- rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that people do when they have known true pain for his sins i don t know who to blame what choice was he given?
and rudy was very much cut from that cloth and made no bones about it. - but when he was a prosecutor he was smart, he was tough, he was creative. - he was a perfect match for new york city. he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god o
he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that peopl
And that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. It was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. Quiet quiet rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. White power i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that people do when they have known true pain for his sins i dont know who to blame what choice was he given . In this world that were livin when i see you, i see you i see love i see love i see america i see love when i see you, i see you i see love i see love i see america on a bright winter day, former federal prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani was inaugurated as the 107th mayor of new york. His son, andrew, by his side, he exhorted new yorkers to help him make dra
his son, andrew, by his side, he exhorted new yorkers to help him make dramatic changes. - the era of fear has had a long enough reign. the period of doubt has run its course. - i look at rudy giuliani as the greatest mayor in the history of our country, and i look at him as one of the greatest prosecutors in the history of our country. - i m gonna have a co-addressee, i guess, andrew. [andrew giggling] - i do remember reading his speech and him reading his speech. they say new york is ungovernable. - new york is not governable. - they say that businesses are leaving. - all of these, i declare politically incorrect. - rudy giuliani. [cheers and applause] - i just find it funny that people sort of thought of him as america s mayor, cause that wasn t rudy giuliani. the giuliani of that 92 riot that s rudy giuliani. [heavy music] - the city hall s steps is new york city s front steps.