>> Devin: 57 YEARS AGO TODAY,
>> Devin: 57 YEARS AGO TODAY,
MARTIN LUTHER KING HELD THE WALK
TO FREEDOM IN DETROIT, WHAT MANY
BELIEVE WAS THE DRY RUN FOR THE
"I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.
"I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.
>> Kim: WE LOOK BACK AND SEE HOW
THE WORDS RESONATE TODAY.
>> Steve: ARE YOU EVER LOOKING
FOR A NEW SOUND TO CHECK OUT?
FOR A NEW SOUND TO CHECK OUT?
IT’S AN OLDIE, 1963, A DIVISION
OF MOTOWN RECORDS, BUT THE
MESSAGE IS AS FRESH AS IT WAS 57
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO.
>> SEGREGATION IS WRONG BECAUSE
IT IS NOTHING BUT A NEW FORM OF
SLAVERY COVERED UP WITH CERTAIN
NICETIES OF COMPLEXITY.
>> Steve: JUNE 23rd, 1963, A
CROWD OF OVER 100,000 PEOPLE
WALKED WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR., DOWN WOODWARD AVENUE.
KING, JR., DOWN WOODWARD AVENUE.
THE WALK TO FREEDOM ENDED AT
COBO ARENA AND DELIVERED HIS "I
HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH TWO MONTHS
LATER IN WASHINGTON.
THE KAY IN DETROIT WAS ELECTRIC.
>> THERE WERE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
THERE WASN’T A SEAT TO BE HAD
BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T
ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE IN THE
MARCH.
>> Steve: SHE WAS JUST A YOUNG
GIRL AND DIDN’T TUNE IN THE WAY
GROWN-UPS DID BUT SHE KNEW IT
WAS SPECIAL.
>> YOU SENSED THAT SOMETHING
AMAZING WAS HAPPENING, SOMETHING
HISTORIC WAS HAPPENING.
>> Steve: 57 YEARS HAVE PASSED
>> Steve: 57 YEARS HAVE PASSED
SINCE THAT DAY IN DETROIT.
SADLY THE FLAMES OF RACISM STILL
BURN IN THIS COUNTRY.
MANY OF TODAY’S YOUNG PEOPLE
MANY OF TODAY’S YOUNG PEOPLE
SPEAK WITH OPTIMISM BUT ALSO
IMPATIENCE.
>> IT’S ESPECIALLY THE TIME TO
HAVE EVERYONE STAND TOGETHER.
>> THIS IS NOT WHITE AGAINST
BLACK AT ALL BY ANY MEANS BUT
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DARK.
>> Steve: IT WAS A DREAM OF
UNITY THAT HASN’T ARRIVED BUT
MIGHT BE ON THE HORIZON.
>> THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE OUT
>> THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE OUT
HERE, WHITE PEOPLE OUT HERE,
ASIAN PEOPLE, PEOPLE MARCHING IN
LONDON, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THAT’S HOW WE’RE FULFILLING IT
RIGHT NOW.
>> Steve: SHE BELIEVES IF
DR. KING WERE WITH US TODAY, HE
WOULD BE HOPEFUL.
>> I THINK WHAT HE WOULD BE MOST
PROUD OF IS THAT ONCE AGAIN,
THERE’S A COMING TOGETHER OF ALL
SORTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE,
TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL TO MAKE
ANOTHER MAJOR CHANGE THAT’S BEEN
TOO LONG WAITING TO MAKE.
