Nixon had a movie on the wall that showed the campaign. He had an idea that people would write down the questions and pass them on and they would answer just the questions the staff wanted them to answer, but it looked like they only came from the audience. So these are all yours. I might put them in a certain order, but i promise not to edit them. So one of the questions that we have is would the Civil Rights Act have passed if nixon had won in 1960 and 64 . I think it probably would have, because in 1957 when the Civil Rights Act was pending on the senate floor and lbj scaled it back and compromised, dropped entirely this provision that would have allowed the attorney general being sued and compromised the jury panel, effectively all white juries in the south, nixon was close to tears. It seems so paradoxical now, but he had a good record on civil rights. In 1960 when Martin Luther king was in jail, nixon didnt do it because he thought it would look like a grandstand play and he didn
Ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. Tonight, gwen leads an extended roundtable discussion on the Civil Rights Act how far the country has come, and how far it has to go. Its really hard to talk to that today to young people because they cant imagine places in atlanta you couldnt go, or shop or try on clothes. Many children in our country still grow up today and maybe college or their first job is the first time that interact with people of another race. Ifill also ahead this thursday, two takes on education. Hari sreenivasan profiles one new York City High School putting its kids on the fast track to a College Degree for free. I can make something out of myself with this degree so that im not another stereotype, that all women cook and they dont build, and they dont wire and they dont program. Woodruff and a global perspective from the former u. K. Prime minister, gordon brown, on the challenge of expanding childrens access to education. Ifill those are ju
Ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. Tonight, gwen leads an extended roundtable discussion on the Civil Rights Act how far the country has come, and how far it has to go. Its really hard to talk to that today to young people because they cant imagine places in atlanta you couldnt go, or shop or try on clothes. Many children in our country still grow up today and maybe college or their first job is the first time that interact with people of another race. Ifill also ahead this thursday, two takes on education. Hari sreenivasan profiles one new York City High School putting its kids on the fast track to a College Degree for free. I can make something out of myself with this degree so that im not another stereotype, that all women cook and they dont build, and they dont wire and they dont program. Woodruff and a global perspective from the former u. K. Prime minister, gordon brown, on the challenge of expanding childrens access to education. Ifill those are ju
Developers building in a portion of Watertown may need to pay an extra fee for a sewer connection - a fee that would help pay for improvements to an ailing sewer system. But not everyone is for the idea.