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I was glad it was over with. >> it was an interesting time for you because much of the country cheering you on, but some of the country saying, "oh, no, no, don't have a black man break babe ruth's record." you still have an attic full of hate letters that you got. >> i certainly do. and i've been criticized for that, too. but i'm going to keep them because i think that people need to be reminded that was not that far removed. you know, it was just yesterday, a few years ago when that happened to me. >> doesn't the nation's capital deserve a major-league team again? >> well, once again, that's...

Proposed a community center. it was called the islamic community cultural center in lower manhattan. a beautiful place that would be for all. >> go somewhere else! >> but then, people began to attack us. >> i think, they're laughing at us. >> and it really hurt me when they said, not you, not now, and not here. i started receiving hate letters, after hate letters, but i also started receiving love letters. ♪ ♪ ♪ and these letters always remind me, to this day, that there are indeed our two americas. >> [noise] ♪ ♪ ♪

Proposed a community center. it was called the islamic cultural community center in lower manhattan, a beautiful place that would be for all. >> go somewhere else! >> but then people began to attack us. >> i think -- i think it is just to spit in our face. i think they're laughing at us. >> and it really hurt me when they said, not you, not now and not here. i started receiving hate letters after hate letters, but i also started receiving love letters. and these letters always remind me to this day that there indeed are two americas.

It was called the islamic cultural community center in lower manhattan, a beautiful place that would be for all. >> go somewhere else! >> but then people began to attack us. >> i think -- i think it is just to spit in our face. i think they're laughing at us. >> and it really hurt me when they said, not you, not now and not here. i started receiving hate letters after hate letters, but i also started receiving love letters. and these letters always remind me to this day that there indeed are two americas.

Her community. i want to play a part of what she had to say to our viewers. watch. >> i wanted to be part of the renewal of healing america, my faith. and so about ten years ago we proposed a community center, called the islamic community cultural center in lower manhattan, a beautiful place that would be for all. >> go somewhere else. >> but then people began to attack us. >> i think it's just to spit in our face. i think they're laughing at us. >> and it really hurt me when they said not you, not now, and not here. i started receiving hate letters after hate letters, but i also started recei...