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OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HOSTED A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH LYNDON...
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| 00:00:34 |
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MORNING. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO THE SPECIAL PRESENTATION, I SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES WHICH IS HAVE VERY GOOD. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, PDA, iPHONE...
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| 00:01:25 |
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MIKE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE MILLER CENTER PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. I'M GERALD BALILES, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER....
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| 00:05:47 |
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THANKS, GOVERNOR, GOOD MORNING, MARK SILVERSTONE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PRESIDENTIAL STUDIES AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE MILLER CENTER. WELCOME...
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| 00:09:29 |
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MARK WOULD DO HIS HAIR LIKE HE DID BACK WHEN HE AND MICHELLE KNEW EACH OTHER IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND WHATEVER ELSE HE DID. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR COMING OUT...
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| 00:15:56 |
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YOUR COOPERATION AND YOUR COMMUNICATION, AND A GOOD MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY HEARD ABOUT YOUR STATEMENT, I GUESS IT WAS ON TV, WASN'T IT? >> YES,
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| 00:16:05 |
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THAT'S RIGHT. >> I'VE BEEN LOCKED
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| 00:16:06 |
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UP IN THIS OFFICE AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM AND HOW WORTHY I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE OF ALL YOUR
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| 00:16:14 |
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HOPES. >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, AND I KNEW THAT YOU HAD JUST THAT GREAT SPIRIT. AND YOU KNOW YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT AND...
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| 00:16:26 |
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IMPOSSIBLE PERIOD. WE GOT A BUDGET COMING UP. GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. ON IT PRACTICALLY ALREADY MADE AND WE HAVE A CIVIL RIGHTS BILL THAT HASN'T...
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| 00:16:59 |
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IS MIGHTY FINE. I THINK IT'S SO IMPERATIVE. I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT TRIBUTES THAT WE CAN PAY IN MEMORY OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS TO TRY TO ENACT SOME OF...
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| 00:17:15 |
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TO SUPPORT THEM ALL, AND YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT. I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO GET OTHER MEN TO DO LIKEWISE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOU ALL'S HELP. I...
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| 00:17:30 |
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ME FOR ANYTHING. >> THANK YOU, MARTIN, CALL
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| 00:17:33 |
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ME WHEN YOU'RE DOWN HERE NEXT TIME. >>
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| 00:17:35 |
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I CERTAINLY WILL. >> LET'S
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| 00:17:36 |
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GET TOGETHER. AND ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU GOT, BRING THEM IN. >>
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| 00:17:39 |
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FINE. I CERTAINLY WILL DO THAT. >>
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| 00:17:41 |
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THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK
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| 00:17:42 |
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YOU. >> THAT'S
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| 00:17:44 |
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CLASSIC POLITICAL SPEAK WHERE NOBODY SAYS REALLY ANYTHING. BUT THEY LEAVE THE CONVERSATION HAPPY. AND THIS IS THREE DAYS AFTER, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE...
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| 00:19:05 |
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HELLO? >>
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| 00:19:06 |
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DOCTOR? >> YES, MR.
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| 00:19:07 |
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PRESIDENT. >> WELL, I JUST WANTED
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| 00:19:10 |
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TO TELL YOU THAT HOW MIGHTY PROUD I WAS OF A LOT OF FOLKS LAST TUESDAY AND HUBERT HUMPHREY 30 MINUTES AGO. I STILL HAVEN'T SHAVED. I WAS IN MY BATHROBE,...
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| 00:19:41 |
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YES. WELL, WE ARE CERTAINLY ALL VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE OUTCOME. IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT VICTORY. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR CALLING. WE HAVE SOME...
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| 00:19:59 |
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GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE JUDGMENT, THE PATRIOTISM OF THE NEGRO PEOPLE THAT I COULDN'T MISLEAD THEM AND THEY COULDN'T FOOL THEM AND...
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| 00:20:25 |
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HERE. LYNDON JOHNSON HAS A TENDENCY TO DOMINATE CONVERSATIONS. AND NOT LET PEOPLE TALK, EVEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND TO GET AN IDEA OF THE AGE...
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| 00:20:56 |
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CONGRATULATE YOU AND SAY WHAT A GREAT MOMENT WE THINK THIS IS FOR OUR COUNTRY. IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE FORCES OF PROGRESS. AND A DEFEAT FOR...
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| 00:21:16 |
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YOU, DOCTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A RING. >> GIVE MY
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| 00:21:20 |
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BEST REGARDS TO THE MADAM. >> SURE
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| 00:21:25 |
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WILL. >> THAT'S THEIR
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| 00:21:27 |
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THANK YOU, YOU'RE A GREAT GUY. YOU ARE A GREAT GUY, TOO, CONVERSATION. THEY HAVE A SERIES OF OTHER CONVERSATIONS AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THEM. JOHNSON...
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| 00:26:56 |
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REPRESENTING BIRMINGHAM IN GENERAL AND MORE SPECIFICALLY SOME 200 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL, RELIGIOUS, LABOR LEADERS WHO ASSEMBLED THE DAY AFTER THE...
