And he has the leg thrills to prove it.
Filling in for Andrea Mitchell on Monday, MSNBC host Chris Matthews and his wife,Kathleen Matthews, interviewed Martin Luther King III about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement’s march on Washington D.C. In the interview, Matthews linked the civil rights movement to the ascension of Barack Obama to the presidency, noting that the president gave “the second greatest American speech” behind Abraham Lincoln at his second inaugural.
Matthews previewed Obama’s plans to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s remarks on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by delivering a speech in that same place this coming weekend. Matthews noted that Obama has a “tough act to follow,” but that he is up to the challenge.
Matthews said that, Obama “gave, I think, after the second inaugural of Lincoln, the second greatest American speech every given.”
MLK III went on to preview the commemorations that will occur next weekend. He also said that attendees will pursue activism including petitioning the government to address the verdict in the trail of George Zimmerman and the Supreme Court’s striking down of provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
Watch the clip below via MSNBC:
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