already said today, we have not been a very good stewards of this great country. you are setting the example to rebuild the government that comes from the owners. p the 1992 campaign of ross erot. sunday evening at 6:00 on american artifacts -- >> he did not just influence the general some of his time. the things that joseph pulitzer instituted in newspapers are seen in newspapers today. that is why he is a powerful force. sensationalism is the one word often linked with pulitzer. we think of since alicia goes on -- we think of sensationalism as tabloids, but he was using it to right wrongs. >> discover facts about joseph pulitzer and see a selection of puts her prize-winning photographs. we continue with the

100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes in st. petersburg, florida. keynote speaker, john lewis. -- two abstain from the house -- you must not give up. you must hold on. for the complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. all weekend long, american history tv joins our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of tuscaloosa, alabama. to learn more about the cities on our tour, visit c-span.org /citiestour. we continue with our look at

tuscaloosa. >> if there was ever a man that , and so the recognition often the men and women who deserve the recognition do not receive it. to see him receive it was a wonderful thing. lobby of theng the ofn library in the center campus at the university of alabama. this is the first profile in courage award ever awarded by the john f. kennedy library foundation. in 1990, former alabama congressman carl elliott. he was many things. president in the university. but he was a congressman for alabama until 1964 from 1948. carl elliott was born -- was

born very poor in northwest alabama. in the depth of the depression, he came to the university with $2.50 in his pocket and a $200 check he had been given. he presented himself to the president and said you said anybody can come to the university. the president examined his you were notsaid achieved. they found on the next day and hauled him back to the president. the president said if you want it that badly, we will find a way for you to get an education. he ended up as president of the student body and with a law degree, the first of his family to receive a college degree. he actually ran for a county judgeship and lost. in 1948, he ran against the wartime incumbent congressman and defeated the four incumbent

congressman and began his congressional career. there are a few members of the ever of representatives authored a major bill that becomes law. the time he during was in congress, authored to bear. the library of services construction act of 1950 six and the national defense education act of 1958. the library services and ensure action at was aimed -- and atstruction act was aimed constructing libraries in rural areas. it was the father of the book-mobiles, that takes libraries into remote areas today. the national defensive education act was very comprehensive. but the heart of it was forlarship's and loans college students, graduate students.

first, legislation in regard to education that over $1 billion was spent over the years. and some 20 million americans received a college education grant. a loan or it has been said, if you take those 20 million students, it may be the most significant legislation ever passed by congress. following the 1960 census, alabama lost a congressman. the state legislature refused to redistrict to cut to eight districts and came up with a suicidal plan, called the 9-8 plan. this was at a time when the democratic primary was paramount to election in alabama. for your congressional district in the first primary.

if you received the nomination, then all nine names went on the ballot one month later. eight votes and they could drop one. mr. elliott survived in 1962. but in 1964, george wallace had become governor, and carl elliott was targeted because of stance.ressive a ballot was circulated all over the state. ," know it as the "blue ballot and it had a list of eight ended its, but not mr. elliott. the message was to drop carl elliott. so he was seated in that crazy 9-8 primary. he began practicing law after he was defeated. in 1956, he ran for governor in the democratic primary against governor wallace's wife. withs a campaign fraught

race, as you may imagine. one of his lines that he would give over and over was they will tell you that i am u.s. government approved, but they are wrong. it is not stamped on my back. what is stamped is on my heart. and that is my country, right or wrong. was mrs. wallace appealing to all of the segregation votes. the alabama attorney general ran as a direct appeal to african-american voters. and mr. elliott was the moderate, the man in the middle, which was the most difficult position to take. i think one of the things that characterized was that he went to selma. the place in salmo where the civil rights demonstrators met was at the church.

pettiscourse the edmund bridge, where the marchers were so badly beaten. mr. elliott said i have not, to we shall overcome, nor have i, here to stand on the bridge and yelled never. surely, the people of alabama, there is room in the middle for all of us. he came in third. and it was essentially the two that bankrupted him. he withdrew his congressional pension. all of the money he had contributed. he was left to begin learning to practice law out of very late age. he was diagnosed with diabetes. began to take a real toll on him, ultimately confining him to a wheelchair.

in 1989 -- there was a cover story with john f. kennedy junior and caroline's picture. they urged america to nominate for a profile in courage award. presidentoming from kennedy's pulitzer prize-winning displaym americans who great courage in public office. they encouraged nomination for the first award, which would be given in 1990. one the magazine article came out, a longtime aide to mr. elliott, who remained throughout his life one of the closest people to him, called me and we ought tsunami mr. elliott. i said if he will put together these stuff, i will write the nomination. we were told there were 5000 and nominations for the profile in

courage award. erica stern who headed the committee, said when they read mr. elliott's nomination, they immediately said this is it. -- it is a sterling silver liner. that is to be a beacon. wassculptor or designer caroline kennedy's husband. it is modeled after a lantern that would have been used on a 19th century sailing ship. the lancer is universally regarded as a symbol of truth and hope. characteristic the library looks for. presentationf the of the award, mr. elliott was on the stage at the kennedy library. remarks -- expressed his

gratitude to the kennedy family. he talked about his relationship, followed president in congress by two years, they served together in the house of representatives. he ended with a statement that summed up his life. as long as we have overcrowded classrooms, underpaid teachers, schools with inadequate libraries, and young men and women who are denied an education because of they do not have the resources, our work is not finished. john f. kennedy's vision for america will not be fully accomplished until all of our young people have the opportunity to obtain the quality of education which is their birthright. such educated young people, engaged in public service, are essential to meet the challenges of each new frontier. there are those who said that i was ahead of my time. but they were wrong.

i always believed that i was behind the times that ought to be. >> our cities towards staff recently traveled to tuscaloosa rich history. its learn more about tuscaloosa and other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. americanatching history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. tonight at 10:00 eastern, a look at president's giving their last speeches at the white house correspondents dinner, one of the key events in washington. >> i have not even had time to watch the oscars. i was disappointed in that movie, "the last emperor." i thought it'd be about don reagan. >> george w. bush has a brands

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the latest history news. october 2015 mark of the one hundred 25th anniversary of the daughters of the american revolution, founded in 1890. next on american history tv's "american artifacts," a visit to the dar museum in washington, d.c. to learn about their anniversary exhibit, remembering the american revolution. 1776 to 1890. this is part one of a two-part program. ms. campbell-shoaf: my name is heidi campbell-shoaf. i am the museum director and chief curator of the museum. the curators and i were talking about what we should be doing for this anniversary. we started looking at the objects in our collection, and how many of the objects that came in to the collection in the first years of the organization had strong connections to the american revolution.