70s -- into this political party so that alabamians could vote for lyndon johnson rather than george wallace and that the hundreds of thousands of newly-registered black voters would have people to vote for. could not just vote, but also run for office. and so that was his life's work, and he was very much committed to recapturing the greatness of african-americans in the terms of political participation. he was very steeped in the era of reconstruction because his grandfather had been a reconstruction legislator, and he grew up hearing about his grandfather, grandpa herschel, while he was coming of age in jim crow, and it radicalized him to be living under jim crow in alabama while hearing about the fact that black people used to actually have political power and be in office including his own family. >> well, who was herschel cashin? >> that was my great grandfather. handsome man, isn't he? [laughter] he was in our family lore, herschel cashin was the first black lawyer in the state of alabama and the architect of reconstruction, you know? i grew up listening to my father repeat this over

i have memories -- to my father ran for governor against george wallace in 1970 and i have these memories of my summers being taken all around the state, those counties that were the center of the plantation economy during the antebellum era and not surprising 100 years later where all the black votes were and it felt like particularly during that election in 1970s, it felt like i had been carried to every black church in the black help you now and i watched my father give this stump speech over and over again invoking the famous line, those who deprecate agitation are like -- [inaudible] and that is where the line comes from. frederick douglass, the title "the agitator's daughter" but he was my fathers he wrote. he was always quoting him but when he was on the campaign trail in the black belt, speaking to these dirt poor sharecroppers trying to give them a reason to register to vote and go to the polls he would always invoke douglas and say you know, don't sit around waiting for other people to do right by you. frederick douglass says power received a man. go forth and demand your power

serious challenge for the nomination but civil-rights played a major role in the campaign with george wallace'sunning on a segregationist clot form. johnson's speech to delegates is about 40 minutes. >> he appreciates at this tremendous reception and has a message to give to you and the american people. [no audio] [applause] -- [applause] >> chairman mccormick, my fellow americans. i accept your nomination. [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. [applause] i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side --e man that last night so you so qisely -- wisely selected to be the next vice president of the united states. i know i speak for each and all of youw hen i say -- when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. [applause] and i speak for both of us when i tell you that on monday on, he is going to be available for such speeches in all 50 states. such speeches in all 50 states. we will try to

i arer when george wallace said there is not a dime's worth of difference between the republicans and the democrats. for those paying attention, there is not a dime's worth of difference between mitt romney and the republican fringe. sarah palin accused the president of palling around with terrorists. romney accuses obama of sympathizing with the attackers in the mideast. he not only exploits the range winlg of the right he is enjoying it. the birthers say obama isn't one of us. romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. today, the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name appear on the ballot. the birthers are still at it. they want more evidence of the president's legitimacy. his birth certificate isn't enough. his new ally, newt gingrich, talks of our food stamp president. one state after another tries to limit minority voting in the cause of making out the president as the other, the foreigner who needs in the words of romney surrogate, john sa into into, to learn how to be an american. the campaign is coherent, comprehensive. to convince the working clas

i remember when george wallace said there's not a dime's worth of difference between the republicans and the democrats. well today for those paying attention there's not a dime's worth of attention between mitt romney and the republican fringe. sarah palin accused the palin of powing around with terrorists. romney today accuses obama of sympathizing with the attackers in the middle east. romney not only exploits the language of the right, he's enjoying it. the birthers say obama isn't one of us, wasn't born here. romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. well today the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name even appear on the ballot. the kansas secretary of state wants more legitimate my to run. his new talks of the food stamp president and one republican dominated state after another tries to limit minority voting, all in the idea of making the president one of the others. to learn how to be an american. well, the campaign is coherent. it's comp rehencive and is to work the working class white guy obama is not one of us. he's one of them. a foreigner. a

