staff travel to charlottesville, virginia 20 about it rich history. learn more about this at c-span.org/cities tour. you are with watching "american history tv." >> this weekend on american history tv come at 7:00 p.m. talks aboutrofessor the influence of early 19th naturalist and how we helped finer citizen science. >> it was artistic work. didas very good at what he and he did it with no binoculars, no field guides or iphone apps, and the proof is in the painting. >> at 8:00 on lectures in history, gettysburg allen guelzo on abraham lincoln, his views on slavery, and the dred scott supreme court decision. prof. guelzo: what is tony saying here? , not is now no restraint even the restraint of popular sovereignty on taking slaves into the territories. ceremony of the museum of american revolution in philadelphia with speakers including vice president joe biden -- former vice president joe biden and cokie roberts. >> it is my hope that this beautiful museum helps inspire those involved citizens in this very great country. because history has his eyes o

next, a visit to charlottesville virginia. you are watching american history tv. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by the creator to certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we are in the declaration gallery in the special collections library at the university of virginia. this gallery houses what we consider the best collection of documents and printings related to the american declaration of independence. it is the founding document of the united states of america, written by the founder of the university of virginia, thomas jefferson. as you enter the gallery, you will see the key item in the collection, something that took mr. smalls quite a few years before he had the chance to acquire it. this is one of 26 known copies of the very first printing of the declaration of independence printed on the evening of july 4, 1776, in philadelphia by printer john dunlap. it really is the key printing of american histo

that is probably as astonishing as anything. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia. to learn about its rich history/ learn more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. afterwards,n congressman ken buck of colorado, also a member of the freedom caucus discusses his book "drain the swamp: how washington corruption is worse than you think." >> when you arrive in heavy surroundings i described earlier, you get very comfortable in that situation. you don't want to give up those comforts. away continue to earn those comforts is to spend more money into grow government and not solve problems but to create programs and take credit for those programs, whether they are efficient or effective, it's a credit those -- to take credit for those programs. many numbers of congress are here. it's the best job ever had, the highest paying job and never had. get the job they don't want to give up. their reelection is more important than the actual problem solving bennies ago

long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of charlottesville, virginia. to learn more about the cities are current tour, visit /citiestour.rg the history ofh charlottesville. >> it's divided into three parts. there's the city, county of weemarle, and your virginia have separate local governments for our cities and counties, ending at the university of virginia. that really is the window through which you can understand ,ocal issues, local politics history. there really is that cooperation and attention that's going on between the three parts. i know it charlottesville because it's on the back of the nickel, monticello. >> that is correct, and as we speak, where driving toward monticello. that rise right there, the little mountain, as we call it. thomas jefferson was born here april 13, 1743. his father had moved adhere to the west. jefferson waster a survey or an co-opted -- co-authored what was the official new map of virginia, which at that time, there was nothing like it, it was the best macbook or junior. little tommy was raised on stories by this ma

a look at our recent visit to charlottesville, virginia. >> i call it a presidential cold case. there were always questions about this house. architects look at the little house and say that does not really look like a wing of a presidents house. similarities to other dependency buildings from other plantations. the questions were lingering. when i got here, there were answers to questions i did not quite fully understand. maybe it is just a willingness to say that i don't understand that. because maybe it is perfectly clear but i just don't understand. let's look further. we are standing now in the center of the spot where james monroe's original main house stood. this is where we discovered the well preserved foundations just below ground surface. we have covered cap while we are not excavating. that is how we preserve an archaeological site. we laid these down on the ground service to get a sense of the footprint of the house. it was laid specifically over the places that we have excavated and have identified the walls. it is also speculated a bit in between those spots. this

. >> welcome to charlottesville, virginia, on booktv. founded in 1762, charlottesville is the seed of albemarle county with a population of about 50,000. known for its rich history, this he attracts numerous people every year to explore monticel monticello, the home of thomas jefferson as well as the university of virginia founded by jefferson in 1819. with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts.

