residents to be the first americans to come to the site of this new national museum of african-american history. and culture. ever the visionary. more than the location of the museum in our city, lonnie understands that the district itself is a crucible of african-american history. the district of columbia is one of the nation's oldest cities created deliberately by the framers as a southern city where slaves could be bought. and sold. my great grandfather richard holmes was a run away slave from a virginia plantation. the framers did not foresee that african-american slaves would make history here. when congress passed legislation to free district of columbia slaves almost a year before the emancipation proclamation freed slaves throughout the nation. and in 2003, when we authorized the national american history and culture act. and john and i as co-sponsors will tell you. i think it took us ten years to get that bill through the congress. as we looked ahead, we certainly did not foresee that the museum would actually open during the 150 -year commemoration of the civil war years. we j

the birth of a nation" at 100 years. we would like to thank the smithsonian, national museum of american history, the national endowment for the humanities, and the history film forum for giving us this opportunity to spend some time with you. i am peter onuf. >> and brian. -- i am brian. we are excited to be here on american history tv on c-span3. if anyone wants to watch online later, to watch it again, go to cbs -- c-span.org\history. if you've never heard of back story, i'm sorry. now is your chance. we are a nationally syndicated public radio show, we work with deep virginia foundation for the humanities, and every week we explore one issue across three centuries of american history, heard on over 200 stations around the country, including wma and you every sunday at 2:00. wheneverso available you get podcasts, including our website, back story radio.org. if anyone is watching at home, you can tweet questions using #next story live -- #backst orylive. enough of this 21st century technology. about an early 20th-century technology film, because we are all here tonight to talk about the "the birth of a nation". it is qui

the americans. we're near the end. thank you for coming. you have been great to. [applause] [inaudible conversations] we're going to be talking with ray suÁrez, latino americans. 500-legacy that shaped the nationit'sam >> host: "latino americans" the 500-year legacy that shaped a nation" the companion to the series on pbs. ray suarez how much of that 500 your immigration -- a legacy is part of immigration? >> best buy the forces that shape history. people came from spain, france, britain, and that added another wrinkle to the story. so to remind americans from the very beginning. so 6% of the population and how you define latino american? without working definition if you are a big - - a descendant from the spanish empire you can probably identify there are 55 million in the united states. >> host: we're taking phone calls and text message about our topic today. in the 1920's immigration laws changed. with a stunning results as we're constantly revisiting as the people. when the family came we played by the rules. there were almost no rules. if you came to a the united states as long as you were not ill or known to flee the lot you were in. so comparing to today if people wait 13 years for a v

national g.i. forum. amanda crawford, catholic war veterans of the usa. edward senior, national commander, americanr. ex-prisoners of war. bloom, national commander, jewish war veterans of the usa. president, vietnam veterans of america. chief, , commander in veterans of foreign wars of the united states. james pidgeon, national commander. dale sanford, national president, lighted veterans association. carl good junior, national commander, army and navy union of the usa. commander,street, noncommissioned officers administration. david -- , national vice commander, the american legion. robert husker, national commander, military order of the purple heart. president, national fleet reserve association. richard gore senior, national -- , marine corps league. lyman smith, executive director, military chaplain association. william mullen, national commander, legion of valor of the usa. mike plummer, deputy legislative director, national association of uniformed services. ruth hamilton, commander-in-chief, military order of the world wars. lawrence hyland, national president, the retired enlisted associa

the second amendment is an attempt to assure the voters in those states that wanted this the american national defense would be in the hands of militia rather than enhance of a professional federal army. the right to bear arms, derivative rights from service in the militia. that's the way the courts have always seen it until citizens united, excuse me, d.c. versus heller 2008. >> in the first congress madison goes back and forth with the house and senate. they trapped these amendments. 12 amendments are agreed to by the house and the senate. they send them to the states. how come there's only 10 in the bill of rights? >> two of them don't make the ratification process. it's a super majority process in both houses of congress and super majority in states. it's really hard to ratified an amendment. it's really tough. it's almost impossible to get a constitutional amendment now. >> one other did get approved later. let me ask you two final questions people ask questions from the gas. one, what happened to the other founding fathers in this process? where is adams? where is jefferson and where is

