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Yet they were threats to america according to j. edgar hoover. when you look at the kinds of fights that are happening now on civil rights issues, narrowly defined. for example, this fight is over voting rights in north carolina and texas. there is attorney general eric holder weighing in. that's happening at the official level. how much do you feel like the unofficial response, the sort of movement response, the activist response, even the political response is in inheritance from that civil rights movement, do we reinvent ourselves every time we fight these guys. >> it's different, i've neve...

If there hadn't been a world or raid against them, a very powerful world including at times all of the powers that be in our country. it is inspiring now to see echos of civil rights heroism in our country today. it is unsettling to see echos in our country today of what they fought against. joining us now is charles ogletree, thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> happy to be with you, rachel. >> why was dr. king perceived as a threat, such a dangerous threat to national security, particularly after that speech. >> a lot of this was in j. edgar hoover's mind. he did it not just wit...

The singer harry bellafonte was very close to a lot of national civil rights leaders at the time, including martin luther king, and his family, in harry bellafonte's auto biography, he writes about these protests and how there was this national shock and horror at seeing these images, at how these protesters were brutalized in birmingham. there was the practical nuts and bolts dollars and sense matter of raising the bail money to get the protesters out of jail. he raised $50,000 himself, the unions stepped in and kicked up a lot of money. a black store workers union in new york. they sent tens...

They did nothing wrong, nonviolence, very peaceful, and yet they were threats to america according to j. edgar hoover. when you look at the kinds of fights that are happening now on civil rights issues, narrowly defined. for example, this fight is over voting rights in north carolina and texas. there is attorney general eric holder weighing in. that's happening at the official level. how much do you feel like the unofficial response, the sort of movement response, the activist response, even the political response is in inheritance from that civil rights movement, do we reinvent ourselves ever...

And left with a big suitcase full of cash to get the kids out of prison. and then late that summer, when it came time to write a big speech for dr. king, that man who signed the promissory note for the $100,000 to get the elementary schoolkid prisoners out of prison released to their parents so they could go back to school. that man who you see over dr. king's right shoulder, suggested that that promissory note experience he had at that bank vault on that saturday morning in new york city with the governor might make a metaphor for a big speech. on august 28th, 1963 you can when that speech wa...