it's quite serious. >> governor george wallace, of alabama was shot and wounded today while campaigningys he is in critical condition. >> he's got one bullet in the stomach and near the spine. they think he's going to live, he may be paralyzed, he may not be. but be that as it may. >> we've identified the fellow who had this gun and was the assailant apparently as arthur herman bremer. >> can we pin this on one of theirs? >> sure. >> look, can we play the game a little smart for a change? >> just say he was a supporter of kennedy. just put that out. just say you have it on unmistakable evidence. >> there ought to be a record. >> screw the record and put it out. >> it was clear that this was an atmosphere, and a climate in -- where the white house was politically taking no prisoners. they were infiltrating the movement. >> kennedy has written asking for secret service protection. >> you understand what the problem is? they'll say we didn't furnish it until after the election. he doesn't get a thing and if he had a chance. >> i'd do it on the basis though that we pick the secret serviceme

then governor george wallace vowed to stop the university of alabama from integrating. ont of the university's doors for hours refusing to let two black students register for class. it all stemmed from a promise wallace made in his inaugural speech. >> in the name of the greatest people that have are ever climbed this earth, i've drawn a line in the dust and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> segregation forever. how is an offensive comment like that compared to the chicago teachers fighting for job securities and benefits and fighting for the

but you remember a guy named george wallace? guest: 1968. col he carried louisiana, mississippi, alabama, north carolina, arkansas, and i'm drawing on memory. he skipped my state thank goodness because i didn't like him. south carolina. but tell me that's not relevant. then after the affordable care act was voted on and signed into law in march 2010, an angry bunch of people got together and called themselves the tea party and i think they were responsible for having the house turned over to the republicans frankly, and i tell you, that's got to be relevant. but let me ask you a question. let's talk about the affordable care act. i know small business owners and i've seen small business owners interviewed on various stations and channels, and they tell me it's going to hurt them, that they're actually going to reduce the number of full-time employees and they will pay the penalty and will not hire more employees, it's too expensive. now, they deemed the penalty is a tax, so in effect, in march 2010, thousands, maybe millions, of americans ha

i remember when george wallace said there's not a dime's worth of difference between the republicans and democrats. well, today for those paying attention, there's not a dime's worth of difference between mitt romney and the republican fringe. sarah palin accused the president of palling with terrorists. romney accuses obama of sympathizing with the attackers in the mid east. romney not only exploits the language of the right, he is enjoying it. birthers say obama doesn't belong with us, romney says he sympathizes with muslim killers. the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name appear on the ballot. birthers are still at it. kansas secretary of state wants more evidence of the president's legitimacy to run. his birth certificate is not apparently enough. newt gingrich talks of good stamp president, and one republican state after another tries to limit minority voting, all making out the president making him the foreigner. in the words of john sununu, quote learn how to be an american. it is to convince the working class white guy that obama is not one of us, he is one

i remember when george wallace said there's not a dime of difference between the democrats and the republicans. well today there's not a dime's worth of difference between mitt romney and the pring. romney accuses obama of sympathizing with the attackers in the mid east. romney not only exploits the language of the right, he's enjoying it. the birther is saying obama isn't one of us. wasn't born here. romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. today the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name appear on the ballot. the secretary of state wants more evidence of his legitimacy to run. driving the wedge deeper, romney plays the welfare card. newt gingrich talks of our food stamp president. and one republican dominated state after another tries to limit minority voting. all on the cause to make out the president to learn how to be an american. well, the campaign is coherent, it's comprehensive and it's whole purpose is to convens the working class white guy that obama is not one of us. he's one of them. a foreigner. and mitt romney's right out there overseeing every word

we went to federal court, testified, to get an injunction against governor george wallace and the alabama state troopers. and the federal court said that we had a right to march from selma to montgomery. president johnson spoke to the nation and condemned the violence in selma, introduced the voting rights act. and that night, he made one of the most meaningful speeches that any american president had made in modern times on the whole question of civil rights and voting rights. he condemned the violence over and over again, and near the end of the speech he said, "and we shall overcome. we shall overcome." we call it the "we shall overcome" speech. i was sitting next to dr. martin luther king jr. as we listened to president johnson. i looked at dr. king. tears came down his face. he started crying. and we all cried a little when we heard the president saying, "we shall overcome." and dr. king said, "we will make it from selma to montgomery, and the voting rights act will be passed." two weeks later, more than 10,000 of us, people from all over america, started walking from selma to montgo

