Watch more free documentariesA rare and candid TV interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. - unseen in 40 years - is the centerpiece of this timely tribute, featuring exclusive interviews with such notables as Jesse Jackson and Colin Powell that provide fresh insight into the life and personality of the late civil rights leader.
"I would hope that the president (President Johnson) means what he says when he says that there should always be room for dissent. And we have come to a tragic period in our nation when we equate dissent with disloyalty. I believe firmly that it is necessary to have these moments of dissent in order to challenge something that may be leading the whole nation down the wrong path."
"The important thing is that I not lose favor with truth and with what conscience tells me is right and what conscience tells me is just. I am much more concerned about keeping favor with these principals than keeping favor with a person who may misunderstand a position I take."
"We are either going to have peaceful co-existence or violent co-annihilation."
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