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About how this situation could be resolved. we now have the white house tapes from that era. so we have the recording of president johnson even after that three-hour meeting, getting on the phone with george wallace and telling him that if local police were going to be beating people and the state police were going to be beating people, then governor wallace ought to call up the national guard in his state to let the guardsmen protect the marchers. >> you call up your own guard into the service of the state and i would ask our best people to cooperate. >> but, of course, governor "segregation ...

To cooperate. >> but, of course, governor "segregation forever" would not do that. he would not call up the national guard to protect the marchers in his state. and so president johnson did. and when they did finally complete that march, not hundreds strong, but now thousands strong, and martin luther king jr. gave his "how long, not long" speech on the steps of the state capitol in montgomery, those marchers were protected by the national guard, by order of the president of the united states. yes, there were alabama national guardsmen there, but the national part of that is important. they we...

A comic commissioned by george wallace. george wallace, the famous segregationist who four times was the govern of the great state of alabama. >> i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> 1960, george wallace's campaign commissioned this comic book to get people to vote for george wallace by showing how brave he was in standing up against civil rights. you can see it here in the comic-imagined headlines, wallace fights back -- i won't yield to threat else. wallace stands up for south. judge won't surrender. the comic book isn't an argument in favor of segregation...

Weeks, i may be homosexual. >> stop right there! >> comics with problems. i want to talk about published that don't ask don't tell bizarre row comic. also published another amazing comic from 1960 or 1961. a comic commissioned by george wallace. george wallace, the famous segregationist who four times was the govern of the great state of alabama. >> i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> 1960, george wallace's campaign commissioned this comic book to get people to vote for george wallace by showing how brave he was in standing up against civil rights. you can ...