of civil rights and the federal government s need to step in to protect the civil rights of all americans and he spoke to the exchange that he had with senator harris. he noted that he respected senator harris and heard her and listened to her. what he wanted to make clear to the american people and also the people in the room at the rainbow push labor luncheon was that he did not believe that busing was basically a cure-all for the ills and issues that followed with segregation and to, frankly, address segregation. and that he was a very forceful advocate combatting red lining, of rezoning school districts. he believes he was an advocate of making sure there are good neighborhood schools and what he believes now that he spoke about, again, at the rainbow push labor luncheon, is we have to put forth education policies and have policies that deal with what young people and schools are dealing with now and to ensure that they are able to have successful futures. that s why in his educa