who, adam clayton powell actually championed nixon in the black commitment during his tenure as vice president, and according to an autobiography, powell was snubbed in favor of morrow when an opportunity rose for a back tell gate to travel with nixon's administration. how do you feel -- that was a consistent pattern when, and it was very selective. although all three of those congressmen were democrats, and, obviously, would have not been the first choice just for that reason on its own, there was a very selective policy, i mean, it was something of the period and the time and the racial politics, but for it to have been limited in a circumstance like that to be able to say, well, we'll select one of these three congressmen, and the other two will be decisively turned away. how do you feel like something like that affects the legacy of a man who already has kind of a -- he has a very divided depending on how you can judge his relationship with king and then some of the other things that he did? >> well, this was the eisenhower administration. eisenhower had no, eisenhower was

anti-particularly didn't like adam clayton powell. he thought he was a demagogue.so i'm not sure what nixon's role in this, nixon was, you, nixon was very friendly with them because they kind of like each other. [inaudible] >> the issue was that he was actually influenced by advisers to him he won't be able to make a decisive decision not to include. so what i'm saying is that you feel as though nixon's personal politics towards african-americans during his administration were negatively affected by his advisors that surrounded him during that administration? >> i don't think the. you're talking presidents nixon, not vice president nixon spent but i'm talking about an event that happened during his vice presidential speeches are not aware of one or the other, i'm sorry. >> i think that richard nixon attitude towards african-americans were shaped by some assumptions we have about genetics and race. which he speaks of on the tape. so i think, i think that its refusal someone who wants to understand richard nixon's view of the world to look at how he thinks about race