kennedy and lyndon b. johnson recordings as part of the presidential recordings project at the miller center. ken hughes also with the miller center, who worked extensively and famously in some ways on the lbj and especially the richard nixon recording project. chester pach, a historian whose research, interests, and product has encompassed johnson and ronald reagan. and robert strong. bob strong, who was assistant director when the miller center was conducting its jimmy carter oral histories. i'm mike nelson. i have an affiliation with the miller center, but my day job is at rhodes college in memphis, tennessee. and our format is going to be essentially this, there are no prepared presentations, no prepared remarks. we're going to be flashing over the course of this session 15 cartoons, just a tiny curated but tiny slice of what we could do and probably should do if we were old enough in time. they'll unfold chronologically from the johnson administration through the reagan administration, and then basica

lyndon johnson does.that's one of the differences that took place in the transition between jfk and lbj. by the early 1964, the rhetoric changes. there's a sense of sticking with it. you don't get that from jfk that much. on the other hand, on the tapes, on the other hand, there are these moments publically where he will also say, while it is their war to win, we can help them -- we can assist them, he also says, but i think it would be a mistake to withdraw. that's not to mean that he doesn't think that we have to stay there until we win. it's a question of what was his actual posture toward vietnam and obviously where would he have been later on. my personal sense is he would have tried to stay in vietnam and to have supported some portion of a south vietnam to maintain sovereignty below the 17th parallel. i think that's what it was all about for him. whether that looked like an oral spy approach, whether it would have involved more sabotage and clandestine work north of the 17th parallel, it's a good c

is lyndon johnson is the master of the telephone. that is a private form of communication, not public, in washington everything leaks out a semi form of communication, it's a very helpful tool for thinking of his presidency to imagine those conversations and because of the work the center has done listen to a number of them. when you spend time listening to johnson on the phone you know a lot about the type of president he was. >> can i piggyback on that, i teach at ohio university. i usually teach class on wednesday. what are my students doing today? they have an assignment where they have to listen to three of johnson's tapes. one we're just to speak to kennedy one day after the assassination. the infamous one where he orders pants. i urge you to listen to those tapes if you can. the two or late years apart. even on the phone we can have very different personalities. >> in terms of the circumstances, this was in the summer of 1967. johnson at this time i think was still expecting to run for president in 1968. his main rival for the

on august 25th, lyndon johnson awoke in a bad mood, which was not uncommon. he skipped his calisthenics regime. big he called his brother who was at the beach in south carolina. he would make a series of phone calls throughout the morning to the senator from georgia, to several of his key aides and press secretary. walter jenkins. he would talk to his wife a little bit afternoon we would find lady bird and lyndon lying on the ground at the white house underneath the tree, holding hands a little bit and talking. it might be a weird thing to do at it at a democratic convention. what they were talking about among many things was the fact that lbj had told ladybird that he was going to quit. he had said for the first time in a decade written out a press statement that he was withdrawing his name from nomination. the country needed better educate better educated people, harvard educated people, younger people. he could not hold the country together. he could not even hold the democratic party together. they were trying to figure out a compromise. they would come o

on the upside i have this thing with lyndon johnson. and the reason is this.es, his record on civil rights, his record on domestic policy , the creation of the great society, these are all extremely positive things that would put him in the upper tier. however this is where a president in our lifetime, might the way we react to him might be , said with the fact. my very first involvement in high school was working as a volunteer for the campaign of eugene mccarthy. vietnam is something that hung over the country for many, many years, and of the five presidents who arguably had fingerprints on the vietnam war going back to eisenhower and going through nixon, lyndon johnson was the one most directly as possible for getting the country involved in a military quagmire on a very large scale. to me, that is not a small thing. survey, youe c-span note that lyndon johnson got extremely high marks for bringing equal justice to people and so on. but on foreign affairs, he is one of the bottom couple. the disparity is very start. to me because of that i was very surprise