national commander, army and navy union of the usa. h gene overstreet, commander, non-commissioned officers associated. david golf, national vice commander of the american. robert [ inaudible ] national commander, military order of the purple heart. virgil [ inaudible ] national president fleet preserve association. richard gore, sr. william mullen, national commander, legion of valor of the usa. michael plumber, deputy legislative director, national associate of uniformed services. ruth hamilton, commander in chief, military order of the world wars. lawrence highland, national president, the retired enlisted association. thomas kelly, congressional medal of honor society. and moses [ inaudible ], jr., national commander disabled american veterans. the associate members of the committee are located in the boxes to my left. i would like to ask the president and national commanders that comprise our associate membership to standing and be recognized. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in recognizing our veterans national leadership with your applause. [ applause ] >> it is now my pleasure to introduce our veteran's organization host for 2015. military o

the country. and as i say, clay never solved that problem, but he held the nation together by finding enough common ground to build this american system and truly unite the rest of the nation. civil war probably was inevitable because we were, we're talking about a bunch of oligarchs in the south. in any given state you could call, any given state you could call it a dictatorship. but certainly an old oligarchy. in south carolina john calhoun was a dictator effectively. at one point clay worked with calhoun, and calhoun's worst enemy, daniel webster of massachusetts. and the three of them came up with the compromise of 1833. so much so that the nation called these three men the great triumvirate. it didn't last long, but for a while it was remarkable that clay was able to bring these two men together. and, you know, clay's influence on kentuckians was rather remarkable because initially when the civil war did break out, remember, kentucky, slavery was legal. and clay himself had slaves. that was kentucky law. kentucky law banned emancipation of slaves. so you couldn't free your slaves if you wanted to. you'd be fined and possib

and if the american nation - can put a man on the moon in ten years, surely to goodness the scientists of the world, working to a coordinated plan to see where the problems are, should be able to solve those within ten years." attenborough isn't the only one presenting at the conference, philanthropist and microsoft co-founder bill gates is set to announce a new project, aimed at tackling climate change. gates hopes the fund will invest billions of dollars into clean forms ofenergy. (bill gates/co- founder and fmr. chairman, microsoft) "i'm optimistic because of the gigantic commitment we're getting from these partners that we will solve the problem. we can get that premium down, so the idea of a clean energy generation, doesn't require the poorer countries to slow down their development and they can go full- speed ahead." some of the backers for the initiative include mark zuckerberg of facebook and richard branson of virgin group. the fund will focus investments in electricity generation and storage, transportation, and industrial uses, among other things jessica rae: the cowboy trai

the american history guys. they discussed the film, "the birth of a nation" and its significance. american history tv, all we can, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring syracuse, the matilda gage, one of the nation's early feminist. in the became involved national women's rights convention, the c-span staff recently visited sites about syracuse's history. ♪> what an exciting thing going on. to me, it would start not only with the cross, of course, the game we are playing here, and it has a whole history of itself. it has always been part of our history, part of our .ntertainment our enjoyment, and are medicine, to help our people. >> the women are very important. be on her the women in this event. ♪ >> with all the things that happened with the loss of land, the forced removal of our people, diseases, wars, we have really been diminished as a people with our lands, coulter, haveages, and are ways been attacked, not only physically, but through policies. for us to be hosting all the anntries today is quite accomplishment, to say the least. my p

