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Solid real-ism. i think that the realistic fact is that we still have a long way to go, and we are involved in a war on asian soil, which if not checked and stopped, can poison the very soul of our nation. >> the most striking speech about martin luther king that i have ever heard was delivered in washington in 1983. i just heard it today. for the first time, as i was telling rachel at the beginning of this hour. after this break, you will hear some of that speech delivered in washington on martin luther king's birthday in 1983. comedian richard pryor. innovates daily

To deliver a sunday sermon at ebenezer baptist church yesterday. >> progress is never easy, but it is always possible. things do get better, and we marched towards a more perfect union. at this inflection point, we know that there is a lot of work that has to continue for economic justice, civil rights, voting rights, and protecting our democracy. i am remembering that our job is to redeem the soul of america. >> the last speech coming from dr. king, you will hear it tonight in this hour. it's from a 16-minute speech

Everything else. it seems to me that white america must see that no other ethnic group has been a slave on american soil. that's one thing that other groups haven't had to face. the other thing is that the color became a stigma. american society made the black man color a stigma. that can never be overlooked and so i think that these things absolutely are necessary. americans freed the slaves in 1860 through the emancipation proclamation of abraham lincoln. they gave the slaves no land, and nothing in reality, as a matter of fact in order to get started on it, the same time america was giving ...

Anything. richard pryor was then, and remains our greatest comedian. he ignored his written speech that day, and got one small laugh at the beginning when he made a quick joke about himself. then, speaking to an audience of heroes who had joined martin luther king in the civil rights protests, and paid the plight price for it, being beaten by police and arrested, and worse, richard pryor stood in awe of those heroes and martin luther king, and said this. >> i never rode on a bus in my life until the abuse that some of you out there took. i was flying on a plane here from california. i was read...

Richard pryor. in washington d. c.. and thanks to c-span, which is something we say all the time, thanks to c-span, it is been preserved, and we must show some of it later, it's like nothing you've ever seen on this day, i have no memory of it, i don't member seeing it, know remember hearing about it. it wasn't in a news cycle that day, that's for sure. >> that is fantastic i did not know this existed. not only have not heard it before, they know existed till he turned 20 better right now, i can't wait to see it. >> well later in the hour. thank you rachel. a perfect fit, that's what george sa...