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My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, where i sing. land where my fathers died. land of the pilgrim's pride. from every mountainside, let freedom ring. >> young people took the lead in organizing much of what we now remember as the civil rights movement. one young reader named jesse jackson became the bearer for organizing after king's death. he began his work we king's side. they started operation breadbasket in atlanta in 1963. and the program used a simple economic concept. african-americans would not patronize businesses that denied them jobs, advancement, or

And that's why i'm the person i am today. >> on wednesday the actual anniversary of the march, you had two former presidents and cities around the country ringing a bell at the time your father delivered the "i have a dream" speech. tell us why that's important and why what the bell symbolizes to you. >> he talked about freedom in the speech. and in the speech he said 100 years later the negro is still not free and said let freedom ring from all these places. so we've got literally cities all over this nation including the ones that he spoke about ringing bells at 3:00 to symbolize a moment wh...

Sing. land where my fathers died. land of the pilgrims pride. from every mountainside, let freedom ring. >> i'll get reflections from two who were there including the young woman in this iconic photograph now all grown up. and as we go to break, the day was as lively as it was historic. it included moments of humor from comedy legend dick gregory. >> i can't tell you how elated i am, although looking out at so many of our smiling faces and to be honored with you. the last time i've seen this many of us was doing all the talking. thank you. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. bu...

Had. because we couldn't do anything. >> i felt that i had been mistreated. and i felt badly that i didn't realize how much i had been mistreated. so i was very determined to do something about my situation immediately. and i had no idea that it would have all of the ripple effect that it did have. ♪ freedom ring >> my thanks to craig melvin for traveling down there for that excellent report. despite thepeople, the violence continue. 18 days after the march on washington, four klansman set off a bomb at the 16th street baptist church. it killed four little girls. the tragedy drew more nation...

Give me liberty or give me death. i only regret i have one life to give my country. we have nothing to fear but fear itself. high among them were the words spoken 50 years ago next week. the king speech. what's always gotten to me is the finale, what came at the end, that powerful bringing together of the cause of civil rights with the very land on which this country sits, this grounding of the god-given rights for the sons and daughters of former slaves, to the earth which this country stands and lives. so let freedom ring. from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire, let freedom ring from ...