this is lyndon johnson talking about his self.do understand power, whatever else may be said about me. i know where to look for it and i know how to use it." lyndon johnson was right in that self-assessment. he looks for power in places that no one else had thought to look for it. i have nothing to promise, i have nothing to threaten with. johnson found things to promise. he found things to threaten them with. [end of video clip] susan: when he took over as majority leader he had a one-vote majority. how did he find things to lead the senate? >> it's a fabulous quote and fabulous book. not just about johnson, but also about the senate, its history and the moment in time in the 1950's. johnson was so astute. this predates his time in the senate. when he becomes the assistant leader, he looks for different things he can do. i give you information about this committee meeting. he starts to amass this and becomes the chief information officer. he uses his financial ties in texas to raise money. to dole out to people who support him. h

so how was lyndon johnson able to run the senate?robably the most significant sentence in the book that answer s this question is a quote from lyndon johnson, talking about himself. this is lyndon johnson talking about himself. it is the epigraph of this book. "i do understand power, whatever else may be said about me. i know where to look for it and i know how to use it." lyndon johnson was right in that self-assessment. he looks for power in places that no one else had thought to look for it. i have nothing to promise, i have nothing to threaten with. johnson found things to promise. he found things to threaten them with. [end of video clip] susan: in 1955, when he took over as majority leader, he had a one-vote majority. how did he find things to lead the senate? james: it is such a fabulous quote and fabulous book. not just about johnson, but also about the senate, its history and the moment in time in the 1950's. johnson was so astute. this predates his time in the senate. when he becomes the assistant leader, he looks for diffe

i didn't want to be left like lyndon johnson. when president carter was president he asked me to be the head of the peace corp and i would have loved to do and the kids were little and i remembered lyndon johnson and i knew the kids would be grown all too quickly and i didn't want to end up that way. so nothing could compete with that. >> where were you born. >> in rockville center, new york. >> in rockefeller center. >> rockville center, i was a huge baseball fan. my love of history started with baseball because my father taught me to keep score and i would recreate the games for him. the brooklyn dodger games and i thought without me he would not know and he never told me the scores were in the newspaper and that is where i started to love history. >> where do you go to college. >> to colby college in maine and then harvard. >> what was your thesis. >> in constitutional law. it was on two attempts to overturn supreme court decisions. dirkson on the prayer in the schools and the one man one vote decision and in both cases the am

but lyndon johnson is probably the most important person for those acts that pass. is that right? he is the indispensable person. >> i think that he is a combination of lyndon johnson's political acumen and the pressures that are put on by the civil rights movement. i think that as people begin to see birmingham and selma, as they begin to see the violence that african americans and others endured, there is the sense that the country has to change, and johnson sort of rights that wave. >> so somebody is watching or somebody is here today, i'm really interested in what you have to say. what books can i read that might give me more of a flavor of what washington went through in the civil rights era, what slavery was in this country and how it was dealt with eventually by the constitutional amendments? what would you recommend would be a good book for people to read? >> the civil rights revolution. one of which one the pulitzer prize. >> i think one of the best books to understand race in the 19th century it's david lights biography of frederick douglas. >> it also won the pull it su

on the upside i have this thing with lyndon johnson. and the reason is this. yes, his record on civil rights, his record on domestic policy, the creation of the great society, these are all extremely positive things that would put him in the upper tier. however this is where a president in our lifetime, the way we react to him, might be said with the fact. my very first involvement in high school was working as a volunteer for the campaign of eugene mccarthy. vietnam is something that hung over the country for many, many years, and of the five presidents who arguably had fingerprints on the vietnam war going back to eisenhower and going through nixon, lyndon johnson was the one most directly as possible for getting the country involved in a military quagmire on a very large scale. to me, that is not a small thing. i note in the c-span survey, you note that lyndon johnson got extremely high marks for bringing equal justice to people and so on. but on foreign affairs, he is one of the bottom couple. the disparity is very start. to me because of that i was very s

