March 2, 2000 - Andrew Young & William Bennett Discuss 'American Values' at DePauw University

"I don't think anybody would try to justify slavery today," Andrew Young said at DePauw. "Just 150 years ago, people tried to justify slavery. My hope is that in 25 years from now, nobody will try to justify poverty."

Young, former United Nations ambassador and mayor of Atlanta appeared with William Bennett, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and former U.S. Secretary of Education. The men, two of the most influential voices in the nation's cultural and political life today, gave the Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture on "American Values: Disaffection, Outrage, Renewal" in the Performing Arts Center's Kresge Auditorium.