visual imagery. there really is very little. there might be one or two cartoons and owner. we really don't know of a lot of them. there is very little, that's a good question. thank you all so much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on "book tv, alan risk and whose father was a screenwriter for the marx brothers talks about the communist party in hollywood during the 1930's. and sunday at noon on in depth a live three-hour conversation with harvard law professor and author. her books include "the tyranny of the majority," and "the miners canary." on american history tv on

c-span3, on the civil war, the discussion about the burning of columbia, south carolina, following the surrender of the city to william tecumseh sherman and his troops in 1865. and sunday afternoon on 2:00, on oral history, an interview on the pentagon papers, a classified study on vietnam, which he copied and gave to the new york times in 1971. find the complete television schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know you think about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> next weekend marks the third -- 50th anniversary of bloody sunday, when voting rights advocates on a march from selma to montgomery, alabama were met with violence from alabama state troopers.

"american history tv," will be live from selma and etc. and sunday, and we will show highlights of our coverage. here is congressman john lewis one of the leaders of the march, reflecting on selma 50 years later. >> two weeks ago, i was with congress and lewis. for the first time in my life, i walked across the bridge. what struck me is that when you get to the top of the bridge, how much you could see, and how much further there was before you ran into the alabama state troopers. it struck me that because my first thought was i need to turn around. i wondered, how do you deal with fear? have you deal with the comrades who are lost, the violence that you suffered on bloody sunday? how do you come is it individuals -- how do you, as individuals, how does the movement deal with that fear? >> you come to that point in your life, you have what i call

an executive session with yourself. you do some talkback yourself. i'm not afraid, back in 1961, we went on the freedom ride. when those of us left washington, on may 4 in 1961, the same year the president obama was born. we were prepared to die. some of us find notes in wills. if it took our death, as dr. king was said to regime -- redeem the soul of america, some of us were prepared. i thought it was going to die on the bridge. but i was not afraid. we had to continue to move on.

you get beaten, you get arrested, you get thrown in jail. maybe you will surprise. >> joint american history tv, next saturday and sunday for live coverage from selma alabama. and it is a pm eastern each day, highlights of our coverage. >> each week, american history tv "real america," bring you archival films that helped illustrate america. 3500 marines were deployed to vietnam, marching -- marking the beginning of the u.s. ground war. by the end of 1965, almost 200,000 americans were in the country. when the war ended in 1975 nearly 3 million americans had served in the conflict. nearly 50,000 lost their lives. up next, the screaming eagles in vietnam, u.s. army the big

picture episode, documenting the activities of the 101st airborne division from his arrival in the spring of 1965 through january of 1967. >> each time the shelling starts, the enemy withdraws to escape the punishing fire. he regroups, and again tries to take the camp. the viet cong have shown no signs of withdrawing. but the artillery fire directed by those defending the outpost is having a telling effect. ♪ >> the screaming eagles are under fire. the enemy has come to silence

the guns. communist fire comes from everywhere. out there, the enemy is creeping in. he will try to overrun the american positions. the weighting is agony. -- the waiting is agony. then, the enemy makes his move. this is it, live or die.

the viet cong have had enough. they are nowhere to be found. 11 via minis -- via minis in a prison camp. they receive no medical attention. held by the viet cong for several months, their ailments range from open sores and skin infections to malnutrition. as well as deformities caused by unchecked broken bones. this man, a former viet cong who defected to the republic and was later captured cannot tell if his unspeakable nightmare with an enemy.

enemy. >> today at 5:15, house and senate leaders dedicate a statue of barry goldwater in the statuary hall. goldwater is called the father of american conservatism. speakers reflect that his five terms as a u.s. senator from arizona, is presidential nomination, influence on ronald reagan. that is today at 5:15 eastern. >> leaders from the u.s. house of representatives and senate recently presented the congressional gold medal to the world war ii first special service force. the american-canadian special operations team was formed in 1942 and helped liberate much of europe. the military unit was made up of 1800 servicemen. both american and canadian veterans attended the event at the u.s. capitol. this program lasts about an hour. [applause]