>> c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington. as we exsplor its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound and 60 miles northwest of mt. rannier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th sent of the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we'll travel the city, talking to local authors, including tonya ersen, author of "god in captivity." she'll share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and the role religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> there's a lawsuit, a big case against prison fellowship ministry, which is a big organization that's done this work. twaps started by chuck holsen. he worked in the nixon white house. he went to prison for watergate related crimes and then became born again, founded this international prison ministry. they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison.

it was all of these same issues. you get your own tv in your cell. you get this parole. you get access to parole in this way. so americans united for the separation of church and state did sue them and the organization lost. they have to repay the state of iowa. but they kept making the argument that they're not partisan, that they're faith-based. >> we'll also learn about the life of tacoma's first african-american mayor harold moss as he recounts his role in the civil rights movement in the pacific northwest. his book is "fighting for dreams that mattered." >> you got to stop going up there, screaming at that council. because we're not going to get anywhere with you doing that. no. you want to get on the other side of that bench. you going to have to calm down. and, you know, i got that from whites and blacks. and so i had to change my attitude. because i really realized that you on the other side of the bench makes the laws.

>> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll visit the tacoma narrows bridge to hear about its collapse into puget sound on november 7th, 1940. the bridge was considered the third longest suspension bridge in the world. and today the collapse is used as a case study for civil engineers in the study of bridge design. >> there was no suspension bridge, anything like that anywhere in our part of the world, anywhere in the pacific northwest. so there was an unfamiliarity with just how a big thing like this was supposed to behave. so people excited about it, there's a certain musical kind of gracefulness about a bridge like this. so people i guess just wanted to think it wasn't anything wrong. >> watch these programs and more as c-span cities tour brings you to tacoma washington saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour.

working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> we've been on the road meeting winners of this year's student cam video documentary competition. at east lime high school in east lime, connecticut, second prize winners sgr s were handed $1500 their documentary on environmental justice. and then at east lyme middle school, honorable mention winners. received $250 for their documentary on health care. and then to concord massachusetts to hand out a second prize award to students at the shonoba brick school. won a second place prize of $1500 for their documentary on the wage gap. in north hampton, massachusetts, students from north hampton high won an honorable mention prize of $250 for their documentary on

sanctuary cities and immigration reform. and in ludlow, massachusetts, paul r. baird middle school received an honorable mention prize of $250 for their documentary on the opoid epidemic. thank you to all the students who took part in our 2017 student cam documentary competition. to watch any of the video, go to student cam.org. and student cam 2018 starts in september with the theme the constitution and you. we're asking students to choose any provision of the u.s. constitution and create a video illustrating why the provision is important. recently, the liberian education minister. this is hosted by the american enterprise institute. it's about 90