strom thurmond, for example, of south carolina. >> all that we could ask for is somebody who would bereat the south like other sections of the country. >> strom thurmond had been a democrat but he had left the democratic party because of the civil rights act. >> the race is between mr. nixon and mr. rockefeller. and i would prefer mr. nixon. i think he would be better for the whole country. >> convention will come to order. >> 1968 is the last presidential year in which it was possible to run for president without entering any primaries. ronald reagan showed up in miami beach, gave a press conference and said, i'm running for president. >> yes. as of this moment, response to that resolution by the california delegation. >> reagan is in many ways everything nixon is not. he's smooth. he's handsome. people like him. and people are confused, they're like, we believe that he's a true conservative and we've never really trusted nixon. okay, so now what are we going to do? >> the name of the game right now is stop nixon. now, if a lot of those southern delegates move away from nixon to rona

the press and we went to the graveyard and modern great grandfather was owned by the family of strom thurmond the surrogate. and i went to the white church the 1st baptist church and in a graveyard i was just there with a tombstone and the whole about i'd say about a quarter of the cemetery the tomb stone being crowned was furman's and shot. and i said well when you mean all of these they said wait a minute the plantation your great grandfather was about a mile away. they buried the slaves there they only put a bull's over they agree. sort of occurred to me that every time i write my name sir that is not money. best a name or who own my great grandfather. that's how the race is that everytime i write my name right now american history but what happened to my people. can't talk about. what mark great grandparents did. they were in slaying. and we're still being treated lester not us an example america comes to terms but what it is done and where they did. we would not be able to heal because you're not recognized in the womb. for oh it could have been anybody but then the reaction was not anyt

the other, and we went to the graveyard, and my great-grandfather was owned by the family of strom thurmondthe first baptist church and in the graveyard, there was a tombstone , and about i would say about a quarter of the cemetery the tombstone was thurmond and sharpton's. i said, you mean all of these? i said wait a minute, the plantation was about a mile away . they married they. the slaves there. every time they write their name , sir. that is the neighbor who owned my great-grandfather. that how deep race is that ever time i write my name, i'm writing in american history of what has happened to my people. i can't talk about it. what his gun and what he did. we would not be able to hear because you are not recognized in the. floyd could have been anybody. then the reaction was not anything. that's when i heard them talkin about they had they never thought they would see young whites marching like they're marching now. all over the world, i have seen grandchildren of slave masters, tearing down slave master statues over in england and put it in the river. i pour out my spirit among all f

remember strom thurmond held up the longest filibuster in the senate's history. we hoent w he won't win. we are going to pass police intervention. why? it's the right side of history. it will take work and struggle and to all the non-violent people out there protesting a vote with just wrote wouldn't be possible a month ago if it wasn't for the demands of diverse people out there protesting. we know nothing is easy. continue the non-violent protests, continue pushing and we will get things done on the federal level as we did with workers rights, civil rights, suffrage legislation, it will pass because people were in the streets willing to protest sacrifice and struggle for that change. >> senator booker, thank you so much. thanks for a hopeful note. to end this conversation on. >> thank you. >>> coming up, breaking ranks. more of general colin powell's emotional criticism of president trump and he grows a growing list of this country's top military officers speaking out against the president's response to the protests. >>> former homeland expecty jeh johnson join

other press, and we went to the graveyard, and my great-grandfather was owned by the family of strom thurmond. i went to the graveyard and there was a tombstone and about a quarter of the cemetery, the tombstone -- and i said, you mean all of these? they said, wait a minute, the plantation of your great-grandfather was about a mile away, they buried the slaves there, they only put pebbles over their graves. it occurred to me every time i write my name, sir, that's not my name, that's the name of who owned my great-grandfather. that's how deep race is, that every time i write my name i'm writing america history of what happened to my people. i can't talk about what my great-grandparents did, they were enslaved. and we're still being treated less than others. and until america comes to terms for what it has done and what it did, we will not be able to heal because you're not recognizing the wound. floyd could have been anybody. but then, the reaction was not anything, because somewhere i read in the bible, that god said he would pull out his spirit, among all flesh, and that's why when i heard

we know about the issue of race and civil rights and how that sparked strom thurmond's alternative to the democratic party. but the fight for tidelands control was also important as well. more importantly, it would lead to 1952 and the work of wildcatters and their allies in the church. especially evangelicals in the southwest. especially evangelical preachers like the emerging star evangelist billy graham, who at this very juncture would make dallas his second home and would make first baptist his church membership. proximity to the hunts and so forth, perhaps likely part of his reasoning. but it would be this alliance of an emerging evangelical movement, which, again, we know the political outcome of to some degree, and wildcaters that we would see the revolt really come to fruition in 1952. a rally of churches and oil associations behind the eisenhower ticket. not just rallying behind the ticket, but in the case of billy graham, being instrumental in wooing dwight eisenhower to the republican ticket. the result would be an eisenhower victory on a platform of handing back control th

and my to the graveyard great-grandfather was owned by the family of strom thurmond, the segregationistgreat-grandfather was about a mile away. they buried the slaves there. they only put pebbles over their graves. it occurred to me that every sir, thatte my name, is not my name. that's the name of who owns my great-grandfather. that's how deep race is, that every time i write my name, i am writing american history of what happened to my people. it, what my about great-grandparents did. , and we areslaved still being treated less than others. and until america comes to terms with what it has done and what it did, we will not be able to heal, because you have not recognized the wound. [applause] floyd could have been anybody. reaction was not anything, because somewhere i read in the bible, god said he would price his spirit among -- prod his spirit among all flesh. that's why, when i heard them talking about they'd never thought they'd see young whites marching like they are marching i'veall over the world, seen grandchildren of slavemasters tearing down slave masters' statues in englan

my great-grandfather was owned by the family of strom thurmond, the segregationist.s over the slaves grades. it occurred to me that every graves.- slave's it occurred to me that every time i write my name, that is not my name. it is the name of the man who owned my great-grandfather. name, i am ay writing american history of what happened to my people. i cannot talk about what my great-grandfather -- great-grandparents did. they were enslaved and we are still being treated less than others. until america comes to terms with what it has done and what ables been, we will not be to deal because you are not recognizing the wound. floyd could have been anybody. then, the reaction was not anything because somewhere i read in the bible god said he would pour out his spirit among all flesh. that is why when i heard them talking about they would never -- they thought they would never see young whites marching like they are marching now, all over the world i have seen grandchildren of slave masters tearing down slave masters over in england and putting it in the river. "i pour

it wasn't strom thurmond, the longest filibuster in history, he didn't one day come to the senate flooright, let those people have some rights. no, it was demanded. not just by black folks. it was a broad-based coalition that finally made legislators unable to do what is just. that's why i'm hopeful in this moment, is because people are forcing this conversation, because the injustices we saw in a videotape, for every name we know there are thousands in america we don't know because they weren't captured on videotape. this is nothing new. this has been going on for generations. it is why i was in the streets when i was in college. so if enough people -- as was said, the problem today we have to repent for is not simply the v vitriolic words, but it is for the actions of people. for dear friends of mine that are asking me what should i do, i have gotten more text messages and more calls, my biggest point is this is the question that should never go away. the same burning urgency, what can i do. we should always every day of our lives be struggling with the question, what can i do for oth