Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Host we are back and we will spend this next segment talking about right wing extremism in the United States. With us is author and university of massachusetts lowell professor Arie Perliger, who is the author of american zealot, inside right wing domestic terrorism. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thank you for having me. Host lets frame this conversation how do you define first. Extremism . What exactly is it . Guest we are talking about a group or sometime individuals whose political views are on the margins, the extremities of the political spectrum. Not just that. They are also militant in the way they promote their views. That means that they are engaging in illegal activities as well as, in many cases, utilizing violence or violent practices to promote their goal. Host now, we are going to talk about right wing extremism with you. Later on we will talk about leftwing extremism. Can you tell me the difference or is there a diffe
Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question is there a connection between the shooting of jacob lake and can osha wall street capitalism and Excessive Military spending my guest today says there is lets get to the bottom line. When a policeman shot jacob blake 7 times in the back in front of his kids in wisconsin last month it was a painful reminder that real change is not coming fast enough to these United States the shooting reignited passions across the country especially after an armed white 17 year old counter protester came to wisconsin from a nearby state until 2 other people protesting the shooting so whats going on in the United States are we heading down a healthy road will race continue to be used cynically to get votes while the poor and disadvantaged continue to suffer endlessly joining us today is someone who has been thinking of preaching about these issues for decades he is professor cornell west one of the most prominent intellectuals alive professor west teaches at har
Hi im Steve Clements i have a question is there a connection between the shooting of jacob blake and can osha wall street capitalism and Excessive Military spending my guest today says there is lets get to the bottom line. When a policeman shot jacob blake 7 times in the back in front of his kids in wisconsin last month it was a painful reminder that real change is not coming fast enough to these United States the shooting reignited passions across the country especially after an armed white 17 year old counter protester came to wisconsin from a nearby state until 2 other people protesting the shooting so whats going on in the United States are we heading down a healthy road will race continue to be used cynically to get votes while the poor and disadvantaged continue to suffer endlessly joining us today is someone who has been thinking of preaching about these issues for decades he is professor cornell west one of the most prominent intellectuals alive professor west teaches at harvar
Career in entertainment and became president of the screen actors guild. Ronald reagan ended his can his acceptance speech in detroit with a moment of silent prayer. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] thank you. Chanting] [cheering] thank you. [applause] you are singing our song. [applause] [indiscernible] to find cell for the first time in a long time in a movie on prime time. [applause] isthis, as you can imagine, the second big , mr. Vice president , mye, this convention fellow citizens of this great nation, with a deep awareness of the responsibility inferred by your justice, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. [applause] our thanks to the people of detroit and michigan. [applause] and i thank you for your wholehearted response to my recommendations with regard to george bush, the candidate for Vice President. [applause] of our partyud tonight. This convention has shown to all of america, a party united with positive progra
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. Civil unrest of Racial Discrimination continued across the country. The beatles came to the u. S. And tensions between the u. S. And North Vietnam escalated. This was the backdrop for the Political Conventions that year and for speeches made by president ial nominees Linden Johnson and Barry Goldwater. At the time of the Democratic National convention, Lyndon Baines johnson had been president less than a year after the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. On before, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexicanamerican school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. While a u. S. Congressman he was named Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. Later, Lyndon Johnson won his Senate Primary by 87 votes but went on to hold numerous positions in the senate including majority leader. After 12 years in the senate he became t