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Says smith's southern democrats were conservative and racist and powerful. >> the southerners controlled congress. and, you know, civil rights was boiling up on the streets of the south. there were so many heroes there. i mean, 1964 is the summer when they were killed, the summer when all the fire hoses were being turned on to little children. rolling that little girl down the street. it was horrible. but the civil rights bill wasn't moving. the southern democrats didn't care what national sentiment was. in their district, the congressional district or state if it was the senate. the voters di...

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And pessimism side. you have the fire hoses and you have an american outrage about the dogs and if fire houses that helps to shift it. i'm wondering because we have to sort of generate a nonpartisan outrage about the restriction of voting. and part of what i'm also wondering is how do you challenge this? what parts allow for a challenge of these kinds of voting changes? >> well, the voting rights act, the part now functioning that a lot of people are talking about is section two of the voting rights act. i'm referring to an important in our national history, which is the supreme court struck d...

Disorderly conduct after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger becoming a leader in the montgomery, alabama bus boycott. in september 1957, 900 african-american students were warned blood would run in the streets if they attempted to enter the all-white high school in little rock, arkansas. they entered the school anyway. in 1964 students sat down at a lunch counterin north carolina. when they were asked to relieve they remained in their sits creating a national movement of sit-ins. fire hoses and attack dogs were used on children who joined in civil rights protests in birmin...

Attacked by dogs in the streets. >> it clearly galvanized public opinion and the demonstrations in birmingham in '63 with police dogs and fire hoses that outraged president kennedy, it was giving the country a huge black eye around the world. how could we preach democracy and not live up to our own ideals at home. >> we saw a picture of martin luther king jr. and whitney young, and james farmer. it was a different era. they were what was known as big six, the civil rights leaders, including a young john lewis. >> we were so lucky in the era of founders to have remarkable people, we were lucky ...