a week later, it is a massive lyndon johnson landslide. the republican party with a few highlights has suffered greatly at the polls. everyone is depressed on the gop side. ronald reagan decides maybe he will enter politics, but how can he do this? he is an actor. through a mutual golfing friend, six months later, this golfing friend calls dwight eisenhower at his home and says, general eisenhower - ike liked to be called general after he left the white house. he says our mutual friend ronald reagan is thinking about entering politics. what advice can you give him? the next day, dwight eisenhower pens a thoughtful, multipage, multistep plan for ronald reagan to follow should reagan decide to enter politics. twice in that letter, dwight eisenhower uses the term, 'common sense.' it originates during the american revolution with thomas payne. dean peterson also famously uses -- it has been part of the common sense theme not long ago. reagan will use his advice to the letter. reagan announces he is going to seek the governorship of california.

the iconic photograph that was taken on november 22, 1963 on the plane that flew jack kennedy and lyndon johnson among others back to washington and if you look at the picture you will see over jackie's left shoulder, there is jackho brooks. i want to ask you two guys, how did this guy go from i don't know being a newspaper delivery boy to that airplane? what propelled him to those heights? >> i think he was a man of his generation. hetom brokaw is the greatest generation. he went from a very hard scrabble life worse father died when he was 12, and he worked his way from paperboy to junior reporter for the beaumontor enterprise. he learned, one of the early lessons he had was by going and doing a social column he included all of the nays of everyone who was there. and they said why did you do that and he said i knew the editor would not take out any nays. and i got paid by the column inch. [laughter] that was an early lesson for him. then he went on to go to the university of texas this is in the late 30s early 40s, pearl harbor hapten, he wanted to sign up for the marines. a marine recr

but i was very glad to find that out. >> you knew lyndon johnson. you wrote a book on him, worked for him. did you know john f. kennedy? >> ms. goodwin: no. i met him once when i was a girl. i knew the family pretty well, but not john f. kennedy. >> did you know jacqueline kennedy? >> ms. goodwin: yes. >> and did you... what's the closest you got to the roosevelts? >> ms. goodwin: i guess the closest i got... i never saw franklin or eleanor, personally. the closest i got were their two sons, who i interviewed before they died. and then all the children of those children, who were really very helpful to me. >> of the three books, and all the thinking about these politicians, who's your favorite? >> ms. goodwin: well, i think i'll probably always be most grateful to lyndon johnson, but not for the reasons that you might think. i think watching him, in those last years of his life, when i was with him on his ranch helping him on his memoirs, was such a searing experience to see a man who had no other resources in his life, but politics. he didn't know

but i was very glad to find that out. >> you knew lyndon johnson.i interviewed before they died. and then all the children of those children, who were really very helpful to me. >> of the three books, and all the thinking about these politicians, who's your favorite? goodwin: well, i think i'll probably always be most grateful to lyndon johnson, but not for the reasons that you might think. i think watching him, in those last years of his life, when i was with him on his ranch helping him on his memoirs, was such a searing experience to see a man who had no other resources in his5'4 life, but politics. he didn't know how to get through the days without politics. he used to have mock meetings in the morning to figure out what to do during the day, and it would be which cows we're going to be giving the itch medicine; which tractors were going to be used that day. he had to have meetings like he'd had in the white house, but no longer is it bills on the hill, it's the ranch. it was almost like a crazy setting for him. and at night, he couldn't go to s

the preeminent arbiter of constitutional principle. >> just how close he was still lyndon johnson. not just as a political ally, but a deeply personal, and to drink and have fun. tell us a little about the nature of the relationship that was so unique. >> all endemic presidents found jack brooks and ally, someone who was there man in the house. with johnson that was the case. as well as any president ever has, what he needed behind the scenes, what he needed to get done. after great - most of it, not all and johnson didn't do that, he is extending on his own principle. >> on air force one, back to washington, brooks went to his vice president's home and the next week or two spending time, not only handling details but as a personal bulwark, saying you are the best man for this now and giving him encouragement. listening to the tapes at the johnson library, it is amazing to listen to the two of them have this back and forth repartee that these are master politicians who know what they are talking about and other congressmen what they need, what they want to accomplish and how to tra

