the great robert caro. this was written a few years ago bob has given us the gift of some of the finest books on politics and poetry ever written. always meticulously researched, worded and always cutting to the heart of the matter. chattering what drove people in power to make the decisions that they made and how those decisions affected real lives both positively and negatively. and i will always remember the afternoon bob and i spent in harlem a few years ago talking about history in the writing process. there is a greater appreciation for his book. now his archive is at the new york historical society i can't wait to visit. who knows bob maybe you could give me a tour of the exhibit. in all seriousness i want to thank you for all you have done to help us expand our understanding of the past, the present leading to our ability to envision the possibility of the future. i wish you a wonderful celebration in many more years of continued good work. >> thank you bill. >> thank you louise. this is such a thri

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robert caro. i actually i discovered part of story in the lbj library, but i also discovered the bulk of it through. waldron's, fbi, which i had declassified about a 1000 pages and in that fbi file. i found the letter that waldron wrote to the man who outed him to the civil service commission, which was the bureau ocracy in charge of these investigations. it's a heartbreaking letter, but that to me, i think was one of the it was probably the the the most moving part of the book, i think and i think the most sort of representative story that i tell, because this was someone who was extremely close to lbj. we were all familiar with the walter jenkins right there. walter jenkins, who was lbj his senior aide, who was a who was arrested at the ymca for having sex just a couple of weeks before the 1964 election. that was a front page story across the country. this was another gay scandal that did not become public. but lbj was really worried about it. he was actually he was he was concerned that this st

. >> reporter: perhaps no one knows more about lyndon johnson than historian robert caro.up with him at the new york historical society where his archives are stored. he is work on the final volume on his series of the man born in 1908 in texas hill country. johnson's father, at one point, had been successful. but then he lost everything. johnson pretty much grew up as a poor boy? >> he grew up in poverty in a land without electricity, where the soil was so rocky that it was hard to earn a living from it. >> reporter: what are lyndon johnson's defining characteristics? >> he has the ability, the genius -- there's no other word for it -- to turn compassion into legislative achievement. >> reporter: in fact, pushing the voting rights act of 1965, johnson recalled the prejudice he saw directed against mexican american children he taught during college. >> it never even occurred to me in my fondest dreams that i might have the chance to help the sons and daughters of those students. but i do have that chance. and i will let you in on a secret. i mean to use it. [ applause ] >>

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