he comes to topeka. he attends topeka high school. he does not graduate. it was only a two-year program so it is not unusual for people not to a graduated. he worked. he had one horse and buggy and he borrowed or rented another horse and he basically runs a taxi service. he is running the legislators and attorneys around the capital and he becomes interested in the practice of law. he reads for the law, as was not uncommon for that point, and that is how he passed the bar. curtis had decades of legislative experience. he was in congress, he was the first republican senate majority leader he was to some people -- some newspaper editors of the day said curtis was the most powerful man in washington as senate majority leader. he did not rule from the front. he ruled from the back. he set by the door. he knew every man in their intimately. he knew what they wanted. he knew their children's names. he knew what motivated him. he was a master of compromise and getting things done and almost never rose to speak himself. in the 1928 presidential campaign curtis was

cyrus holliday and his people found topeka in 1854. they come with the notion that they will have a free state town. that is just five miles a part. -- apart. all of and down the river, you have these communities, one is a free state community and another is a proslavery community. they hope each one to run the other one out the other side , out. one of the things that missouri they bring all sorts of militias from missouri -- one of the things that missouri does, they bring all sorts of militias from missouri into kansas and identify lawrence as a community settled by anti-slavery people. they are going to drive the people out of lawrence. so an army literally comes into existence from all these units coming in from missouri. and the so-called wakarusa war in december of 1855 is the result. what is interesting about that effort to eradicate lawrence and to drive all of the anti-slavery people out of the territory, through this -- this conflict right outside of lawrence in december of 1855, is that the antislavery people likewise mobil

it's five miles east of to become. -- topeka. once i was holiday and the people -- they found topeka they come with the notion that they will have a free state town. that is just five miles a part. you have these communities, one is a free state community and lecompton -- the hope to run the other one out. to run the other side out. one of the things that missouri does, they bring malicious into kansas -- malictias into kansas and identify lawrence as a community settled by anti-slavery people. they are going to drive the people out of lawrence. an army literally comes into existence from all these units coming in from missouri. the so-called war in 1855 is the result. what is interesting about that effort to eradicate lawrence and to drive all of the anti-slavery people out of the territory this conflict right outside of lawrence in december of 1855, is that the antislavery people likewise mobilized. a militia here in topeka goes to lawrence to defend lawrence. john brown and his family come to lawrence to help defend lawrence.

he comes to topeka. he attends topeka high school. he does not graduate. it was only a two-year program so it is not unusual for people not to a graduated. but he worked. he had one horse and buggy and he borrowed or rented another horse and he basically runs a taxi service. he is running the legislators and attorneys around the capital and he becomes interested in the practice of law. he reads for the law, as was not uncommon for that point, and that is how he passed the bar. curtis had decades of legislative experience. he was in congress, he was the first republican senate majority leader, he was to some people -- some newspaper editors of the day said curtis was the most powerful man in washington as senate majority leader. he did not rule from the front. he ruled from the back. he set by the door. he knew every man in their intimately. he knew what they wanted. he knew their children's names. he knew what motivated him. -- them. he was a master of compromise and getting things done and almost never rose to speak himself. in the 1928 presidential campa

they approved the topeka constitution. the u.s. senate controlled by southerners refused to even discuss the topeka constitution. so it died in washington. but that was the very first constitution that was written in kansas. the second constitution, and we are looking at the title page of the famous constitution written in the fall of 1857 in kansas, inside samuel jones's commercial building, today known as constitutional hall state historic site, this constitution would have made kansas a slave state. it was endorsed by the president james the buchanan from pennsylvania. he was a norther man but was strong proslavery. though he was from new england he was a strong proslavery man. the democratic party in the 1850's, strong proslavery. what president buchanan was not counting on was the father of kansas territory who believes in the concept of popular sovereignty. let the will of the people be spoken. stephen douglas was outraged by that constitution. when that constitution arrived in washington, douglas got on the floor of the sena

