all of those things. if you know something like apartheid, racism, something like that exists you should fight for it no matter what the consequences may be. this man gave up his life for it and the legacy for us is if you fight you can win. and if you are on the right side you will win. and so many of us, and the students of this country learned a great lesson from nelson mandela. i can remember when they took over, you know, the roads and the streets inside the universities and renamed them but they also got involved in
why is there so much hate? and he said he was weak now and he couldn t go any further. he said, i m at the end. it was at that point of admission that he said he heard the voice of god say, martin luther king, stand up for justice. stand up for righteousness and lo, i ll be with you til the end. but there are people that are benefitting from the life and ultimately the sacrifice that he made. every generation is benefitting now from what happened during that movement. bernice king, thank you. thank you. up next, a panel discussion on beyond the dream: how far have we come? [ girl ] there are man-eating sharks in every ocean.