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Jon Meacham: We Live in a Better Country Because MLK Jr. Gave His Life for the Rest of Us
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MSNBC

Name: MSNBC
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
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Morning Joe

Name: Morning Joe
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/
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Jon Meacham
, Joe Scarborough

Name: Jon Meacham
Employment: Random House
Position: Executive Vice President

Name: Joe Scarborough
Employment: MSNBC
Position: Host, Author
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01/15/2024 09:33 am
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SCARBOROUGH Yeah And and ░░░░░░░░ I we we have ░░░░░░░░ go to break And ░░░░░░░░ s Alex I apologize ░░░░░░░░ do I just have ░░░░░░░░ quickly Jon if you ░░░░░░░░ just very quickly for ░░░░░░░░ I know you can ░░░░░░░░ that s like asked ░░░░░░░░ to quickly ask the ░░░░░░░░ but if you can ░░░░░░░░ quickly on Martin Luther ░░░░░░░░ Day can you can ░░░░░░░░ talk once again about ░░░░░░░░ extraordinary historic dominoes that ░░░░░░░░ in 1963 with a ░░░░░░░░ on Washington 1964 with ░░░░░░░░ Civil Rights Act 1965 ░░░░░░░░ the Voting Rights Act ░░░░░░░░ talk about how that ░░░░░░░░ the first time that ░░░░░░░░ really got to a ░░░░░░░░ where the promises of ░░░░░░░░ the Declaration of Independence ░░░░░░░░ promises of the Constitution ░░░░░░░░ the United States the ░░░░░░░░ of the Emancipation Proclamation ░░░░░░░░ yes the 14th Amendment ░░░░░░░░ promises actually took legislative ░░░░░░░░ MEACHAM Sure and it ░░░░░░░░ connects yeah and it ░░░░░░░░ connects to what we ░░░░░░░░ talking about You know ░░░░░░░░ s a big debate ░░░░░░░░ we found it in ░░░░░░░░ where we founded in ░░░░░░░░ I would argue that ░░░░░░░░ America in which we ░░░░░░░░ was founded in 1965 ░░░░░░░░ the culmination legislatively of ░░░░░░░░ forces you re talking ░░░░░░░░ The Civil Rights Act ░░░░░░░░ 64 the Voting Rights ░░░░░░░░ of 65 the Immigration ░░░░░░░░ Nationality Act of 1965 ░░░░░░░░ many ways created the ░░░░░░░░ we live in The ░░░░░░░░ truly integrated electorate in ░░░░░░░░ United States of America ░░░░░░░░ in 1968 in a ░░░░░░░░ election right It s ░░░░░░░░ of breathtaking in a ░░░░░░░░ when you when you ░░░░░░░░ back and think about ░░░░░░░░ Taylor Branch the great ░░░░░░░░ of King is the ░░░░░░░░ person I ever saw ░░░░░░░░ referred to King rightly ░░░░░░░░ believe as a second ░░░░░░░░ Father as a modern ░░░░░░░░ Father of a country ░░░░░░░░ he grounded King grounded ░░░░░░░░ claims for the country ░░░░░░░░ on something radical and ░░░░░░░░ American but on something ░░░░░░░░ and very American which ░░░░░░░░ to actually realize the ░░░░░░░░ of the words that ░░░░░░░░ who look like you ░░░░░░░░ me decided to make ░░░░░░░░ at the center of ░░░░░░░░ American experiment that all ░░░░░░░░ created equal And the ░░░░░░░░ was live up to ░░░░░░░░ you say And that ░░░░░░░░ King s continuing legacy ░░░░░░░░ Yeah MEACHAM He was ░░░░░░░░ much more radical figure ░░░░░░░░ the end of his ░░░░░░░░ But we live in ░░░░░░░░ better country because that ░░░░░░░░ gave his life for ░░░░░░░░ rest of us.”
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