Civil Rights and the Presidency

Feb 12, 2009

Florida Atlantic University | Department of History

History professors from Georgia Southern University, San Francisco State University, and Nova Southeastern University participated in a panel discussion on recent presidents and the civil rights movement. Richard Pacelle focused on the Reagan Administration and the Office of the Solicitor General. Robert Smith's speech addressed the effect of the .. Read More
History professors from Georgia Southern University, San Francisco State University, and Nova Southeastern University participated in a panel discussion on recent presidents and the civil rights movement. Richard Pacelle focused on the Reagan Administration and the Office of the Solicitor General. Robert Smith's speech addressed the effect of the Reagan Administration on the Clinton Administrations policies on welfare reform and affirmative action. Charles Zelden spoke on the disputed 2000 presidential election. Following their remarks, the panelists responded to audience members' questions. This was part of Florida Atlantic University's third annual Alan B. Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency "Civil Rights and the Presidency: From Nixon to Obama."

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:35 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON, EXPLORING CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE PRESIDENCY FROM NIXON TO OBAMA. ONE OF THE WONDERFUL...
00:01:40 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, KEN. LET ME BEGIN WITH MY THANKS NOT ONLY CAN BUT ALSO TO THE LARKIN FAMILY IN FLORIDA...
00:59:33 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TACT THAN THE TOPICS WE HAD BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING...
01:32:59 Unidentified Speaker GIVEN THE WIDESPREAD PERCEPTION THAT THIS LIST WAS TILTED TO HELP REPUBLICANS, GOV. BUSH FELT HE HAD...
01:37:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DR. ZELDEN FOR ALLOWING US TO RELIVE THE NIGHTMARE. [LAUGHTER] WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO OPEN...
01:38:12 Unidentified Speaker I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR PROFESSOR SMITH, AND A SEPARATE QUESTION FOR PROFESSOR ZELDEN. THIS...
01:39:35 Unidentified Speaker AM I LETTING AL GORE OFF THE HOOK? THE ANSWER IS NO. HAD GORE CARRY TENNESSEE, FLORIDA WOULD NOT HAVE...
01:40:43 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER QUESTION INVOLVE WHETHER OR NOT PRESIDENT REAGAN AND AS I SUPPOSE PRESIDENT BUSH MADE MISTAKES...
01:42:58 Unidentified Speaker YOU BOTH MENTIONED RONALD REAGAN'S SCHISM ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE SOLICITOR GENERAL. YOU ALSO...
01:43:16 Unidentified Speaker BOTH BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS?
01:43:18 Unidentified Speaker YES, BOTH.
01:43:23 Unidentified Speaker THE FIRST PRESIDENT BUSH CLAIMED THAT IT WAS A KINDER, GENTLER CONSERVATIVE. MANY PEOPLE JUST THOUGHT...
01:45:00 Unidentified Speaker BUSH'S SOLICITOR GENERAL, HIS WIFE WAS KILLED. I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME. HE HAD ARGUED SUCCESSFULLY...
01:48:37 Unidentified Speaker IT IS THE SHEER'S PREROGATIVE TO THROW OUT A LAST QUESTION TO THE PANEL. OVER THE LAST DAY AND A HALF,...
01:49:26 Unidentified Speaker REPEAT THE QUESTION. [LAUGHTER]
01:49:35 Unidentified Speaker I THINK PROFESSOR SMITH'S PAPER REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE FACT THAT CLINTON COMING UP BOX 10 -- KIND...
01:51:05 Unidentified Speaker PROFESSOR CHARLES HAMILTON HAS A BOOK CALLED "THE DUAL AGENDA OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT." ONE...
01:52:44 Unidentified Speaker YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT OBAMA AND PATRICK AND THIS NEW GENERATION OF BLACK POLITICIANS TO DID NOT GO...
01:53:08 Unidentified Speaker ON THE REMEDIES ASPECTS, THE REMEDIES THAT WE SAW COME OUT OF THE 1960'S HAD TO DO WITH HOW YOU MAKE...
01:55:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A FABULOUS DAY. [APPLAUSE]

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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