. >> all weekend long, american history tv is figuring -- featuring topeka, kansas. charles was the first person with significant acknowledged native american ancestry to become vice president. he served in the hoover administration from 1929 to 1933. our cost communications cable partners worked with c-span's city store -- city tour staff when we recently traveled. learn more about to pick a all weekend here on american history tv. >> in 1854, all eyes were on kansas because congress had passed a law creating the kansas nebraska territory and opening up areas of the united states that had been set aside as non-slavery, that it was possible for slavery to grow and develop in kansas. as a consequence, it set in motion a tremendous competition between folks who wanted to expand slavery and folks who wanted to put it on a course of ultimate extension. as a result, everybody was concerned about kansas. if you were for slavery, he wanted to make sure kansas would come a slave state. if you are opposed to slavery, you wanted to make sure no opportunities for slaves were op

. >> all weekend long, "american history tv" is featuring topeka, kansas. it refers to a series of violent political contra -- confrontations between anti-slavery and proslavery groups. between 1854 and 1861. the influx of proslavery and free state settlers during this time helped establish toby get as a major political -- topeka as a major political force in the area. c-span city tour staff recently visited many sides exploring the rich history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> the state historical society are to collect kansas history, documents, and this is the repository for kansas history. today, we are going in the archives and look at the territorial map and some documents written by john brown senior. we're going to look at some of the territorial manuscripts of the constitution and just a variety of written documents related to the territorial in kansas. the territorial per ini kansas the get ino 1854 andd attempting to become a state. this time became known as leading kansas, for the controversial. not only in the territory k

in 2013, in the national archives, they rediscovered the topeka constitution. it is an washington, d.c., at the national archives. in 19 -- in 1855, there was a collection for the first territorial legislature. this was in march of 1855. the first governor of kansas wisely decided to do a census of the territory and discovered how many legal voters there were. he discovered there were 2,905 legal voters. that would be white, male, and 21. voting fraud happened more so on the proslavery side. people crossed the kansas line or took a ferry boat across the river, and took over the ballot boxes, stuffed the ballot box and created a proslavery legislature, which is known as the bogus legislature. they crafted the first laws they 1855 statute of kansas. there was a clause that protected slave property. the kansas statutes of 1855 stated that to merely speak out against slavery or write public articles and distribute printed material opposing slavery, that was a felony. you would go to prison for merely speaking out or writing against slavery. if you were caught posse

next, a look at our recent visit to topeka, kansas. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> we are standing in the kindergarten room of the munro elementary school at roundtree board of education -- brown versus board of education historic site. this was of the four african-american elementary schools that was operating in topeka in 1951 when the brown versus board of education was filed. it was a small peas of a larger piece that started back in the late 1920's and early 1930's, which is part of the national association for the advancement of colored people's or the naacp's struggle to over term -- overturn segregation. that would lead to overturning a case, a supreme court decision that allowed the state of louisiana to segregate railcars by race. once the supreme court made the decision that was constitutional, you saw an explosion of laws in the south especially that permitted segregated facilities in all sectors of public life. they were attended to overturn a precedent and they knew they co

these were some of the only professional jobs for african-american women in the city of topeka.hat was going to be lost once the schools were integrated in while there was support for the idea of integration there was also resistance, especially from the teachers and the local chapter who feared the loss of these institutions and the loss of those jobs. that was not unwarranted. when the middle school integrated a few years before, thereafter american teachers who lost their job. there was a tension between what would be gained, full access to neighborhood schools, where it is african-american children lived, but also a sense of loss of what would happen to these teachers in these institutions. the museum was very much designed to tell the broader story of the struggle for civil rights and american history. the roots go back to slavery in the united states. you will be greeted by a park ranger and the focal or the -- or beginning point was a 25 minute series of films, set up as a dialogue between a young woman an older man, which basically traces the struggle of civil rights

kansas -- topeka, kansas.ur cities tour staff visited there recently to learn about the history. to learn more about topeka visit c-span.org/city store. you're watching american history tv -- all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> today on american history tv on c-span3, we are alive from oak ridge's elementary for reenactment of president lincoln's funeral 150 years later. we will begin at 2:30 p.m. eastern with a procession of more than 100 reenactors at the ceremony. we will have coverage from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. of the re-creation of his ball. including funeral performances and a 50 cannon salute. president lincoln's funeral -- 150 years later today at 2:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> after president lincoln died his body lay in state at the white house and u.s. capitol until was moved into attaining -- a train car to begin the journey to his home town of springfield, illinois. lincoln's funeral was held on may 4, 1865. his coffin placed in a no-name hearse was taken in a proce

