hero of the american pantheon. so that was my goal. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 now, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, shepherd university professor benjamin ofkhurst about stereotypes appalachia. >> the mountaineer had an easy, unaffected bearing and the unconscious manners of the well bred. artifacts,n american a tour of the national world war

i memorial. famous units most were the harlem hellfighters, or the harlem rattlesnakes. they established their litigation as incredible fighters. >> at 6:30, the national constitution center's president jeffrey rosen. >> they had a year to reorient. of the waybecause the amendment was written, you could practice -- purchase as the alcohol as he wanted in year before and store it. so they did very good sales leading up to prohibition. and a lot of basements became very full. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, former nixon of measures and officials discussing the

post-white house years. >> he said it in the eastern speech. it is only a beginning always, that this whole postpresidential period is an exemplar of the nixon resilience and spirits and dedication and patriotism. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. sunday night on "q&a," a conversation with thomas sowel l. >> unlike today's left, i never felt that i had to avoid speaking with people with different views or thought. during all of my years as a boss, i have read everything across the political spectrum. i have a book i first read when i was an undergraduate at

harvard. i treasure that book. i could tell you even then. i understood there were reasons why people have different views. it is not just a question of being on the side of the angels against the forces of evil. i think of the new administration in washington have some very good people. better than i think most recent of demonstrations have had in the top positions to the only question is whether the president listens to them. that we will not know until a lot more time has passed. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." ♪ >> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies.

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c-span's book tv. up next on american history tv, three former members of the reagan administration reflect on their time in the white house and their interactions with the president. they discussed reagan's leadership style and legacy while arguing that the media underestimated him. thelements center for national security at the university of texas at austin hosted this. it was part of a three-day conference titled "ronald reagan and the transformation of global politics in the 1980s." this is about an hour and 40 minutes. exec. director inboden: for the william my name is charles inboden. i am one of your hosts for today, and i am honored to be here for the panel discussion. if we honored on my viea