[some clip] >> booker t. washington insisted that they do this because it would instill a sense of pride. >> there was no mean feat to get this place established. within a city that was very much segregated. >> my grandfather, robert taylor, when he finished m.i.t., became the architect and first teacher of architecture there in tuskegee. >> when we think about one architect being responsible to take a group of untrained craftsman and rally them together and he built our campus of over a thousand acres and 34 buildings. brian: back to the fact that they made their own bricks? aviva: that is exactly why i say it was so important when booker t said to julius rosenwald, no, no, we are going to build it. they did everything from scratch. the historical building, the president's building, the most beautiful woodwork, everything. i'm from detroit originally. it's coming back. if you go to detroit and you talk about these abandoned houses, if we have some philanthropists to give money to rebuild houses and give jobs

the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. i want the communities to build it. so these were dealt. .- were built it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south. >> tonight on c-span's q and a. >> monday night on the communicators, republican fcc communicator discusses key fcc,s considered by the including the speed of broadband climate across the u.s.. he is joined by the washington post technology reporter. >> one of the things i found the 21st century there is a democratization of entrepreneurship. i have seen people use that broadband connection to build businesses who in the previous era would have to migrate to one of the coast or wither on the vine. because of that connection they are now able to innovate, and i think that is something that is powerful. the communicators, monday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> fdr and truman white house awayer george elsey passed . he was considered to be one of the last living links to president nixon's legacy. allinterview focused on his -- on

i know you've heard any tails of woe about the project the booker t. started almost 10 years ago 10 years ago when i was 25 years younger anything that will move this process is something that i urge you to support trying to build 50 units of affordable housing is a nightmare in this town when my neighbors heard we were planning to develop this site they came to my office and said we're combrding of those people talking about west side projects and you're not bringing any more of them both this community so they did everything they could to stop this talking about the size, the height and density anything that will they really didn't want the young people in their neighborhood we're building 50 units of housing all affordable half of it for young people that aged out of further care and a nightmare process to take 10 years to do a project liam like this it took some time off my life more most importantly is sends a signal we don't support people that carton afford the high appraise of housing in san francisco so we need to doing everything we can to fi

for harris on this or did he want to go to booker t? any insight? >> reporter: i have to believe mark ricky know a lot of miami hurricane players aren't happy that he has cleaned house. he has brought in his own guys. he is not worried about that. he wanted a fresh start pretty much on this whole coaching staff he has put together. so i think it is all mark rick want to go bring in his own guys and get a fresh start. >> thanks joe. have a great day. >> reporter: thank you so much lauren. >>> we are following breaking news out of new orleans where crews are battling a raging fire happening in a building on canal street. people in the area reported seeing massive flames earlier this morning. no word on what sparked the fire or what is burning at this time. no injuries have been reported. >>> and now at 6:00, check this out. you can call this guy one sleeping surprise. it's apparently showed up on the pet's owner will be picking up the animal later today, but not before giving the woman quite the scare. what is it? and where does it come f

that )s tonight on newschannel 3 booker t washington high school graduate and pro football player bruce smith will act as this year s puppy bowl tonight on newschannel three at 11 - you )ve heard of smart phones - smart watches - now there are "smart yoga pants." see how they actually sense when you )re doing yoga all wrong - and correct it! that )s tonight on newschannel 3 booker t washington high school graduate and pro football player bruce smith will act as this year s puppy bowl "rufferee" according to the pro football hall of fame, smith is a lifelong animal lover. the puppy bowl airs right before this years super bowl on february seventh. the event is used to encourage adoption of older shelter animals. after the puppy bowl -- catch the big game right here on newschannel three. our very own makenzie walter will be in san francisco with full coverage of everything super bowl. be sure to follow newschannel three on twitter at w-t-k-r-three and use our our next newscast is our sister station -- wgnt. selling mattresses the traditional way isn't the best way. most are made in a large

i know you've heard any tails of woe about the project the booker t. started almost 10 years ago 10 years ago when i was 25 years younger anything that will move this process is something that i urge you to support trying to build 50 units of affordable housing is a nightmare in this town when my neighbors heard we were planning to develop this site they came to my office and said we're combrding of those people talking about west side projects and you're not bringing any more of them both this community so they did everything they could to stop this talking about the size, the height and density anything that will they really didn't want the young people in their neighborhood we're building 50 units of housing all affordable half of it for young people that aged out of further care and a nightmare process to take 10 years to do a project liam like this it took some time off my life more most importantly is sends a signal we don't support people that carton afford the high appraise of housing in san francisco so we need to doing everything we can to fi

i know you've heard any tails of woe about the project the booker t. started almost 10 years ago 10 years ago when i was 25 years younger anything that will move this process is something that i urge you to support trying to build 50 units of affordable housing is a nightmare in this town when my neighbors heard we were planning to develop this site they came to my office and said we're combrding of those people talking about west side projects and you're not bringing any more of them both this community so they did everything they could to stop this talking about the size, the height and density anything that will they really didn't want the young people in their neighborhood we're building 50 units of housing all affordable half of it for young people that aged out of further care and a nightmare process to take 10 years to do a project liam like this it took some time off my life more most importantly is sends a signal we don't support people that carton afford the high appraise of housing in san francisco so we need to doing everything we can to fi

. >> reporter: it's a week f fll of introductions at booker t. washington high school. hi. i'm albert. i'm a senior. >> reporter: 24 kids from the elite prite efr glade school are trading places with 24 kids from booker t. for this entire week. it's full immersion into different educational and cultural experiences. the schools are eight miles and light years apart. but still -- >> kids will be kids. like, kids are the same everywhere you go. >> i didn't think i'd connect as easily as i did. >> reporter: it helps to have an outgoing personality. shakespeare is the same at every high school. >> can we have someone play macbeth? yea. we have someone. >> does anyone know who committed thitds terrible crime? >> repoer: this is the third year for the exchange program. >> i think it breaks down some walls. a lot of things in common. >> this is a real good opportunity to recognize, again, those similarities and those differences. the fact that we are a very diverse community. but it's not common for the different communities to interact with each other. >> reporter: it takes a lit

the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say no, i want the communities to build it. into 5000 it morphed schools, all over the south, including maryland. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a.

the best thing booker t. washington ever said was, i want the communities to build them. from that it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south. >> monday night on the communicators, republican fcc commissioner discusses key topics considered by the fcc, including the speed of broadband deployment across the u.s.. broadband employment really is one of the key drivers of job creation and economic growth. the 21st century there has been a democratization of entrepreneurship. people building businesses that in a previous era that would have had to migrate to the coast or would have withered on the vine. because of the connection they are able to innovate. that is powerful in rural america. the communicators, monday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span two. welcomed heart for, connecticut. on american history tv. is one ofcapital america's earliest cities, founded in 1637 by puritan istlers in today it nicknamed the insurance capital of the world. with the hof

booker t. washington and others to write as public intellectuals and activist. the exhibition begins with this intro wall, and this quote by the unitarian minister, the 19th century ewan tear yap minimum -- unitarian minister theodore parker is important for visitors to take with them as they begin the journeyy. it reads: so we have one series of literary productions that could be written by none but americans. and only here. i mean the lives of fugitive slaves. all the original romance of american is in them. not in the white man's novel. and we begin with that quote because it really does set the stage for the kind of revolutionary work being done by these slave narrate ors, public intellectuals working at a time when most blacks couldn't read these books and yet they're imagining there's an audience and imagining these tools will allow them to bring freedom to others. so this first case begins the exhibition with some of the most important public intellectuals. because our founding checker w

the best thing booker t. washington did was say i want the communities to build it. that's really amazing. from that, it more into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on c-span2. here's some programs to watch out this weekend. saturday, coverage of the second annual bill of rights day book festival in philadelphia. eastern, kilis when he journalist discusses her book, one child, the discussion of china's most radical experiment. , author ofrviewed age of ambition. >> china should grow economically, and of course it is a wonderful idea that in one or two generations we go from aspirations of bicycle to bmw. yes, good for them. if the one-child policy helped them get to that stage, but the problem was that it didn't have that much to do with this economic growth for the last 30 years. >> on sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, courtney young discusses her book in which breast-feeding policies are examined. >> breast-feeding fits conveniently

information and an updated time line of events -- stay with us right here and on w-t-k-r- dotcom booker t washington high school was placed on a partial lockdown this morning -- norfolk police say a student at the school overheard other students talking about a bomb -- and told the school resource officer. police and fire crews responded -- but found nothing and started clearing the building. the lockdown has since been lifted. switching gears to weather now -- meteorologist dominic brown is in the live viper forecast -- temps....have your rain gear handy. scattered showers are in your forecast today, courtesy of an area of low pressure that carolina coast. a few rain showers are possible in the morning, and with cold air in place, a couple of snowflakes could mix in with the rain, but we )re not expecting a big event. by afternoon, scattered rain will be around. cloudy skies and high tonight, the rain will push out late, giving way to partly cloudy skies and low temperatures in the lower 30s. skies will clear as we go through friday. highs will be in the upper 40s. then, this weekend, we

the best thing booker t. washington said is no. just like tuskegee, i want the community to build it. from that, it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. and senate republicans held a two day joint retreat. senator john thune and mcmorrisoman cathy rodgers were asked for reaction to governor nikki haley's criticism of donald trump during her state of the union response. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: good morning, everyone. thanks for joining us here in baltimore. this is our second annual joint house-senate republican retreat sponsored by the congressional institute. we are here as the people's representatives to engage in a competition of ideas. as we think about the future of 2016 and beyond. so on tuesday for the state of the union we heard one future based upon president obama's legacy, really based upon a top-down government knows best approach. and we are here to put together

>> reporter: this is the third year for the booker t. ransom exchange ram.program. >> it breaks down some walls. we start to see thatou can yes, we do have a lot of things in common. >> this is a good opportunity to recognize again those similarities and those differences. the fact that we are a very diverse community, but it's not common for the different communities to interact with each other. >> reporter: it takes a little bit of courage to do what these kids are doing. imagine leaving your school in and spending an entire week in a different school. they're fish out of water. but it's also a learning xperience that kbts becan't be duplicated wut leaving their comfort zones. >> i came in thinking wre world's apart, and we're really not. everyone is pretty similar, same interests, same sorts of classes. >> reporter: a.p. calc is the same everywhere, but some disparities between the student body can't be ignored. >> only real difference here that i actually noticed was opportunities pretty much because you have more money, you have a l

they puthe said together these houses, why not just use the houses and the best thing booker t. washington ever said is a no. i want the communities to build it. so first thing the six schools were built and that is really amazing but from then, it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night on eight eastern "q&a."n's >> here are some programs to watch out for this weekend. tvs coverage of the second annual bill of rights day book festival from the national constitution center in philadelphia. at 10 p.m. eastern, pulitzer prize winning journalist may fong discusses her book, "one child," about the discontinuing shouldn't of china's one child policy. fortune, truth, and faith in the new china. >> china should grow economically and it is a wonderful idea that in one or two generations we have seen everybody go from bicycle, aspiration for a bicycle to a bmw. good for them. one child policy had helped i would be all for it. it did not. it did not have that much to do with this economic growth that china has for the last 30 years. >> sunday at 7:

booker t. washington high school band and other places like miami. we'll have 15 floats and non- profits and businesses through the parade. they can look for very spectacular event on monday january 18th at 11:00 a.m. >> these bands from very entertaining. >> yes, indeed. these are performing bands that people love to come see that have the art form of the high stepping sound. these bands wait all year to do a special salute for dr. king. they'll do a tribute marching that parade route of 1.5-miles down central avenue and bay shore drive on the gulf of mexico. they'll put on a fabulous performance. >> reporter: this has been a tradition in st. pete for decades. people really turn out for this. >> oh yes. 31 years ago, january 20, 1986 we had a vision to do a traditional parade in honor of dr. king. st. petersburg is the proud originator and architect of the parade for honoring doctor king. >> reporter: it is such a great event. it is fun to watch. the underlying message of this is honoring dr. king. >> absolutely. what we promised dr. king before he

