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Not be sitting in this chair. congressman lewis that's the truth because of race, because of the heart issue of race. and think about it, this group of young men, congressman john lewis was before he became a congressman. he was a young guy who wanted to go to troy university and dr. king said if you go to troy you will be the first black person there. but your house could your family could lose the land they own. for a black family that was a lot. he decided not to go to troy. but troy state where he decided to march with dr. king. at a time when race in the south we saw strange fruit hanging...

And a young lawyer, the name of fred gray. the lawyer for rosa parks. dr. king in the montgomery movement. met me at the greyhound bus station. and drove me to the first baptist church in downtown montgomery. and ushered me in the pastor's study. i saw dr. king. and the reverend, standing behi adesk. and, dr. king said to me. are you the boy from troy? are you john lewis? and i said, dr. king, i am john robert lewis. but he still called me, the boy from troy. and, we had a wonderful discussion. he said if you want to, want to attend troy state. now called troy university. we will help you. but...

I heard rosa parks. martin luther king jr. heard him on the radio. and, 57. i met rosa parks. the next year. in 58. martin luther king jr. i was inspired. >> you want off to nashville to study for the ministry. and, you became, more and more, involved in the social, social gospel, social, social ministry. you decided you were going to come back to troy state in alabama. you were going to integrate that, that college. and you wrote to martin luther ki king. and he wrote back. how did that happen. and what, what did you, he sent a tick tight see him. a bus ticket in montgomery. >> you are right....

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>> no he will not. >> the bosses are all there. >> but not the president. >> into ho is going to speak? >> joe biden. and our comedian is named joe wong. >> shepard: oh my. vice president biden rides trains. >> that's right. >> and the comedian again? >> joe wong. >> where is he from? >> i don't know. i think he went to troy. >> used to be troy state. >> i keep looking for the state of troy or -- why do they have teams named murray state and cleveland state and they.