any party that has george wallace who, you know, ran for president many times, white supremist, and anyone who can do that can work across the aisle in congress for republicans and democrats, and carter saw that and what he had done as chairman of the dnc, and he thought he could do that abroad. the tokyo round of the trade negotiations were stalled for soim time. they started in 1973, and there were over 100 countries involved, and so it seemed like a daunting task to take on. bob was willing to do it. he didn't have a large bureaucracy to work with. he was not like the department of commerce with people under him, but it was a small staff, and that was a good thing. he accumulated power through the friendships in congress with democrats and with republicans and i think it's special pert innocent now with the recent passage of the three bills last night, the trade bills with colombia, panama, and south korea. everyone's making such a big deal about, you know, how they got them through quickly and how bipartisan they were, and it's true, but this bill was also devicive, and it was not just

i remember when george wallace said there's not a dime's worth of difference between the republicans and democrats. well, today for those paying attention, there's not a dime's worth of difference between mitt romney and the republican fringe. sarah palin accused the president of palling with terrorists. romney accuses obama of sympathizing with the attackers in the mid east. romney not only exploits the language of the right, he is enjoying it. birthers say obama doesn't belong with us, romney says he sympathizes with muslim killers. the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name appear on the ballot. birthers are still at it. kansas secretary of state wants more evidence of the president's legitimacy to run. his birth certificate is not apparently enough. newt gingrich talks of good stamp president, and one republican state after another tries to limit minority voting, all making out the president making him the foreigner. in the words of john sununu, quote learn how to be an american. it is to convince the working class white guy that obama is not one of us, he is one

so was a very emotional time with the lunch counter sit-ins, the dogs, biting at students from george wallaceational guard, in southern states. and it was a time when there really had to be strong presidential leadership. >> we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and as clear as the american constitution. >> president kennedy was the one that called it the greatest moral issue that we face, the first president to do so. and i think that that really goes back to the time of my mother's sort of teaching, and the lessons that she was able to give to us, in terms of the discrimination against the irish in boston. which made a powerful impression on her. she was there when there was an issue at the time of my grandfather's time. this, i think made a powerful impact of both my brothers and great challenges that we faced in civil rights. >> president now seems unlikely you'll get a civil rights bill in this session of congress. does that disturb you? >> i think the longer they're delayed, i think that -- yes, i think it is unfortunate, and i'm hopeful that the

there was george wallace who by that time, run couple final for presidency -- time for presidency.ant to emphasize this over and over again, the democratic party is changing dramatically. the south is not at that point. along comes the period of this slowly building depth. not nearly of marriage but relationships. so you have now another famous moment. nixon wins. he's not hurt by the fact there's another candidate in there. the fact is the democrat has no possibility of carrying in the south. strange thing happens, the democratic party gets even more to the left as far as the rest of the country is concerned. along comes the mcgovern election. i remember it well because i was traveling with something called the grasshopper special, which was liz carpenter's "lady bird" special from the 1964 election. we were serious about carrying the south. we spoke at the north carolina state fair and so help me, that wonderful silly man, nick came and spoke with us guaranteeing that jesse had a target. they knew at this point, the party was dead in the water as a lot of us who were in the south

there was george wallace, who had run a couple of times for presidency and was discovering that not southernersnges in the democratic party. i will emphasize this over and over. the democratic party is changing dramatically. the south is not, at that point. so along comes the period of this slowly building data. -- death, not merely of a marriage, but of a number of other relationships. nixon winds. -- wins. he is not hurt by the fact that there is another candidate, but a democrat has no possibility of anything in the south. a strange thing happens, of course. the democratic party gets even more to the left as far as the rest of the country is concerned. along comes the mcgovern election. i remember it well. i was traveling with something called the grasshopper special, similar to the lady bird special from the 1964 election. we were serious about covering the south. we spoke at the north carolina state fair. so help me, that wonderful, silly man came and spoke with us. thereby guaranteeing that he had a sitting target. he was one of two incumbent democrats in the south to came at. all of the