the african-american experience in world war ii. when thinking about the importance of this story, and the importance of african-american stories during world war ii, the founder of the national world war ii museum, stephen ambrose, wrote in "citizen soldiers" that the world's greatest democracy fought the world's biggest racists with the segregated army. that is really the great irony of world war ii, or one of them at least. those are some of the stories we're trying to tell of this exhibit. the mission of the world war ii museum, the national world war ii museum is to tell the story of the american experience during world war ii. 16 million americans fought in world war ii. 1.1 million americans were african-americans. and so those stories are crucial , to the american experience in world war ii. those the stories we tell in this exhibit. the exhibit is fashioned partially in chronological ways. we begin before the war, and we tell stories during the war, and then we follow-up with the postwar stories. when the u.s. is going into world war ii, many americans are living in a segregated country. so that is how we begin the story. the segregated situation that african-america

clay never solved the problem but held the nation together by finding enough common ground to build this americanstem and truly unit the rest of the nation, sifl war, -- civil war was inevitable. any given state, you could call any given state you could call it a dictatorship. john calhoun was a dictator effectively. at one point, clay worked with calhoun and calhoun's worst enemy webster of massachusetts and the three of them came up with the compromise of 1833, so much so that the nation called these three men the great and didn't last long but for a while it was remarkable. clay was able to bring these two men together. you know, clay's influence on kentuckians was rather remarkable. when civil war did break out, slavery was legal and clay himself had slaves. that was kentucky law. kentucky law banned emancipation. you would be fined and possibly sent to prison. kentucky remained neutral and tennessee, the jerks who reason tennessee decided to invade kentucky. that was a mistake. kentucky was not going to have anybody invading their state and they now joined the union and fought with the north

the 1941 march on washington. mass as much as 100,000 african americans on washington unless there was an effort made by the roosevelt administration to include the hiring of african americans in the national defense industry. to halt the march, president franklin roosevelt issued executive order 8802 banning discrimination in defense industries receiving government contracts and setting up the committee to monitor hiring and compliance. we are moving into the civil rights era section. strategy's long legal segregation culminated in the brown versus the board of education decision in 1954. we have here representing the case one of the original briefs for the case. this is for the argument, the hearing that occurred december 9, 1952. featured in this case are items from the rosa parks collection which the library received on loan from the howard buffett foundation in september of 2014. it is on loan from the foundation to the library. we have in the center instructions rosa parks wrote to help alleviate problems andrring between drivers pick up riders organized in the carpool to help support the montgomery bus boycott. rosa parks served on the board of the montgomery improvement association

to nasa hundred thousand african-americans on there was anless effort made by the roosevelt include theon to hiring of african-americans and independents in the national defense industry. franklin roosevelt issued executive order 88 banning discrimination and defense industries. appointmentn practices committee to monitor hiring client. legal strategyng segregation culminated in the brown versus the only decision in 19 54. we have here representing the case one of the original briefs for the case. this is for the argument in inring that occurred december 1952. then featured in this case are items from the reservoir collection. it's on a ten-year loan from the foundation to the library. center thesee instructions that rosa parks problemshelp alleviate that were occurring between drivers and riders that were support the help montgomery bus boycott. boardarks served on the of the montgomery improvement toociation which established direct the boycott for about a month she served as a dispatcher and it was her job calls from writers looking for pickups. and to coordinate those with the drivers of private cars and station wagons. we also have from the rosa

the third national women's rights convention was held in syracuse in 1852. visited many sites exploring the history. learn more this weekend on american history tv. >> the third national women's rights convention was held in syracuse in 1852. matilda gage is 26 at the time and had 4 children already. she learns that the convention is going to occur. she writes a speech. she travels to syracuse, bringing her oldest daughter with her. gage hadn't contacted any of the organizers. she wasn't on the program. she hadn't written to say, may i be involved in this? she just shows up. she waits in the crowd. when there is a quiet moment, she marches up on stage and, trembling, takes the podium and begins to speak. she gives this incredibly moving speech. afterwards, lucretia is so impressed that she has speech published. that is the only speech from that convention that was published in the paper. and from that early speech, that signal moment of a young woman scared to go up on the podium, but overcoming that because she has something to say. from that moment, she goes on to become a leader in the women's movement. in matilda joslyn gage's hom

