It is strange how we all seem to pick up (or not) similar things. I found my attention wondering for much of this lecture as well. I almost felt like she was there trying to work out her own frustration, rather than present an argument. I too was a little shocked to hear about the overt support (and success) for the film "The Klansmen." I agree with Yaeri that Anderson didn't really "prove" her thesis that blacks had been politically active and significant long before the 60s. What really got me was when she said that, I think it was the 2000 election, blacks made up 7% of the city. Maybe its me, but I found that number to be way lower than I imagined.