there was george wallace, who had by that time run a couple of times for president and was discovering not merely seveners the lots of others were unamused by certain of the changes in the democrat party. i want to emphasize this over and over again -- the democratic party is changing and the south is not. along comes this time of slowly building death, not merely of marriage but of other things. yet another famous moment -- nixon wins. he is not hurt by the fact there is another candidate in there but a democrat as the possibility of carrying anything in the south. a strange thing happens -- the democratic party gets even more to the left as far as the rest of the country is concerned and along comes the mcgovern election. i remember it well because i was traveling with something called the grasshopper special which was aping liz carpenter's ladybird special. this is a bunch of campers. we were really serious about carrying the south. there wasn't anybody to the right of me in any of those campers who went across the south. we spero -- we spoke at the carolina straight -- we spoke at

serious challenge for the nomination but civil-rights played a major role in the campaign with george wallace'sunning on a segregationist clot form. johnson's speech to delegates is about 40 minutes. >> he appreciates at this tremendous reception and has a message to give to you and the american people. [no audio] [applause] -- [applause] >> chairman mccormick, my fellow americans. i accept your nomination. [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. [applause] i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side the man that last night you so wisely selected to be the next vice president of the united states. i know i speak for each and all of you when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. [applause] and i speak for both of us when i tell you that on monday on, he is going to be available for such speeches in all 50 states. we will try to lead you as we were lead by that great freedom, the man from independents, harry truman. but the gladness of this high occasion cannot mask the sorrow that shares our hearts. let us hear tonigh

. >> reporter: in 1968, george wallace showed how powerful the mixture of race and working-class resentmentidential candidate has run on some issue that raised racial overtones. richard nixon, law and order in the wake of the race riots. >> if we could only have enough law enforcement, we'll have no problem in the cities. that just keeps the lid on it. >> reporter: ronald reagan told the story of the welfare queen. >> in chicago they found a woman under 127 different names. >> reporter: george bush was accused of playing racial politics when he made a figure of this michigan convict. >> a man named willie horton who was furloughed and goes out and rapes and tortures before he was captured again. >> and now history will add the romney campaign to that list. this may be practical political strategy, fear of the dangerous black man, resentment for the mythical welfare queen. it has worked before. but it will not work much longer. because it's not a dog whistle. we can hear you. and we're calling you on it. gom abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which pr

was in alabama governor named john patterson who was a segregationist so much so that he beat george wallace who was running for governor in 1958 because he was tougher on segregation than wallace was at that point. so kennedy's background basically opportunistically was to soft-pedal any support for civil rights. to his credit, 1960 campaign, once it was politically more helpful to him, he did say things on the campaign trail like elect me president and i will end the discrimination with the stroke of a pin. the problem was when he became president, a lot of americans not only black americans begin sending intends because he was doing too much. he was elected with a narrow margin. i guarantee you that most of those voters were not voting for kennedy expecting civil rights. kennedy knew that. he wanted to get reelected. he also worried about the subcommittee chairman in congress who are very powerful, but this is the important thing, this is what he is in my book on "presidential courage." he changed. by 1963, the emotionally realized that this cannot go on anymore. also, the climate became

was in alabama governor named john patterson who was a segregationist so much so that he beat george wallaceho was running for governor in 1958 because he was tougher on segregation than wallace was at that point. so kennedy's background basically opportunistically was to soft-pedal any support for civil rights. to his credit, 1960 campaign, once it was politically more helpful to him, he did say things on the campaign trail like elect me president and i will end the discrimination with the stroke of a pin. the problem was when he became president, a lot of americans not only black americans begin sending intends because he was doing too much. he was elected with a narrow margin. i guarantee you that most of those voters were not voting for kennedy expecting civil rights. kennedy knew that. he wanted to get reelected. he also worried about the subcommittee chairman in congress who are very powerful, but this is the important thing, this is what he is in my book on "presidential courage." he changed. by 1963, the emotionally realized that this cannot go on anymore. also, the climate became ea

