all of the american people. >> it was a decade of realignment. we had some wins. we had some losses. but we redefined the collective culture of america. >> in one generation we have moved from denying a black man service at the lunch counter to being a serious contender for the presidency. >> it was a seminal decade that paved the way for change, in a way that no time other did since the '60s. >> we are part of a hybrid culture and we can't deny that. so, in some ways, the more obvious bi-racial identity i have to affirm, african-americans also have to affirm. and white americans have to affirm because they partake in a hybrid culture. the truth of the matter is that american culture at this point, what is truly american is black culture to a large degree. flip on the television set and it has had a profound influence