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Violence in America
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Item Title Violence in America
Guest Gurr, Ted Robert (1936-)
Guest Graham, Hugh Davis
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedJune 23, 1969
Description

Messrs. Graham and Gurr had both served on the staff of the commission appointed by President Johnson to study violence in America following the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. Our guests are serious students of their subject and don't use the term "violence" as a devil word (for example, Mr. Gurr cites the vigilante movement on the American frontier as having succeeded in maintaining order in regions where there was no lawfully constituted authority). WFB: "Is it historically nonsensical to say, as for instance Arthur Schlesinger said after the assassination of Mr. Kennedy, that 'We killed Mr. Kennedy, we killed the three most idealistic people in public life during a period of three years, and we have therefore justified the odium of the world'? Or would you simply dismiss that as emotional reaction?" TRG: "I would not be prepared to share Mr. Schlesinger's collective guilt." WFB: "Would you be prepared to disavow it?" HDG: "I would disavow it." TRG: "Personally I'd disavow it." HDG: "I have been told by black militants that I killed Malcolm X."

Language(s)
Country of Origin
Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 50 minutes
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram 155
Record Number80040.155
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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