mr. deegans. can you hear me? >> host: please go ahead. >> caller: going back a few years. the republican party to me has lots of racial overtones over the year, especially after the right to vote act and all of those passed by johnson when the -- become republicans. ronald reagan opened up his presidential campaign in philadelphia, mississippi, and i wondered if the -- town happened to be where the three civil right workers were killed, three white and one black. was that a coincidence or was that a overtone to the people who seemed to connect with the dots? >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: thank you for the question. i have not studied that particular incident so i can't tell you for sure what was going on there i do remember the press coverage at the time and there was a lot of turn about that in certain quarters. i'd like to think it was a coincidence, and i'd like to think that what reagan really was doing, though, was definitely trying to appeal to disaffected white voters in the south, who he knew would be key to his campaign as president. and a key component of th