of course 1968 presidential campaign is heating up at the time lyndon johnson had not withdrawn fromhe campaign bobby wouldn't announce officially his candidacy until march, so we were in february when the trip takes place. so we were about six weeks before robert kennedy officially announces his candidacy. but like i said earlier, it had the trappings of the kind of campaign trip and it's funny i have pictures in the book of kennedy's aides they didn't expectct quite the crowd of pres so they would see these long caravans of cars following him s and he would stop and go inside the house to talk to somebody and he would be done and onto the next before the caravan even finished going up to the house, so it's kind of a funny how much attention it got. although i was surprised to learn that the networks didn't archive the nightly newscasts until august of 68 and the democratic convention came. so if you thought it was important to say that the newscast from the trip i was able to find. there were a host of issues food stamps is one of the fascinating issues to me that i learned about i

kentucky and at the time kennedy was not officially a candidate but was considering running against lyndon johnson in the democratic primary. it was in effect a campaign stop. it had all the droppings -- trappings of a campaign trip with hearings and speeches and i thought it was interesting that robert kennedy in 1968 could go to eastern kentucky and credibly campaign and 50 years later you see donald trump winning these counties with 60 percent-70% of the vote. i thought i should write a book about that but everyone else wants the same thing. this book ended up being different, focusing on the trip itself. i don't get much into the analysis of why things have changed. i look at how things have changed and leave it up to the reader to decide whether the changes are for better or worse. i went to kentucky, began researching the book in 2017. i have a lot of biases attached to the story of appalachia in the 1960s. my idea of the 1960s was woodstock, the chicago convention, san francisco. you don't think of kentucky when you think of the 60s, at least i didn't. the 60s happened in kentucky a

the university of virginia, at an event hosted by uva, presidential scholars discuss his work from lyndon. johnson to ronald reagan. >> welcome. we're going to have for the next 75 minutes is a kind of meeting of two cultures. one culture is represented by the people on this stage who are scholars associated with the miller center here at the university of virginia, and who study the presidency is broad, longterm in perspective, balanced, and of course, expressed in words, in t

poverty tour and at the time kennedy was not officially a candidaternck t considering running against lyndon johnson with the democratic primary. in effect a campaign stop had all the trappings with photo opportunities and speeches. i thought it was interesting that kennedy in 1968 could go to eastern kentucky than 50 years later you see donald trump at 60 or 70 percent of the vote. and then to focus on the trip itself i don't get too much more into the, analysis of why things have changed i look at how they have changed and i leave it up to the reader to decide if the changes are for better or worse but they are for worse. i went down to kentucky i began researching in 2017. so i have a lot of biases attached to the story of appalachia. my idea of the sixties of the chicago convention, san francisco they don't think of kentucky when you think of the sixties. at least i didn't but they happened in kentucky a lot a lot of crazy things were going on in appalachia and eastern kentucky and it really surprised me and what the sixties were like in eastern kentucky. and before the rfk trip and in w

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of course 1968 the presidential campaign was heating up at the time, lyndon johnson had not withdrawnfrom the campaign, that was march and bobby would announce his candidacy until march. so we are about six weeks before robert kennedy announces his candidacy. but like i said earlier, it had a camping trip and i have pictures in the book, kennedy -- kennedy's aides did not expect the crowd and pressed to accompany the senator on this trip, you would see the long caravans of cars following him and he would stop somewhere and going to house and talk to somebody and he would be done and onto the next house before the caravan finished pulling up to the house, it was kind of funny how much attention they got. although i was surprised to learn that the networks did not archive nightly newscast until august of 1968. when the democratic convention came. there would be a newscast if someone thought it was important to say for one reason or another but the network newscast from kennedy's trip -- i was not able to find and they did not archive the newscast at the time, a whole host of issues, foo

