vivian malone and jimmy hood. 20 years old, made the national honor society when she attended a segregated high school in her hometown of mobile, alabama. he's also 20, was president of his class in high school at gadsston, alabama, and president of the student council. >> well, i feel like it won't be as much trouble as has been on other campuses. but it will be bad news when the n-- comes in. >> does the government plan to use federal marshals if he does go through with his announced intention to prevent the negro students from entering? >> i know there's great opposition in alabama and indeed in any state to federal marshals and federal troops. and i would be very reluctant to see us reach that point. >> governor wallace has ordered 500 alabama national guardsmen into tuscaloosa. at the moment they are under his control. it would require hardly more than the flourish of a pen to convert their status to federalized troops and place them at the disposal of president kennedy. >> national guard units are commanded

justice department official preparing the two students, vivian malone, and james hood, for the expectedtation with governor george wallace as they're being admitted to the university of alabama. vivian, by the way, is the sister of sharon malone, the wife of the current attorney general, eric holder. >> meetings will be held in this particular area. and you should dress as if you were going to church, for example, modestly, neatly, or like you're going to school the first day and you should remember that it's a very dignified, orderly procedure, and it won't take very long, and i'll be there, undoubtedly the governor of the state will be there. >> finally, here's the nation-changing speech president kennedy gave on national television that very evening. a speech and a moment many americans, especially those still being denied their civil rights, will never forget. a u.s. president putting his full moral authority behind the cause. >> we are confronted primarily with a moral issue. it is as old as the scriptures and it is clear as the american constitution. >> wow. it's because of robert

when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students thatintegrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about race, people say we are playing the race card. the fact is it's not easy to hear these stories or to tell these stories and so when people do tell them, it really is a vote of confidence from the american people to hope that th

when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students thatintegrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about race, people say we are playing the race card. the fact is it's not easy to hear these stories or to tell these stories and so when people do tell them, it really is a vote of confidence from the american people to hope that th

when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students thatgrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about race, people say we are playing the race card. the fact is it's not easy to hear these stories or to tell these stories and so when people do tell them, it really is a vote of confidence from the american people to hope that there