The Presidents: The Democratic Party and Expanding Opportunity | American Experience

Summary: In the 1960s, African Americans switched their allegiances to the Democratic Party when it led the way in addressing racial inequality and poverty and expanding opportunity in America. Sociologist Orlando Patterson places Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign in the context of Democratic Party history. http://www.pbs.org/amex/presidents Voices: Orlando Patterson, sociologist Lyndon Johnson (archival), president Gerald Ford (archival), president Bert Lance, former budget director Jimmy Carter (archival), Democratic presidential candidate Betty Glad, political scientist Herb Kaplow, NBC News Herb Klein, Nixon press secretary Richard Nixon (archival), Republican presidential candidate John F. Kennedy (archival), Democratic presidential candidate Miles Neff, podcast narration Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Major corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers.