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Inequality. and it goes beyond african-americans, obviously. we have issues for many people in society who are the underclass. the right doesn't want to have this conversation. >> i think there is a segment, a school of thought that the racism against african-americans and minorities of the past is no more and a lot of the protection that were put in place during the civil rights movement are no longer necessary. and i think the election of the first african-american president kind of reflects that paradigm shift. a lot of people think, okay, this is it now. and now that the real problem is th...

Of this nation there is no challenge we cannot surmount. >> heather: joining us now, judith miller. thank you all for joining us. >> our own kelly wright was at the ceremony today and he described it as being momentous and joyful. at the same time, there is work that needs to be done. did you listen to the coverage. >> it was very moving. >> extremely moving. this is just what obama does brilliantly. he was so eloquent and it was such a wonderful tribute to an amazing man. to see them lock on the end and we shall overcome. i don't think thi there was dry eye in my house. >> the importance of m...

without controversy. change depends on persistence. change requires determination. it took a full decade before the moral guidance of brown versus board of education was translated into the enforcement measures of the civil rights about and the voting rights act. but those ten long years did not lead dr. king to give up. he kept on pushing. he kept on speaking. he kept on marching until change finally came. and when the civil rights and voting rights act was passed, americans still found themselves trammed in pockets of povr across the country. dr. king d didn't say this was a failur...

To channel this tension through the spirit of love and mutual aly. if he were alive today, i believe he would remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses of wall street without demonizing all who work there. that the businessman can enter tough shuns with his company's union without vilifing theç right to collectively bargain. he would want us to know we can argue fiercely about the proper size and of government without questioning each other's love for this country. with the knowledge that in this democracy, government is no distance object, but is rather an expr...