Felt like maybe i already heard that my father had been shot and he was okay. Well, your father is okay, hes been shot, he must have been okay. Well, i didnt know that. I was brought here to the mansion and then flown straight to meraryland. We want to be clear because we were talking about you earlier here. You were the honorary chair of the alabama Democratic Party. No, my husband is the chair of the alabama Democratic Party. I sort of standby him and help him when i can. I do make some speeches at the Democratic Party functions. And your brother is now a republican, correct . Yes, he is. But i still love him very much. [ laughs ] the same question that we ask doctor reed and doctor carter, if your father is alive today, would he be a republican or democrat . I think he would be a democrat. Who would he voted for . I think he could possibly voted for president obama. I know that he would have been proud that i endorsed president obama and i think he would have been very proud that i
I love you, too. I sure do. Oh. I thought you were a she. Youre a he. Oh, pie goodness. When he was in california, anarchists laid down and threatened his personal safety. The president of the United States. I want to tell you if you elect me the president and i go to california, or i come to arkansas, and some of them lie down in front of my automobile, it will be the last time they want to lie down in front of it. Were joined here in the Governors Mansion, in front of the Governors Mansion, in montgomery, alabama, two miles south of downtown montgomery by dan carter. Biographer of George Wallace the politics of rage, his book. Dr. Carter, in your book, you describe George Wallace as the most influential loser of the 20th century. What do you mean by that . Well, certainly of the 20th century, and the period since world war ii, to the rise of conservatism, i cant think of anyone who was more influential, not so much in creating ideas but as showing that there was a tremendous amount o
Welcome to montgomery, alabama, on American History tv. It is considered one of americas most historic cities for its role on the civil war and Civil Rights Movement. Today, it has a population of 205000 and is alabamas secondlargest city. With the help of our Cable Partners, over the next 90 thetes, hear the story of montgomery bus boycott and its impact on the city. Each day that the buses ran empty, the bus company lost about 3000 per day. About 1955. Ng three thousand dollars was the average yearly salary of most people in the area. It speaks to the amount of of the busestate because remember the bus fare was only . 10. Quite later, we will learn about an alabama governor who made a bid for the presidency. When people ask him what the takeaway from the 1958 campaign is, he says, i try to talk about progressive improvement and good and goodgood roads schools, known would listen. When i started to talk about segregation, everyone started to listen to me. But first, learn about court
Is the site where president lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. As he sat in a theater with a play running. The play running at the time was our american cousin. President lincoln died the next day across the street at the peterson boardling house. Fords is now a working theater as well as a National Historic site. He current play running is 110 in the shade. While we wait, lets take a ook at todays speakers. Lincoln, African Americans, and the emancipation struggle. And 35 the book lincoln the problem of reconstruction. There will be a midday break for lunch at approximately 1 55 p. M. Well hear stacy mcdormant on mary lincolns life and legacy. At 3 05 Thomas Carson on incolns ethics. At 3 55 all of todays speakers will participate in a closing panel. What youre looking at there is the box where Abraham Lincoln was sitting the night that he was shot. The president apparently enjoyed theater and was attending a performance of our american cousin at the time he was shot by ac
Amy as the republicans engage in another primary debate, this one in South Carolina, we will go to columbia, South Carolina, does it with tom turnipseed, who is a National Director of segregationist alabama governor George Wallaces 1968 president ial campaign, but has since become a civil rights attorney and social justice activist. Well also speak with nation magazine publisher katrina vanden heuvel, not only about the republican bait debate, but also for only the third time in its 150year history, the nation magazine has endorsed a candidate in the democratic primary. Then to the water crisis in flint, michigan. It is an emergency. The cdc and the pediatrics say levelis no safe of lead. It is an emergency. Amy protesters fill the State Capitol in lansing, calling on Governor Rick Snyder to resign over the flint water contamination crisis. We will get the latest from the doctor who helped expose the lead poisoning, mona hannaattisha, as snyder has asked president obama to declare a fe