the u.s. james pigeon, national commander. presidenter, national of the blinded veterans association. jr., national commander of the army navy union. overstreet, commander of the noncommissioned officers. david goff, national vice commander of americanobert husker, national commander of the military order of purple hearts. virgil, sleek president of the association. richard gore, sr., national commandant of the marine corps league. , executive director of the military chaplain association. william mullen, legion of valor of the usa. mike plummer, deputy legislative director, national association of uniform services. ruth hamilton, commander-in-chief, military order of the world wars. lawrence highland, national president, the retired association. thomas kelly, congressional matter of honor society. jr., disabled american veterans. the associate members of the committee are located to the boxes in my left. i would like to ask the president and national commanders that comprise our associate membership to stand and be recognized. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in recognizing our veteran national leadership with your applause. [applause] >> it is now my pleasure to introduce our veteran organization host for 2015. military office

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we come back, the latest reports from paris about these attacks, and we show you footage of the american nationalnthem where the terrorism attacks occurred. [ singing ] >>> france is under astate of emergency tonight, more than 100 people killed at multiple locations, a large number of those people at a theater in paris. what are you hearing from your colleagues in paris, specifically if we could talk about what happened at the theater, was it purely inside or was it both outside and inside. >> reporter: it was in multiple location, and absolutely horrible. according to some witnesses who wchblt to the theater, they arrived from is back stairs and they began to fire on people. multiple fire, the setting of the people while listening to the concert. then i heard that one attacker had a -- one couple was absolutely petrified and the couple began to shake. he looked at a woman and the woman began to throw to his face an object and then killed her. and then there was panic. o one -- three were outside the theater. and another terrorist shot himself near the theater. >> so that was seven different loc

we come back, the latest reports from paris about these attacks, and we show you footage of the american national anthem occurred. [ singing ] in fact the numbers are down dramatically. but, has that compromised your safety? good evening... we'll ask the man at the top of tonight, on "news 4 at ten. and... dozens are dead in separate attacks in paris. we'll have the latest on the investigation, and a possible k hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but the republicans... they want to go back to letting the super wealthy call the shots. they don't stand up for equal pay for women. they don't support paid family leave. they don't even really support refinancing student debt. we've got to get this economy working for the vast majority of americans, not just for those at the top. that's what i intend to do as president. >>> france is under astate of people killed at multiple those people at a theater in paris. colleagues in paris, specifically if we could talk about what happened at the theater, was it purely inside or was it both outside and inside. >> reporter:

>> refugees. >> honduras is often used as a route by south american migrants trying to reach the u.s. authorities in the central american nation have been beefing up border controls in the wake of the terror attacks in paris. >>> leaders have having a tough time to getting trade to flow in the way they want. gene otani has the details and a round up of other business headlines. >> thanks, james. >>> japan's trade balance is back in the black for the first time in seventh months. imports fell sharply. officials say japan's trade surplus for october stood at about 111 billion yen or about $900 million. exports were down 2.1% year on year. it is the first such decline in 14 months. car exports to the united states were strong with sales of auto parts to china and steel and metal processing machinery to asia were down. imports dropped 13.4%. prices of crude oil and liquid natural gas fell sharply. officials say cheaper oil will continue to reduce imports for some time. exports have been weakening due to china's slowdown. >>> four members at japan's central bank agree that their monetary easing plan is the best way to get japan on

he was the recipient of the national endowment 2008. ms. erica lee. andis an american taurean author at the university of minnesota. is the director of immigration wreath or center. her books include an american is a chinese immigration and in immigrant gateway to america area and newly published the menu of asian american history. admirer.gtime huge his most recent book is stranger no more. orritten with nancy phone area in 2008 see the award for the distinguished career scholarship. finally a professor of history accounting professor at asian american studies and political historian with russians is written one immigration policy and offered the award-winning and subject illegal aliens and the making of modern america. one family and the extreme area invention chinese america. october of 1965 was on liberty island area what he says in describing the heart seller at five. this still he says will find today not a revolutionary this will not affect the lives of millions or re-struck -- reshape the just construction of our daily lives. it is still one of the most importa

