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of american freedom. he was asking lawmakers to help him pass this legislation. president johnson: even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. what happened in selma is part of a larger movement that reaches into every section and state of america. it is the effort of american ne groes to secure for themselves the full blessings of american life. their cause must be our cause too. because it s not just negroes but really it is all of us must overcome crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. and we shall overcome. [applause] scarlet: you must look at that with mixed emotions. on the one hand, a proud moment for him and the country. not easy. on the other hand, then came vietnam and all that suggested and perhaps limited what he might have achieved otherwise in building society. doris: no question. i think about those years when i knew him, the last year of his presidency. he was so sad during that time. he knew better than anyone that his legacy had been cu ....
president johnson: even if we pass this bill, the battle will not be over. what happened in selma is part of a larger movement that reaches into every section and state of america. it is the effort of american negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of american life. their cause must be our cause, too. because it s not just negroes but really it is all of us that must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. and we shall overcome. [applause] charlie: you must look at that with mixed emotions. on the one hand, a proud moment for him and the country. not easy. on the other hand, then came vietnam and all that suggested and perhaps limited what he might have achieved otherwise in building society. doris: no question. i think about those years when i knew him, the last year of his presidency. he was so sad during that time. he knew better than anyone that his legacy had been cut into by the war in vietnam. how i wished he was alive now. you know w ....
has announced it will issue its analysis of the bill later today and you can read more at thehill.com and watch the senate live this afternoon at 4:00 eastern on c-span2. this week on q&a robert caro. he talks about on power, his audio project looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. brian: robert caro, why did you decide to do, for the first time, an audio of what you are thinking instead of publishing? robert: when you write your book, hopefully it endures. sometimes you are doing a lecture and you say, that was worth saving. but the thing about lectures is, the moment they are over, they are over. they disappear. so when audible said, could we record two of your lectures, i said, great. brian: so it s audible.com for eople that do not know it. they can subscribe to that and get this hour and 42-minute talk that you made. it was from lectures? robert: it was the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes. last september. so the neiman fou ....
you re all here and in for a special treat. before i talk about the book just a few other quick things first. first, to thank our sponsors for tonight and for the forum series. the bank of america, the low wel institute and our media sponsors, the boston globe, xfinity and bur. in addition to tonight on your chair is a brochure of different activities. as you know, a week from today is the actual centenial birthday for john f. tendy. we have a variety of things. we also want to welcome those that are watching this streaming. or those on c-span and appreciate their participation as well. after the presentation tonight, our authors have kindly agreed to sign books. and if you don t have them, they re also available in our gift shop for sale, and they ll be signing them out to my left our right are afterwards of the this is a treasure. i know a little bit about this topic. and when i read this, learned so much in how these two skilled writers put together their deep resear ....
very similar or reset rehashing arguments or some sort of justification. it is not a summary process. recently in the new york book review it was an iraq war veteran story. so many of those books have come out. how do you choose just one? it is perspective. it s a very subjective thing, very imperfect art. it s your looking for somebody who has some kind of unique twist, some kind of different argument something magical happening in the voice of the pros. how did you get this? i love criticism. the program in fiction writing. i love reviews, reading quick reading critics. i started working at publishers weekly, trade magazine that churns out. i went over to npr and worked on reviews. do we ever see your byline? yes. i write every now and then nonfiction. working on a review about a photographer that is going in our issues. yeah. how long have you been here? three years. thank you for your time. thank you. one of those few sections of the pa ....