strom thurmond gave his assurances. but i will never forget that senator thurmond called me into his office and we went out to lunch at the sport avenue grill. that's where we had lunch. he said, "i want to tell you something." he said, "you're becoming like a son to me." i will never forget this conversation. he said, "but i have got to tell you this. if richard pryor embarrasses the president, you are out of here and you won't be welcome back to this city for a long time." i said, "senator, i'm willing to take a chance." but i was naÏve. i didn't know the fallout that could come as a result of this. bond: weren't you afraid -- richard pryor was full of profanity? his routine was full of the worst kind of words. williams: i was 21-years-old. i was 21-years-old. bond: but you had heard of him -- williams: yes, yes, yes. but it didn't matter. i wanted him there and when you want someone to do something, you forget about everything else. you are blinded. you have all these blinders on. i'll never forget when richard pryor

also the bigger than life like john mcclellan, senator sam ervin, north carolina strom thurmond. they wanted to stop thurgood marshall's hearings. they wanted to stop in their tracks because of this work is the naacp lawyer in the 40s and the reason many tech cases all the way to the supreme court and knocks down so many of the laws that were hurting blacks. so in 1967, you have this line drawn in the sand. it was like word play that took place at the o.k. corral. thurgood marshall, the legendary lawyer and legendary senators. i think my timing just happened to be good i guess you might say because it seems that a lot of people around the country have been reacting or a positively to this book, high school students, students in college, laypeople, judges, lawyers, young, older. so it has just been extremely wonderful to travel around the country and talk to people about thurgood marshall in terms of history has seemed somewhat lost. you know, not as well known by some of the other iconic figures from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. and i think he should be. i hope this book provides t

just before he was about to be introduced to strom thurmond i extended my hand, i said hello, senator, i'm armstrong williams and i hear you're a

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just before he was about to introduce strom thurmond, i held out my hand and i said, hello, senator. i hear you're a racist. and the senator said to me, you sound like a bright young man. what grade are you in? when you graduate from high school, come intern for me and decide if i'm a racist or not. >>> on the anniversary of the 1773 boston tea party, actors recreate the scene in the civic center house in boston. on the road to the white house rewind, the 1980 republican campaign with interviews of ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, john anderson and howard baker recorded by students at salem high school in new hampshire airing for the first time on national television. and at 4:00 on real america, 35 years ago this week, iran released 52 american hostages after holding them for 444 days. through archival photos and videos, we'll look back at the iranian crisis including president carter's announcement of a failed rescue attempt and the release of hostages. for the entire american history tv schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> the energy industry released developments in the senate industry

about his father's influence on his upbringing, his internship working for south carolina senator strom thurmond, and later, his involvement in the clarence thomas u.s. supreme court confirmation hearings. this program is about an hour and 45 minutes. bond: armstrong williams, welcome to explorations in black leadership. williams: thank you for inviting me. bond: we're very pleased to have you here. i want to begin with some questions about the brown decision. now, it occurred five years before you were born, but what was the discussion, if any, in your family or what was the feeling t

as the negro, that an african-american, i attended an all black college that in her 70s when strom thurmond's paternity became publicized she was agreed designated as by racial in the media. even with that definition she was always referred to as a child by his made. i have not been able to find any reference to her as his child. .. . . . . . . outside. as the family sociologist who uses intersection of race, class, gender and sex you al at this, i was particularly interested in thinking about how the ideas in this book play out with people's lives today. particularly those who are experiencing the aftereffects of the marriage equality movement. sociologists we talk about, like to ask questions, like to talk to people and use this data as one basis for evaluating information. what if anything do we go by using marriage and platform using stigma associated with same sex desire. consider relating to population who stands at juncture of two seemingly disparate groups katherine uses in her arguments, people who are black and gay. throughout the text the persistent overlap of categories of white a

defense committee for 18 years, and by the way, one of the members of the committee was senator strom thurmond from south carolina. after the 9/11 attacks, secretary rumsfeld invited me to the pentagon with a meeting with the four formers secretaries of defense. i suggested we had a problem with technology, and they wanted to involve silicon valley into the pentagon to solve our most significant problems. i not only had the opportunity to go through the cold war struggles in central america, and even after 9/11 to be involved, with saudi arabia and oil production, first of all, it's so critical for us to be energy dependent and getting there because of fracking and we ought to explore, energy independence gives us leverage and flexibility, and secondly, if you want to bring jobs back to the united states of america and industry, low prices make the difference. we're seeing it in my state and see it in this country. that's why we must make sure we continue to frack. in terms of saudi arabia, look, my biggest problem with them is funding radical clerics through their medroces, that is a bad deal

