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Him? what would be most surprising to him about what actually happened, both in a good way, and in a bad way? >> we have a black president today. it was unthinkable. there are no more lynchings without recourse, legal recourse, anymore. we have a black america that is fully integrated with a white america. and on the negative side, we have the cradle-to-jail pipeline for young black men with, you know, millions in an industry that is supported with huge, huge dollars. and we have gun violence, we have stand your the ground, we have huge new problems. so we must celebrate -- i'm talking to myse...

We've been talking about the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, the economic message of martin luther king and how that's been lost, because the official title of that march that will be commemorating this weekend, which has largely disappeared from history, was the march on washington for jobs and freedom. which tells you the kind of vision king and other march organizers had 50 years ago, was a vision of a more equal america, equally, socially, and racially. joining us is gary young, author of a new book, "the speech: story behind martin luther king's dream." and also with us, pete...