. >> welcome to topeka on booktv located in the northeast region of kansas, topeka is its capital city with a round 127,000 residents. leading into the civil war this region was the site of many border clashes will screen pro and anti slavery forces earning it the nickname breeding the the leading kansas. it became known as the site of the landmark 1957 supreme court case brown vs. the board of education which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. .. >> i think this crash in and of itself just did not get the attention it deserved because it happened in, quote-unquote small town usa, toe topeka, kansas. >> we begin with kansas' role in the civil war. >> when i moved to kansas in 1992, i was very familiar with the story of the civil war. i had grown up in southwestern virginia. the civil war's everywhere. my great grandfather was a veteran. it's everywhere. it's only tony present. omnipresent. so i was certainly familiar with the civil war story. i grew up in the hometown of jeb stewart, the confederate cavalry commander. so growing up one of my favorite memori

." >> this weekend, booktv is in topeka, kansas, with help of our local cable partner talks communications. michael church of the kansas state archives looks at the life of local pioneer samuel reader who kept a diary for 64 years beginning in 1849. >> samuel reader was a kansas pioneer, farmer, soldier artist and photographer among many other things. he kept a daily journal from 1849 all the way up until 1913. from age 13 all the way to a 78 i believe. and the diaries were donated to the society by his daughter right after his death in 1914. he created 15 journals over the period of his life. but we only received 13 because in 1890 his farmhouse burned and they were only able to save 13 of the journals. two of them volume one and volume four, perished in the fire. apparently is influenced by a great reading of the journals of lewis and clark expedition and you want to keep a daily journal like they did and it was a special interest in their illustrations that they included and he wanted to illustrate. he was interested in art and illustration. his daily journals began in 1849 and proceede

this was the newsletter published by the topeka ku klux klan chapter. really have this one issue. this is all we have to go on. i wanted to read a few excerpts where they explain their stance against immigration. this is one of the issues they used to recruit members in kansas. they talked about the immigrants after world war i, far from being the anglo-saxon or scandinavian types 50 years ago in search of home, god, and freedom are today loyal and patriotic americans. they are mostly the scum of the mediterranean and middle european countries. italian anarchist, irish catholics malcontents, russian jews lithuanians, and austrians of the lowest class impose -- compose the current level of invaders. they have the loyalty to the land of their birth. they speak their own languages. they preach their own religions mostly roman catholic or jewish and reader on newspapers. they some of by saying america cannot become a polyglot country and survive. the immigration issue was one of the topics that the clan seized on in order to recruit people at that time. it is a little surprising that

we continue with our look at a -- with our look at topeka, this is c-span3 on -- this is history tv on c-span3. >> is there an era or event that interests or resonates with you? governor brownback: a lot of them do. probably the period that is pre-and right at statehood, the bleeding kansas era, is the one where kansas just had a large impact on the country and its trajectory at different points in time, but maybe no time larger than right then, so john brown comes right here, the fight over slavery, the kansas nebraska act passed, nebraska supposed to be a free state, kansas a slave state, maintain the balance of power, but in the abolitionist movement comes, and says will not let kansas be a slave state, and they start sending people here from ohio and the northeast. they did not come in here to farm, that is what they did, they cannot hear to fight against slavery, so you have the battle of the civil wars, the battle of blackjack, from here come about 30 miles east, you've got these irregular battles between abolitionists, free stators, slave stators 40 guys from generally missouri

. >> welcome to topeka on booktv. located in the northeast region of kansas, topeka is its capital city with around 127,000 residents. leading up to the civil war this region was the fact that many border clashes between pro- and anti-slavery forces. earning it the nickname bleeding kansas. essential medicine became known as the site of the landmark 1957 supreme court case brown v. board of education which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. with the help of our constitution partner for the next one hour we learn about the history of the state from local authors. >> the name of the house is secret. the house is just under 6000 square feet which makes it the smallest governors mansion. but it has the most property with 244 acres. >> i haven't done anything in an historic record which is this why destroyed in the attention it deserved but what i define as a research around is there was a lot going on in 1965 america. >> beaver turpin at times. everything that was happening racism was ubiquito

