when george wallace stood been the schoolhouse doors at the university of alabama, selma, burning -- b irmingham, fire hoses and the dogs and that was happening so close to me and i am a little girl 10 of 5,000 people in the middle of nowhere alabama. but we saw the news and you had to watch the national news because local lose did not do a good job to cover the movement. i felt that i was not demonstrating or part of the movement. that i should have been out there but then i was like i want to be a journalist. >> host: you did not join because he wanted to maintain the objectivity. >> yes. it changed me again because i was in the north and now i knew what segregated life was like. i lived under segregation. a young guy asked me to remove the in tuskegee there was one little theater there. he said we will have to cut their own popcorn to bring it there and buy some candy bars because we cannot go down on the first floor where the concession stand was a and the black people had to sit up on the balcony. i said no. i am not doing it. i will not go into a segregated facility. i had to g

one was ted kennedy who was running for president, and the other was george wallace from the deep south, a segregationist. and my idea when i first began to think about running was that i would get in between kennedy and wallace as a moderate, and that would be my avenue to the white house. so that's why, that's what happened. but then when ted kennedy withdrew from the campaign after chappaquiddick and so forth, i saw a lot of very wonderful people, most of them out of the u.s. senate and from the house of representatives like mo udall and two or three governors enter the race against me. so i was disappointed, but i kept going. and the reason i first got in it, to answer your question, i thought it would be between me, kennedy and wallace. >> what's your proudest accomplishment as president? >> i think in general terms it's maintaining peace. we never dropped a bomb, we never fired a bullet, we never launched a missile while i was president. and the main thing is that we troyed to -- tried to bring that sort of relationship to other countries. i spent a lot of time negotiating between

george wallace ran for president i think in 68 pox or '72 and he got the midwest, okay, that today is known as the tea party, the same counties, the same states, same areas. that is the tea party. that's a lesson in modern politics, okay. now, when you have a to do is write about that and then you'll find yourself writing about something quite interesting. thank you. bye-bye. >> people are often trying to tell me what i should write about but rarely do they tell me to write about something that preposterous. the truth of the matter is -- i take it he's trying to say the tea party is somehow racist. i don't think any racism in the tea party. i see racism in the klu klux klan and the black panthers who come out and say they're racist but i don't see it in the tea party. i think the tea party is a very promising wave of civic action in this country and i applaud them and i their interest in the constitution will get us all -- to reintroduce us to the constitution. again my friend has written a wonderful book about the constitution. a readers guide of what is it again. the readers guide o

george wallace, i think, ran for president in '68 or '72. that today is known as the tea party, the same counties, the same states, same areas. that is the tea party. that's a lesson in modern politics. okay? now, what you have you have to do is write about that, and then you'll find yourself writing about something quite interesting. thank you, bye-bye. >> host: thank you. >> guest: people are often trying to tell me what i should write about, but rarely do they tell me i should write about something that preposterous. but the truth of the matter is i take it he's trying to say that the tea party is somehow racist. i don't see any racism in the tea party. i see racism in the ku klux klan and the black panthers and people like that. who actually are, come out and say they're racists. but i don't see it in the tea party. i think the tea party is a very promising wave of civic action in this country, and i applaud them. and i hope that their interest in the constitution will get us all to be reintroduce ourselves to the constitution. again, my

i was there when george wallace, the school house door. i was there during selma and birmingham. the fire hoses and the dogs and all of that was happening so close to me. i am in this little rural town of 5,000 people in the middle of nowhere alabama. we saw the news. you had to watch the national news because the local news did not do a good job of covering the civil rights movement. i felt bad that i was not demonstrating, i was not part of the movement. i should have been out there, but then i'm like, i want to be a journalist. >> host: you didn't join because he wanted to maintain objectivity and coverage. >> guest: yes. and i, it changed me again because i had been in the north, and now i knew what segregated life was like. i lived under segregation. a young guy asked me out to a movie in tuskegee, alabama. it was wonderful movie theater. we had -- he said, were going to have to cut our on popcorn and bring it there, and we need to buy some candy bars because you can't get down on the first floor where the concession stand was. all of the black people have to set up in the b

