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Principal in a d.c. suburb and his commitment for not only his students, but also towards his community. and on this anniversary, he's hoping he can pass it on to his son, just like his father did to him. with me now is msnbc's tremaine lee, who got to spend time with these inspiring men. tremaine? >> reporter: jose, it's hard to believe it's been 20 years since hundreds of thousands of black men gathered on the national mall. at the time, it was the largest gathering of black men ever. the theme then was atonement. this time around for the 20th anniversary, there's another march. this one is ...

People don't think about. >> but don't you allow for the notion that in a time of great stress like that, one might not know exactly what to do. and to judge them, to sound like you're judging them -- >> i'm not judging them at all. but, you know, these incidents continue to occur. i doubt that this will be the last onement i want to plant the seed in people's minds so that if this happens again, you know, they don't all get killed. >> and sometimes we have to look at the big picture, rather than listen to the people who are always trying to stir up controversy. >> well, what do you make of it...

>> it sounds anti-christian to me. >> i agree with you, sean, and doctor i see where you're going. it's not some purely rational, logical thing and i decide i'm going to kill these people. no. that is not. but when you look and see hate groups that are out there against organized religion, what we know, allegedly is that he had a disgust for organized religion. that has affects. the atonement we have when we have strong opinions about things, one religion or another there are bigger consequences. >> they want to do, to find a way, which i why i don't understand the president politicizing this ...

>> an agenda? >> it sounds anti-christian to me. >> i agree with you, sean, and doctor i see where you're going. it's not some purely rational, logical thing and i decide i'm going to kill these people. no. that is not. but when you look and see hate groups that are out there against organized religion, what we know, allegedly is that he had a disgust for organized religion. that has affects. the atonement we have when we have strong opinions about things, one religion or another there are bigger consequences. >> they want to do, to find a way, which i why i don't understand the president poli...

>> an agenda? >> it sounds anti-christian to me. >> i agree with you, sean, and doctor i see where you're going. it's not some purely rational, logical thing and i decide i'm going to kill these people. no. that is not. but when you look and see hate groups that are out there against organized religion, what we know, allegedly is that he had a disgust for organized religion. that has affects. the atonement we have when we have strong opinions about things, one religion or another there are bigger consequences. >> they want to do, to find a way, which i why i don't understand the president poli...