the african-american experience in world war ii. in thinking about the importance of the story, and the importance of african-american stories during world war ii, the founder of the national world war ii in "citizen biggest,," the world's democracy fought the world's biggest races with a segregated army. that is really the great irony of world war ii, or one of them, at least. those are some of the stories we are trying to tell in this exhibit. the mission of the world war ii national world war ii museum, is to tell the story of the american experience during world war ii. 16 million americans fought during world war ii. 1.1 million americans were african-americans. those stories are crucial to the american experience in world war ii. those are the stories we tell in this exhibit. is fashioned partially in a chronological way. , tellan before the war stories through the war, and follow-up with postwar stories. when the u.s. is going into world war ii, many americans are living in a segregated country. ,hat is how we begin a story the segregated situation that african-americans were living under. the interwar perio sees a rise activity.x klan right here, you see an applica

authorities in the u - k are working with space - x to return the ruined rocket parts. 3 3 3 3 the national museum of american history and culture plans to open its doors on the national mall in washington next year... but the museum's structure proved to be a fine canvas for it's first exhibit. we'll show get ready to open. 3 3 3 most of the area is under a winter storm warning, as the snow moves into the area today through tuesday. expect to see mainly snow today and tomorrow, but some sleet may mix in with snow today in the early morning.the majority of the snow will fall today with temperatures near freezing, snow may be heavy at times. by tuesday winds will pick up and possibly cause blowing and drifting snow.at this time, we are expecting 6 to 8 inches of snow to be associated with this system in the sioux city metro area.cities near spencer could see snow accumulation in the double digits, while cites just southwest of sioux city could see less than 6 inches. wednesday will start a clring and warming trend with temperatures bouncing 3 e national museum o oafrican american story and culture plans to ope

and a look at the state of native american communities with national congress of american indians executiveirector jacqueline pata. ♪ good morning. it is wednesday, november 25, 2015. welcome to "washington journal." the day before thanksgiving. president obama staying put at the white house meeting with advisers. pardoning the national turkeys participating in washington, d.c., area community service. in his hometown of chicago, the mayor there, a news conference announcing the release of police video of the shooting of the 17 -year-old black teen last october. here on "washington journal

we come back, the latest reports from paris about these attacks, and we show you footage of the american national anthem [ singing ] i owe about $68,000. i owe $44,000 in student loans. my plan, the new college compact, says you should not have to borrow money to pay tuition if you go to a public college or university. and you ought to be able to refinance student debt. and i don't believe the federal government should be making a profit off of lending to young people who are borrowing to be able to get their education. we have got to make college affordable. >>> france is under astate of emergency tonight, more than 100 people killed at multiple locations, a large number of those people at a theater in what are you hearing from your colleagues in paris, specifically if we could talk about what happened at the theater, was it purely inside or was it both outside and inside. >> reporter: it was in multiple location, and absolutely horrible. according to some witnesses who wchblt to the theater, they arrived from is back stairs and they began to fire on people. multiple fire, the setting of the peo

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american sovereignty. this was at a time when the u.s. government was trying to force american citizenship on native americans. charismaticda's nature in speaking about the andts of native americans, indian nation elected her a member of their nation. it was certainly an honor for matilda to be honored by the mohawk nation. but now they had an outspoken leader for their interest in maintaining their own sovereignty. we call this the women's rights room in honor of what matilda worked for so passionately her whole life. one of her passage was editing her newspaper -- one of her passions was editing her newspaper. we have a copy from 1878. this is of interest because this is where we see her editorial on native americans and what she called indian citizenship. she spoke out in favor of native american sovereignty. when we think about that great celebration in philadelphia to mark the 100th anniversary of our declaration of independence, we find out that matilda and many other of her friends and peers in the fight for women's economy -- equality petitions the u.s. government. they actually wrote several articles of impeachment of the u.s. government for items such as "no taxation without represent

