April 4 is the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was in Memphis to support public sanitation workers, organizing with AFSCME. Today, public workers are under attack once again, but around the country workers and their allies are marching and rallying both to remember Dr. King’s legacy and renew their commitment to his struggle. We speak with the Rev. Jesse Jackson today as he travels to Madison, Wisconsin to be with protesters there for this anniversary, about Dr. King's unfinished work, about today's actions, and the sad loss last week of scholar Manning Marable. Today we also mark another loss: the passing of Manning Marable, a tower of both intellect and activism. One of the leading scholars on African-American history and the legacy of institutional racism and economic injustice, his formidable biography Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention is being released this week. We share with you a slice of one of his conversations on GRITtv, to give you just a taste of his spirit and insight. Marable was reflecting on the comments of Attorney General Eric Holder's comment in February 2009 about our being a "nation of cowards" on the issue of race. As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King and his legacy of nonviolent resistance, we also remember former GRITtv guest, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Arab-Israeli actor, director and teacher who was gunned down in Jenin, the West Bank town where he ran the Freedom Theater of Jenin. In an increasingly violent climate, how do we sustain a message of nonviolence? Sami Al Jundi, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem, discovered the power of non-violent resistance in a very unlikely place, and his story is recounted in the new book The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker. Jen Marlowe, who is also on the board of directors of Mer-Khamis' Freedom Theater, co-authored the book with him, and they both join Laura to discuss the struggle for peace and justice. Finally, TransOcean's Dee...