Investigations and litigation around issues like the incarceration of juveniles with adults in adult prisons or the efforts to give tax exempt status to private segregated academies so they didnt have to pay taxes. Issues like that. Expanding childcare, Getting Better conditions for migrant workers. Thats the kind of work we were doing. And thats what i started doing when i graduated and went right to cambridge to work for her. Please tell us about the call from john. This is a very funny series of actions. I was down visiting bill in arkansas right around christmas. And bills phone rang and he got a call from john door. And john door said, ive been asked to put together a team of lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee to investigate whether there are grounds for impeachment of president nixon and i have a list of people that im going over with and youre at the top of the list if you would like to come to work. And bill said, well, actually, im going to run for congress. I cant. And
the dow up maybe 60 or 70, s&p 12, nasdaq, nice gain there, up nearly 60 points. that s premarket. president trump is now on his way home from that global elite compound in davos. he left quite a mark. in fact, he dominated the whole thing. america s extraordinary economic performance stole the show. instead of obsessing over climate change and income inequality, the high and mighty were forced to recognize the success of american capitalism. they know that we are helping them. but again, we have this contrast. while our president strides across the world stage, back home, there was an ugly display of back-biting politics as democrats try to throw him out of office. it will happen again today. day two of the impeachment trial set to begin four hours from now. but don t worry, we will watch it for you. sit back and watch the good stuff flow. varney & company is about to begin. i didn t want to do china and europe at the same time. i said let me finish china first and when i
But then one of the governors aides suggest he listen more closely to the line that follows in birmingham they love the governor. The next line anybody remember . Boo, boo, boo. Sung by a group of female africanamerican backup singers. Including, by the way, the great mary clayton who originated the role of the acid queen in the whos tommy. That has nothing to do with what were talking about tonight. I just think thats a cool fact. So ronny and the boys never got their citation from the governor. We have chosen this line as the title for our program tonight because it is like the legacy of George Wallace debated, parsed, and still relevant in the 21st century america. We are fortunate to have three respected and accomplished scholars with us tonight to explore the role of George Wallace in birmingham civil rights struggle and the legacy of wallace in our politics and culture today. Our first speaker will be dan t. Carter. He has served as professor and visiting scholar at emory univers
Of the california ballot in next years general election. George wallace made his first run in National Politics in 1964 where he enters a few key primaries and does well there. His first Major National run comes in 1968. Where he has set himself up through these public appearances that he makes during the desegregation of aids and during the standin schoolhouse. He sets himself up to be his voice and standing against all of these changes that the federal government is making. He takes what hes been making and he broadens it for a national audience. And thats a debate that really resonates with a lot of pop feeling their concerns have not been heard and feeling they are living in a know, the federal government is moving too fast with their decisions and feel like their voices arent being heard. So George Wallace, in 1968, sets himself up as a very successful candidate for president. He wins five southern states, and receives over 10 million votes. So he really speaks to a minority that
Judge to pursue civil rights communication. Becoming the first of many legislative victories over the next 50 year that is have been critical tools for protecting civil rights. Throughout the past 50 years, our university has been grounded by the legacy rendered by the out comes of the dedicated commitment of countless locals, as well as National Civil rights activists. Signed in law on july 2nd, 1964, the Civil Rights Act outlawed segregation. Todays keynote speaker, attorney genric holder has made protecting civil rights a tough priority of his administration at the department of justice. In his commencement address, he offered the following insight about the future path of civil rights in our country. It is not enough just to open the gates of opportunity. All of our citizens must have the ability to walk through those gates. This is the next and more profound stage of our civil rights. I believe that presentations and discussions in todays symposium highlight the critical importanc