. >> our staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia, to learn about its rich history. arn more about charlottesville and other stops on this tour on c-span.org. you are watching american will history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. on "the civil war," author and professor timothy sedore focuses on civil war monuments. he spoke at the american civil war museum enrichment, virginia. -- in richmond, virginia. this is about 50 minutes. mr. rawls: ladies and gentlemen, our third speaker is dr. timothy s. sedore. he holds a doctorate in english

our stack recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia, to learn about its rich history. learn more about charlottesville and other stops on this tour on c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, providence college professor jeffrey johnson on the 1916 bombing in san francisco, the worst active terrorism in san francisco history. parade,an hour into the what the local press would deem the most pathetic result of the terrorism. >> look at the back. he is kneeling. he is loading film into his camera. watch the guy there. he just got it. >> sunday on american artifacts, we visit the portrait gallery of the second bank of the united states in philadelphia. >> we have the final arts exhibit where we include thetraits to tell story of what it was like to live in 18th century america, the world people knew and that the revolution built. >> historians discuss relationship between hamilton and washington. >> washington is a horse whispe

long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of charlottesville, virginia. to learn more about the cities on our tour, visit c-span.org /citiestour. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts. there is the city, the county of albro morrow and then you have the university of virginia, that really is the window through which you can understand local issues, local politics, history . there is that cooperation going on between the three parts. >> while in charlottesville we took a driving tour of the city. >> i know charlottesville because it's on the back of the nickel. monticello right? >> that's correct. as we speak were driving towards monticello. it is that rise right there, the little mountain and thomas jefferson was born here on april 13, 1743. his father had moved out here to the west to get land and his father peter jefferson was a surveyor. he actually co-authored, in 1751 peter jefferson co-authored what was the official new map of virginia. at that time it was nothing like it was the best map of virginia. so, little tommy was raised on stories

. >> welcome to charlottesville, virginia, on booktv. founded in 1762, charlottesville is the seed of albemarle county with a population of about 50,000. known for its rich history, this he attracts numerous people every year to explore monticel monticello, the home of thomas jefferson as well as the university of virginia founded by jefferson in 1819. with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts. there's the city. there's the county of albemarle which surrounds the city, and the virginia with separate local governments for cities and counties and vignette university of virginia. and that really is the window through which you can understand local issues, local politics, history. there really is that cooperation and attention of those goings on between the three-part. >> we took a driving tour of the city with radio and television host coy bar

. >> are cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia to learn about its rich history. when more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. americanatching history tv come all we can, every weekend come on c-span3. >> american history

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia you'd learn more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> next on american history tv, we hear a panel of historians on the relationship between alexander hamilton and george washington. they will talk about thomas jefferson's opposition to hamilton's federalist party platform and how hamilton's immigrant experience affected his political views. they also explain how hamilton have helped shift washington's opinion of slavery. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. programht's

next, a visit to charlottesville virginia. you are watching american history tv. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by the creator to certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we are in the declaration gallery in the special collections library at the university of virginia. this gallery houses what we consider the best collection of documents and printings related to the american declaration of independence. it is the founding document of the united states of america,

people who essentially made his life possible. , our hope you tune in cities tour heading to charlottesville, virginia, home to thomas jefferson and the university of virginia. you can check out all of our programs online anytime. we want to welcome dean chang, with the heritage foundation. good morning. thank you for being with us. we begin with this show of strength. this is from "the washington post" this morning. yesterday in pyongyang millions in the main square watching the parade of military arsenal. your reaction to what you saw yesterday? guest: not surprising. this is a major holiday. it's commemorating the 105th bifert day of the founder of the regime. north korea has ruled through a dynastic succession. this is actually the grandson of the founder, and this is always an opportunity for them to display their latest military equipment and hardware, both in order to try to intimidate the united states but also aimed at, in a sense, reinforcing the image of strength that the kim family has always tried to project. host: since a few hours after this show of strength, there is confirmation of no

