Civil rights marches: then vs now

The Black Lives Matter marches we are seeing today have roots in the civil rights marches from decades ago.

ROOTS IN CIVIL RIGHT MARCHESFROM DECADES AGO.PASTOR JAMES PETERS TOOK PARTIN THOSE MARCHES BACK IN THEDAY, REPORTER LANCEHERNANDEZ SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUTWHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT HASREMAINED THE SAME.((THE MARCH IN WASHINGTON WASTHE HEIGHT OF IT.)) [RUNS=:03]PASTOR JAMES PETERS REMEMBERSTHAT AUGUST DAY IN 1963 WHEN A[SOT - 2:17] [REV.JAMES PETERS/PASTOR EMERITUS -NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH] ((ISAID WELL WE'RE HOPING FOR AHUNDRED THOUSAND.WELL WE GOT 250,000.))[RUNS=:06] THAT MARCH...CAPPED BY MARTIN LUTHER KING'S"I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH...WAS PEACEFUL...BUT THERE WAS VIOLENCEAFTERWARDS.[SOT - 7:37] ((LESS THAN AMONTH LATER THE KLAN SET OFF ABOMB IN THE 16TH STREET BAPTISTCHURCH AND THOSE 4 LITTLE GIRLSEDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE ON A MARCHFROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY.MLK PUT OUT A CALL TO DO THESAME MARCH AGAIN.[SOT - 9:52] ((WE HAD 2600PEOPLE LINED UP TO MAKE THATSAME MARCH THAT THEY HAD GOTTENBEATEN UP FOR ON SUNDAY...AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULDHAPPEN BUT WE WERE THERE.))[RUNS=:11] REVEREND PETERS SAYSTHE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEENPRESENT DAY MARCHES AND WHAT HETOOK PART IN PREVIOUSLY WAS THESCOPE.[SOT - 17:26] ((THIS ONE HASCAUGHT ON ALL ACROSS THECOUNTRY.PEOPLE SEE THE PICTURE OF THATMAN DYING WITH A FOOT ON HISNECK...AND THEY'RE APPALLED.))[RUNS=:12] WE ALSO ASKED ABOUTRIOTING AND HOW THEY COMPARED.[SOT - 18:31] ((WE HAD RIOTS INDETROIT.WHERE PEOPLE BURN DOWN 3000 OFTHEIR OWN HOMES.WHICH I THOUGHT WAS CRAZY.))[RUNS=: 13] HE SAYS THE LOOTINGHE SAYS THE BIG DIFFERENCE ISTHERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE WHITEPEOPLE INVOLVED NOW...WHICH HE SAYS BODES WELL FORCHANGE.[STAND UP] [LANCE HERNANDEZ]((ONE BIG HOPE -- THAT ONE DAYBLACK PARENTS, WHO NOW HAVE TOEXPLAIN TO THEIR CHILDREN HOWTO ACT WHEN CONFRONTED BYPOLICE...WON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHINGDIFFERENTLY THAN WHITE PARENTS.LANCE HERNANDEZGOOD MORNING LAS VEGAS..STILL AHEAD THISMORNING...