learn more about topeka at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> 150 years ago this weekend from a grieving nation gathered along the route of abraham lincoln's funeral train as it made its way from washington d.c. do is final resting place in springfield, illinois. this sunday afternoon on c-span3, we are alive from oak ridge cemetery to commemorate the anniversary of resident lincoln's funeral with over 1000 reenactors and every creation of the 1865 eulogy, speeches, and musical performances. historians and authors and a tour of the newly re-created lincoln funeral car. also this weekend tonight at 8:00, the festivities of the state visit of japanese prime minister including his arrival at the white house and the toast at the dinner in his honor. sunday morning, the supreme court has arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage. on c-span two this weekend tonight at 10:00, peter's love and looks at the life of our first lady. sunday at noon, our live three-hour conversat

. >> later, we visit one of the schools in topeka involved in the brown versus board of education case. if there certainly were no supporters of segregation, but the african-american community also was very proud of their schools because these are excellent facilities. the teachers teaching in the classrooms like the one we standing and now, all had that choice degrees. these were the professional jobs for african-american women in the city of topeka. >> would begin with a trip to the kansas state capitol only the second structure to serve as the capital building. its dome is as tall as that of the u.s. capital. ♪ they started in 1866 after the civil war was over. we became a state generate 29, 1861. we are 154 years old. but they were not able to start on the building because of the civil war. when they did, they built it in sections. we are laid out like the u.s. capital. they started with the east wing, which has the senate chamber. and then the west wing, the house chamber, and then the supreme court room, and in the north wing, which has the state library and a former secretary of

the founder of topeka, who also was the founder of the atchison, topeka and railway that he built athat time, made a gift to the state of four blocks on which the capitol was built. our state capitol is one block off of our main street. it is on the highest level of downtown topeka. it is very prominent and certainly is the most important revision when you come into the city. host: john is calling in from fairfax in the suburbs. democrat. you are on "washington journal." caller: good morning. i was afraid he time when run out before i got own. you are generous with time today. i want to talk about the morality of veterans and the high suicide rate. i believe that the legacy that president obama could best be remembered for would be to take marijuana off of the schedule of useless drugs and allow it to be used to treat ptsd. host: hasn't the v.a. been given the authority to do that? caller: no, i go to the one in d.c. because medical marijuana is legal in d.c. can you give me a prescription? my doctor said no because it is against federal law. if marijuana would be legal there would b

topeka. edward r. morrow was from washington was one of the rabble-rousers. the president of the american civil liberties union was a friend of roosevelt so he basically blocked the aclu from representing any of these prisoners who had legal right not to be prisoners. the cartoonist to lead the charge with cartoon showing the japanese ready to blow up america was theodore grycel who we know better as dr. seuss. >> i want to add a little bit of that. i want to read from walter lippman's. this gives me a sense of how severe the historian was that he wrote the pacific coast is in imminent danger of a combined attack within and without. there has been no important sabotage on the pacific coast. from what we know about hawaii and the fifth colony in europe this is not a somewhat like to think it's fine that there is nothing to be feared. it is a sign that it's well organized and has held back until it can strike with maximum effect. >> that came from earl warren. >> maverick senior was a congressman and he asked the san antonio police department to arm themselves

topeka kansas, is on there. >> i have no idea -- because a lot of times it's about the background. whatever is going on behind you. we know that annapolis has so many beautiful buildings and the water and everything else. >> for sure. >> topeka i'm sure is pretty. >> how do they know that? >> who's doing the math on that? who's watching you? >> exactly. well, this morning we are starting off with a little bit of pollen in the air. not quite as much as yesterday but you'll probably notice it. have the tissues handy. not the very high zone like yesterday, but still mostly oak tree pollen right now. lesser amounts of mulberry and pine tree. if you're affected you'll notice it today. the rain did help wash out a little bit of it yesterday. right now, we are mild. in the low to mid 60s. shenandoah valley and in the mountains of west virginia and western maryland generally in the 50s. oakland at 61. 63 annapolis, around the bay, beautiful morning there. in the low 60s. mostly clear sky now. we'll stay this way through 8:00. temperature in the mid 60s. then by noon, to the mid 70s with cl

. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring topeka, kansas. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about topeka and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour >> unable to anyone, 1865, president liggins buddy left on a funeral train on -- to illinois. one of the stops was baltimore maryland. we visited bno railroad museum where fritz klein portrays president lincoln. he talked about his struggle to protect the you can -- union. the major players in the south and north that played a role in the civil war and his plans for reconstruction. he also discusses his role of bringing in kentucky and his career. this is about 45 minutes. lincoln: ladies and gentlemen, my friends and fellow citizens i am very pleased to have this opportunity to be with you this afternoon. and i am highly gratified that we can meet together this day not in sorrow, but with gladness of heart. surely, the evacuation of petersburg and richmond, the surrender of the principal insurgent armies, has given all of us hope that we

especially from the teachers and the local chapter of the naacp. >> watch all of our events from topeka on saturday and sunday morning at 10:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> it's a discussion now on lessons learned from the protest and riots in baltimore. from saturday's "washington journal." this runs just over 40 minutes. . s on set, crystal wright the editor and publisher of the website conservativeblackchick .com. also joining us from test university, peniel joseph. thank you for joining us. mr. joseph, let's start with you. what is the biggest takeaway, not only does we, but the events particularly from yesterday in baltimore? guest: i think the takeaway is that we have an ongoing national crisis of race, poverty democracy, and the criminal justice system. the criminal justice system has become a gateway for racial oppression, whether in ferguson or baltimore. eight is connected with finding poor black people -- all these wars that we see in a place like ferguson -- it is connected to police brutality. it is connectinged to racial profiling, to public schools the prison pi

. >> all weekend american history tv is featuring topeka, kansas. in 1951, the naacp filed a case on behalf of parents with children enrolled in topeka's public schools for african-americans. this led to the landmark u.s. supreme court decision in brown versus board of

while in topeka we talked to dw carter about his book may day over wichita which details the worse military aviation disaster in kansas history. >> the house was shaking and i looked out the window and our house was on fire and i raced downstairs to get my sisters and brothers out put them across the street and came back. >> actsi could not get here fast enough because everything was in the way. i started running and singing up and down the streets until i got here. >> the plane crash occurred january 16th 1965 and it occurred early in the morning around 9:30. the plane went down at 20th and pine street in wichita on the northeast end. it crash landed in a section of wichita that wastypic typically referred to as the african-american community. 97% of the african-americans were living in that section of wichita. we are talking a 500 foot high fire ball engulfing the block. 14 homes destroyed, fire is everywhere, destruction is everywhere, and 30 lives are lost through the tragedy. i have not found anything saying this is why the story didn't get the attention it needed. but there was a lot

at the weekend, american history tv is featuring topeka, kansas. our city staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about topeka and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. you can watch the classes every saturday evening here at 8:00 eastern. next, mercer university professor douglas thompson talks about religion and its impact on the relationship between slaves and their owners during the antebellum period. he cites nat turner's 1831 slave rebellion and frederick douglass' 1845 memoir as examples of how whites and blacks interpreted biblical passages on slavery. this class is about an hour. professor thompson: ok, remember how we were talking about proslavery views. but especially talking about how they use the bible. picking up on the last one as a way to talk about something that is going to happen in the african-american experience, especially as they read to -- read the bible themselves. the conflated story, the mark of cain,

that cleared the area of southern settlers. >> here in topeka, if you looked at the schools standing outside you're hard pressed to determine whether white students or african-american students attended because the school board really did provide all of the same materials that the white schools offered. and what is even more interesting for most people when they visit is they find out that after graduating from elementary school, african-american students attended integrated middle and high schools while they certainly were no supporters of segregation and obviously saw injustice of having to attend separate elementary schools, the african-american community also was very proud of their schools because these were excellent facilities, so while there was support for the idea of integration, there was resistance, especially from the teachers and the local chapter of the naacp who feared the loss of the institutions and the loss of those jobs. >>> watch all events from topeka saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 book tv and sunday at 10:00 on

at c-span, kind of turning the page, our book tv focuses on nonfiction books, and we are here in topeka focusing on nonfiction authors also are there any nonfiction books or authors who have had an impact on you? sam brownback: a lot, i'm reading one now that i have reread several times. a guy by the name of watchmen knee. he was a chinese writer that wrote a series of books, the one i am reading is called the " normal christian life." he ended the last 20 years of his life in prison in china. for his faith. it is a beautiful one. i'm just starting coral sandberg's book, the one on his story of lincoln. i am looking forward to finishing it. lincoln is a particularly revered figure. he is revered in kansas in that we came into the union in the same time he is coming up. the kansas people were passionate abolitionists and for lincoln. he said, once famously, if i were a young man now, i would go to kansas. so, we came in with lincoln, and we have stayed with him. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring topeka, kansas. our staff recently traveled there to learn about it

. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to topeka, kansas, and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontempt. local content. >> and booktv is on location at princeton university in princeton, new jersey, where we're interviewing professors who are also authors. we want to introduce you to patricia fernandez measure kelly who has written "the hero's fights." professor fernandez-kelly, tell us about west baltimore. >> guest: so west baltimore is one of the places that in my estimation is most important in our nation's current moment, but it's an area that surprisingly has received very little attention. i see my research, which is immersive research. it took me -- well, i joke around that i started writing this book under the eisenhower administration. i spent close to a decade trying to understand the unique character of poverty in the united states, and i think of this research and this book as reflecting processes that are typical of cities throughout the nation. so it is baltimore as it tells an american story. it is not just a

topeka, a little more rain.the morning commute, carry the umbrella. 3 million people at risk of severe weather. central kansas and central oklahoma. a very typical day in the midwest. not expecting a big tornado outbreak today or anytime soon which is great for may. this is our peak tornado month. >> that is some good news. and hopefully anna does not decide to become a tropical storm or anything worse. >> if she does it's not that bad. >> keep it small. bill karins thanks so much sir. >>> still ahead, u2 makes up for some lost time after bono's horrific bike injury late last year. the story behind this surprise subway performance. i wonder what de blasio thought. >>> and do i see some blonde under the front man's hat? what's going on there? we're going to bring that to you when we get back. wish your skin could bounce back like it used to? new neutrogena hydro boost water gel. with hyaluronic acid it plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin. hydro boost. from neutrogen

this weekend we're visiting topeka kansas, with the help of our local cable partner cox communicationings. next we visit university of kansas professor donald hater markel co-editor of transgender rights and politics which explores issues important to the transgender community. >> traditionally, when you think about lgbt rights and think about, say, laws that ban sexual orientation discrimination, what has -- as these laws have been considered at the state level and the national level often times to include language like jebder identity -- gender identity, many people believed that would simply be a kind of poison pill addition to legislation, that it would kill a bill or any chances that that bill could pass if you attached terms like gender identity to it. whether or not that was entirely true isn't clear, but certainly it meant that most of the time that language was not included, or it failed to be

, kansas. >> the very act of signing it,litrather life of topeka, kansas. >> the very act of signing it, just signing it was viewed as an agent of act of war. so when northerners decided to send people to settle, that was viewed as an act of war by many who had just assumed this would all be theirs. there are raids back and forth across the kansas border almost immediately. in may have 1856 john brown, his so thatns and a couple of other followers dragged five men from their cabins and they are shot and hacked to death with broad swords. that effectively cleared that area of so you were settlers. >> here in topeka if you looked at the schools you'd be very hard pressed to determine whether white students or african-american students attended because the school board really did provide all of the same materials that the white schools offered. and what is even more interesting for most people is they find out that after graduating from elementary african-american students attended integrated middle and high schools. while they certainly are were no supporters of segregation and saw the

that effectively cleared that area of southern settlers. >> here in topeka if you looked at the schools standing outside, you would be hard pressed to determine whether white students or african-american students attend. the school bored really did give all the resources that white schools had. after graduated elementary schools, they attended integrated high schools. they saw the injustice having to attend separate elementary schools, the african-american community was very proud of their schools because these were excellent facilities. while there was support for the idea of integration, there was resistance especially from the teachers and the local chapter of the naacp, who feared the loss those institutions and jobs. >> watch all of our events on topeka saturday on book tv, and sunday on american history tv. >> next, a conversation with former south florida governor jeb bush. he sat down with national review editor richard lowrie to talk about protests in baltimore, immigration and foreign policy issues. this was part of a summit in washington, d.c.. it is just under an hour. hi, e

