But the more information that comes out, the more explicable and human historical events become. The details make the story real. |
He (Johnson) had an amazing spiritual quality about him, |
I am glad that more of this is coming out. They really show ordinary people making extraordinary history. But I wish it had come out sooner. |
I don't really mind this although sometimes I get afraid of Willy. I get afraid of his temper. You never know what he's going to do. |
John is trying to talk [the family] into giving up control. |
King considered himself, first and foremost, a prophet, |
The lessons that come from discovery of the Movement's story should point us forward. |
There's a tremendous tide of freedom that came out of the civil rights movement, |
This (tape issue) is a tiny fraction of a very complicated, difficult personal subject. I am saying there is a grain of truth in what the FBI said. |
This era liberated everyone, if you look at the long span of history, beginning with white southerners. Until black people struggled for equal rights, white women couldn't serve on juries. Almost 30 states restricted service. That's so foreign to us today. |
Truth requires a maximum effort to see through the eyes of strangers, foreigners, and enemies. |
We just get after 'em. It's the biggest game for both of us. |
When the Birmingham movement happened, it just stunned me, ... I felt a tiny breath of something very powerful. It changed the whole direction of my life's interest. |