eisenhower was president in at lyndon baines johnson was the majority leader of the senate. and the first civil rights bill since reconstruction was passed. jackie robinson was everybody star. and also the republican and he fired off a telegram to the president and he said this is a terrible bill. please be to go. strom thurmond tried. i think maybe he understood that there was something to the bill that was deeper than what met the eye. he filibustered the bill 24 hours by himself but when he was finished, the senate passed the bill. and then to look for either the voters, in other words, words,, the professors at tuskegee, who qualify the go under anybody's standards, should be allowed to go. slow the bill did not have snic in mind. that was the country's problem because when this hits in a move minh demerged and snic demerged, they have a very different take on that bill and in that bill, thinking of that is the key professors, to think anybody who interferes with the person who register to vote and anybody who was trying to help register to vote to the state cannot lock

pushing back in a speech at the lyndon baines johnson presidential library in austin, texas. citing the voting rights act of 1965. it says recent efforts to curtail voting rights in this country, quote, have the potential to reverse the progress that defines us. and has made this nation exceptional as well as an example for all the world. we must be true to the arc of america's history, which compels us to be more inclusive with regard to the franchise. franchise as in the vote. not as in, like, carl's jr. the attorney general tonight pledging his support for an anti-dirty tricks bill that barack obama sponsored when he was in the united states senate. the attorney general also pledging a thorough, he says fair review, of new restrictive state laws on voting and voter registration. interestingly, also, the attorney general tonight calling on the general public to see the protection of the right to vote in america, quote, as a moral imperative. to speak out, in his words, and raise awareness about what's at stake for voting rights. effectively calling on the citizens of this c

and hubert humphrey started to get the briefing and lyndon baines johnson was commander-in-chief and he was bigger than life. you pop up every time someone would say something and answer the question and hubert would just about be ready to answer and stuff and lyndon johnson would take over. >> that's pretty much the way it usually works, too. >> yes indeed. he was a powerful figure. >> johnson was talking about the things he was doing to win the award. you piped up and said what i mean hall's? >> he was, you know, as a congressman listening to him i was probably more critical than it would've been as a member of the executive branch being asked questions, which by then was of congress. so where you stand kind of depends on where you sit. but he was going through a period where he was trying to figure out what to do in the war in vietnam. and he would go through a heavy bombing. and then there would be a bombing pause and he would hope that that would cause a positive reaction from the north vietnamese or the vietcong and it didn't. and he, in explaining what he was doing, was asked

so in 1957, eisenhower was president, and lyndon baines johnson was the majority leader of the senate. and the first civil rights bill since reconstruction was passed, jackie robinson was everybody's star. and also a republican. and he fired off a telegram to the president, and he said, this is a terrible deal. it is a toothless bill. please veto it. well, he didn't veto it. strom thurmond tried. i think maybe thurmond understood that there was something to this bill that was deeper than what met the eye, because he filibustered that bill for 24 hours by himself, and so minutes. but when he was finished, the senate passed the bill. now, that bill was kind of the idea of let's look for some elite voters. in other words, it was a bill that said that professors at tuskegee who qualified to vote under anybody's standards should be allowed to vote. so the bill hadn't, didn't have sncc in mind, and that was the country's problem because when the state in movement emerged in sncc emerged out of the sit in movement, they had a very different take on that bill. and in that bill, thinking about

[applause] like lyndon baines johnson, poverty was restored in the great society. dr.or shifting the chairs on the deck of the titanic. he would want to deal with those in the hull of the ship. he wanted to plug the holes to stop the water from coming in. 43 years after dr. king's plan and occupation on this same spot, he would say to the occupiers on wall street, the movement has gone global and you are the offspring of dr. king. poor peoples campaign and resurrection city. in that legacy, keep protesting. remain nonviolent. stay disciplined, stay focused. don't just before fios system, -- just fortify the system, restructure it, march 4 and even -- march forward on an even playing field, public rules, clear goals, transparency and march on to fight racial injustice and economic inequality and fight the economic and racial injustice. we are all god's children with or royal bloodlines. royal bloodline. dr. king would say you must use the right to earn for the sacrifice and blood of the martyrs bridge you must use your minds and bodies as living sacrifices. you must use

and hubert humphrey started to get the briefing and lyndon baines johnson was commander-in-chief and he was bigger than life. you pop up every time someone would say something and answer the question and hubert would just about be ready to answer and stuff and lyndon johnson would take over. >> that's pretty much the way it usually works, too. >> yes indeed. he was a powerful figure. >> johnson was talking about the things he was doing to win the award. you piped up and said what i mean hall's? >> he was, you know, as a congressman listening to him i was probably more critical than it would've been as a member of the executive branch being asked questions, which by then was of congress. so where you stand kind of depends on where you sit. but he was going through a period where he was trying to figure out what to do in the war in vietnam. and he would go through a heavy bombing. and then there would be a bombing pause and he would hope that that would cause a positive reaction from the north vietnamese or the vietcong and it didn't. and he, in explaining what he was doing, was asked

and hubert humphrey started to get the briefing and lyndon baines johnson was commander-in-chief and he was bigger than life. you pop up every time someone would say something and answer the question and hubert would just about be ready to answer and stuff and lyndon johnson would take over. >> that's pretty much the way it usually works, too. >> yes indeed. he was a powerful figure. >> johnson was talking about the things he was doing to win the award. you piped up and said what i mean hall's? >> he was, you know, as a congressman listening to him i was probably more critical than it would've been as a member of the executive branch being asked questions, which by then was of congress. so where you stand kind of depends on where you sit. but he was going through a period where he was trying to figure out what to do in the war in vietnam. and he would go through a heavy bombing. and then there would be a bombing pause and he would hope that that would cause a positive reaction from the north vietnamese or the vietcong and it didn't. and he, in explaining what he was doing, was asked