. >> this weekend, the c-span city store has gone to topeka kansas. >> when the kansas, nebraska act was signed in 1854, the very back of signing it -- the very act of signing it was viewed by missourians as an act of war. when northerners decided that if popular sovereignty will decide the fate of kansas, we going to send people to settle. that was viewed as an act of war by many missourians. who would just assume this would all be bears. there reads back and forth across the kansas border. almost immediately. in may of 1856, john brown his sons, and a couple of other followers dragged five men from their cabins, along pottawatomie creek, and they are shot and hacked to death with broadsword. that effectively clear that area of southern settlers. >> in topeka, if you look to the schools, just ending outside you would be hard-pressed to determine whether white students are african-american students attended because the school board really did provide all of the same materials that the white schools offered. what is even more interesting for most people when they come to visit as they

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it helps established the guy as a major force in -- topeka as a major force in the area. learn more about to become all weekend here on american history tv. >> wi-lan to be good, we spoke with republican governor sam brownback in the governor's mansion. >> is there an era or event that interests or resonates with you? governor brownback: a lot of them do. probably the period th

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city support has partnered with communications to learn about the history and literary life about topekakansas. >> when kansas signed, the act of signing that is a paper was viewed by missourians as an act of war. when it northerners decided that it popular sovereignty will decide the fate of kansas, we're going to send people to settle. that was used as an act of war by many missourians who had just assumed this would all be theirs. they went back and forth across the kansas border almost immediately. in may of 1856, john brown, his sons, and a couple of other followers, dragged five men from their cabins along the pottawatomie creeks, and they were shot and hacked to death with broadsword. that effectively clear to that area of southern settlers. >> here into beg topeka, you would be hard-pressed to find out whether white or african-american students attended. because of the school board really did provide the same materials that the white schools offered. what is even more interesting for most people when they come to visit when they find after graduating from elementary school, afric

no one was hurt but he was sent to the topeka asylum for the insane.lt a log cabin and dice in a fire which he possibly sets himself. we have some weird characters. booth, after he is shot, taken out of the barn, a soldier pours water in his mouth and he spits out he says, i cannot solve this. he yells out, tell mother i die for my country. he dies two hours later. he asked soldiers to hold his arms above his head, because he cannot move them, and he yells useless, useless,. last words. less than six hours after the attack, the secretary of war stanton hones in on wok and roll restaurant. i'm sorry, they home in on the surratt house. they asked mrs. surratt if they knew where her son was. she said she had no idea where her son was. the detectives leave. they come back. they came back on the 17th and pound on the door. by the way after the detectives left on the 18th,weichmann claims he did not help mary surratt at all. this is not a good relationship he claims after the police left, he said -- she said to her daughter, come with wilkes, i am resigned.

her name is chloe and she was working her last day on the job at a topeka restaurant when the kansas governor sam brownback came in and sat down at one of her tables. she figured she wouldn't have another chance again. so when it's time for the check, she crossed out the tipline and wrote in tip the schools. she posted it on facebook. it took off from there. >> i think education is the foundation for a better country, more progressive society. alison: so governor brownback signed a bill in march that changed the way schools are funded there. chloe said she has received thank you notes from teachers and administrators all across the state. he tipped her anyway. she received 10% tip from the governor. no word on if anything was given to the schools. leon: 10%? c'mon, gov. 10%? c'mon, you are the top guy in the state. you can do better than 10%. 15% is the minimum. alison: that is the standard. leon: maybe he didn't like the barbecue. i don't know. coming up on the "abc7 news at 5:00" -- making the message clear. how one local school system is working to get out the word about the dange

based in topeka, kansas. not expensive. warren buffett sort of play.agement team. >> what did blow when he didn't pick a stock? gary. >> rite aid. another stock i owned. down in the dumps. they're like a great corner drugstore now convenience store. they were a dollar a few years ago. now $8. i love the story. reinvented themselves. right in his wheelhouse. >> i have one. henry shine. the medical supply product guys. when this stock went public in late '94, '95. fifteen dollars. today, $130. cash machine. growing smartly. management that stayed with him all the way through. thank you gary and bob. and cheryl casone. adam, over to you. >> almost happy hour. taking a shot at the competition. looking to capitalize on the fast growing, high end tequila market coming up. the founder of tequila will tell us his recipe for success. another blow to manny pacquiao, he could gear up for a big legal fight. we've got the details straight ahead for you. ♪ do you want to know how hard it can be to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes chronic bronc