the best thing that booker t. washington said was say, no, just like at tuskegee, i want the communities to build them. first, the six schools were built and that is really amazing. morphed into five thousand to schools, all over the south, including maryland. monday is martin luther king jr. day. we have featured programs on all three c-span networks. live:30 a.m. eastern, coverage of the british house of commons debate on whether or not to ban donald trump from entering the country. tv, then two, book university of wisconsin professor william p jones and his book "the march on freedom, andobs, the forgotten history of civil rights." >> when he went to organize this march he had called off, everybody says you had better get martin luther king. he went to martin luther king and he said, i will support you but let's expand the goals of the march. it is not just about winning equal access to jobs or employment termination, it is winning the right to vote in the south. 8:30, the author talks about his book march: boo

i know you've heard any tails of woe about the project the booker t. started almost 10 years ago 10 years ago when i was 25 years younger anything that will move this process is something that i urge you to support trying to build 50 units of affordable housing is a nightmare in this town when my neighbors heard we were planning to develop this site they came to my office and said we're combrding of those people talking about west side projects and you're not bringing any more of them both this community so they did everything they could to stop this talking about the size, the height and density anything that will they really didn't want the young people in their neighborhood we're building 50 units of housing all affordable half of it for young people that aged out of further care and a nightmare process to take 10 years to do a project liam like this it took some time off my life more most importantly is sends a signal we don't support people that carton afford the high appraise of housing in san francisco so we need to doing everything we can to fi

the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say no, just like we do at tuskegee, i want the communities to do it. it was pretty amazing. from that, it more into 5000 schools all over the announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern. next on lectures in history, arizona state university professor brooks simpson discusses the role of the president during wars, including those wage without a formal congressional declaration. he examines the ways american foreign-policy and the president took hours have evolved. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. brooks: we will talk about presidents and going to war. we have talked about the constitution already, the

booker t. washington, langston hughes, and others to write on into the 20th century as public intellectuals and activists. so the exhibition begins with this intro wall and this quote by the unitarian minister, that i consider unitarian minister and abolitionist theodore parker is with significant i think for visitors to take with them as they begin this journey. it reads so we have one series of literary productions that could be written by none but americans. and only here. i mean, the lives of fugitive slaves. all the original romance of americans facing them. not in the white man's knowledge will. we begin with a quote because it really does set the stage for the kind of revolutionary work that is being done by these slave narrative is, public intellectuals were working at a time when most black slaves could read these books in their imagine there's an audience can imagine these tools will allow them to bring freedom to others. this first case we begin the exhibition with some of the most i

the best thing booker t. washington said was, no. do with teske gi, i want the communities to build it. first, six schools were built. into 5000 it morphed schools all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in his annual state of the state address, new york governor an agendamo outlined including spending on transportation, the minimum ine, and improvements education. this is 1.5 hours from albany. pleasure to call the legislature to order. in our five years, we have accomplished much. after many bad years, the arrows are finally pointing in the right direction. ultimately about results, and you delivered. you made this state a better state, and that's what government is all about, and congratulations to each and every one of you. but with all that we've done, we are not immune to the problems vexing our nation, crumbling infrastructure, slow economic recovery, the unambiguous reality that climate change threatens the very way of life, a growing specter of terrorism, homelessness and ever widening ga

. >> reporter: and historic booker t washington school is right here. the mayor believes any plan -- >> all right. we have technical difficulties with clifton french. that was cliff reporting there. >>> there is a newman in charge of the tampa bay buccaneers tonight. dirk koetter. this afternoon we first told you about this as breaking news at 6:00. sports director tom korun will have more on the new era for minutes. >>> late this afternoon the florida supreme court issuing suspension of the three attorneys. they all be permanently disbarred. the final decision has not been made. but today's decision is a step in that direction. >> they're saying we're going to suspend you now pending the outcome of the disbarment proceedings before us. and it's basically a signal you are going to be disbarred. >> the three were found guilty of setting up a dui trap for a rival attorney near the end of the trial that happened during the 2013 shock jock trial between bubba the love sponge and todd submit. >>> the murder of a softball coach may have been solved. jenkins w

