. >> .net, booktv interviews rick bragg while touring birmingham, alabama as part of our cities tour of the king of the landscape of the southeastern cities. airports are not workers of the foothills foothills of north alabama. >> those people in the cover her workers from kind of the dark ages of the cottonelle in my hometown. those are folks who had survived the 20s, 30s, 40s and into the 50s when it is a brick oven and summertime, when the air was safe pick with fine cotton, that would fill their lungs with cotton favor. they would hang out the windows, trying to get a breath of air. kids would read by in cars and wagons and he is and it would scare them death. these were people that lost their thinkers, hands and arms to the machines and work for it. they had to work because they came down out of the mountains, walking barefoot, came down with other children and mine. and hired men and women in the bbs because the children were valuable. their hands were small and they could reach into the cares of the machine and unclog them. >> how long are you talking about? >> eight, nine, 10

under the hazardous working conditions people fought the work at the cotton mill in jacksonville, rick bragg on the day after the bill closed and on american history tv on c-span3 stanford university history professor on how martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the civil-rights movement. also a tour of the premises opened in 1881. the black for ernest for over 100 years and tune in at 6:00 as curator karen hunts continue to discussion on birmingham did during the great depression this weekend on c-span2 and 3. we would like to hear from you. tweet as your feedback at twitter.com/booktv. up next booktv interviews rich bragg in birmingham, alabama. looking at the literary landscape of eight southeastern cities. he reports on the millworkers of the appellation should -- foothills of northern alabama. >> those people on the cover our workers from the dark age of the cotton mill in my home town. those are folks who survived the 20s 30s and 40s into the 50s in the breakup of summertime when the air was thick with flying cotton that filled their lungs with cotton

rick bragg on the day after the mill closed. and on american history tv on c-span3, stanford university history professor jonathan bass on how martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the civil rights movement. also a tour of the blast furnace factory that produced iron for nearly 100 years, and tune in as the curator continues with the discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span2. >>> now on booktv, ellen schultz argues that many large companies have plundered employee pension plans. she also talks about the crisis this has created. this is just under an hour. >> some years back i went out to iowa, sioux falls, to meet with a group of retired meatpackers. and i don't know what your image of retired meatpackers is, but i suspect most people think they're a pretty tough lot. so i went out to this family diner on the edge of town near a bowling alley where the guys and their wives would get together every month or so over the meatloaf special. they'd say a prayer, the

. >> up next, booktv interviews rick bragg while touring birmingham, alabama, as part of our cities tour, looking at the literary landscape of eight southern cities. mr. bragg reports on the mill workers of the foothills of northern alabama. .. >> they would hang out the windows trying to get a breath of air. kids would ride by in cars and in wagons, and see it and it would scare them to death. these were people that lost their fingers, hands and arms to the machines, and we're grateful to have the work because they came down out of the mountains, walking barefoot, came down with all their children in a line. and the mill hired all of them. hired the men and women and the babies. because the children were viable. their hands were small and they could reach into the gears of the machines, unclog them. [inaudible] >> eight, nine, 10. >> can you tell me more about the town of jacksonville alabama? >> it's a great town. it's a beautiful town. i said once it's almost like someone painted it in hung it on the air. it nestles in the foothills of the appalachians, surrounded by beautiful mountai

pulitzer prize winner rick bragg on the day after the mill closed.c-span3, stanford university history professor jonathan bass on how martin luther king, jr.'s letter from a birmingham and gail -- jail set the tone for the civil rights movement. also, the sloss furnace produces iron for nearly 10 years. the discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span2 and 3. this past july 4 in a ceremony held aboard the uss constitution in boston harbor, simon winchester became an american citizen. >> i decided that i would take all the necessary steps to become a citizen. i got one of the questions wrong. i had a friend who was also up for citizenship and i rang her and said i got one of the questions wrong. she said not the one about what color is the white house. i said that when i got, but, no, and i feel a full confessing it to you, but it was what is the american national anthem, and i blurted out "america the beautiful." the immigration officer said, cast and in my view, it should be, but it is not -- "in my view, it should be

rick bragg on the day after the mill closed.n american history tv, stanford university history professor jonathan bass on how martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the civil-rights movement. a tour of the furnace is open in 1881 which produced fire for nearly 100 years. sunday at 6:00 eastern, the curator continues with a discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span2 and c- span3. ""washington journal" continues. host: patrick quinn is the news director for the associated press for afghanistan and pakistan. we want to get an update on the latest on the ground in afghanistan. can you tell us what is happening? >> good evening. it is relatively quiet for afghanistan today on this thanksgiving. the taliban has carried out one major attack in the western part of the country and ambushed a nato logistics' convoy and killed seven afghan private security guards and wounded another 10 before the were driven off by the afghan security forces. there were no u.s. or foreign