for example, you said during the lyndon johnson show, which is very physically demanding, you said "if the old muscles are still working." seems like they asked. they are. but there is the other side of it. ijust did this thing for the bbc in scotland, a character, you probably never saw it, but i think it was on bbc four called bob servant, and extreme eccentric coming from my home town and that is a whole different thing. quite comedic, funny and i'm doing this thing about staying in the house and wash your hands on all of that. it is a public broadcast message. that is the work. that is what we do. that is the greatjoy of what we do. that is the greatjoy of what we do. the difference. we cannot take sides. we have to empathise, never sympathise, empathise, never sympathise, empathise and show the world. this is as it is, like it or not. brian cox, it has been a real pleasure talking to you on hardtalk. delighted to talk to you, stephen. like i say, i been watching your interviews for the last three or four and interviews for the last three or fourand admire them interviews for the

lyndon johnson had not withdrawn yet from the campaign.obby would not announce his candidacy until march so we're in february when the trip took some attempt takeses place, six weeks before robert kennedy officially announces his candidacy. but like i said it really had the trappings of a campaign trip and it's funny, i have pictures in the book, kennedy's aides did not expect quite a crowd of present to accompany the senator on this trip. you would see this long caravans of cars following him and he would stop sober and go inside a house and talk to somebody and done in light, onto the next house before the care of it even finished pulling up to the house. it was kind of funny how much attention it got. i was surprised to learn the networks did not archive nightly newscasts until august of 1968 win the democratic convention came. it would be occasional news cast would find it some thought it was important to save for one reason or another but the network newscasts from kennedy's trip, i was not able to find anything they just were, they d

he was considering running lyndon johnson in theca democrac primary. so it was in effect kind of a campaign and it certainly had the trappings of a campaign trip with the opportunities in the hearings and the s speeches. i just thought that it was interesting that robert kennedy in 1968 is a liberal could go to eastern kentucky campaign and then you see donald trump when he sees counties with 60 to 70 percent of the camp a vote. so i thought i should write a book aboutte that. so this book ended up being a little bit different and focuses on the trip itself and not overly into the analysis of d wy things have changed. make a look at more at how things have changed and a limite decide. they are worse. i went down to kentucky to begin researching the book and 2017. can i grew up in philadelphia or outside philadelphia so a lot of my biases are attached to it to this story of appalachian also the 1960s my ideas of the 60s was woodstock and the chicago convention in san francisco, i don't really think of kentucky when you think about the 60s. at least i di

punch and contacted the time kennedy was not officially candid but was considering running against lyndon johnson and the democratic primary. it was an effects kind of a campaign stop that had all the toppings of a campaign trip with photo opportunities and hearings in the speeches. and i just thought it was interesting that robert kennedy in 1968 is a liberal could go to eastern kentucky and then 50 years later, you see donald trump when in these counties was 60 or 70% of the vote. so i thought i should write a book about that, but everybody else thought the same thing so this book ended up being a little bit different if focuses more on the trip itself, i don't really get into too much of the analysis of why things change. i think i look smart how things change. i leave it up to the reader to decide whether the changes are for better or worse, they are worse. i went down to kentucky i began researching the book in 2017 i grew up in philadelphia outside philadelphia have a lot of biases attached to it. to the story of appalachia and off the 1960s. my ideas the 1960s was woodstock, the ch

of course, 1968 presidential campaign was heating up at the time lyndon johnson i'm not withdrawn yet from the campaign, that would come in march. bobby wouldn't announce his candidacy into large aware is took place we're about six weeks for robert kennedy officially announced his candidacy. bertbut like i said earlier, ha the trappings of a campaign trip and it's funny. i have pictures in the book of kennedy's aide did not expect quite the crowd of press to accompany the senator on this trip so you would see the long caravan of cars following him and he would stop somewhere and go inside the house and talk to somebody and he begun . eating on to the next house for the caroline is pulling fiup to the house so it's kind of funny how much attention although i was surprised to learn that the networks did not archive nightly newscasts . until august of 1968. when the democratic convention came there would be occasional newscasts and you would find that someone thought it was important to stay for onereason or another , but a network newscasts from kennedy's trip, i was not able to find an