george wallace, tom hayden and. mick jagger and wayne newton. well you get the idea, boom. >> guest: i don't want to overstate this seldom in our recent history at least has there been such a fast hand forward to the a new reality as we went from the end of the eisenhower years and beginning of the kennedy years which were traditional but it was a new generation. it was entirely different kind of generation. jack kennedy didn't wear a hat and he didn't wear button-down shirts and he had the very stylish, 34-year-old first lady of the united states surrounded by all these dashing people and then that came to an end. and the war began to heat up and suddenly the country seemed, seemed to come unhinged in a way. all the values of the world war ii generation come home with challenged within their own families. institutions of government, place of government in our lives. the idea of loyaltity and patriotism all went out the window. civil rights movement went from nonviolent movement led by dr. king depending on rule of law, it went to the streets. y

they were comparisons of john mccain in 2008 to george wallace which was outrageous and despicable. use these tactics and both sides have used these tactics, my view it's wrong. it doesn't have a place in american politics. >> i'm sorry, but that both side of it, i think is not only ahistorical. it indicates as though african-american political power and the white political power with white supremacy. but they have a similar history and ugliness. the language about george w. bush in those chains had to do with him resisting a hate crimes law that would have made -- >> right. we can look on the ad. i think we could look at the ad. it speaks for itself. my point is when we were facing the mccain campaign with issues like the reverend wright. if we were going to use it the senior staff of that came, we said absolutely not. it's inflammatory. if you try to use these things politically, if you light that match, you can't control the fire. >> yeah. >> it's dangerous stuff. and i don't like it. and i don't think it has a place in politics. but -- and i understand your point. but both sides

>> reporter: gregg, george stephanopolous and chris wallace asked advisors, are the american people better off than they were four years ago. pretty basic question on fox news sunday. david axelrod dodged the question. wallace pressed again and here is axelrod's response. >> the average american recognizes it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 and peaked in january of 2009. it's going to take some time to work through it. >> reporter: in the heightened political season republican national committee said even obama advisors can't say conclusively national american people are better off than they were four years ago. expected republicans to bring that up time and time again this week. >> gregg: that was an idea and question that dogged jimmy carter on his reelection campaign. how are things shaping up in charlotte? >> reporter: looking around town here in the the city we have seen a lot of security buy up, barricades are up. no parking signs areut. police are out making their presence felt. as you would expect for an event of this magnitude where the president of the united

george will off today. we're joined by nicolle wallace, melody barnes, jorge ramos of univision, what a week you have had. ann court is back again. thank you for coming in. author of a new book out this week "mugged." also robert reich, former labor secretary for president clinton. your book is now out in paperback. nicolle, let me begin with you, you heard chairman priebus right there, overall defining week for the romney campaign. more intense strategy going forward. >> look, i talked to about a half folks inside the romney campaign and they see things the way we see things. republicans on the outside have angst in two very distinct categories, angst with the candidate himself. shows a misunderstanding that nobody receiving public assistance wants to be receiving public assistance. the other category of angst that republicans on the outside have, is about the campaign itself, and i think that this is really a time testing for both the candidate. >> from inside the campaign, if you could laid out in two, three points what is their strategy? >> i have to stop being hostage to the news cycle. so, they will