photo here that shows hamburger and hot dog buns stored in the bathroom of a sonic restroom in in topekasas. the video is going viral. alison: the restaurant is responding. a man found the buns wednesday night and posted disgust on social media. sonic told a delivery person to put the buns there. a manager immediately threw them out after realizing the error and a sonic corporate spokesman said workers at that place will undergo more food safety training. leon: floss after you eat there. you knew it was coming. alison: bad! a vermont woman was bit by a black widow spider and she is talking about the scary ordeal. leon: she says she was rinsing grapes in her sink when the spider crawled out of the bag and bit her on the arm. she was rushed to the hospital and brought the live spider for confirmation. >> i felt a sensation of being picked. leon: black widow bites are rarely lethal. the woman is expect toed be okay -- woman is expected to be okay. she is off of grapes for a while. the supermarket chain says it is called shaw produce and they say they are now inspecting all the produce. alis

so when the governor came in to boss hawg's barbecue in topeka waitress chloe hue decided to maybe atement. she crossed out the tip line and write tip the schools. >> i think education is a foundation for a better country, a more progressive society. >> and huff said she received thank you messages from teachers and administrators across the 10%. >>> happening today -- we're going to look at this. passing along hope to those who desperately need it. the partnership involving the philadelphia eagles that will help victims of domestic violence. glenn? >>> seems like we've skipped right over spring. very warm outside today, and another day without rain. but that's going to change. i'm tracking the approach of showers and storms and a little bit of cooler weather on the way just ahead. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> today a game for peace. philadelphia law enforcement is taking to the basketball court trying to start a conversation with young people in the community. nbc 10's matt delucia reports this happening at a time when the whole nation is talking about the relationship between police

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it's my story, my dream, but it could have been a kid growing up in topeka or san diego or wherever who about doing something in his life. in my case the dream was as a kid growing up in a regular american family my dream was so far out there, it was always the unknown heroes of world war ii we watched in a news reel. we didn't have television that really inspired me to want to fly. that and the fact that mom and dad's dream was to get me the education they never had a chance to get is what allowed me to pursue my dream. the movie also encompasses something else. it takes us through what we call you got to be 60 years old to remember this the terrible '60s. the country was enveloped in campus unrest civil strife and the beginning of a very unpopular war in which 16 minutes of space flight experience johnny glenn had not even gotten into orbit, a young president, john f. kennedy challenged this country to do what most people thought was impossible most people thought couldn't be done. so the other half of this movie is reminding people of what american exceptionalism is all about. becaus

board of education of topeka, kansas. getting versus rami, that florida. roe v. wade, that texas.wrence v. texas. griswold v. connecticut. new york times v. sullivan alabama. we live in lincoln's house and hugo black is a 14th amendment world. the framers didn't use the phrase bill of rights to describe it. .. here is what they were thinking of. militias took up arms against lincoln vicksburg and gettysburg. they like national armies. they understand it's not about the militia anymore. black people in their homes are entitled to have guns for self protection because they can't count on the cops to protect them. when guns are outlawed, the framers of the 14th amendment vision that national rifle association is founded after the civil war by a group of ex-union army officers. that is part of the story. the second amendment vision is still as important. it's more about the military and here's what it says. the military should look like us. they shouldn't be an alien occupying force. it shouldn't be a proto- military. they should do what we tell them to do. in order to do that has to

you see chloe hough worked at boss hogs barbecue in topeka and in walks governor sam brownback.e him into what she calls a mic dropping moment. when it was time for his check she had a tip for him. >> i just printerred out his receipt and i thought i'm going to cross out my tip line and then i said i should write tips for school. >> she said his recent education cuts affected her family including her sister who has special needs. he didn't respond to her tip but by the way he did tip her writing on the customer copy 10 percent tip. her facebook post is going viral. >>> and may the fourth be with you. happy star wars day. since 1978 may the fourth has been recognized as the unofficial star wars holiday as fans eagerly await the release of the seventh film in the saga star wars episode seven the force awakens. that's coming out in december. pets are apparently just as stoked as we are like this cat here channeling princess leia, side braid ones and all. seems both dogs and cats are seduced by the dark side of the force donning their darth vader best. judge me by my size, do you? t