the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say no, i want the communities to build it. into 5000 it morphed schools, all over the south, including maryland. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a. visits santifacts francisco's internet archive. produced from the 1920's through the 1950's, the collection was acquired by the library of congress in 2002. this program looks at educational films. am rick prelinger, founder of the prelinger archives. i am a board member of internet archives. it is located in south -- san francisco. we are sitting in the middle of the offices of internet archive. in 1982.ollecting film i was working as a researcher on a documentary project. material about everyday life in a post-world war ii period. inecame interested educational films. these were considered trivial and useless. in the early 1980's, hardly collected. as an outgrowth of my work on the film, i began collecting. this collection grew extremely large. people began to ask me for access to the material. i had no archival training. i have started something which was an archive. the united

tulsa has an ugly history. 1924h there was a race riot there and booker t.as burned to the ground. there is been an effort in tulsa where every child gets quality education, every school is a community school. >> reporter: how did it get to that point? >> john hope franklin, a great historian was a leader in the effort for reformations for black folks in tulsa. his students, white students from duke university took up the effort to rebuild greenwood after he died. there is a big monument in tulsa to john hope franklin built by his former students, mostly after fliewpt whites in -- affluent whites in tulsa. we make the greatest advances when it's not just african-americans pushing the issue. when whites, latinos, when the mosaic of america recognizes we can be a better nation if we are working together, serving each other's interests. and, you know, there are others like it in other parts of the country that are showing us that you don't have to wait until we solve the problem of poverty or inequality. you can do a lot in education now to help to move our soc

booker t. said to him, you know, we have kids covered here thelabama, but it's really kids in the elementary school that have suffered. the african american kids are getting poor education, horrible buildings. separate and not equal. a sunday night on "q&a to get documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film, juliusald," about rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. id, why don't we just use the kid houses? the best thing booker teedo washington ever said was say, no, i want the communities to build it. were these six schools built, and that's really amazing. intorom that it morphed 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." affairse foreign subcommittee on asia and the pacific held a hearing wednesday examining north korea's recent nuclear test and security in northeast asia. this comes t

. >> booker t.ashington said to them, you know, we have college aged kids covered here in alabama. but it is really the kids in the elementary school that are suffering. kids arean american getting poor education, horrible buildings. there is not anything separate and equal. ynnouncer: documentar filmmakers talk about "rosenwa ld." bring schools and elementary education to children in rural america. sears was together these kit houses. and the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no, i want to do it like we did at tuskegee. i want the community to build it. it is really amazing. 5000that, morphed into schools, all over the south, including maryland. announcer: sunday night on c-span's q&a. next, a look at the future of guantanamo bay. speakers include the of fordham university's center on national security, and the cofounders of a group that advocates closing the facility. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. people used to come to us thinking we had money. that is on the

. >> what booker t said to them, you know, we have kids covered here in alabama. but it is really the kids in the element three schools who are suffering. the american kids are getting poor education, horrible buildings. there is nothing separate, not equal. announcer: documentary filmmakers talk about the latest and about julius rosenwald his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to bring elementary education in rural america. he puts together these houses, why do we use the kit houses. and the best thing booker t. washington did was say no. i want to do it like tuskegee. the community will build it. six schools were built. that is amazing. from then, it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. announcer: sunday night on c-span. announcer: the congressional internet caucus posted a discussion about freedom of speech online, and the right for consumers to write reviews for private businesses. they heard from attorneys representing trip advisor and the federal trade commission. congress is c

. >> booker t. said to him, you know we have college-aged kids covered here in alabama.ut it's really the kids in the elementary schools that are suffering. they are just not -- the african-american kids are getting poor education, horrible buildings. they are separate and not equal. >> sunday night on "q&a," a filmmaker talks about her latest film, "rhoden walled" did julius and his partnership with booker t washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. >> first julius said, sears puts together these kit houses. why don't we use the kit houses? and the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. i want the communities to build it. so first these six schools were built. that's really amazing. from that it more ofed into 5,000 schools -- morphed into 5,000 schools. all over the south. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> featured this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 8:00 eastern, on lectures in history. arizona state universi

on q&a.y night author talks about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and american in the south. >> he said, sears puts together these kit houses. why not we use these kit houses. and the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. i want the communities to build it. first, these six schools were built. from that, it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south. >> sunday night on c-span's q1 day. & a. >> c-span takes you to meet and greets. we're taking your comments by twitter, facebook, and by phone. c-span.org. >> candidate donald trump was a new hampshire for a campaign event hosted why scott -- posted by senator scott brown. it has featured eight other gop candidates over the last several months. it is just under an hour. [applause] all right. thank you. ladies first in my house. >> when did that start? just kidding. thank you very much. many months ago this is something that i thought would be a good idea, to get the candidates to come through to be able to meet you face to face. >> i hope you all enjoy it. alternate over to

