alabama. we re still considering what we ought to do, whether or not we should call up the guard and have them already there. go in with you. as the situation unfolds in alabama, one of bobby s children drops by to visit her father. want to say hello to carrie? yeah. hi, nick. hi, carrie. how are you, dear? are you at my house? no, i m not out at your house, i m way down in the southland. i remember sitting behind a chair in what we called the television room while may father was talking with his aides about these issues. history was happening at our house. it was happening all around us. bobby has the option to use troops but hopes to avoid violence. i have a statement to read. the kennedys knew that george
alabama. two black students, vivian malone and james hood, are determined to enroll at america s last all-white state university. my sister knew the consequences of what could happen. people were getting beaten and killed over very simple rights, but she faced her fears and she felt tired of accepting second-class citizenship. standing in their way is the state s governor who made an election promise to keep the campus segregated. george wallace, the governor of alabama, said that he would stand at the schoolyard door and that he would use violence to stop black students who wanted to enroll. is there any way that you could get the guard in there? bobby realizes the inherent danger of the situation and sends nick katzenbach, his senior aide to the university of
determined to enroll at america s last all-white state university. my sister knew the consequences of what could happen. people were getting beaten and killed over very simple rights. but she faced her fears and she felt tired of accepting second class citizenship. standing in their way is the state s governor who made an election promise to keep the campus segregated. george wallace, the governor of alabama said he would stand at the schoolyard door and use violence to stop black students who wanted to enroll. is there any way that you could get the guard in there? bobby realizes the inherent danger of the situation and sends nick katzenbach, his senior aid, to the university of alabama.
stand in the schoolhouse door and they are setting up a confrontation that makes wallace fulfill his vanity, but really works in favor of the kennedys because he looks ridiculous to the rest of the country. i take it from that statement that you are going to stand in that door? i stand in front of the statement. wallace has been allowed to say his peace, but still refuses to move for katzenbach. he is moving away from the door. he is stepping aside. governor george wallace has stepped aside. only as he s faced with 100 federal troops does the governor back down. five minutes after the
steve scalise of louisiana stands now as the party s entrenched evidence that its promise to reach out to other groups. to the far theft right when it comes to issues of race in this country. meanwhile, we look at a new film and whether it gives president lyndon johnson the respect he earned in pushing the civil rights act in 1964 and the voting rights act a year later. or does it make him a symbol of white resistance. especially to a president many consider the greatest civil rights advocate in american history. joining me now, jack king of georgia and ron christie, former adviser to vice president dick cheney. let me ask you this. after their losses in 2012, the republican national committee came up with a new strategy to appeal to minority communities called the growth and opportunity report. here s what chairman reince priebus said of that strategy before the national association of black journalists just last summer. last year after the growth and opportunity report, w