not come out front to often. this is quite unusual for me, by thank you all for your friendship, your support. i shall remember it always. thanks for this wonderful welcome. and was the first republican first lady to address a national convention. she traveled more widely than first lady before her. she was chief supporter to her husband, richard nixon, and a behind-the-scenes political advisor. pat nixon, the sunday night on c-span's original series, "first ladies: image."e and from arthur washington to michelle obama, sunday at it :00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> this year, c-span is touring

cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to buffalo, new york. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> you are at the home of the reverend and mrs. j everett nash , a pastor of the baptist church. reverend nash came to buffalo in 1892 from virginia. his school, whalen seminary, and washington, d.c., and then they virginia.ichmond,

there was a notice on the wall that said, pastor wanted in , in those days, a colored baptist church. andnswered that call cam came to buffalo and 1892. buffalo was one of the first lawsuit to pass the school and iteration of the .hen colored school the members came out of that church. meeting of was the the convention that was held, the activities of the railroad.d buffalo was a prime spot for civil rights, and for the advancement of civil rights

, the go-between between the communities. , there was ang movement in 1905. members of this church, and particularly the talbert's, were very active in bringing the here in western new york. allowedubois and others the black community to be more outspoken. right to do certain things, and they wanted to fight for them. they organized what was known as the niagara movement.

they hit the streets to organize throughout the states. this organization was going to bring about change, and give people of color, first-class citizenship in the united states. unfortunately, it did not last that long. it was organized in 1905, and disbanded in 1908. out of that came the naacp, which then organized in 1909. that is why we say today, the agora -- the niagara movement was the precursor to the naacp. having a college education, which was unusual for baptist ministers. his primary concern was, how did he build the church, and keep

that together? he did not want the politics of the day to enter into the church. >> welcome to the nash house museum. this is the home of reverend j nash and mrs. nash. sh's kept everything. we refer to them as the buffalo 's firstffalo preservationists. as we walk up the back steps through the hallway, you will see a number of photographs on the wall. these photographs were part of their collection.

many people, we can identify, some, we are not able to identify. coming to the end of the photographs, we see a picture of j everett nash junior, and his wife. officiating the ceremony. nash'sll show that the had modern conveniences a of the time. machine is there. people would ask, where was the dryer? i point here, you have your close line, and the clothing pins. we are in the kitchen. most of the furniture in the kitchen belonged to the nash family. we had to replace the tables. everything else, the dishes, and everything here, along to mrs. nash. mrs. francis nash was a very

resourceful person. there was a 27 year difference herge between mrs. nash and husband, but to show you how resourceful she was, she could -- was a very good cook -- had behind thegarden house, the victory garden, of course. she was also a seamstress, so well, that she turned a pantry room.nto her sewing she had her sewing machine. she learned by taking lessons at the largest department store downtown she sold many of her own clothing and hats. in the kitchen, she cooked. she used a stove that was both gas and coal. mrs. nash was a very fit woman. she believed in her health and

feeding her family correctly. for-five milesd every day, regardless of the weather. you know, and buffalo, that can be very tough in the winter months. she was rollerskating, ice-skating into her 60's and 70's. she walked everywhere. this room, of course, would have been the dining room, had reverend nash not needed a large study. this for the dining room. this is where they would entertain guests who came to visit the family. this is where the family would sit. mrs. nash, being a musician, would play the piano, even though she was not the official pianist for the church. they had one heater that he did the whole house -- that he ated the whole house.

reverend nash did not turn this heater on until after thanksgiving. if you know anything about buffalo, you can have a blizzard before thanksgiving. this heater did not go on until after thanksgiving, and he never kept the heater on at night. if you were cold, you would have ,o take the iron, or a brick wrap it up in flannel, sitting on top, and when it got warm, take it to bed with you because the heater was off at night. how did they entertain themselves? they had a piano that mrs. nash played, a radio that they could listen to, and they had a phonograph. they could listen to records. these are some of the records that were in their collection. it upminded up -- wind and turn on, and give you an example of the records that they listened to.

♪ that is entertaining, but a little quiet. they wanted it louder, they simply opened the door, and you got a louder sound. if you wanted a quieter sound, you would just close the doors. mo modern conveniences at that time. let's go inside reverend nash's study. we come inside, and see, reverend nash is busy at work at his desk. this is where he would meet with members of the congregation, members of the community, who would have a conference with reverend nash. as you can see, the room was filled with his books. he was an active reader. in hisover 3000 books

collection, and not all were about religion. probablynash had kept a copy of his sermons for 58 years while he was a pastor at the church, where he was a pastor for 61 years. some of them hebrew, some of them he used an old woodstock typewriter. we have copies of the correspondence that he typed out . reverend nash had his bedroom off of his study. there are a lot of pillows on the bed because reverend nash, in his elder years, had some difficulty sleeping with his back flat. he often propped himself up on pillows to be able to sleep. robe is still hanging,

and that is the rope he used in to preach at the church. learned that he came here to learn -- when you take a look at some of the clippings, some of the stuff that he say, the speeches that he made, you can close your eyes and think, they are today. comells us how far we have , and how far we need to go. >> find out where c-span city store is going next online -- cities tour is going next online. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3.