Ralph Abernathy call for a staff meeting in his church study on a Saturday morning . Today is the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev . Jesse Jackson : King 's work was not about complexion , but direction . He says if King were alive today , he would fight against poverty , Mr . Jackson : King called for a free , big - tent society , everybody in and nobody out .
Today is the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev . Jesse Jackson : King 's work was not about complexion , but direction . He says if King were alive today , he would fight against poverty , Mr . Jackson : King called for a free , big - tent society , everybody in and nobody out .