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Defied the party right. there was one republican who voted against who decided, like i'm not involved any of this. and then you have a seven who of whom five voted to kick out pearson and jones and not johnson and then to, incidentally, who voted to kick out jones. but not johnson, or pearson was trying to go through their statements. only half of them have put out statements, including the one that you just mentioned. um and you know they're saying, you know, johnson was different. johnson didn't actually hold the bullhorn. i mean, the fact in the statement is saying, you know, it was an hour...

Political activists. i also assure you there was no racial bias in my thinking, and i believe of in my colleague's actions. it was notable, so i was actually looking into this today. the seven reps who, uh, basically defied the party right . there was one republican who voted against who decided, like i'm not involved any of this. and then you have the seven who of whom five voted to kick out pearson and jones and not johnson and then to, incidentally, who voted to kick out jones. but not johnson, or pearson was trying to go through their statements. only half of them have put out statements, ...

You don't mind if we can speak out with a couple of people. >> don't know, who the hell is going to do this, two weeks, they'll be shooting me with questions, already doing it. i will make it clear. >> our chief weapons in a more pin-pointed attack will be better suited, better held, in better homes, better training, and better job opportunities. all of these increased opportunities must be open to americans of every color. as far as federal law will run, we must abolish not some but all racial discrimination. >> johnson was, died in the world new deal democrat but didn't mean he would be a su...

>> he felt like he was judged by those ivy leaguers who dominated washington, because he where he was from, because of how he spoke. he felt, i think in his own mind, he paled in comparison to them. and yet he dominated them on any given day. that insecurity was -- those were demons that roamed around lbj's consciousness at any given time. >> he turned that to a positive. it drove him to try to do things no one else had ever achieved. >> we had read about his growing up in the texas hill country. we put a lot of trust in that. believe it or not, most of us in the south had grown up with white ...

Felt in his own mind he paled in comparison to them, yet he dominated them on any given day. that insecurity was, those were demons that roamed around lbj's consciousness at any given time. >> but he turned that to a positive. it drove him to try to do things no one else had achieved . >> we had read about his growing up in texas hill country. we put a lot of trust in that. believe it or not, most of us in the south had grown up with white people. and we were very comfortable with white southerners. the kennedys really knew nothing about race. not because they didn't like us or didn't agree. t...