. >> watch c-span cities tour of charlottesville, virginia at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2:00 pm on american history tv on c-span3 working with cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. >> freshman congressman trey hollingsworth represent indiana's ninth congressional district, the seat was previously held by senator todd young. we spoke to congressman hollingsworth as part of a series of interviews we are conducting with new members of congress. this is 10 minutes. >> trey hollingsworth representing the ninth district of indiana, a republican. what did you do before coming to congress? >> been in business my entire career. i renovated and repositioned all manufacturing facilities taking to capital facilities and turning them around, repositioning them, rehabilitating them, making them if i mentally cleaning them up and helping manufacturers, distributors grow in america versus going overseas. i did that for ten years and moved into manufacturing businesses trying to figure out how to create more opportunities not only in the marketplace but for employees

cities tour, along with the help of our cable partners will explore the literary scene of charlottesville virginia. visited the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner, nobel prize winner and uba's first writer in residence. >> many have come from uba sources. we have the typewriter he was by the university. as you look at the jacket, it is pretty torn up and ratty. left his jacket hanging in his office when he went on his last trip to mississippi when he passed away. travel to monticello. >> if you visited monticello 20 years ago you would have just seen jefferson's neoclassical villa. we wanted to restore the landscape. thing you would have likely seen would be enslaved people. there would be no place that slavery was not visible. we want to make that known to visitors who come here today. >> explores challenge -- >> as lyndon johnson said when he became president, no matter how big you are a majority you get one year before the congress starts think -- stops thinking about you and starts thinking about themselves, their own reelection. in january of your second year, all

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watch c-span seats were of charlottesville virginia, saturday at noon eastern insistence to the tv and on the afternoon at two pm on american american history tv entry. working with our cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country hear some of the programs this holiday weekend on the fan. saturday at eight pm eastern a massive briefing on the discovery of seven earthlike planet orbiting a new four-star. were currently using the hubble space telescope to study the planet and the system to and if they have hydrogen, helium apps years followed by a discussion on the pros and cons of genetically modified food. posted by public square in los angeles to those of us who do this think that all plans are gm owes. there's actually nothing that you buy in your grocery stores whether organic or conventional that hasn't been genetically modified eastern sunday from the last four presidents. then a visit to the african-american history museum in washington. you know, i i knew the nation was thirsting for the museum but i have to confess, i didn't know that the reaction would be the positiv

. >> book tv is in charlottesville, virginia, home of the virginia festival of the books. up next, we take you to the festival's headquarters to speak with bess macy about her book, truevine. >> george and willie muse were two african-american brothers born around the turn of the central with al binism. they were kidnapped and whisked away to the circus side show because of their differences and this is a story about the mother, harriet muse, who risked her life, i would say, to get them back and also then to get justice for her family. if you talked to anyone who was african-american in roanoke over the age of 60 they would have remembered hearing this story. they nt would have known if it was true per se, but they would have been grown up, especially if they're going to a circus or a carnival. the mother would have said stay together or you might get kidnapped like george and willie. they were born around 1900 in a share cropper farm in a crossroads called truevine and most americans worked in share cropping and tobacco. it's tough time for american families, not long af

guest: absolutely, thank you, so i am first generation nigerian american, i was born in charlottesville, virginiaxtremely blessed. i was fortunate enough to play american football at university of notre dame, and was then drafted by marvin lewis, and the cincinnati bengals. that is how i made cincinnati my home, and since 2007. >> armstrong: so how did you make the transformation from the playingfield to building inner cities. you decided that you wanted to come home. >> guest: absolutely. >> armstrong: you made sin your home and what you are be -- cincinnati your home and what you have been able to do, in the footage that we filmed during our time it's incredible. how is it that one man can make such a difference in their community. >> guest: i had a professor in notre dame, business professor, and he said that the key to many deals you can do or were it not of the people. i focused on building relationships, and i've always been extremely fascinated by real estate, so when i started making a little bit of money, i made my first investment in 2008, and then as professional athlete, you know, we

and the help of our comcast cable partners will explore the literary scene in history of charlottesville, virginia today at minister and we visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner, the first writer in residence. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts. we have the typewriter he is issued by the university with university property stamp on the back. we have a jacket that he wore. you can see when you look at the jacket it is torn out and ready. he like to keep his close for a long time. he left the jacket hanging in his office when he went on his last trip to oxford, mississippi when he passed away. >> at 2:00 p.m. eastern will travel to thomas jefferson's monist monticello. you would've seen the beautiful classical villa. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery. if you come up this mountain top in jefferson's time, the first thing you would've seen most likely would be the enslaved people. there would have been no place on this mountain top that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we will visi

charlottesville. how are you. >> all right. yes, you can clap. welcome to the virginia festival of the book and the panel discussion, a hot discussion this afternoon. questions, expertise.

are cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia to learn about its rich history. learn more about charlottesville and other stops in our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv. harriet tubman was born a slave in dorchester county, maryland in 1922. she escaped in 1849 but returned many times to help her family and friends escape. the maryland park service and the national park service partnered in creating the harriet tubman underground railroad visitor center located in the county where tubman was born. next, the opening ceremony of the harriet tubman underground railroad visitor center. we hear from state and local officials in commemoration of the abolitionist, humanitarian and civil war spy. it is just over an hour. >> good afternoon. yes, my name is okmofo doctor adwoa tano. it is a pleasure for me to be here to open up today's great occasion with a libation.

. >> watch the tort of charlottesville, virginia at noon eastern on c-span 2's booktv. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. theow, a discussion on obama regulations. host: joining us now is lisa gilbert, vice president of public affairs for public citizen. she is here to discuss the congressional review act rolling back obama-era regulations on the environment, gun ownership, and other legislation. thanks for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: explain a little bit what the congressional review act is. guest: it is an antiquated law. that newtich -- gingrich passed. what it says is you can roll back any regulations that an agency creates within 60 legislative days. it was intended to be a check on what they call out of control pure craddick -- bureaucratic agencies. it was used once to date. we are seeing a blitz of regulatory rollbacks in this administration and congress. host: a little bit more about that act. it was signed into law in 1996. it allows congress to eliminate rules within the final six months of the admi

tour along with the help of comcast cable partners will discover literary scenes of char -- charlottesville, virginia . >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts, of course, at uva, many that have come from uva sources. among other things the typewriter issued by the university even with the university property stamp on the back. we have a jacket that he wore. as you can see, when you look at the jacket, it's pretty torn up and ratty. he like today keep his clothes for a long time. he left his jacket hanging in his office whent he went on his last trip to oxford, mississippi when he passed away. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, whether he travel to thomas jefferson montecelo. >> you have seen jefferson's classical villa. but what we wanted to do is change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery because if you had come up with this mountain in jefferson's time, no place on this mountain top people that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we will also visit the miller center at the bruifort of virginia

west chester beat out other places like berkeley, california and charlottesville, virginia. >>> wow!> yeah. >>> all right. a rare animal is born and, no, it's not a giraffe. >> a reindeer has given birth to mail off and on. brook field zoo in illinois welcomed newest member of app mal family on wednesday. be seen walking about and being loved on by his momma. weighing in about 7 pounds, not yet named, the fawn is the first reindeer birth at the zoo sips 1980. >> meantime, april the giraffe has still not given birth. new york's animal adventure park says everything is normal and well the giraffe, well we'll continue to wait for the birth of her fourth calf. the zoo has been live streaming the giraffe since, yes, february. zoo coopers had thought she was going to be born in late march so the waiting continues. >> waiting and waiting. millions are watching. ba tock your fox 29 wet authority now. let's take you book back outside a live look at ben franklin parkway. likely to be lots of people out enjoying the beautiful friday night. so what can we expect for the holiday weekend. meteorol

along with help of our comcast cable partners will explore the literary scene and history of charlottesville virginia. on book tv weave is at the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner, nobel prize winner and writer in residence. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts from the first time at uva. among other things we have the typewriter that he was issued by the university, even with the stamp on the back. we have a jacket that he wore, as you can see, it's pretty torn up and ready. he like to keep us close for a long time. he left this jacket hanging in his office when he went on his last trip to oxford mississippi back on sunday two pm eastern on american history tv will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello >> if you had visited monticello say 20 years ago you would have come up the mountain and you would have just seen the beautiful neoclassical villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape slavery. if you had come up the mountain top in jefferson's time time the first thing you would have seen was enslaved people. there would have bee