here's president lyndon johnson. sorry it's such a big quote.re's president lyndon johnson speaking at the signing ceremony for the 1964 civil rights act, a ceremony that took place not coincidentally on july 2nd. the anniversary of the date when the constitutional congress had declared independence. this is lyndon johnson. 188 years ago, a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor not only to found a nation but to forge an ideal of freak, not only for political independence but for personal liberty, not only to eliminate foreign rule but to establish the rule of justice in the affairs of men. we believe that all men are created equal. yet many are denied equal treatment. we believe that all men have certain unalienable rights. yet still many americans do not enjoy those rights. we believe that all men are entitled to the blessings of liberty. yet still millions are being deprived of those blessings not because of their own failures but because of the color of the

fever general secretary was lyndon expired on monday. is just it's great that is finished i would have preferred an acquittal. at the center of the scandal a 6700000 euro transfer the d.f.t. is accused of buying votes to secure germany's pay to host the 2006 world cup can't spectrum by our who was the head of the 2006 organizing committee was removed from the trial because of health reasons the accused however deny any wrongdoing critics say the swiss attorney general botched the trial they think the process was inefficient. heart it took 5 years of research and for a whole year it was tied up in the courts force here and here was a huge. budget out of verdict the truth about the 2006 world cup may never come to light. still in football as least prime minister. has given the go ahead for syria to resume training next month with individual sessions to begin in the 1st week of may team training will fall on the 18th although players will have to maintain social distancing the league was suspended in march after several players tested posit

you have written so elegantly about something relatively minor that lyndon johnson did after a terriblelooding in louisiana. he went up on a levee. he held a flashlight under his chin to illuminate his face. the power was out for the entire region. and he said, this is your president and went on to say he was there for them, and they were going to be okay. that, i think, is an example of what you're talking about. >> that's -- that's real leadership, and that's what we really have not seen very much of. and you know what it is, brian, is not just telegraphing to americans that you understand what's at stake and you feel bad about the tragedy that's happening day after day after day. but it's also you're giving the american people a sense that they know your soul. 99% of the decisions that a president makes, none of us will hear about. but if we feel that we understand a president's values, that he is sensitive to the issues at stake, we will feel a little bit more complacent about the fact that when he makes decisions that affect all of our lives out of our sight, those will be decision

you talked about hurricane betsy in the early 1960s, lyndon johnson. then you think this is someone who understands the human cost. that must mean this person is spending all his time and energy and resources using the presidency, using the federal government to keep the death toll as low as possible. one of the problems with these briefings has been a lot of the things that donald trump has said has suggested to people otherwise. it makes them very nervous and anxious. >> wondering what that nervousness and ang shiite turns into when americans are asked to make among the most important and difficult decisions of their lives in the coming weeks and months. i've said this over and over again. they're going to have to decide whether to go see elderly parents, whether to put their kids back in school, whether to go back into the workplace. it will be a luxury, i should note, for any of those decisions to be a choice. a lot of people will be pushed into those. where do we look? we have a white house that is what it is. we have a liar-in-chief who pushed ho

if i may say, to me the most underrated at least until fairly recently is lyndon johnson. because we still give kennedy the credit for all of the civil rights legislation, but it really was lyndon johnson who pushed that. we should give him a lot more credit. brian: by the way, millard fillmore 37 -- millard is not 43. 37,edna: that is true. how he managed to get that -- [laughter] brian: richard? richard: the most overrated president, and i am very specific, talking about the president is thomas jefferson. people tend to forget the second term was a disaster. he imposed something called the embargo. which was designed to prevent war with europe's warring powers. it pretty much blew up in his face and had to be repealed subsequently. brian: can i ask you about the embargo act? did they really tiedown all american ships in this country for some 18 months? richard: in effect, they did. the region new england was the , maritime part of the country. -- heart of the country. an area suspicious of jefferson. unintentionally, but it also contributed to some real divisions, fundam