the american league in the national league. they wanted to get a mission or. what was it to taft is that he would dominance all the certain number of. when he found out they wanted him to be commissioner based off of time he said no because obviously not the chief justice of that happened. he turned them down. >> in commissioner has a higher calling that you just is. perhaps.r world instead we got kenesaw mountain land. good modern history of a old. else is thank you all very much?. >> every weekend on american history tv on c-span3 48 hours that tell our nations tory. rhodes the white house rewind. look back at the 1988: a campaign of george herbert walker bush. the 20 minute color film is a john f. kennedy's trip to texas in november of 1983. the minute i wear live of the radio program. historyty of virginia professor. and university of richmond resident emeritus the film birth of the nation and the ends. american history tv all weekend every week and. >> all weekend american history tv is featuring syracuse new york, home of the year a canal. posted by our

the american civil war is at the heart of the american national identity. for a long time, it was regarded as a tragic brothers war, a big mistake that was over issues that should have been resolved, fanatics on both sides, north and south, inflaming the passions of the people, who led them into this disastrous war. in the 1960's, we began to turn more toward the civil war as dealing with real issues and issues that were unresolved, issues having to do with race and the legacy of slavery. this was in the memorable phrase, "the unfinished revolution." it became the prelude to the civil rights movement. the war took on this effect. we were talking about the civil war but also ourselves, this long, reluctant reckoning with race and the legacy of slavery. my view takes us out of the national narrative, beyond the battlefield, beyond the political arenas, beyond the bounds of the nation, the north, the south, lincoln, davis, lee, grant, the symmetry we have, to look at it from outside. the nation from a global view, or at least a transatlantic view, to try to un

national g.i. forum. amanda crawford, catholic war veterans of the usa. edward senior, national commander, american's of war. -- ex-prisoners of war. al kovac, national president, paralyzed veterans of america. jerome bloom, national commander, jewish war veterans of the usa. john rowan, president, vietnam veterans of america. john -- , commander in chief, veterans of foreign wars of the united states. james pidgeon, national commander. -- national commander, amvet's. dale sanford, national president, lighted veterans -- blinded veterans association. carl good junior, national commander, army and navy union of the usa. h gene overstreet, commander, noncommissioned officers administration. davidoff -- david goff, national vice commander, the american legion. robert husker, national commander, military order of the purple heart. virgil cormier national , president, fleet reserve association. richard gore senior, national -- -- national commandant marine , corps league. lyman smith, executive director, military chaplain association. william mullen, national commander, legion of valor of the usa. mike

the national veterans day observance ceremony in virginia. services honoring g all who have served in the united states armed forces took place at arlington national cemetery. the president encouraged americans to salute the service of the nation's military all-year round. " ""if tomorrow after the parades and the ceremonies we roll up the banners and sweep the veterans halls and go back to our daily lives forgetting the bond between the service of our veterans and our obligations as citizens then we will be doing a profound disservice to our veterans and to o e very cause for whwhh they served. earlier the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. and still to come tonight, well have some tips on healthy eating during pregnancy (fred) radar shows rain east and snow st. the latest on what to expect is after the break. the previous record for this date, 0.91" from 1982. winds are gusting to 30-40 mph and will get stronger this evening. that's when a high wind warng goes into effect. tomorrow, a wind advisory will be in effect, so we won't really get relief from the wind until frfray. here's a time lapse of the pt neal wding company skam hd from the ho

national commander, army and navy union of the usa. h. gene overstreet, commander, noncommissioned officers association. david goff, national vice commander, the americannational commander, military order of the purple heart. virgil cornea, national president, fleet reserve association. richard gore sr., national commandant, marine corps league. lyman smith, executive director, military chaplains association. william mullen, national commander, legion of valor of the usa. mike plummer, deputy legislative director, national association of uniformed services. ruth hamilton, commander in chief, military order of the world wars. lawrence highland, national president, the retired enlisted association. thomas kelly, congressional medal of honor society. >> we're listening to some of the introductions at the memorial amphitheater at arlington national cemetery. this is the veterans day service. we're waiting to hear from robert mcdonald and ultimately president obama address the nation and discuss the challenges now for our veterans and how we help and serve our veterans who served us. barbara starr at the pentagon, as this is going on, u.s. involvement, mili

