[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> join us today at 2:00 pm discussion e for a on ronald reagan, remembered as the great communicator. panelists look at reagan's skills as a communicator and how it contributed to his success as president. as a discuss his work spokesman actor, and for general electric, and the influences of these experiences on his political career. that is today at 2:00 pm here on c-span3's "american history tv". each week, "american history artifacts visits historic places. >> i am farar elliott, the curator. that i take care of

a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that is rich the house heritage. matthew wasniewski. we answer reference questions in our office that come from on aand off the hill. story of y to tell the the house, wwhich is this very big, very old institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it on a human level. too telling t or through l stories clips from oral histories. poster is a campaign for shirley chisolm, the first african-american woman in congress. because it it says

-- unbought. >> it was actually four presidential campaign that she waged in 1972. she went to the democratic convention and rounded up about 10% of the vote. she is the first african-american woman to run for president, and she did it on a shoestring budget and had a very admirable showing. had a reputation -- a national reputation well before 1972. is elected to congress in t that om a distric encompasses much of brooklyn. she becomes very prominent in that campaign. in the general election on the republican ticket was james farmer, one of the great civil rights leaders. and there is this back and n these two. runs on the idea that, you know, brooklyn needs a man in congress. shirley chisolm, boy, she fires

back. -- her campaign theme is unblocked and unbossed. i am fighting. i'm here to be a congresswoman. she embraces this advocacy role. she is elected, she becomes the first african-american woman in congress in 1969. and to serve as a career that come in a lot of ways, is symbolic. she is the first. the helped establish congressional black caucus iin 1971. then she also gives a very prominent committee assignment -- she is the first african-american woman to serve on the house rules committee. which is the committee that pulses legislation onto the floor. so she had her hands on a lot development in the house, but she also had a national reputation. who is very one outspoken, which is -- which

lot of nts, really, a the women who were coming in the congress at this point. new york ague from city was bella, who served for house in terms in the the 1970's and would later go on and try be elected mayor of new york, unsuccessfully. but these were two women who spoke their minds. >> "american history tv", a foreign relations marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. kissinger discusses the impact of the events surrounding the fall of the wall, aand he talks about her current relationship with russia and whether we are seeing a renewal of the cold war. the conversation is moderated by richard haass. this is about an hour.