his works that are subjects of discussion at the university of virginia focusing on lyndon johnson. >> next, the former secret service agents talking about the challenges they face protecting the first family. the a -- >> here as the bush center we have a wonderful relationship and it is so great to have dr. gerald turner and his wife, gayle, with us tonight. tonight will be an engage program that is informative and highly entertaining. these guys know how to tell a story, and it is a rare treat to have the curtain pulled back by the people that protect the president and the first lady. there is three former secret service agents. his role in stopping an assassination attempt. it was the security chief with the united states olympic committee. joe clancy is with us tonight. he served for president bush, or trailblazer, mrs. bush was tempo. his nearly 30 year career culminated in 2015 when president obama named joe the 24th director of the u.s. secret service. so he was in charge. today he is the chief security officer at comcast corporation. nick trotta is here. they worked on large s

so medicare is often attributed to the power of lyndon johnson and his negotiating prowess. he was amazed. he was pushed by the civil rights movement and by senior citizens organizations to take the kind of stand that he did on medicare. again, i think it goes back to the people organizing, and they are the ones who pushed the politicians to make change in the face of all the obstacles. >> some tough questions, excellent answers. thank you all for coming this morning. >> thank you. great questions. thank you. >> please join me in thanking our presenters. >>> week nights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tuesday smithsonian associates with kermit roosevelt, a constitutional law professor and the great-great-grandson of theodore roosevelt. his talk is titled "the constitution and declaration of independence -- a contrary view on how failures have led to our modern core values." american history tv this weekend and every weekend on c-span3. >>> every saturday night american history tv takes you to

only three senators decided not to sign the document, that is senator lye eor lyndon johnson , senator albert gore. and it raises an interesting question to think about how the u unanimity of brown, if there had been a decent in brown versus board of education that the decision would have been more aggressive and more effective. the idea that it would have led to resist with greater ferver, it seems to me they resisted it with plenty of voracity. it is also important to think about the way that even divided opinions, you know, are accepted over time. think about sayle text versus johnson decision. or the very recent 5-4 decision involving same sex marriage. it does not mean that it would not have been followed. okay,ly shift my attention now to think about the defense of white supremacy. you know, as i say the, you know, the opponents of be graduation had a very familiar set of moves to go through the emotions and get people angered. they would say the mongralization saying that what was happening in the classrooms would move to the bedrooms. you could find this in a statement from a j

lyndon johnson takes over after kennedy's assassination. this is the vietnam war, photographed from the ted offensive it's january is a surprise move, the north vietnamese and the vietcong, the communist forces in south vietnam he launched attacks all over the country of south vietnam it took the americans and south vietnamese by surprise. basically the united states in the south vietnamese one most of the battles. the problem wasn't made clear we were a long way from winning in vietnam. the enemy was not going to give up even though president johnson said they were, there was light at the end of the title. it was a public relations victory for the communist forces if not a military one. this led to even more intense antiwar feeling. remember the protests that johnson had to deal with, as a war criminal, vietnam veterans, people in vietnam and is protests, veterans and others protesting it. i remember then, i was in college in these days. johnson could not speak outside of the white house because he would have these often violent protests.

lyndon johnson takes over after kennedy is assassinated the vietnam war. photograph from the tet offensive remember the tet offensive in 1968, january, it's a surprise move the north vietnamese and vietcong, communist forces in south vietnam launched attacks all over the country of south vietnam took the americans and south vietnamese by surprise. basically the united states and south vietnamese one most of the battles. the problem was, it made clear we were a long ways away from winning in vietnam. the enemy was not going to give up even the president johnson said they were there was light at the end of the tunnel is public relations victory if not a military one. this led to even more intense insight were feeling. remember the protest that johnson had to deal with, you'd vietnam veterans, people in vietnam and these protests veterans and others protesting it. i can or member then i was in college and these days johnson could not speak outside of the white house because he had these often violent protests he would have to speak at military bases were he h