here is a preview -- father, he arrived for me to make strom thurmond. tobaccothe middle of a he said we are going to see strong thurmond. we got there just the senator leaving. recognize my father because he had a strong reputation in the county and before he is about to be introduced, i extended my hand. i said i hear you are a racist. [laughter] >> way he say? >> forget about what he said, it's what my father said. we were in public. red heer was seeing worked hard to make this happen. , told my father not to worry about it. at least he is honest and you raise in that way it my father hold off. , he said, i want him to work for you some way. i want my boy to get to know you because i have plans for him and i know you can help. i was still sitting back there and did not say anything else. i did not want to get on his bad side. the senator said to me you sound like a bright young man when you graduate from high school, if you want to come to washington and interim, come work for me and decide whether i'm a racist or not. >> watch the entire program satu

senator john warner used to joke that he was married to elizabeth taylor and sleeping next to strom thurmond. that was an irony of sorts. so i said to gary hart, i am weary. i'm bone tired. let's go downstairs in the senate under and get some coffee. we did. there was no one there. we ordered a big pot of coffee, and i said, gary, what would you rather be doing if you were not here right now? he said i'd rather be in iowa and writing a novel. and i said, well hell, i'm half irish, i've always wanted to go to ireland, i've always wanted to write a novel, so why do we doing to get the? we start laughing like a couple of teenagers at the point. he had an envelope and he said, what to write about? it has to be something we know. so we started making notes. i just come back from a conference in bonn, germany, on terrorism. i was also heading up a subcommittee dealing with the influx of drug money coming in and funding terrorist groups. he had been on the church committee investigating the assassination of president kennedy, and we started taking all of these elements on what we are doing and we w

he was condemned in the south because of that, as you may know, we had a dixiecrat candidate, strom thurmond the ballot. he still won. i was in submarine school then. we had a very troubled time when i came home from the navy. i was acquainted with the complete integration of the black and white and what a relief to have that millstone removed from around our neck. now we have a majority of african-americans on our city council. and i was very impressed but not surprised at the remarkable response within the much and among its members after the horrible tragedy in charleston. to me this is maybe not typical but not surprising to reach out even in the face of horrible tragedy. >> obviously the iranian hostage crisis was very important to you. i asked dr. brzezinski once about desert i and the special ops. i said was that the low point of your service? and he stopped and thought about it and he said, "i think it may have been the low part of my life. and you talk about how when you got word that the hostages were released. it's extraordinary hearing just how personal a burden this was on you d

just before he was about to introduce strom thurmond, i held out my hand and i said, hello, senator. i hear you're a racist. and the senator said to me, you sound like a bright young man. what grade are you in? when you graduate from high school, come intern for me and decide if i'm a racist or not. >>> on the anniversary of the 1773 boston tea party, actors recreate the scene in the civic center house in boston. on the road to the white house rewind, the 1980 republican campaign with interviews of ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, john anderson and howard baker recorded by students at salem high school in new hampshire airing for the first time on national television. and at 4:00 on real america, 35 years ago this week, iran released 52 american hostages after holding them for 444 days. through archival photos and videos, we'll look back at the iranian crisis including president carter's announcement of a failed rescue attempt and the release of hostages. for the entire american history tv schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> the energy industry released developments in the senate industry

just before he was about to be introduced to strom thurmond, i extended my hand and said, hello, senator i'm armstrong williams and i hear you're a racis racist. the senator said, you sound like a bright young man, when you graduate from high school, if you want to come to washington and intern for me, come work for me and you can decide whether i'm a racist or not. >> and on the anniversary of the 1773 boston tea party, reenactors reenact the scene. and the 1980 republican campaign with interviews of ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, john anderson and howard baker, recorded by students in new hampshire. and 35 years ago this week iran released hostages after holding them 444 days. we'll look back at the iranian hostage crisis including president carter's announcement of a failed rescue attempt and the release of the hostages just minutes after ronald reagan was sworn in as parking lresident. for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> the state department sanctions policy coordinator took part in a discussion hosted by american university's school of international service. he explain

