ups. they broke into the office, they broke into watergate. but i don't think that it is a massive conspiracy. >> and the final call go ahead please. >> caller: hello i appreciate so much your book written about the ship that my husband was on. he was a survivor of the uss johnston and when he was living you called and interviewed him about his experience. >> yes, what was his name again

quick >> jessie cochran. >> it is so nice to hear your voice. >> i read that story. >> i also read the story about the captains of the japanese commander as well as the commander of my husband's ship. [inaudible] >> it is a great story. >> what was the uss johnston quick >> it was a destroyer. they were attacked by japanese battleships that went right for them, torpedoes right at them.

the captain was killed and one a medal of honor. one of the great moments of american heroism in world war ii. >> evan thomas the most recent book being mixed in a man divided. >> middle school and high school students and teachers we are happy to announce the launch of the 2016 students can video competition. being a presidential election we are excited about the theme the road to the white house that is the issue you want the candidates to discuss during the presidential campaign. our competition is open to all middle or high school students grades six through 12 and c-span is awarding $100,000 in cash prizes. and students who can work alone or join a group of up to three. your goal will be to produce a five to seven minute documentary on the issues selected and you need to include c-span

programming and explorer opinions other than your own. the $100,000 cash prizes will be shared between 150 students and 53 teachers into the grand prize of $5,000 goes to the students or the team with the best overall entry. the deadline is january 20 and winners will be announced on march 9. join us this year. via student documentarian. you'll find more information on the website student cam.org. this is a 1963. the men that were instrumental in using the politics to advance racial politics were the leader in the black community and it is the executive director he would let protesters from the university used the headquarters

during the events and another was a political activist and student organizer and first president and cofounder of the progressive youth association and he also helped organize the lunch counter sit in and with him was a law student at the time that helped with the 1960s set in a. they start planning something in may 31963 when police officers in birmingham alabama used dogs and fire hoses on protesters and arrested 2500 people. angered by these events they begin to plan what is arguably the most successful civil rights protests that ever happened. may 15, gordon cooper the astronaut leaves earth for 34

and a half hour space flight and that is the longest at that time ever taken by an american. houston was the astronaut planned a parade through downtown may 23. so the plan have the protesters infiltrating the crowds along the parade route and on the appointed time and signal they pull the signs out from underneath, run into the street .-full-stop the parade and bring national media attention to their cause because all of the networks were going to be there covering the parade. >> and on the day of the parade protesters took their places. they had homemade signs under their shirts and jackets and went along the parade route and kept an eye out for the nearest payphone headquarters because that's the only way they could

do it. we had an audience this morning no one really knew what payphone's work. so the runners would go to the phones and call the headquarters and then they would go up to people on the side. meanwhile, king and disturbance and the other leaders went to their headquarters. they are lining the parade route parented people in buildings ready to shower down papers and the negotiations still went on. then it can:4020 minutes before the protesters reached the failed state they call the church. the parade went on without

protest and 30 days later the downtown restaurants and movie theaters were segregated. two years later in april of 1965, black leaders with the hope of high school students from students from texas southern university and university of houston organized 2,000 blacks for the protest march against gradual desegregation. but they faced a symbolism against similar sum against the city with signs that read stone age schools.

[inaudible] >> madison is probably the most famous case the court ever decided. >> it existed here on land where slavery wasn't legally recognized. >> it would take presidential orders and presence of the federal troops and arsenals and the courage of children. >> we wanted to pick cases that change the direction and also that change society. >> so she told them they would have to have a search that they demanded to see his to see what it was and thereafter the police

officer handcuffed her. >> i can't imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than telling and telling the stories behind great supreme court cases. >> they boldly opposed the internment of japanese-americans during world war ii. after being convicted for failing to report for the relocation he took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> in the most famous decisions its ones the once the court took that were quite unpopular. >> if you had to pick a freedom that was the most essential to the functioning of democracy, it has to be freedom of speech. >> let's go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of

310 million different people who hope to stick together because they believed in a rule of law. hispanic landmark cases come in exploration of 12 historic supreme court decisions and the human stories behind them a new series on c-span produced in cooperation with the national constitution center debuting monday october 5 at 9 p.m..