'What Unites Us' As Americans? Dan Rather Has An Answer
This show originally aired Sept. 4, 2019.
In his 40-plus years as a newsman, iconic journalist Dan Rather has seen America cleaved and healed, again and again.
How do America’s current divides compare? How can we come together? Rather reflects on American character and patriotism in this time of polarization.
Guest
Dan Rather, anchor of the CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005. He was with CBS News for 44 years from 1962 to 2006. Author of “What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism.” (@DanRather)
Interview Highlights
On how today’s political climate compares to that of 1968
Rather, at the ’68 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was in the middle of a scrum where security guard blocked his access to a Georgia delegate.
“There is a what I call a ‘bloodline’ running between 1968, and the tumultuous years that had engulfed the nation for much of the 1960s. It’s worth remembering that in the 1960s, not only were we a deeply divided nation over the [Vietnam] war, but we were deeply divided over race.