>> guest: i was there for everything i was there when george wallace stood at the schoolhouse door at the university of alabama. i was there during selma and birmingham, the fire hoses and the dogs and all of that was happening so close to me, and i am in this little town of 5,000 people in the middle of nowhere in alabama. but we saw the news, and you had to watch the national news because the local news didn't do a good job of covering the civil rights movement. and i felt bad that i was not demonstrating, that i was not part of the movement, that i should have been out there. but then i'm like i want to be a journalist. >> host: so you didn't join it because he wanted to to maintain that object to the uncovering it. >> guest: yes, and i -- it changed me again because i had been in the north and now i knew what segregated life was like. i lived under segregation. a younger guy asked me out to a movie in tuskegee alabama. there was one little movie theater, and he said we are going to have to cook our own popcorn and bring it in there and we need to buy some candy bars because you co

wallace or even jay edgar hoover which i'll get to in a minute. [laughter] we came to the attorney general's office which is now a conference room, but he chose it as an office, the largest room probably in this building almost because he liked to work collaboratively. you can see from the pictures that there's always lots of people in the room because he liked to listen and hear what everybody had to say. when we came here, we often came for dinner, we played with the large drooling newfoundland, and we tossed the football, and you saw how many of our water colors pictures daddy put on the wall. it was a large room and had large ceilings and murals at either end. even in the midst of the activity at the lower level, i was drawn to the murals of went and women -- of men and women walking together up a hill always striding forward, the work for justice as a constant challenge. that challenge, the work of taking on difficult and intractable questions, excited my father. he wanted to be better and to do better. every night around our parent's bed, we

the reason i first got in it was i thought it was between me and george wallace and ted kennedy. >> what is your proudest accomplishment as president? >> i think the product accomplishments in general terms is maintaining peace. we never dropped a bomb, we never fired a bullet, we never launched a missile when i was president. the main thing is that we try to bring that sort of relationship to other countries. i have spent a lot of time negotiating between israel and egypt to prevent another war and to normalize diplomatic relations with the people's republic of china, and working in africa with the zimbabwe and south africa to try to bring democracy. those kind of things. the number one thing of which i am most proud i guess would be the treaty between israel and egypt, which is precious even today. >> it still remains in effect after all these years. >> not a single word has ever been violated. back we talked at great length about your post presidency, which talked-about as being the most satisfying chapter in your life. talk a little bit about the work you have done at the carter cent

whether it was george wallace, ross barnett, or even j. edgar hoover. what will get to in a minute. -- who i will get to in a minute. we came to the attorney general's office, which is now a conference room. but he chose it as an office. probably the largest room in the building. because you liked to work .ollaborative leavly he liked to listen and hear what everyone had to say. we would come for dinner and play with our dog, tossing a football. you've all seen how many pictures are watercolors that daddy put on the wall. it was a large room with tall ceilings and a marvelous mural on either end. even in the middle of the activity at the lower level, i always found myself drawn to those murals of muscular men and women walking together up a hill, always striving for word, working for justice as a continual and constant challenge. that challenge, the work of taking on difficult and intractable questions, it excited my father. he wanted to be better and do better. every night about our parents' bed we would pray that he would be the best attorney general

wallace or j. edgar hoover, which i'll get to in a minute. we came to the attorney general's office which is now a conference room he was chose it as an office, the largest room, probably, in this building almost because he liked to work collaboratively. you could see from from the pictures, there are always a lot of people in the room he liked to listen and hear what everybody liked to say. when we came here, we often came for dinner, we played with our large, drooling newfoundland and we tossed footballs and we often saw how many of our pictures, our water colors, daddy had put up against the wall. as you know, it is a large room. it had tall ceilings and marvelous wmple p.a. murals at either end. even in the midst of the activity at the lower level, i always found myself drawn to those murals, of muscular men and women walking together up a hill, always striving forward, the work for justice as a continual and constant challenge. that challenge, the work of taking on difficult and intractable qu

wallace to become the first african-americans to enroll in the university of alabama. years later, one of those students, a wonderful woman named vivian malone jones, would become my sister-in-law. i would like to ask vivian's family and my family to stand. [applause] long before i married her lovely sister, vivian became the university of alabama's first african-american graduate. shortly after earning her degree, she moved to washington and began her career right here in the justice department's civil-rights division. vivian passed away several years ago, much too soon, but throughout her life she was inspired by a grateful for the courage that was shown by this department under attorney general kennedy's leadership. the results of that famous stand in the schoolhouse door, the progress that it marked, the commitment that it signals, and the justice that it insured, served as my first lesson from attorney general kennedy, even it would take many years before i could fully understand it. i learned that the law is not an abstraction. it is a powerful tool that can eith

the last major political figure with the exception of george mcgovern to challenge the permanent war economy and the resources pumped into the huge defense industry, so we saw the liberal class provide channels or mechanisms within the power structure by which the grievances and injustices and suffering of working men and women could be redressed. that is the role of the liberal class, and it's why traditional power elites toller lit liberal institutions and the liberal class so they are not tone death to the suffering outside the power elite, but at the same time, they are used to discredit radical movements that challenge traditional structures and assumptions which is true today. the figure that self-identified liberal's hate the most is not glenn beck. norm chomsky shows the power elite and the way they serve the power elite. the danger is that when liberal institutions no longer function, when they call, then there's no mechanism by which the grievances of large sectors can be expressed within the system. we saw, of course, immediately after world war ii the final round of the a