she lives in charlottesville virginia. virginia woolf once said anonymous and history was usually a woman. let me say that again. anonymous in history was usually a woman. tonight these brilliant women are anonymous no more thanks to her book hidden figures. may the names of catherine johnson, mary jackson, doctor christine and the other women that contributed to the space race and changed the course of history finally received their due. a few housekeeping notes i want to remind everyone that her talk is going to be here and take place atakesplace at the museums in the great hall. c-span asked me to say because they are filming they asked for no flash photography so if you u want to take a picture just turn your flash off and pleas pleasee numbered to silence or phones. you. tonight margo is doing just that, making history. it is our pleasure and honor to introduce a margo lee .. my home church where i grew up and i was sitting in a pew with my parents robert and margaret lee who are here and my husband aaron shetterly and

cities tour along with our comcast cable partners will explore the literacy and history of charlottesville, virginiatoday at noon eastern on booktv, we visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner, novell rise winner and uva's first writer and resident. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts, of course, from time at uva. we have the typewriter he was issued by the university, even with the university property staff on the back. .e have a jacket that he wore as you can see, when you look at the jacket, it is pretty torn up and ratty. he likes to keep his clothes for a long time. he left this jacket hanging in his office when he went on his last trip to oxford, mississippi when he passed away. 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you have visited monticello, say, 20 years ago, you would have just seen jefferson's beautiful new classical villa, but what we wanted to do to change that, we remnants restore the of slavery, because if you come up this mountaintop and jefferson's time, the first thing you would've seen

he'll make that ten outside charlottesville, virginia, next week. every american has had the opportunity to participate in the celebration of our nation's parks. they are free of charge this saturday and sunday. anyone who's interested in finding a local park or information can go to nps.gov. and finally i know moments ago the president announced he'll be holding a press conference next thursday to discuss the progress that's being made on behalf of our nation's veterans. we'll have further updates on the guidance for next week. with that, glad to take a few of your questions. john? >> couple of unrelated topics. first of all, georgia's 6th congressional district, the fact ossoff pulled in five or six percent more than they thought, there's a lot of moderates beginning to emerge in the south to a greater degree, that the republican party needs to pay attention to. i don't imagine that the outcome of the runoff is in that much question, but does senator graham have something there the republican party needs to pay attention to changing demographics?

tour along with the help of our comcast cable partners with his -- explore the history of charlottesville, virginiasaturday at new eastern, we visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner. >> we have a lot of wonderful atifacts from his time virginia. among other things, we have a typewriter he was issued by the university. we have a jacket he wore. at virginia. as you can see, it is pretty torn up and ready. he likes to keep his clothing for a long time. he left his jacket on his office when he went to his lester in oxford, mississippi. >> onas you can american historo to thomas jefferson in monticello. ago andsited 20 years he would have seen jefferson beautiful villa. what we want to do was change that. we wanted to explore the landscape because if you had come up in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen was likely would be enslaved people. there was the place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. forant to restore that visitors coming today. >> we will visit the miller center of the university of virginia to learn about their first year p

>> our staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia, to learn about its rich history. learn more about charlottesville and other stops on this tour on c-span.org. you are watching american will history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. on "the civil war," author and professor timothy sedore focuses on civil war monuments. he spoke at the american civil war museum enrichment, virginia. -- in richmond, virginia. this is about 50 minutes. mr. rawls: ladies and gentlemen, our third speaker is dr. timothy s. sedore. he holds a doctorate in english education, a masters in religious studies and masters of divinity and theological studies. so far, we got a museum person, a lawyer, and a you load in. -- and a theologian. he brings the perspective of a scholar who pays close attention to the power of words. all of the monuments and our collective commemorative landscape have back stories, stories of individuals or groups who decided to write the words on them that we see today. dr. sedore's 2011 book "an illustrated guide to virginia's civil war monuments" is the first c

long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of charlottesville, virginia. to learn more about the cities on our tour, visit c-span.org /citiestour.

this weekend, see spent city tour will explore the literary scene and history of charlottesville virginia visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts from his time at uva, many who have come from sources here. we have a typewriter he was issued by the university. we have a jacket he wore. as you can see it's pretty torn up and ready. he liked to keep his close for a long time. he left this jacket hanging in his office when he went on his last trip to oxford mississippi when he passed away - on sunday on american history to be, we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello >> if you had visited 20 years ago, you would have just seen the neoclassical villa but what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery because if you had come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time, the person you would've seen would have been enslaved people. there would've been no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. we wanted to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today.