. >> booker t said to him, you know, we have college age kids covered here in alabama but it is really the kids in the elementary schools that are suffering. they're just not, african-american kids are getting poor education, horrible buildings, everything separate but not equal. >> sunday night on "q&a" she talks about her latest film, rosen walled, about juice jail just rosenof the wald partnership with booker t. washington and african-americans in the south to bring elementary education to children in rural america. >> they put together these kid houses. why don't we just used kid houses? the best thing booker t washington ever did said no, no, just like tuskegee, i want communities to build it. first the six schools were built. that is really amazing. but it morphed to 5,000 schools across the south including maryland. >> sunday night eastern on c spann's q&a. >> the new hampshire primary is set for february 9th. ohio governor and republican presidential john kasich recently visited the state taking questions from voters in a town hall event. >> good evening, everybody. good evenin

. >>> booker t. said to him, you know, we have college aged kids covered here in alabama, but it's really the kids in the elementary schools that are suffering. they're just not -- the african-american kids are getting poor education, horrible buildings, just not anything separate and not equal. >> sunday night on q&a, documentary filmmaker aviva kemptner talks about her film "rosenwald" about the partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. >> so first he said, oh, you know, sears puts together these kit houses. why don't we just use the kit houses? and the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no, i want, just like we do at tuskegee, i want the communities to build it. so first these six schools were built and it's amazing but from that it morphed into 5,000 schools all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> today the a

about a partnership with booker t. washington and african mun communities in the south to build schools and bring education to african-american children in america. >> puts together kid houses. just use the kid houses? the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. i want just like we do at tuskegee. i want the communities to build it. first the six schools were built, and that's really amazing, but from that, it morphed into 5,000 schools, all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >>> next, a hearing on the veterans affairs department's implementation of the veterans benefits management system and its efforts to reduce the backlog in claims. veterans benefits administration officials told the veterans affairs committee that the electronic system improved their process, and reduced the backlog by 90%. committee members also expressed concern that the system has cost $1 billion so far. and a date for full implementation has not been set. >>> happy new year. we'

her father was a good friend of booker t. washington. they had three children, the youngest during -- being dorothy. it was natural after the family possible long historical connection to boston that precocious little dorothy get out of the colored school and go somewhere where she can be .ducated area she did no she went to boston girls' school. she was an amazing scholar there. from there, she went on to simmons college. when dorothy lived in boston, she lived with the remnants of ruffingh and family -- from girls high in 1915, she went to simmons college and then graduated from tufts medical school and graduated from college with honors in 1924. while at simmons she puts her tell into the civil rights -- toe into the civil rights water. she writes the most amazing essay about lynching. so amazing, it made the papers. colored girl writes on lynching, the headline says. she was a sophomore. she asked in this essay, how alive with thee cause of free to around them, at the same time, her americanism, her ideal of justice and mercy, has be

in norfolk -- booker t washington high school was placed on a partial lockdown this morning -- norfolk police say a student at the school overheard other bomb -- and told the school resource officer. police and fire crews responded -- but found nothing and started clearing the building. the lockdown was lifted shortly after. on the military watch -- are back home this morning. the cutter northland sailed morning. the coast guard during that time, the crew seized over 12-hundred month. if you drive the midtown we have a travel alert for you this weekend. as part of the elizabeth river tunnels project -- crews will be removing the elizabeth river trail pedestrian bridge. to do that - the midtown tunnel will be closed (in both directions from friday night at 8, through monday morning at 5. officials say --the pedestrian bridge will be replaced with a new bridge before the tunnel project is complete. ahead at 4 -- parents are outraged , when the high school wrestling team decides to raffle off a (gun ( -- why school officials say they can )t do anything about it. plus : after more than 50

