congressional trips to selma and other sights of the civil rights movement. through the faith and politics institute he traveled with more than 300 politicians over the years. we were going to the lunch counters and marching. i think he s one of the few in congress that can bring people from many different parties together and say let s spend three days wrestling with the past. only john could do that. lewis built on the relationships to support his chosen projects. he tries to use the influence that he has, the respect that he commands to advance the causes that he thinks are important. and that i think are really all about fairness, justice and equality. and no cause was more important to him than voting rights. i happen to believe that the vote is precious. it is almost sacred. it is the most powerful non violent instrument or tool that we have in a democratic society. there is the history there with him. in terms of ensuring that 65
african-american and the cause for human rights in america. martin luther king s strategy of nonviolent direct action inspired a wave of young activists to take up the cause. king was able to energize young ministers, young students. he set a tone of let s come out of these cathedrals, let s come out of these offices, and let s do something in the streets. beginning in february 1960, in cities from greensboro to nashville, black students sat down at lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served. sit-ins introduced a new, more confrontational tactic to the movement that provoked white segregationists to violence. then in may of 1961,
generation, one out of three in a recent poll said they are not completely convinced ready for this that the earth is round. is round. remember the flat earth society? i m glad you mentioned young people. again, we re going to switch subjects here. i was going to talk to you a moment about your conversation with steve and symone, which was just fascinating to me. i am so glad that you re on that story, and we have been on the khashoggi story a lot as well. but when you were speaking about young people, i had a conversation with my mom late into the night last night, and she was talking about the state of politics in this country. she said, i wonder if young people, especially young people of color and women she s wondering why they don t have any historical reference because when she was growing up, she was one of the people who protested at lunch counters. she said, they don t know about the dogs. they don t know about the hoses. they don t know about not being able to go into
a recent poll said they are not completely convinced ready for this that the earth is round. is round. remember the flat earth society? i m glad you mentioned young people. again, we re going to switch subjects here. i was going to talk to you a moment about your conversation with steve and symone, which was just fascinating to me. i am so glad that you re on that story, and we have been on the khashoggi story a lot as well. but when you were speaking about young people, i had a conversation with my mom late into the night last night, and she was talking about the state of politics in this country. she said, i wonder if young people, especially young people of color and women she s wondering why they don t have any historical reference because when she was growing up, she was one of the people who protested at lunch counters. she said, they don t know about the dogs. they don t know about the hoses. they don t know about not being able to go into restaurants. they don t know ab
car accident and went home and went to bed? chappaquiddick kennedy. take a look. robert bork s america is an america where will women be forced into black alley abortions. black would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizen stores in midnight raids and writers and artists would be censured at the whim of government. sean: then a few years later, of course democrats tried to drag one of the supreme court justices that became one of the finest justices in our generation, clarence thomas, 1991, through the mud. senate democrats pulled out his former colleague anita hill making sexual harassment allegations against him. sound familiar? this character assassination was so vicious and so horrible, so nasty, justice thomas called it a high-tech lynching. take a look. this is a circus, it s a national disgrace. and from my standpoint as a