from charlottesville, virginia. thank you for today. i've been hearing the word "reconciliation", often in different ways. my question of -- is about the growing reconciliation movement in the united states to grapple with legacies of racial harm. as we hear more and more calls for reconciliation, we're going to have to grapple more with what that means. i have been hearing from several reconciliationm being used more in the context -- civilwar museums war memorials. so, my question is, as the u.s. tries to figure out what reconciliation might mean, what you think the interpretation or reinterpretation of civil war might mean, especially in a conversation about how it has repair reconciliation to racial harm? coleman: first of all, one of the things that has been annoying to me is we tend to place white supremacy as a solely southern phenomenon. in fact, it's part of the reason why the white north and the white south were able to reconcile and frame this narrative of brother against brother, ok? so, the idea of reconciliation, the quest

>> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia you'd learn more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> next on american history tv, we hear a panel of historians on the relationship between alexander hamilton and george washington. they will talk about thomas jefferson's opposition to hamilton's federalist party platform and how hamilton's immigrant experience affected his political views. they also explain how hamilton have helped shift washington's opinion of slavery. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. program is a lecturer in american history. carl for his wonderful support, and it was like to recognize a few other people in the auditorium cured the heart of our public programs, as i think you all know, is the bernard and irene schwartz distinguished speaker series. start the also helped classic film series, now in its fifth year. it is growing and growing. swartz,chwartz -- mr. thank you so much. let's give him a hand. [applause] recogn

jan crawford has the story from charlottesville, virginia. >> reporter: this statue of robert e.as put up nearly 100 years ago but here as in other cities across the south these confederate symbols now are at the center of a bitter debate about how we define our past as we move forward as a nation. they're relics of a painful past. memorials to a war. generals whose names are etched in history. stonewall jackson, robert e. lee. >> lee must go! lee must go! >> reporter: but now there are new battlegrounds, from charlottesville to new orleans. confederate monuments have been vandalized, and some cities have voted to remove them. all part of a public debate over whether these statues memorialize racism. >> symbolism matters. >> when you say symbolism matters, that's a symbol of what? >> it's a symbol in my personal opinion of white supremacy and it's a symbol we cannot have in the middle of our city. >> reporter: charlottesville city councilman wes bellamy has led the fight to move the town's statue of robert e. lee. but opponents led by attorney charles webber argue the statue symb

. >> this weekend, c-span cities literary explore the scene and history of charlottesville, virginia. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts from faulkner's time at uva, many that came from uva sources. we have the typewriter that he was issued by the university. we have a jacket that he wore. when you look at the jacket, it is pretty torn up and ready. he likes to keep his close for a long time just clean -- keep his clothes for a long time. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, .e will travel to monticello >> if you had visited monticello 20 years ago, you would've come up the mountain and seen jeffersons beautiful classical novella -- develop. if you had come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have people.ld be enslaved there would've been no place on --s mountaintop that slavery we want to restore that and make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we want to -- we will also visit the miller center at the u

this weekend the city tour will explore the literary scene and history of charlottesville virginia. saturday at noon on the tv. we visit the university of virginia to see their net on william faulkner in the first writer in residence. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts from his time. among other things, we have a typewriter he was issued by the university, even with the property stamp on the back. we have a jacket that he wore, as you can see, the jacket is torn up and ready, he likes to keep his close for a long time. he left this jacket hanging on his office when he went on his last trip to oxford mississippi when he passed away. we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you had visited monticello 20 years ago, you would have come up and just seen jefferson's beautiful neoclassical villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery because if you had come up this mountain top in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen would be enslaved people. there would have been no place on this mountaintop that slavery was

charlottesville. how are you. >> all right. yes, you can clap. welcome to the virginia festival of the book and the panel discussion, a hot discussion this afternoon. questions, expertise. not just for news junkies. we would like to thank the city of charlottesville for providing the venue and we want to welcome all of our viewers on c-span and charlottesville's own tv ten. during the question-and-answer portion, we ask that you please wait for microphone to be brought to you so you may be recorded. stay tuned, the q&a is coming up. i want to introduce our wonderful panel of authors. we are not in washington. we are in charlottesville but these are some of the top reporters and thinkers that really delve into politics. we've got a panel for you today. anna start off with my friend frank who is the author of ask more, the power of questions to answer doors and uncover solutions. his old former white house correspondent and washington bureau chief and has interviewed dozens of world leaders including five u.s. presidents but i believe it might be six with that one.or of h

a reminder, this weekend we head down to charlottesville, virginia. home to thomas jefferson's monticello.

