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>> reporter: the man known as the dean of the civil rights movement calls the inaugural benediction one of the most memorable of his long career. that's saying a lot for a man who helped plan the montgomery bus boycott and lived to tell about the riots that followed king's death. but the one event lowery calls the most important of his life, it happened in decatur, alabama, may, 1979, during his 20-year reign, they were opposing the conviction of a man convicted of rape and fleeing the scene in a car. >> and tommy couldn't ride a bike. he didn't have the coordination, the motor control, you kn...

>> reporter: but the one event lowery calls the most important of his life. it happened in decatur, alabama, may 1979 during his 20-year reign as president of the christian leadership conference. they were there to protest the conviction of a mentally challenged man of tommy lee hines convicted of rape and fleeing the scene in a car. >> tommy couldn't ride a bike. he didn't have the coordination, the motor control, you know, between mind and body. to ride a car, to drive a car. let alone to ride a bike. >> reporter: lowery says on the day of the march, there were reports of radio conversations...

Move it into their mouths and eat it. they want motor control, they want a wrist, elbow, shoulder. they sat there and said we want that, we want it fast. it's got to be less than 9 pounds, self-powered. that's what we want. >> and your response was? >> you're crazy. because the technology is not there. >> well, it's worth pointing out that this is your starting point, right? it's considered state of the art. >> this is state of the art. it doesn't do much and it's pretty heavy. >> i was surprised. for what it does, it weighs a lot. and you slowly decided to -- >> i went home that night thinkin...

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