george? >> we knew that would be coming. jake, thanks very much. >>> let's get more from our newest political analyst at abc news, nicolle wallace, who worked for george w. bush. we saw mitt romney there embracing this debate over big government. and a senior official for the romney campaign tells "the wall street journal," we think we can turn this into a debate that's good for us. do you buy that? >> look, i buy that they remain steady and confident. they're heartened by the national poll numbers, which show them a point behind president obama. but the problem with the last two weeks, inside the romney campaign, they're not having meetings about that tape. they're having meetings about what's a structural problem for them. you win by convincing the voters that you're a stronger leader than your opponent. his gaffe last week made that a higher hurdle for him. and you win by making people feel you understand their problems. his gaffe this week made that more difficult. >> they have to get to a do no harm stance. the polls, basically tied right now. but we do see mitt romney falling behind in the key battleground states, pretty much across the board. >

george pointed out. >>> certainly taking nicolle wallace back. she's our newest political analyst. there in "game change." >> my ptsd is kicking in. >> try to go back for a second. you and i have been inside the debate camps. bring people inside mitt mney's room this weekend. >> physically, it looks like the actual debate. they set up the podiums. they get out a tape measure. and make sure they are going to be as they are on debate night. rob portman is playing obama. he's an eerily precise obama. i said with rob portman as obama than robportman the senator we all know. both men have a monumental undertaking for the first debate. one of them has to come off as nicer and less arrogant than he really is. and the other one has to come across as more normal and less awkward than he is. >> you talk about president obama as more nicer and less arrogant. he does get irritable in the debates. his team is prepping him for to stay more patient. >> right. think about that for a second. they're asking both men to be something they're not. that's what makes the debate so dramatic. really, what

george clooney. >> she might. who was there from fox news? >> chris wallace. which is a weird -- >> interesting dynamic. >> they're buddies apparently. and maria, we'll have more from monti on closing bell this afternoon. all right. time for the global markets report. kelly evans standing by in london. not that far from lake como probably. >> ross got the assignment. it was torture, he had these beautiful shots and i would have loved to be there. >> you're so close. go. it's like a chunnel to get to the continent and then you can drive around over there. >> it seems that way from the u.s., but then you get over here and you realize, yeah, you can make it to paris in a couple of hours, but it does take a little bit of plan to go go elsewhere. i'm not sure i could have necessarily squeezed that in. >> you're young. let it all hang out. no kids or spoptdresponsibiliti. start seizing the day. >> i'll seize the global markets report. how is that for sad. stoxx 600 down about 0.1%. first of all, we did get weak than expected day todta out of . i think you already hi

harry truman and henry wallace and tom dooley, the first election after the war. a book about george bush and how he decided to go to war. my wife just finished catherine the great. so i have to go back and get involved in that. i read a lot of magazines, a lot of essays. i opened up a little correspondence by a poet of the name of donald hall. there is something that he wrote in the new yorker about growing old and it really spoke to me in a way. we had a little exchange. i am in all great writers. i don't pretend to be a great writer. i am energetic and pretty good sometimes, but the greater great writers move me in ways that nothing in life does. >> for more information on this and other summer reading list, visit booktv.org. .. this generation of kids who are, perhaps, the first in large numbers to have grown up taking psychotropic medications. how did you get the idea to do that and why and how did that idea come to you? >> well, thank you for having me in interviewing me. i appreciate it. i get the idea, a column in the new york times that was a case study of a young woman who

harry truman and henry wallace and strom thurmond and tom dooley, the first election after the war. so i'm reading that. the book about georgeush and how he decided to go to war. my wife just finished catherine the great which was given to me and she picked it off, i got to go back and get involved in that. i read a lot of magazines stuff, a lot of essays. i read -- openable correspondence with a poet by the name of donald hall as result of something he wrote in "the new yorker" about growing old, and it really spoke to me anyway so we had a little exchange and that was quite gratifying. i don't pretend to be a great writer. i am an energetic and i'm pretty good sometimes, but a great writers move me anyway that because life does. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit booktv.org. >> next, professor farzaneh milani sat down with booktv just discuss her latest book, transgendered she was interviewed at the university of virginia in charlottesville. it's about 20 minutes. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. for about the past year or so, on booktv we have been going to universities so that we c