that history from 1865 to the present tells us that that narrative of slavery abolition is actually a myth in large measure, that part of what we see is a re-fabrication rather than ending. that's not to say that all of the wonderful sacrifices and incredible sacrifices that africans and others made to abolish slavery by the time 1865 words important but it is to say that the myth of progress is something that we have to be critical about. >>. [singing] >> while in san diego we drove around the city with san diego host ken kramer to learn more about the areas history and growth thank you

for doing the show on san diego. >> my pleasure. >> this is my first time here first time? welcome to san diego. >> i know about san diego because everyone says it has the most perfect weather, beautiful scenery but what do people need to know about the city outside of that? >> that is true. >> that still left into where we have balboa park here. this is a good example. i think people that go here see there's the navy and the zoo and it is a big city, it's a growing city but there's beautiful places that i think tourists would come and see balboa park. this is really the gem of the city, the centerpiece of it. it's a beautiful park. most of the buildings you see are the result of what's called the 1915 panama exposition here and what that meant is the panama canal was opened in 1915 and they thought about it and said where's the logical place where all the ships are going

to come through the panama canal that are going to come to the first port on the pacific ocean side, that of course will be san diego, let's make sure everybody knows about that so they had a world fair x what are people seeing? >> talk to the right is the largest outdoor organ in the world. and there are free concerts every sunday. >> what do we have to the left? >> some of these are the buildings left over from the 1915 exhibition and when you think about it, putting on the world's fair city that was only in the tens of thousands of population back in 1915, this took a lot of spot. this was a big thing. now buildings are here, they remained where some other cities would have torn down these buildings, some of which were considered temporary at first but as we come around the corner, this is one of the real kind of

iconic shots. this is the california tower. this showed off what california had to offer. you went in here and you saw everything california had to offer andyou could climb into that power which has been used in a lot of movies, citizen kane if you know citizen kane , there's a segment in there about xanadu, the biggest monument a man has ever built to himself but xanadu was this, it was the building and things like that, we are crossing across the bridge here. this was the grand entrance way into that 1915 exhibition. >> that brought a lot of people here. >> it did, it kind of put san diego on the back. he did to our city, we wanted to be bigger at times so we changed the streets to broadway, every city worth his salt has to have a broadway so we had a broadway and we changed some of the streets to avenues. this became fifth avenue, sixth avenue, just these little things.

>> did people stay here after the exhibition, is that how the population grew? it did and the military was part of the city. this became a military center and as the military came here, you could get aside here and work here and you'd say i don't want to leave. >> where are we heading now? we are leaving balboa and what's next? we can go to the gaslamp if you want. >> the gaslamp district is an area south of broadway. it's full of very fun clubs and places of things to do, it's an entertainment reentered placement back in the old days, this was the area of south broadway you didn't go but now it has been revised, it's been, it really has a new kind of spirit about it that's great area the city was originally up the mountain in san diego b bay which is a few miles north of here and a man named alonzo came here and he said

he came from wisconsin and he looked at the city and said this doesn't seem to live right. it ought to be down here where you could have a 4to 10 to be closer to the water and so he brought up a lot of his property down here . that's now part of the gas light and he sold it off and this became newtown. this became the city of san diego . >> that's stunning to see the gaslamp district. this is the seedier part of town. >> i have to tell you the truth, back in the day it really was. until about the 1970s, you just did not come down here for family fun. now it's totally different. development of different areas like the plot here, this area here is an open area recreation area with a fountain and all of that. across the street from what used to be the courthouse and hotel so that part was

dedicated to alonzo morton and that's what i was telling you about. >> so slowly but surely it's the area filling up, what year does that start to break. >> in the 1970s, that would have been. where you couldn't find in the 70s where you wouldn't want to come down here very much but as we got more into the 90s, we saw development of thatshopping center , a sense that this could be a trendy area and now it really is. you come down here on a friday night or a saturday and it is jammed with millennial's and everybody having a good time. we are going through gaslamp, you might notice the streets are, the blocks are short. alonzo horton, he was a smart guy. and he knew when he laid out this whole area and started selling it for development

that he could get more money for a corner lot and one in the middle of the street. a lot more corners, a lot more money we've been talking about san diego's proximity to the water, i think we need to see water. where can we go to see that? >> a place to see water from a little bit higher perspective would be to go out to the cabrillo national monument. there's some really poignant things you see along the way that are moving so let's do it. where coming up now along harbor drive and this is an area where there is a lot of exhibits from the maritime museum and we are coming up here on this sailing ship here. this is the star of india, it's the oldest sailing ship, certainly iron whole sailing ship afloat. to its right is the ferry boat berkeley which operated between san francisco and berkeley and after the earthquake in san francisco,

it ferried people back and forth. boats or charter party boats or things like that so you could go out into san diego bay and have a great time, dinner, cruises, things like that. it was a lot of fun. >> bikes on the water is an essential part of san diego x there's an interconnection. people are aware, if you are a server, you know what the surf conditions are. there are certain reports on the television news at 11. it's a good form, is whatever it is so serving is a big part of the city. water conditions, water temperature. how turgut is the water, what is it going to look like in terms of visibility, things like that are part of nike reports on the news so it's really a part of what people think about. we're going now into federal land. >> the gates are offright now . >> that's correct. >> what happened here?

what is here? >> they do all kinds of research and technology. they do military work that beyond my capacity. >> so it's a lot closer just to get to the national monument. >> i think where we are heading right now is one of the most beautiful vistas in the country. it is just gorgeous. on the one hand you can see thepacific ocean , on the other hand you can see san diego bay, you can see how the ships come in to this protected bay and it's a place where when you are bringing tourists here, you want to come out and say this is where you get an overview, this is where you get the tape on where everything is. and you can get out if you choose to and you can point here, here, go through the neighborhood but you just get a sense of how extraordinary this place is and along the

way, there's some really poignant moments. >> we just crossed a large graveyard and i'm seeing a lot of gravestones out here quite this is rose plans national cemetery and those who made the ultimate sacrifice or laid to resthere , world war ii, north korea, you can just see row after row, each one a story, each one love, each one with family and relatives also of those who died or served. in the military, they are also laid to rest here so we are coming to the vista point now and if you look overthere , you see the light house. that was an original lighthouse that kept ships from running in to the rocks. the problem was it was too high so you would get fog down below and you couldn't see the light. they built a new one farther down. >> why wasn't this established as a national monument? >> because it's so beautiful. it has the historic significance of cabrillo

having discovered the day. heading up now to typhoon and at low tide you can hike around down here. you can see all kinds of little see lights and exhibits and ponds and things that are created by the receiving side. >> we are ending here on the beach, what a better way to end the drive through san diego? but you have to think, what's next for the city? what would you like to see happen in san diego in the future, what would that be? >> we have what you see around, the natural resources of the good son, the good weather. making decisions that take advantage of that to the benefit of everybody. finding how we accommodate the increase of population area how do we build enough housing, affordable housing for people to live here and to come here and keep the quality of life the way it is.

when more people wanting to come, we are now population of one point 3 million just in the city, that makes us the eighth largest eddie and more people are going to be coming. how do we keep what san diego is an make more people want to come and take advantage of what it is, that's the challenge going forward. >> you're watching tv on c-span2 with nonfiction book authors every weekend. book tv: television for serious readers. >> joining us onset is professor carol anderson, here is your book, white rage: the unspoken truth of our racial divide. professor anderson, what do you mean my white rage? >> what i mean by a white rage is not often thought of as the clan and burning of cost coffins but white rage