doorway on tv and seeing him basically pushed aside by the power of the president. the president from boston. my boston. but i didn t remember the rest of what happened that day until it was pointed out today in professor joseph s op-ed piece. good evening, this is chad huntly reporting. tonight. it seemed only natural he should go before the american people and tell him why. the president did not limit himself to discrimination problems in the south. he hit broadside the discrimination everywhere in the country and spoke of it as a moral issue. professor joseph, who is the author of dark days, black nights from black power to barack obama calls that speech on this day 50 years ago, kennedy s finest moment.
president kennedy nationalized the alabama national guard so that the governor had no control over them. the president had the students escorted by u.s. marshals, and the governor was legally flattened at the door by deputy united states attorney general nicholas katzenbach. i would ask you once again to responsibly step aside, and if you don t i am going to ensure you that the orders of the court will be enforced. the country was riveted by the confrontation in alabama, i was just a little boy. but i strongly remember seeing the governor stand in the doorway on tv and seeing him basically pushed aside by the power of the president. the president from boston. my boston. but i didn t remember the rest of what happened that day until it was pointed out today in
i ll never forget the black man s name, ted landsmark walking near city hall when he was attacked for nothing other than the color of his skin. the attacker was one of the endless stream of protesters against school bussing in boston in those days. this is the image that black america has about boston. my boston. to this day, 37 years later, when i meet people and say i m from boston, i find ways to reassure them that i am not that guy. the guy with the flag. the school buses carrying black children into billy bulger s district were stoned. they threw eggs at ted kennedy in those days. boston was full of racist and hate. billy bulger s boston, my
the attacker was one of the endless stream of protesters against school bussing in boston in those days. this is the image that black america has about boston. my boston. to this day, 37 years later, when i meet people and say i m from boston, i find ways to reassure them that i am not that guy. the guy with the flag. the school buses carrying black children into billy bulger s district were stoned. they threw eggs at ted kennedy in those days. boston was full of racist and hate. billy bulger s boston, my boston. his seat has been occupied by white guys from south boston and the political world thought it would always be even though