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| 00:29:49 |
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WORDS THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THIS GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT THAT REALLY THE HEART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THAT DEVELOPS IN THE SOUTH, THAT GOES FROM...
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| 00:31:06 |
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HI. I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE. I WANT TO THANK DR. SILVERSTONE AS I'M THRILLED TO CALL HIM, MY OLD FRIEND, FOR INVITING ME AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE...
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| 00:44:22 |
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GREAT. THANKS, MICHELLE. THANKS, KENT. AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT DR. KING TO...
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| 00:44:51 |
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HAVE THE UNIVERSITY'S CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER WITH US, A GOOD FRIEND OF THE MILLER CENTER'S AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR
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| 00:45:00 |
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BELISLE, AND MANY THANKS TO THE MILLER CENTER FOR THIS OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. MARK AND MICHELLE AND KENT, YOUR PRESENTATIONS WERE JUST...
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| 00:48:03 |
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APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK
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| 00:48:05 |
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YOU. >> GOOD
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| 00:48:08 |
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MORNING. MY NAME IS IAN McKEE, I'M A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY HERE, AND I'M A HISTORIAN BY TRAINING AND INCLINATION INCLINATION. THERE'S AN IRONY IN...
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| 00:50:47 |
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MUCH. >> I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY -- I'M SORRY. >> I THINK THAT POINT'S
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| 00:50:51 |
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ALREADY BEEN MADE. PAUL GASTON, AND I'VE BEEN HERE, I THINK, ABOUT 53 YEARS. AND I TELL YOU, THIS THE LONGEST MLK CELEBRATION WE'VE EVER HAD. I'VE...
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| 00:52:22 |
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OKAY. WELL WRRK WELL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND AS I SAID, HOOVER CALLED IT COMMUNISM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE WAR ON KING, THE WAR ...
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| 00:57:33 |
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YOU. I THINK I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE A FUTURE MILLER CENTER FORUM ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE WHICH WILL BE HELD -- MARK THAT DOWN,...
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| 00:58:32 |
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YES, SIR. >> TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE
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| 00:58:35 |
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TO START. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE BOTH YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, AND I APRESHIATE YOUR REMARKS. MY NAME IS EDDIE MARTIN. I'M A GRADUATE OF PRINCETON...
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| 01:01:00 |
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SPIRITUALITY ISSUE, THIS IS A DELICATE ISSUE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE LEADING A POLITICAL MOVEMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF KING'S SPIRITUALITY...
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| 01:02:34 |
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AND READ "STRIDE TOWARD FREEDOM" THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK HE PUBLISHED, HE'S 26 YEARS OLD. AND YOU READ THE BACKGROUND AND THE HISTORY. IT'S A WONDERFUL...
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| 01:07:17 |
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PUT SOME CLOSING REMARKS ON THAT? >> YES, I WANTED
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| 01:07:21 |
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TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT RELATED TO FEELING GOOD. AND I THINK IT'S OKAY FOR US TO FEEL GOOD. I THINK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM SHOULD FEEL GOOD. AND I THINK...
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| 01:09:18 |
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THANKS. WE CAN CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION. THE FORUM GUESTS ARE USED TO THE CONVERSATION ENDING AT AROUND NOON, BUT SINCE WE HAD TWO PANELISTS TODAY,...
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| 01:09:34 |
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THAT CONCERNS ME IS HOW A FIGURE BECOMES -- HOW HIS APPEARANCE CHANGES FROM WHO HE WAS AT HIS TIME. AND I THINK LISTENING TO ALL OF THERE ARE TWO PARTICULAR...
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| 01:12:07 |
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I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS VICTOR HUGO WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, IF HE WHO BECOMES A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME IS FORCED TO LIVE THE LEGEND, RIGHT?...
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| 01:14:46 |
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QUESTION ABOUT THE PROGRESSIVE LEGACY, I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONTEXT OF THE GREAT SOCIETY AND THE FOUNDATION THAT HAD BEEN...
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| 01:15:27 |
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ROOSEVELT, IN THE WAY THAT ROOSEVELT WAS HATED IN THE '30s WHEN HE LAUNCHED THE NEW DEAL, THE VITRIOLIC LOATHING OF WHAT HIS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY...
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| 01:15:39 |
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THERE ARE BILLBOARDS ACROSS THE SOUTH, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PAINTING HIM AS A COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZER AND A RADICAL AGAINST THE AMERICAN TRADITION....
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| 01:16:25 |
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WEDGE. YOU KNOW, THAT WEDGE BETWEEN THE IDEA OF, QUOTE, BIG GOVERNMENT AND NO GOVERNMENT IS THE WEDGE THAT WE ARE SEEING IN PUBLIC LIFE RIGHT NOW....
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| 01:17:06 |
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HOPE THAT'S ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT WE TAKE AWAY FROM TODAY AND THAT WE CARRY ON. I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID BY OTHERS, BUT IT'S WORTH SAYING, AGAIN, AS...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.