Barack Obama And John Lewis Remember The Work Of Martin Luther King Jr.

As Americans across the country remember how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life was cut short while standing on a motel balcony in Memphis, former President Barack Obama and congressman John Lewis sat down to discuss the civil rights leader and his legacy.

The black-and-white video has been shared on Twitter more than 4,000 times since being posted two hours ago by the Obama Foundation.

Obama starts by asking Lewis where he was when he learned that King had been shot. Lewis says he was in Indianapolis, organizing a rally for Robert Kennedy, who broke the news that King had been fatally wounded. Lewis expressed regret that he didn't spend more time with King, saying "I thought he would be around a long time."

Lewis, who in the early 1960s joined the movement against racism and segregation and became a prominent civil rights leader, knew King personally.

In a recent interview with The Atlantic, he talked about penning a letter to King about his hopes of attending a school only open to white people. King offered to file a lawsuit with him against the school and the state of Alabama — after Lewis got the green light from his parents. King warned Lewis of the risks. "He said they could lose their land; their home could be burned or bombed," Lewis told The Atlantic. In the end, his parents were too afraid. - Read More, NPR

Barack Obama And John Lewis Remember The Work Of Martin Luther King Jr.

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