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Think people would be mainly in solidarity and black power movement. but a lot of people were singing other songs such as "we shall overcome," besides "lift every voice and sing." >> dr. askew, stand by. we'll at the a quick break here and continue our conversation. you're hearing one side here, but also the reverend jesse jackson in fact was part of an effort to try to get this song back into the forefront to put it on people's minds. that effort was back in the '70s. he's here, going to be live with us to talk to us about his feelings of it. also, you've been hearing from a lot of people ove...

I don't even understand the point of even discussing its value. >> dr. askew, you still are sitting next to me. how can you say to a guy like jesse jackson who has been one of those front-line soldiers of civil rights, nobody would question that. how can you say to that guy, or many like him, that this shouldn't be around today? >> well, first of all, i would say to reverend jackson how much respect i have for everything that he's done and everything he stands for in trying to bring people together. i think that he's a wonderful man and he's always been one of my american heroes. but i keep he...

Afghanistan. a disturbing discovery made along the u.s./mexican border. suspected casualties of the ongoing mexican drug cartel wars. nine hidden mass grieves have been found containing at least 38 bodies. the local attorney general says he believes some of the dead may have been buried as recently as a few days ago. a suspected u.s. drone attack in pakistan this morning kills 16 alleged militants. at least five missiles are believed to have hit a compound in south waziristan. the region used to be a nerve center for the taliban. u.s. military does not comment on reported drone attacks. ...

Show you here. take a look. this was supposed to be a simple traffic stop. you can see it was anything but. we'll tell you exactly what was going on here and what was the result. and also a warning from north korea just a day before the u.s. is scheduled to begin joint military exercises with south korea. 25 minutes past the hour. stay here with us.

♪ >> do you know it? it is "lift every voice and sing." but were you aware that it is the black national anthem? there is a college professor out there that says there shouldn't be anything out there called a black national anthem. certainly not now. says it is divisive. we got a debate you do not want to miss. he ties it all in to what we're seeing in this country right now as it comes to race relations. plus, there is a major heat wave upon us. jacqui jeras will have the details of that right after the break.