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and the best thing booker t. washington said was no, i want the communities to build it. first these six schools were built and it was amazing. but from that it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south including maryland. east -- 8:00ht at eastern on c-span's q&a. president obama used his final state of the union to talk about the goals he has for the nation through and beyond his presidency. in his speech he highlighted economic stability, innovation, and scientific research, national security, and changing the tone of american politics. >> the president of the united states. [applause] president obama: happy new year. thank you. [applause] president obama: thank you. [applause] president obama: happy new year. [cheering] president obama: thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you so much. i believe these are for you. let's bring this to order here. [gavel] >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of representing to you, the president of the united states. -- presenting to you, the president of the united states. [applause] president o

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a documentary maker talks about her latest film about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african american communities in the south to build schools and bring education to children in rural america. said, sears puts together these it houses, why houses. just build kit i want thesaid no, communities to build it. and so first, the six schools were built. that was an amazing. but that morphed into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. announcer: that is sunday night .n c-span at 9:00 a.m. eastern, two u.s. house returns for work on a sanctions bill. president obama at the university of nebraska in omaha for speech on economic opportunity. then, a state of the state address. >> coming up, your reaction to last night's state of the union address will stop >> that's why i stand here as confident as i ever been, that the state of our union is strong. againpresident obama once describing the state of our union as strong and good morning, everyone. we will spend today's washington journal getting your reaction to the president's final state of the

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we had booker t. jones, who is in the rock-n-roll hall of fame. and willie weeks. and just a lot of soulful musicians that brought out what i really wanted to bring out in this record. and it was that kind of older, memphis -- a little bit on the gospel side every now and then. you get that timeless feel. that's kind of the vibe, i experience of this great collaboration. >> i think that any album of mine emotionally i always want to touch on every human emotion. and especially dinurg christmas. it is a roller coaster ride of emotions. i know for me, i get really, you know, sentimental, and then i get so happy because the kids are around and we're opening gifts. and then you start thinking back to your childhood. and, you know, sometimes you can get sad. and it's really for me personally always a roller coaster ride. i wanted to bring that out with the record. home for the holidays i believe i missed each and every thing come on and play funny things and turn on every love light in the place >> it's a song that not a lot of people have covered over and over again. i

we had booker t. jones, who is in the rock-n-roll hall of fame. and willie weeks. and just a lot of soulful musicians that brought out what i really wanted to bring out in this record. and it was that kind of older, memphis -- a little bit on the gospel side every now and then. you get that timeless feel. that's kind of the vibe, i guess, of the whole studio >> i think that any album of mine emotionally i always want to touch on every human emotion. and especially during christmas. it is a roller coaster ride of emotions. i know for me, i get really, you know, sentimental, and then i get so happy because the kids are around and we're opening gifts. and then you start thinking back to your childhood. and, you know, sometimes you can get sad. and it's really for me personally always a roller coaster ride. i wanted to bring that out with the record. home for the holidays i believe i missed each and every thing come on and play funny things and turn on every love light in the place >> it's a song that not a lot of people have covered over and over again. it's been cove

. >> sunday night, documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south and bring education. >> you know, puts together these kid houses and use the kid houses and the best things that he did was say no, i want the communities to build it. first the six schools were built and that is amazing. but from them, it went into 5,000 schools, all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 6:00 p.m.. you are watching c-span. it is state of the union night. we will speak with the senate historian and a political correspondent and live at 9:00, president obama delivers his final state of the union speech followed by the response. and 11:00, we'll reair the >> good evening and welcome to thean's live coverage of state of the union address. president and mrs. obama will if the white house for their brief ride to the capital. where shortly after 9 p.m. president obama will make his a jointport before session of congress. we will set the stage historically and politically and our cameras will show

documentary film maker talks about her latest film, about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. said, puts together these houses. the best thing booker washington -- to say i want the communities to build it, so the six schools were built and that was amazing, from then it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south including maryland appeared >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on to monday -- on q and a. eastern, a discussion about escalating tensions between iran and saudi arabia. after an execution of a shiite cleric. a live coverage of the has to and institute -- hudson institute. in an hour, robert woodson on the center for neighborhood enterprise will discuss the conservatives approach to reducing poverty in the united states. then we talk to radio host and author tavis smiley about his book the covenant with black america 10 years later. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ host: donald trump, ted cruz and the others, the he