the most shameful moments in american historylike the imprisonment of thousands of japanese americans after the attack on pearl harbor. kristine on-cam standup "abraham lincoln -- considered one of the nation's greatest presidents - denied suspected confederate collaborators their day in court.it's a dark legacy which americans visiting his memorial *hope* won't be repeated."sotsmos 1, "i would be horrified if we had to get to that.."mos 2, "we just hope they make the best decision to keep us safe." sotfriedman, "we have a national identity which is based on rights and democratic principles which are written in the constitution. when we feel insecure, historically, we've been very quick to jettison those principles. it didn't help our securityand in some cases it hurt it. and that's the kind of lesson that we should learn from history." in washington, i'm kristine frazao, reporting. 3 the fight over the relocation of syrian refugees continues in congress.the house-passed bill calling for stricter vetting heads to the senate next week.senate democrats are vowing to block that bill from reaching the floor.president obama has also threatened to veto the measure, if it reaches his desk. 3 3 3 ta

. >> reporter: the ark is his invitation to look them in the eye, >>> the national museum of african-americanulture doesn't officially open until next year. but the museum's first exhibit was put on display a little early. jan crawford reports. >> reporter: the building on the national mall may not be ready for visitors, but it proved a fine canvas for the first exhibition at the national museum of african-american history and culture. >> we felt that history couldn't wait. it's important this museum contribute today. >> reporter: this is the museum director. >> all of us, regardless of race, are shaped in profound ways by the african-american experience. our goal is to make sure that we can tell a rich and complicated history of america. ♪ >> reporter: the live event included a musical performance and film to commemorate and celebrate freedom, 150 years of the african-american experience reaching five stories high. documentary filmmaker stanley nelson produced the display with his wife, marsha smith. >> i think the smith is inspiring, that african-american history is all about history, but t

the judge ruled the name redskins may disparage native americans. >>> the washington nationals have a new manager. >> you almost read with a straight face. >> matt williams, the ball club finally has his replacement after announcing dusty baker will become the full time manager. he takes over as skipper after having last managed with the cincinnati reds. the mets -- the nats become the fourth major league franchise. he was a manager of the giants and took the ball club back to the world series in 2002. falling one win short of the title. appeared to be the nats' second choice after contract negotiations with san diego's former skippe ll through over the weekend. here is what the fans had to say about dusty baker. >> we followed him around from san francisco to chicago to cincinnati. so we're quite excited he's coming to washington. >> he has the experience. he's been to the world series before with other teams. he's been with several other teams. i think that's what they need, somebody with that veteran presence. >> you might be good. you know he won't be dull. the nats are expected t

and university of richmond resident emeritus the film birth of the nation and the ends. american history tv all weekend every week and. >> all weekend american history tv is featuring syracuse new york, home of the year a canal. posted by our time warner cable partners. recent leave visited many sites circuiting the city's history. learn more. >>. solomon is probably the most iconic american woman that i know. she was someone when you look at her life is incredible area going from slavery to freedom and then continuing on the best for nearly 92 years. most people know her affectionately as the moses of people. that's related to all of her duties of the underground railroad. she's a euro. that's the thing that the constant. fearlessness. 1859, he decided offered would be the place of permanent residence. she was able to purchase the land where she built her for a mouse. be knew that this would accepting is for her to live. also place for she could prosper area it provided the resources for her. these 32 acres are an assemblage. at the top member president, she opened but only to h

suffering experience, the road to berlin, and the african-american story m new orleans throughout the day. world war ii: 70 years later, live from the national world war ii museum in new orleans live beginning saturday, november 7 here on c-span three. -- c-span3. >> "american history tv" what histories.l air oral explorations in black leadership was a collaboration. next, we hear from supreme court justice clarence thomas. he talks about his upbringing in the segregated south and influence of his grandfather on his career.

