dead center, and forward to the time when this war would be brought to an end and when we shall be able to devote the unlimited energies and dedication of the american people to the exciting challenges of peace. thank you and good night. >> you can watch a archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our c-span series america"ica -- "reel on american history tv. [train horn] c-span cities tour visited palo alto, california. next, we hear about palo alto

real estate developer joseph eichler. thehey were enthralled with weather. this was a time in the 1950's when palo alto was starting to grow. the population of palo alto more than doubled during that decade. things like the stanford industrial park, the stanford shopping center, and the growth of stanford university drew people to this area. tech people, teachers. so forth. many of them were attracted by the designs that joseph eichler was building. ler came at the end of world war ii and decided to go into the business of developing tract homes. hewas the man who hired -- was an admirer of frank lloyd wright and he hired architects

to design modest sized tract of frankthe style lloyd wright and eventually but 10,000 homes in california, including 2700, 2800 here in palo alto. this is one of those tracks. these homes were developed to reflect the lifestyle of what california and much of the country thought it would be like after world war ii. open style, plenty of glass. the backyard. out into the open garden. so you have the transition between inside and outside minimized. the 1950's were a tough time in the united states for minorities all over the country. in california, we equally experienced these problems. estate, quite often real

developers would shun or divert minority buyers away from their homes. was willing to sell his homes to anybody who have the appropriate funds, so a employees at the stanford industrial park who were minority, whether they were asia and or black had the resources and he was happy to sell to them. residents might complain about this influx of minorities. claim that maybe their property values would go down. if your property values go down, i will buy them back from you. and of course he never had to make good on his promise because property values continue to rise. there's a misconception that

joseph eichler was one of the great architects of midcentury america and of course, he was not an architect. he was a developer. he would hire young architects who admired frank lloyd wright's style of building and he had a team of them. it was not one or two. it was a whole group of people over 20-plus years he was building houses. they were all admirers of frank lloyd wright, as was joseph eichler himself. california really began its in thepost-world war ii 1950's. there were subdivisions of all types of houses. they hadt the houses been building prior to the war. ,he midcentury modern houses southern california have a lot of them. palm springs. the whole town was almost rebuilt in the 1950's and 1960's preservationists,

those buildings did not change. they were not replaced with other things. this was the style that was developed in the 1950's and early 1960's and has legs. it's still around. it's very popular, especially with the younger homeowners. they appeal to their style of living much more than the houses their grandparents may have lived in. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to palo alto, california to learn more about its riches tree. to learn more about palo alto and other stops on arch tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> next, a tall cohosted by the

harry truman presidential every a museum and the truman library institute on alice allison dunnigan - the first african american female white house correspondent, and senate and house of representatives press galleries member. panelists, including ms. dunnigan's granddaughter, discussed her life and legacy as journalist.ng >> greetings, ladies and gentlemen. i am the museum director. i appreciate you being here and to enjoy this program and celebrate this important legacy with us. we are in the legacy business. harry truman'ste legacy, we end up celebrating a lot of other legacies as well. i want to begin by thanking some folks. the truman library institute, of course