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step away from our divisive politics but whey they did is they red lined out more than half of the speech. and only put up the parts that promote the agenda they want. they took out -- look at the lines they took out. on poverty, which was a major part of the king speech in '63, 100 years later, the negro still lives on a loney island of poverty in a vast organization of material prosterity. they took out the part on systemic racism. they took out the part that says america has given the negro people a bad check, which was marked insufficient funds and took out the part about police brutality where he said we can never be satisfied as long as the negro is the victim of unspeakable police brutality. your thoughts. >> when you look at the fact those that are misquoting dr. king today are the ones threatening with the nation's debt coming up, saying let's look at entitlement programs, programs that dr. king and his

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The Mehdi Hasan Show

to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger, he says. and remember, in march 1968 mlk was assassinated in memphis and he was in memphis to support sanitation workers who are on strike for better pay and conditions. are -- his poor peoples campaign. >> and one white marathons telling negro to lift himself up by his own boot straps, they don't look over and see the legacy of slavery and segregation. i believe we do all we can and seek to list our selves up by our boot straps but it is a cruel just to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift him self up by his own boot straps. many negroes by the thousands of millions have been left

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Meet the Press

available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. i think a turn to violence on the part of the negro at this time would be both impractical and immoral. >> mrs. roosevelt, do you think we're moving fast enough and strong enough to desegregate our schools? >> i do not think we want violence. i think we want understanding. i think we want education. i think we want to move. but we can't stand still. we must move, but we must move with wisdom. >> the code word for racism in this campaign has been the bus. it's not the bus. it's us. i think that the fundamental issue is not political or legal. it's a moral question. will white american leadership have the moral integrity and fortitude to stand by its own constitutional decisions? it's really a question of race.

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Meet the Press

whether it's in a locker room with allen iverson, shaquille o'neal, and the nba commissioner, or on the field at yankee stadium with rob manfred in his first broadcast network interview as major league baseball commissioner. over the years, we've taken an in-depth look at the problem of concussions in football. we've talked with sports figures who are pushing the pace of social change, about what it's like being seen as a role model by many, and why it took so long for washington, d.c., to have its own major league baseball team. and we've heard from everyone from yogi berra to michael jordan to jackie robinson, who appeared on this show all the way back in april of 1957. >> patience is fine. i think that if we go back and check our record, the negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as american citizens. "be patient," i was told as a kid. i keep hearing that today. "let's be patient. let's take our time. things will come." seems to me that the civil war has been over about 93 years. and if that isn't patience, i don't know what is. >> you and muhammad ali were attached at the hip

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CNN This Morning Weekend

front yard. why but instead of giving in to the hate, that set chris on the path to becoming a professional santa for his entire town. he wants others to do the same. let's start at the beginning, though, and that letter in chris's own words. >> please remove your negro santa class yard decoration. you should not try to deceive children into believing that i am a negro. i am a caucasian, white man to you, and have been for the past 600 years. your being jealous of my race is no excuse for your dishonesty. besides that, you are making yourself a laughing stock of the neighborhood. maybe you should move to a neighborhood with the rest of your racist kind. yours truly, santa claus.

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Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire

segregationist. when he lost his house race in 1958, data showed that black voters had turfed him out of office. and after he won back his steet -- seat in 1964, he had the negro voting block. see how this works? if georgia lawmakers take the suggestion and change the threshold for winning office, they wouldn't be fixing a bunch of problems caused by their own law, they could toss out an electoral relic of jim crow in the process. who said irony wasn't also comedy? that does it for us tonight. "way too early" is up next. >> madam speaker, you and i disagreed over the years but never disagreeable to each other. my girls told me, tell the speaker how much we admire her.

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Alex Wagner Tonight

the state lawmaker and staunch segregationist. when he lost his house race in 1958, data showed that black voters had turfed him out of office. and after he won back his steet -- seat in 1964, he had the negro voting block. see how this works? if georgia lawmakers take the suggestion and change the threshold for winning office, they wouldn't be fixing a bunch of problems caused by their own law, they could toss out an electoral relic of jim crow in the process. who said irony wasn't also comedy? that does it for us tonight. "way too early" is up next. >> madam speaker, you and i disagreed over the years but never disagreeable to each other. my girls told me, tell the

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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

graduation. and so he is looking for plaintiffs. in the end, for women, including claudette coleman stepped forward, which would be called -- he is not on the case part of her long history with the naacp as an activist. the case went all the way to the supreme court and they won. >> the montgomery improvement association recommends that the 11 month old protest against the city buses will be called off and that the negro citizens of montgomery alabama will return to the buses on a non segregated bases. >> the montgomery bus is the

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Meet the Press

13 presidents have answered questions here, including six while in office. our goal remains consistent, a fair exchange of views and perspective to give our viewers important context on the issues of the day. here's a look at some of our memorable moments. >> are you ready to "meet the press"? >> i suppose i'm as ready as i will be. >> my idea, i understand that i have broken the ice. >> we're going to -- negro is still a victim. still a victim.

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Meet the Press

press"? >> i suppose i'm as ready as i will be. >> my idea, i understand that i have broken the ice. >> we're going to -- negro is still a victim. >> were you bitter -- >> i wasn't bitter then, i am not now. >> neither i nor the americans would -- >> that's a very strong statement this morning. >> it is indeed. >> the watergate matter should have been handled properly. >> some people when i say conservative automatically think you're talking about a monster who eats his young. >> so you want to be president. >> i do. >> does sarah palin and i disagree on issues? yes, because we're both mavericks. >> i will be voting for senator barack obama. >> we'll be able to not just blunt the momentum of isil, but alsoly dwight them. >> men marrying men and women marrying women are entitled to the sail rights.

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