it is unclear what prompt understand the shooting or if there was any connection to those protests. >> 17 americans will be awarded the nation'shest civilian honor today, the presidential medal of freedom. one is a native american activist. the man helped win the fish wars. >> this is with the warden came down on all of us for fishing right here. i was 14 when i got arrested right here. >> early last year on the banks of the river, billie frank, jr. and long time activist friend hank adams gave me a history lesson. >> i just kept getting arrested, went in the marine corps, in 1952, got out in 1954, started going back to jail again. >> just months before his death, frank looked back on the fish wars of half a century ago. >> we were fighting battles right and left all the time. you know, it just, you know, we'd beat the hell out of them guys. we had holroid bringing a lot of rocks, just the right size. them guys would come up the river with their boats and we'd pepper them right here. >> it was a fight for the right to harvest salmon. >> we had a treaty approximate the united states in 1916, and that treaty was wrote out for us

i'm the director of the national history center, which is associated with the american historical association. i want to welcome all of you this afternoon to this congressional briefing on the history of incarceration. preface, thiss a is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the national history center that brings historical perspectives to issues that currently confront congress. the center is strictly nonpartisan and the purpose of the program is not to advocate for any particular policy or set of policies, but rather to provide the historical context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with difficult issues. i want to acknowledge first off the financial support of the mellon foundation, which has made this program possible, and also the work of amanda mooney's, the assistant director, and frankie lyons for organizing today's event. the history of mass incarceration, the us you of ofs incarceration -- issue mass incarceration has reached a critical mass of attention in the last six months or so. there have been initiatives that have been launched obviously by the

details and insight into what happened in the west african nation of mali and how american forces might be connected. >> reporter: it was an early morning attack on what was thought to be one of the most secure starts of mali, the radisson blu hotel in bamako. the hotel serves as a popular destinations, businessmen, aid workers, airline crews. a group calling itself al-mourabitoun based in northern mali claim responsibility for the attack. mali is still recovering from a 2012 rebellion. in june of 2012 the rebels seizesd the northern part of the city. defacing the graves of respected saints and clamping down on popular music being deemed un-islamic. there was a rain of fear until 2013. a french and african force broke the hold on the north and brought in the united nations to provide security. mali remains one of the most dangerous assignments on earth for u.n. peacekeepers. 53 dead over the past three years >> the u.n. presence is located in the north of the country. the troops are primarily in the north to deal where the insir gen see was the strongest. in bamako itself there have bee

the museum of african-american history and culture the museum hosted an evening of music and speeches that culminated in historic imagery on the building's exterior walls and repeated over two succeeding nights. the museum on the national mall within sight of the national monument and white house. c-span's american history tv was there as founding director lonnie bunch introduced the museum's major themes. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome all to this special commemoration and celebration of

the most shameful moments in american historylike the imprisonment of thousands of japanese americans after the attack on pearl harbor. kristine on-cam standup "abraham lincoln -- considered e of the nation's greatest presidents - denied suspected confederate collaborators their day in court.it's a dark legacy which americans visiting his memorial *hope* won't be repeated."sotsmos 1, "i would be horrified if we had to get to that.."mos 2, "we just hope they make the best decision to keep us safe." sotfriedman, "we have a national identity which is based on rights and democratic principles which are written in the constitution. when we feel insecure, historically, we've been very quick to jettison those principles. it didn't help our securityand in some cases it hurt it. and that's the kind of lesson that we should learn from history." in washington, i'm kristine frazao, reporting. 3 the fight over the relocation of syrian refugees continues in congress.the house-passed bill calling for stricter vetting heads to the senate next week.senate democrats are vowing to block that bill from reaching the floor.president obama has also threatened to veto the measure, if it reaches his desk. 3 brain