clay was very angry and he tried to kill john randolph. in fact, one of his bullets -- randolph was wearing a billowy coat so they wouldn't have a clear target. and one of the bullets went through the coat. he was trying. but when when randolph had his next shot, he shot in the air. and that ended it. in fact they shook hands and seemed to be buddies for about five minutes. >> as long as it took randolph to go back over to the senate. >> and then he went after them again. if you think we have interesting news, you can imagine the newspapers covering a duelling because the secretary of state and the sitting u.s. senator. >> didn't that fight happen for years and years -- >> they had been enemies forever. >> wasn't clay the one who ordered randolph's dogs out of the house. >> yeah, that had been a standard indull jins. when clay became speaker, he learned over to the sergeant-at-arms and randolph said get the dogs out. and randolph was furious with him for that. >> but he never brought the dogs back. >> never brought them back, yeah. >> i thi

henry was in two duels, one with humphrey marshall and one with john randolph. the duel with john randolph takes us back to when he was speaker of the house. when henry was chosen as speaker of the house, he was chosen partially because they thought he could meet john randolph on the floor or on the field. it happened that they met on the field. john randolph compared henry clay to a character in the novel "tom jones" and called him a card cheat on the senate floor. henry was not there to defend himself and thought no man would have to endure this insult to his honor. he challenged randolph to a duel. unfortunately for henry clay, randolph was a great shot with pistols and clay was not, but randolph decided he did not want to deprive lucretia or the nation of henry clay and decided to shoot at the ground. fortunately, no one was seriously injured in either of henry clay's duels. >> how long was dueling part of american political life? >> duelling goes back to the 1860's. >> henry clay knew he was not a great shot. why did he get involved in it? >> it was honor,

clay was very angry, and he tried to kill john randolph. in fact, one of his bullets, randolph was wearing a really billowy coat for good reason, so that they wouldn't have a clear target. and one of the bullets went through the coat. he was trying. but then, when randolph had his next shot, he shot in the air. and that ended it. in fact, they shook hands. and seemed to be bosom buddies for about five minutes. >> as long as it took randolph to come back over here to the senate. >> and then he went after them again. if you think that we have interesting news, you can imagine the newspapers covering a duel between the secretary of state and the sitting u.s. senator. >> they had been enemies forever. >> wasn't clay the one who argued randolph's dogs out of the house? didn't let him have his dogs in the house chamber. >> that had been a standard indulgence for randolph. he would bring his mastiffs in and they would jump over desks and all sorts of things during deliberations. when clay became speaker, he leaned over to the sergeant in arms and s

. >> i think you should do a biography of john randolph. >> he is a fascinating person, but a lot ofhis papers have not survived, whether he destroyed them or family members destroyed them. there are some, but there is not a really good collection from start to finish. but he is a fascinating person. >> he took opium and drink brandy in excess. he would ride his horse pounding down to the plantation, which was zero in oak. oddly enough, he hailed from bizarre, which was a plantation of his youth appropriately enough. and he would wander the halls of this magnificent dwelling with wallpaper peeling offense hateful act and everything, with a single candle saying mcbath had murdered sleep. >> there was probably lead in the paint. >> thank you so much for joining us. (applause) (inaudible) >> weeknights this month, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span three. on friday, a look at ronald reagan, who served as the nation's 40th president from 1981 to 1989. nine days after taking the oath of office for his first term, presiden

jefferson made sure, with john randolph in roanoke and some of the others, all jeffersonians at this point, that as soon as the orders came down from the jefferson white house, all you had to do was vote on it, and that was it. you are suppressing conflict, but in the very act of suppressing it, you are not acknowledging other people's input. when people are not involved in the process, they double down. we know this from the way politics is done today. i would say jefferson was a failure at -- certainly did not make any attempt to reconcile, but he was also a failure to kind of erase conflict. said, he is actually aggravating conflict by not giving a voice. jane: we will have two more questions because we could carry this on for the rest of the day and be fascinated, but we are trying to be respectful of your time and everyone else's time. one question was, has anyone ever done an analysis of the people who ran for congress and didn't win, and who were they and what was the context of those campaigns when you talk about experience in defeat? chuck: in this period? in this period. ja

randolph, negro american labor council. witney young, the national urban league. roy wilkins, the naacp. johncommittee. james farmer congress of racial equality, and martin luther king jr., southern christian leadership conference. the leaders of the six biggest civil rights organizations. on july 2, 1963, randolph will chair their first meeting. >> the march will be held on august the 28th, and it will have a twofold purpose. number one, to arouse the conscious of the nation on the economic plight of the negro 100 years after the emancipation proclamation and to demand strong forthright civil rights legislation. the president's proposed civil rights bill. >> a. philip randolph calls people together to new york to meet about how are we going to stage this march? and by june, their meeting with president kennedy. >> we as a group were invited by ruston along with philip randolph to attend a meeting with president kennedy in late june 1963. it was in that meeting that a. philip randolph spoke up. said, mr. president, we're going to march on washington. the people are restless. the black masses

king and john lewis and bayard ruston and a. phillip randolphrch, which by the way things weren't easy then. it was supposed to be a march on the capitol and president kennedy thought congress would react poorly if the folks showed up and faced them, so he encouraged them to go to the lincoln memorial. when john lewis spoke, they were so concerned he was going to be do radical and too revolutionary that the kennedy administration had two people inside the lincoln memorial ready to cut the microphone and play mahalia jackson singing "he's got the whole world in his hand" over the loudspeakers. the lesson of the first march on washington in 1963 is that dr. king set out the ideal and john lewis told the story about how the students of america, as they are again now, were trying to bring the ideal into reality. and so having a president who refuses to acknowledge the plain facts of the matter about structural racism and the prevalence of injustice, is a central stumbling block. we need a president who sees the world as it is and can lead us to a pl

randolph received a bill in the mail for $6,000. the extra hours for the madison square garden attendance. john f. kennedy admired powell a great deal. when john f. kennedy was elected adam clayton powell became chairman of the education committee, two separate committees, he was very very powerful and under lyndon johnson actually the legislation began to gush forth. the war on poverty, we owe much of its success to powell. he also had a side that was somewhat dark. he didn't hire to -- he put his third wife on the payroll, she was from san juan, puerto rico. and so undisciplined when it comes to ethics. the ethics bill largely called of adam clayton powell junior. they were not big epic crimes we know from the headlines we read about now but at the time, powell had so many southern enemies that his crimes were explosive fodder for headline writers. he was expelled from congress and ethics violations after 24 years in the house, took the case to the supreme court and he won, told the u.s. congress you did a great injustice to adam clayton powell and the voters of harlem. they elected him. you sho

randolph received a bill of the mall. it was for $6000. the extra hours for the madison square garden. john f. kennedy admired powell great deal adam clayton fellow became chairman in the committee. so imagine that. two separate committees pretty so he was very powerful. and under clinton johnston, legislation begin to go forth. the war on poverty was really real much of this success to powell. he was relentless, he passed bills. but he also had a side there was somewhat dark. he hired people who didn't show up for jobs and he put his third wife on the payroll. he was from san juan, puerto rico. he was so and discipline when it came to ethics that the u.s. congress passed the ethics bill largely because of adam clayton powell junior. they're not the big crimes that we know from headlines that we read about now. but that the time, he had so many southern enemies that is crimes were explosive for headline writers. he was expelled from congress. and for ethics violations. and after 24 years in the house, he took the case to the supreme court. and he won. he told u.s. congress you did a great inju