LBJ

504 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:16,038 I can't have signs all over the plant saying "colored" this and "white" that. 505 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,635 Now you don't like separate drinking fountains? 506 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,952 Oh, Lord. All right, fine. I'll bring in paper cups. 507 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,430 I'm not saying that you're not right about this... 508 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,640 ...but you need to do a little bit more on this one. 509 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,110 You're gonna have to hire some nigras. 510 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,752 Well, who do you think mops the floors? 511 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,389 I'm not talking about janitors. 512 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,918 I'm talking about engineers, skilled labor. 513 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,434 Show me a skilled one first. 514 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,478 Government's got no business telling employers who they should hire. 515 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:50,390 It's the government's billion dollars. I'm guessing we got some right. 516 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,796 Forced hiring's a stone's throw away from forced labor. 517 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,317 - Last I heard, we were against that here. - You don't have to convince me. 518 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,989 I'm the one going 15 rounds with the Kennedys on this. 519 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,038 Those Harvard boys not gonna tell us... 520 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,352 - ...how to run the state of Georgia. - Of course not. 521 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,719 But the Kennedy did get elected by appealing to the colored man. 522 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,839 Now, if we play this right, we're gonna have those nigras... 523 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,231 ...voting Democrat the next 200 years. 524 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,392 You want me to surrender? What are you doing? 525 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,713 No. I am asking you... I'm begging you... 526 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,790 ...to give these Kennedys a little something just to quiet them down. 527 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,317 It ain't gonna make any difference, but if we don't move at all... 528 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,200 ...their allies are gonna line up against us... 529 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:36,354 ...and there's gonna be no way to put the brake on all sorts of wild legislation. 530 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,634 - It'll be Reconstruction all over again. - Well, let them try. Just let them try. 531 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,520 I'll use every means at my disposal to defend this cause... 532 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,070 ...till the last breath of air escapes my lungs. 533 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,078 Keep the air in your lungs, Dick. 534 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,079 I'm... I'm gonna get you what you want... 535 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:55,274 ...but just help me out a little bit here. 536 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,074 NEWSCASTER [ON TV]: <i>Since the 1954 Supreme Court Ruling...</i> 537 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,755 <i>...in</i> Brown v. the Board of Education... 538 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,476 <i>...the issue of civil rights has taken hold throughout the nation.</i> 539 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,720 <i>Last year, in Greensboro, North Carolina...</i> 540 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:15,272 <i>...four negro college students staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter...</i> 541 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:20,071 <i>...sparking a wave of similar demonstrations in other states.</i> 542 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,599 <i>And earlier this spring...</i> 543 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,558 <i>...a group known as the Freedom Riders...</i> 544 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,030 <i>...began their voyage throughout the South.</i> 545 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,080 <i>They have been met by cameras and, at times, by mobs.</i> 546 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,837 <i>This week in Jackson, Mississippi...</i> 547 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,471 <i>...highway patrol officers and national guardsmen kept the peace.</i> 548 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:38,915 <i>But this much is clear:</i> 549 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,476 <i>The cause of integration is a national issue.</i> 550 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,033 [CHATTERING] 551 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,356 - MAN 1: Sir. - MAN 2: Sir. 552 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,395 Please take your seats. 553 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,357 By presidential order, this committee on equal-employment opportunity... 554 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,394 ...is to be comprised of: 555 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,471 "Four members of the cabinet... 556 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,758 ...four heads of agencies and secretaries... 557 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,879 ...the Army, Navy and Air Force." 558 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,510 Out of curiosity, who the hell are all you? 559 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,917 We got the undersecretary of state, the undersecretary of defense. 5