since it became federal holidays have Martin Luther King Day fell on the same day as the presidential inauguration. It was 1997, and Bill Clinton was sworn in to begin his second term as the 42nd President of the United States.

Martin Luther King III, the late civil rights leader's son and a longtime activist himself, spoke to CBS News on the morning of President-elect Donald Trump. second inaugurationspoke of how the country continues to move forward despite political differences.

"We re-elected President Trump and the question is how do we behave in a civilized manner because there has never been civility in history," he said. "Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King went against what society was trying to do in the first place and helped create a climate so that we could move forward in a constructive way."

Just like when his father was alive, King said there needs to be continued dialogue among Americans about the future direction of the country.

"This direction is in the interest of all Americans, not the interest of one particular group," he said. "I just think civility has been temporarily lost and I would like to see civility come back into the political discourse."

King said the wealth inequality issue his father fought against before his assassination in 1968 is still a struggle in America today.

"Progress has been made, but how do we increase progress? How do we address economic inequality?" he asked, noting that his father advocated "radical distribution of wealth."

"Unfortunately, there still needs to be some redistribution of wealth today because there are such huge disparities," he said. "We have to change the climate."