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Allowing african-americans to sit at their lunch counters. these were biblical arguments, theological convictions and the government said i'm sorry, but this is at odds with the common good. and so the question here is going to be whether or not the government believes that providing contraception promotes the common good to the extent that it would trump religious liberties. this isn't, i don't think, an open and shut case. personally, as a pro-lifer, i'm sympathetic to this. i sort of hope they rule in favor of hobby lobby. constitutionally it is more complicated than some people are assumin...

Century. their efforts are known as freedom summer. on the 50th anniversary of that bold and dangerous summer, a new documentary by stanley nelson will premiere on pbs june 24th. here's a look at how the film begins. >> spending a summer in mississippi taught me a lot about this country. my high school social studies teacher taught me that we all have rights. mississippi summer taught me that we didn't all have rights. >> when we began to go to mississippi, the black people we met there were not interested in lunch counters. they weren't interested in sitting in the front of the bus. there wer...

What we know about the rosa parks and the doctor kings, but to also shed light on those that don't get attention. the people kind of behind the scenes that didn't always get the lime light. i think that's a theme of the museum, wanting everyone to know that there were every day people who sat at lunch counters, who marched and they didn't get much publicity, and there's really a call to action for folks to kind of connect the issues of the fast to the issues of the present, whether it's voting, whether it's human trafficking or education. we are still grappling with these issues today. >> thes...

Brewer to veto the bill. >> our governor needs to veto this legislation. it is bad for arizona. >> veto this bill! veto this bill! veto this bill! >> today arizona's two republican senators john mccain and jeff flake have tweeted they're hoping for a veto. but so far governor brewer says she hasn't made up her mind. >> the bill is in transmittal, and i don't have to make a decision until next friday. so i've got plenty of time. >> this decision shouldn't take governor brewer any time. it should be a no-brainer. just a few decades ago, civil rights activists staged sit-ins at lunch counters acr...

Demand which according to within report create 100,000 new jobs. even if walmart went a different route it's not radical change. it's be fair, do the right thing and actually it's good for business. >> so let me ask you about that. one of the thoughts i've been having a little bit so you made a claim this is in part a p.r. issue, but even if it is, so let me -- let me put that on the table. let's say it is. but if you think about for example the civil rights movement and what happens with the woolworth lunch counters and the extent to which they become the emblematic example of segregation and...