defense committee for 18 years, and by the way, one of the members of the committee was senator strom thurmondm south carolina. after the 9/11 attacks, secretary rumsfeld invited me to the pentagon with a meeting with the four formers secretaries of defense. i suggested we had a problem with technology, and they wanted to involve silicon valley into the pentagon to solve our most significant problems. i not only had the opportunity to go through the cold war struggles in central america, and even after 9/11 to be involved, with saudi arabia and oil production, first of all, it's so critical for us to be energy dependent and getting there because of fracking and we ought to explore, energy independence gives us leverage and flexibility, and secondly, if you want to bring jobs back to the united states of america and industry, low prices make the difference. we're seeing it in my state and see it in this country. that's why we must make sure we continue to frack. in terms of saudi arabia, look, my biggest problem with them is funding radical clerics through their medroces, that is a bad deal. wh

because he had a strong reputation in the county, and just before he was about to be introduced to strom thurmond hello senate. i'm armstrong williams and i hear yew a racist. >> what did thurmond say? >> you sound like a bright young man. what grade are you? in when you graduate from high school and ever want to intern for me, come work for me. why don't you decide whether i'm a racist or not. >> and after the 1773 boston tea party, re-enactors re-create the scene at the old south meeting house in boston. sunday morning at 10:00 on "road to the white house rewind" the 1980 republican campaign with interviews of ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, john anderson and howard baker. recorded by students at salem high school in new hampshire, airing for the first time on national television. and at 4:00 on "real america" 35 years ago this week, iran released 52 american hostages after holding them for 444 days. through archival photos and videos we'll look back at the hostage crisis including president carter's announcement of a failed rescue attempt and release of hostages just minutes after ronald reag

the republican establishment, the big names in the state -- strom thurmond, carol campbell -- he wasernor at the time -- they lined up with reagan in 1990, dole, george w. bush. they wired the state, they won the state it was decisive. something happened in south carolina in the obama era. and in 2012, the last competitive primary, republican primary in south carolina, newt gingrich won that state. he didn't just win that state, he crushed mitt romney in that state. that was one of mitt romney, the establishment candidate, one of his worst states. it was 41%-26%. south carolina really is the epicenter, one of the epicenters in this country for the tea party backlash against barack obama, but also against the republican establishment. so, relying on south carolina to play the role that lindsey graham is talking about there that it has played historically, i don't know that that works in 2016 anymore. >> yeah, steve, and i'm also wondering, and i had tim miller from the bush campaign on earlier in this program, that it's almost as though you're moving now the goal post. it's almost as

just before he was about to be introduced to strom thurmond, i extended my hand and said, "hello, senator, i'm armstrong williams, and i hear you're a racist." the senator said to me, you sound like you're a bright young man, when you graduate from high school, come intern with me and you decide whether i'm a racist or not. >>> on the anniversary of the 1773 boston tea party, reenactors recreate the scene. >>> the 1980 republican campaign with interviews with ronald reagan, george h.w. g4bush, jo anderson, and howard baker, reported by students at salem high school in new hampshire, airing for the first time on national television. and at 4:00 on "real america," thrive years ago this week iran released the american hostages after holding them for 444 days. we'll look back at the iranian hostage crisis including president carter's announcement of a failed rescue attempt and the release of the hostages just minutes after ronald reagan was sworn in as president. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> ohio governor john kasich and florida senator marco r

but then to introduce as strom thurmond and said hello senator i hear you are a racist. [laughter] he said you sound like a bright young man. what greater u.n.? wider use side with them? >> and they recreate this scene from boston. with john anderson and howard baker. the archival photos and videos will look back at the iranian hostage crisis including a failed rescue attempt. for the complete schedule visit our web site. c-span.org [inaudible conversations] >> day chile and a good day. thank you for coming we are delighted. we are pleased to welcome him back and was your a year-and-a-half ago but is willing to be the kickoff of our speakers series this year of the missile defense series. and those at davis the resources for these programs serious and invite you to come back. i was just talking with the admiral how much things have changed. working up on capitol hill when star wars hit. and for so many years years, decades it was a partisan issue and go away to identify themselves. we're very lucky to go past that. it helps to have those countries like north korea to giv