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Republicans and fdr had republican support for the first heat of years. Rds, sundayter wo 9 p. M. Eastern. We are in lynchburg, virginia in front of the home of dr. Robert johnson. Next, we speak with his grandson about dr. Johnsons role in the desegregation of tenants. Mr. Johnson this is where it all happened. Dr. Johnson set up a Junior Development program to train the latest kids, mostly africanamericans, in the sport of tennis. He would mentor them, work on strategy and tactics and have kids, and stay for the summer. Usually about a dozen kids per year and this is where the color line in the sport of tennis was hisen back in 1950 when first Junior DevelopmentProgram Player played the u. S. Nationals and that is what started this entire program. Ashely, behind him, arthur came and spent several summers under ....
host: thanks for being with us. later we will talk about health care with a physician and writer. we will also have the decision about what is best for the u.s. economy. bob cusack is with us to talk about politics in the wake of reelection bids. we will begin with a corollary to that. there were two articles talking about the u.s. senate. one talks about the great summit of the 1960 s and 1970 s and elements it is not so great anymore. in the washington times a profound loss of retirement and death of senator kennedy on expertise. with all this discussion we would ask your view of the u.s. senate. i want to show you a little more of those two articles to set the stage. if you are one of the armchair historians in the audience who knows about senate history and would like to add your thoughts about the senate of currenearlis we welcome that. as well as your thoughts as current watchers. here is the op-ed piece in today s the new york times. he s working on a book. ....