Standing there, one cannot help but feel the weight of the stakes of what Dr. King confronted. Government sanctioned segregation and redlining, the vote of the people, denied by literacy tests and poll taxes, Churches [were] bombed and People lynched. A child beaten beyond recognition and laying in a casket. Hear what we understand about that moment. Hate and fear were being weaponized by the powerful to terrorize those they saw as powerless. (04:57–05:01)
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Asserts that churches were bombed and people were lynched during the civil rights era.
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