It is really a great honor to be here with my old Duke University colleague, John Hope Franklin, one of the great men of my time.
John Seigenthaler is a distinguished editor, reporter, and colleague for whom I have the highest respect. He took time out, as you know, to be Robert Kennedy’s administrative assistant. As such, he was in Montgomery trying to protect the Freedom Riders. He was beaten almost to death and hospitalized. So he is a man who has been there, and he is a great friend.