the city tour of charlottesville virginia. on book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on c-span3. cableg with our affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> american history tv, the cultural services division of the french embassy in new york city hosted a discussion about the 1986 nuclear weapons summit between president ronald reagan and soviet premier gorbachev. this is an hour. --sitting on my left and speaking about this book. [indiscernible] you have worked for the new york times the daily news. in america , and around the world. you have been in 85 countries. and you are also an author. you have written three books, and the last one is on the table. and now i let you discuss this reykjavik summit. [indiscernible] [applause] >> thank you very much for hosting this event this evening with the extraordinary man next to me, the author of a great book, reagan and gorbachev, the summit of 1986. as it happened, i was a reporter. let me start off with a little personal anecdote. in january 1981, president reagan was about be sworn in as president for his first term. i ha

. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia to learn about its rich history. learn more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. recently, american history tv was at the annual meeting in denver colorado. professors,h authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> he is best known for his "liesatively titled book, my teacher told me." "lies across america." war knowof the civil him for his collection of primary source documents. in 1971's first book is derived from his harvard dissertation. mississippi, conflict and change was the subject of a court decision articulating the right to read. he taught race relations at the university of vermont and previously in mississippi. he has recently been a professor of sociology at catholic university in washington. today, every monument tells a tale of three eras, implications. james and gentlemen, dr. w. loewen . . >> i am delighted to be here. involved i have bee

stories first published in 1844 in a fiction aloe case situated to the south and west of charlottesville, virginia. he titled this short story the ragged mountains and it's interesting partly because it's the only short story poe set in virginia despite having attended university here, or in at that point virginia. those hills, those ragged mountains, according to the main characters of the story were a place of dreary isolation. and were steeped in a, quote, solitude that seemed absolutely virgin. the narrator feared the area because of local tales regarding the, quote, uncouth and fierce races of men who tended to their groves and caverns. this early gothic rendering of appalachia touches on two themes that would become mainstays of outside perceptions of the region and its people. first, the mountains are geographically isolated, and this becomes a key factor in the development of the hillbilly stereotype. second, the geographic isolation of the region shelters the people of the mountains from modernity. three modern traditions according to those who subscribe to this image, survive in isolatio

tour on with the help of our cable partners will explore the literary scene and history of charlottesville, virginia. we visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner and the first writer in residence. >> a lots of wonderful artifacts from falconers time. many have even come from sources. the typewriter he was issued by the university even with the university property stamp on the back. i jacket that he wore. it is pretty torn up and ready. he likes to keep his close for a long time. he left his jacket hanging and his office when he went on his last trip to oxford, mississippi when he passed away. on american history tv, we will travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you had visited monticello seenars ago, you had just his new beautiful classical villa. we wanted to change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery. if you had come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time the first thing you would have seen was the enslaved people. no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that. make that known to visitors who come here

next a look at our visit to charlottesville, virginia.

weekend, c-span's cities tour and the help of comcast will explore the scene and history of charlottesville, virginia. saturday at noon eastern on booktv. we visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts from faulker in's time the uva. we have this a typewriter, and we have jacket he worn. it is torn up and ratty. he left it hanging in the office when he went to oxford, mississippi, when he passed away. >> on sunday on american history tv, we'll travel to thomas jefferson's monticello. >> if you visited monticello 20 years ago you would you have just seen jefferson's beautiful villa. but what we wanted to do is change that. we wanted to restore the landscape in slavery. if you came hereafter in jefferson's time the first thing you would see is enslaved people. no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. and we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who come here today. >> we'll also visit the miller center the university of virginia to learn about their first year project which explores challenges u.s. pres