lyndon johnson takes over after kennedy is assassinated. this is the vietnam war. a photograph from the tet offensive in 1968, january. it's a surprise move. the north vietnamese and viacom, the communist forces and south vietnam, they've launched attacks all over the country of south vietnam that took the americans and south vietnamese by surprise . then it's basically the united states and south vietnam one most of the battles. the problem was that it made clear that we were a long way from winning. that the enemy was not going to give up even though president johnson said they were. there was light at the end of the tunnel so it was a public relations victory for the communist forces if not a military one and this led to even more intense antiwar feeling. remember the protests johnson had to deal with, painting him as a war criminal, you have people in vietnam in these protests, veterans and others protesting it. i can remember i was in college these days. johnson could not speak outside of the white house because you have these often violent protests. he'd have

oliphant and his works that are subjects of discussion at the university of virginia focusing on lyndon johnson. >> next, the former secret service agents talking about the challenges they face protecting the first family. the a -- >> here as the bush center we have a wonderful relationship and it is so great to have dr. gerald turner and his wife, gayle, with us tonight. tonight will

. >> your book writes about this and they have been a number of essays in lyndon johnson in the great society and wasn't a failure or success? >> i think if you look at the actual track record of the program and if you look at the goals that the objectives that were stated at the time you would have to say it's largely a failure and that particularly with regard to the people that were targeted by many of these programs and by that i mean the black poor their lot has not significant the improved and to the extent that we were told it would not -- it would improve at the time. >> another debate i think that we will move beyond separate but equal but in your book you talk about his darkly black colleges in the case of president ronald masonry who was he and why is he important under terms of trying to merge historically black colleges forced out because of the concerns of the impact it would have on other institutio institutions? >> i think the issue there was what has become of these institutions since the civil rights act and since we've seen more integration in the country and the pr

there's been a number of essays and books on lyndon johnson and the great society. was it a failure or a success? >> guest: i think if you look at the actual track record of the programs, if you look at the goals that the objectives that were stated at the time, you would have to say it's largely a failure, that particularly with regard to t the people that were targeted by many of these programs. by that i mean the black poor. their lot has not significantly improved to the extent that we were told it would improve at the time. >> host: another debate i think we have moved beyond separate but equal, but interpol to talk about historically black colleges. in the case of ronald mason here who was he and what is important to understand in terms of trying to merge historically black college jackson state university forced out because of the concern the impact would have other institutions? >> guest: i think the issue there was what's become of these institutions since the civil rights act come since we've seen about more integration in the country. the problem that the

lyndon johnson: this is the richest and the most powerful country... >>> that's our report this ♪ ♪ >ow" from my home. the medical community has done something unprecedented, graduating nursing students early so they can work alongside doctors and hospital struggling to keep up with the rising number of sick patients. surgical residents are leaving their specialties behind to train in icu nurses so they can dive in and help right now. a surgical resident raised his hand to help. one day of training, working alongside the nursing team preparing for the onslaught of coronavirus patients. they are trying to open their doors sometime this week. joining us from our "cyber hal "cyber hall." i am so moved by your story. all of your surgeries were canceled. you could have gone home and hunkered down. but you decided to step up in a different way that you were not expecting. what are you doing now? >> thank you for the question, tamron. all of our elective surgeries have been put on hold. we are doing emergency surgeries for cancer or trauma. it's not just me doing this, it's our entire team o

next, we have lyndon baines johnson, and mr. block really admired his war on poverty. he did not admire his war on vietnam. and he loved to take johnson quotes. and misappropriate them in such a way as to attack his policies. so this particular cartoon is, we've shown that we're willing to go more than halfway. what mr. johnson had intended with that quote was to talk about the peace table. we're willing to negotiate terms of peace with north vietnam. but what mr. block showed was bombing more than halfway up the vietnamese country. if you read "the washington post" between 1972 and 1974, between the time the watergate scandal broke out and the time president nixon resigned, you opened the pages to see 174 cartoons attacking the president on watergate alone. he had drawn nixon coming out of a sewer during the eisenhower administration and with the exception of the free shape he gave him as a newly elected president, which is now in the collection of the "washington post," he never relented. he did not see a good side to it to richard nixon which doesn't mean that he at

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