president lyndon baines johnson. he sent a telegram to my mom and family expressing his regret and his condolence to the family. >> both the klansmen went to prison, but they did not stay that long. one of them died in prison. it was terrible, because i had to take the witness stand. i had to testify each time for them, for the grand jury to indict them. and i was the lead witness every time. i don't know how many times, something like 75 times, i took the stand, trying to get something done. >> what i hope is that, that time, and the things we experienced in this country, our country, will not ever happen again to anybody. our cities tour staff recently traveled to hattiesburg, mississippi to learn about its rich history. learn more about hattiesburg and other stops on the tour on c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> madam secretary, we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. ♪ looking torica is get to the a

rotunda and to the there i am in the back of the watching lyndon baines johnson sign the voting rights of 1965. i had a better seat than i did for the martin luther king speech. anecdote you might be interested in. rotunda.i was in the we were celebrating the 100th ofiversary of the birth l.b.j. and i met lucy johnson before.ad never met on the "lucy, i was here signed the votingd rights act." she said, "i was, too." i said, "really? i'm sure nobody knew i was here i'm positive everybody knew you were here." and here's what she told me. that her dad said come on, get in the car, i'm going to the capitol. this is something important. and on the way down he explained dirksen was going to be right beside him while he signed the bill. "daddy, why would you want to have a republican there for this?" he said, "it's important that people understand that this is done on a thertisan basis and american people will be much more likely to accept what we're doing if they think both sides it."nvolved in and that was the story lucy told me on l.b.j.'s 100th birthday down at statuary hall. host: you'v

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larry temple, chairman of the lyndon baines johnson foundation. [applause] mr. temple: good evening. as chairman of the lbj foundation, it is my privilege to welcome you to this keynote presentation of the vietnam war summit. lyndon johnson would have been very proud of this summit, and would've wanted it to take place. he would particularly have been proud that the valor and commitment of the men and women who serve this country in vietnam is being recognized and honored here. while few people see -- seek this agreement and dispute, lyndon johnson -- when this library was dedicated, lbj famously proclaimed it's all here. the story of our time, with the bark off. there is no record of mistake or an unpleasantness or criticism that is not included in the files here. the exhibits and papers in this library certainly testify to the remarkable accomplishments of lbj's legacy. his monumental successes in civil rights were chronicled in the summit programs held in this library just two years ago. but this library does not ignore lbj's anguish, the tragedy of the vietna

there is no question that lyndon baines johnson with all of his peccadilloes and idiosyncrasies was onetest presidents to occupy that place for african-americans. charlie: and for the great society. michael eric dyson: against poverty, the brutal forces that had reduced america to a vast wasteland of poverty that dr. king warned about. to thinkso you like that barack obama would have been like lyndon johnson. wrote oneic dyson: he of the greatest memoirs on race and identity in america. it would be again to michael jordan being the president but did not talk about basketball. you are good at that. so he does not have to beat lyndon johnson, just barack obama. a man who does not last out at black people by giving condescending lectures at morehouse. to warn them of a global economy they must get what they earn and only what they earn will they get. charlie: with the morehouse commencement speech, condescending to -- michael eric dyson: african-americans and those graduates who were there that day. charlie: did they take offense? michael eric dyson: yes. and many people celebrated him and

over to the rotunda, and there i am, in the back of the room, watching linden days johnson -- lyndon baines johnsonigned the voting rights act of 1965. i had a better seat than i did for the martin luther king speech. one more anecdote you might be interested in. rotunda.i was in the we were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of lbj, and i met lucy johnson, who i had never met before. i said, lucy, i was here on the day your dad signed the voting rights act. she said, i was, too. i'm sure nobody knew i was here, but everybody knew that you were there. she told me, your dad said, get in the car, i will take you to the capitol. on the way down, she explained to her that every person will be beside him when they signed the bill. she said, daddy, why would you want a republican here for this? he said, it is important the american people understand this was done on a bipartisan basis, and the american people will be much more likely to accept what we are doing if we know both sides are involved. that is the story that lucy told me on lbj's 100 birthday. >> you have talked about your internsh

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but there is no question that lyndon bains johnson with all of his, you know, pickadillos and idiosyncraciest place and for african-american people. >> rose: and for the great society. >> no doubt. against poverty, trying to really lash out against the brutal forces that had reduced naryk to vast waste lands of pofer ert that dr. king spoke about. >> rose: you wanted to see barack obama more like lyndon johnson. >> i wanted him-- look, barack obama wrote one of the greatest memoirs on race in america. dreams from my father. it would be akin to michael swrord an being the president but couldn't talk about basketball. i think you're pretty good at that. so he doesn't even have to be johnson, he could be barack obama the man who is intelligent and insightful, that doesn't lash out at black people by giving condescensioning lectures at moore house to warn them in a global economy that they must get what they earn, and only what they earn will they get. >> rose: the moorehouse commencement speech was condescending towards. >> african-american people. and particularly those graduates who were ther

the very difficult journey that lyndon baines johnson took in 1965 after the foot sole scrers and dr. martin luther king and others made their momentous march and statement, including a letter from a birmingham jail that captured the history or the sentiment and movement of the civil rights movement in the very base exwords, injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere, with that power behind him he was able to frame the voting rights act in a bipartisan manner with republicans from the north and what we used to call dixiecrats from the south. it can be done. then in 2006 and 2007, i was privileged to have another texan, george w. bush, a member of the house judiciary committee, after 15,000 pages of testimony with the republican chairman that we went and passed 65 ter re-authorization, 19 voting rights act. let me close with these points about the pointedness, mr. jeffries, of what voting power actually means. what it means is that we would not have the north carolina set of vetting laws, you will that cut sunday voting or early voting, had one of the most horrific voter i.d. laws, we

lyndon b. johnson foundation. [applause] >> good afternoon. on the half of the board of trustees of the linden and baineohnson foundation, i welcome you to the vietnam war summit. last day, henry kissinger said on the stage, in a debate that is bound to generate discussions, that he does not blame u.s. policy for the quagmire of the vietnam war. instead, he thinks the massive split in public opinion is what theed the conflict to end way it did. today, we will explore the roots of the split, hearing from people who are both involved in widening the gap and reporting it in the media. in the session this afternoon, willgendary journalists discuss the role that the media had in shaping our opinion on the vietnam war. coverageralleled brought the was brutal -- war's brutal reality into our living rooms every night. the afternoon will also feature two photographers who will talk about the way photography effect did americans. for the first panel, we will talk about the divisions that the work created throughout our country as the antiwar movement grew, and support for the war eroded. it is my pleasure to pres