has changed and what the future for formerthan governor, former mayor of the city of richmond, douglas wilder. [applause] >> before we bring up the former governor, i want to say a couple of words. as we talked about many times this semester, we have a great resource here at the wilder school, we are close to the state capital and not far from washington, d.c. as a graduate student here, i took advantage of the applied nature of this. i hope that you are getting some of that and exploring richmond neighborhoods for your final project. eating into the community, interviewing people, talking about the history of neighborhoods from folks on the ground. we know that is a really important thing. further, just a reminder that the wilder school that many of you are part of has a center for public policy that offers research and technical expertise to individuals, to local governments, private institutions. they are looking at exploring their cities and local governments like we are doing in this class. this semester you have heard from the woman in charge of richmond's master plan about what we want

[applause] >> douglas wilder was the first african-american elected as governor in u.s. history serving virginia from 1990 to 1994. next on lectures in history, mr. wilder is a guest speaker at a virginia commonwealth university class. he reflects on five decades of involvement in state and local politics, which also included terms as a state senator, lieutenant governor, and richmond mayor. >> let's see. all semester, we have been talking about richmond. the name of the class, uncovering richmond. we've been talking about the history and that geology -- in the geography. about theld you dramatic events that have happened in the past 300 years. we also said we would have guest speakers it would bring to class something we can't bring, their personal experiences. their personal experiences and richmond. i cannot imagine a better person to talk about his personal experiences in richmond, how it has changed, and what the future than ourd then our -- former governor and our former mayor of richmond. [applause] before we bring up the former governor, i just what to say couple

. >> douglas wilder was the first african-american elected as governor in u.s. history, serving virginia from 1990 to 1994. next, all lectures in history, mr. wilder is a guest speaker at a virginia commonwealth university class, looking at the political history of the state capital of richmond area he reflects on five decades of involvement in state and local politics, which also included terms as a state senator, lieutenant governor, and schmidt's mayor. this class is about 70 minutes -- and richmond's mayor. this class is about 70 minutes. >> all semester, we have been talking about richmond. class --of the uncovering richmond. we talk about the history, the history, geography, political events that have happened in this town. we told you that it is an interdiction to all the turmeric events that have happened over the past almost 300 years. it have guest speakers who would bring to class something that the two of us can bring, their personal experiences. their personal experiences and richmond. i can't imagine a better person to talk about his personal exper

tv on c-span three, saturday at 8 pm eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition that i use in politics and anyone can guess what that is. i say one word. that defines politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal which doesn't involve money. >> eight at 10 am on the west point center for oral history, henry had thomas, the combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, that user that was your military service , you hoped would confirm your bona fides. the first class red-blooded american citizen and title ii. >> at 4 pm on real america, with the cpap conference in washington dc next week we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation and a move towards privatizationhave met . it's meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history and i can guarantee you they won't want to throw that awa

eastern, former virginia governor douglas wilder. >> i have a definition i use for politics.hat that is what that is? funny. -- money. eastern, at 10 a.m. from the west point center for oral history, henry thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my father served in world war i, world war ii. , youur military service hoped that would confirm your bona fides as a first-class, red-blooded american citizen. the cpac conference in washington, d.c., we look back to 1988 when ronald reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. president reagan: the american people know what deregulation and move toward privatization has meant. it has meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history, and i can guarantee you will not throw that away for a return to being beholden to the liberal special interests. >> watch american history tv all weekend on c-span3. >> sunday night on "after hiss," ira schapiro with book "broken: can the senate save itself and the country?" he is interviewed by former senate majority leader tom daschle. >> politics was supposed to be about overcoming differences throug

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eastern on lectures and history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? i said one word would define politics. money. give me something that is a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center from oral history, henry "hank" thomas a combat medic in the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fides as a first class , red-blooded american citizen, entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america with the cpac conference in washington, d.c. next week, we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have meant. it's meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history and i can guarantee you, they don't want to throw that away fo

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eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? money. [laughter] something that is a proposition before any tribunal that does not involve money. announcer: sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the rest point center of world history, a combat medic during the vietnam war. my father served in world war ii. for a black man, whenever you was your military service, you hope, would confirm your bona fides as a red-blooded american citizen. 4:00 p.m. on "railamerica," we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. the americangan: people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and move toward privatization have meant. it has meant the largest peacetime in our history. they do not want to throw that away for budgets beholden to liberal special interests. announcer: every weekend on c-span3. this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes you to lynchburg, virginia, located along the james river. it is home to both liberty un

eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? and i've said one word would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history, henry hank thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man. whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fides as a first-class, red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america, with the cpac conference in washington, d.c. next week, we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have meant. it's meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history. and i can guarantee you they won't want to throw

[applause] >> douglas wilder was the first african-american elected as governor in u.s. history serving virginia from 1990 to 1994. next on lectures in history, mr. wilder is a guest speaker at a virginia commonwealth university class. he reflects on five decades of involvement in

douglas wilder was the first african-american elected as governor in u.s. history, serving virginia from 1990 until 1994. next on lectures in history, mr. while there is a guest speaker at a virginia commonwealth university classic king at the political history of the state capital. he reflects on five decades of involvement in state and local politics, which includes terms as lieutenant governor, senator and mayor. the class is about 70 minutes. >> all right, let's see.

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former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia wealth university. >> i have a definition i use for politics. can anyone guess what it is? on word will define politics -- one word will define politics. money. give me something that is a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on the west point center for oral history henry hank thomas. a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man whenever you served it was your military service you hope would confirm as a first-class, red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america. inh the cpac conference washington, d.c., we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have been. it has meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history. they won't want to throw that a way for a return to budgets. host: watch american history tv every weekend on c-spa

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eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is, and i've said one word would define politics. money. give me something that's a prob session before any tribunal that doesn't involve mono pep. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history. henry "hank" thomas, a combat veteran during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war ii. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fides as a first-class, red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america with the cpac conference we look back in 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation and the move toward privatization has meant. it's meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history and i can guarantee you, they won't want to turn that away for a return to b

former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? one word. would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history. henry "hank" thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man. whenever you served it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fideys as a first class red-blooded american citizen in title too. >> at 4:00 p.m., on real america, with the cpac conference in washington, d.c., next week, we look back to 1988, when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation and the move toward privatization have meant. it's meant the largest peace-time expansion in our history. and i can guarantee you they won't want to throw that away for a return to budgets beholde

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by douglas wilder, the first african-american elected as governor in u.s. history. he served virginia from 1990 to 1994. here's a preview. movementted a petition the mayor not elected by the majority of the council, but by the -- but to be the authoritarian leader of the city to be elected by the people at large, all of the people. out, and i pointed know john spoke about it as well . what john might not have told you is, not a single political leaders supported the movement. not one. , no.rusade for voters the naacp, no. the elected leadership, down. nobody anywhere supported it. when we asked the city council would you at least put the measure on the ballots so that the people can decide, whether they wanted or not, would you allow the people to vote on it? they did not do that. tim kaine was the mayor of the city. i said, tim, can you work something out to at least put it on the ballot to people can decide it. he said i can only get four votes, not five, majority to do it. what we had to do was go out and get the people to sign the petition. if you get the percen

former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i had a one-word definitionhat i used for politics, can anyone guess what that is? and i said one word would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition in its tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history, henry hank thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fides as a first class red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4 p.m. on real america, with the cpap-- cpac conference we look where president reagan spoke at a cpac dinnerments we know the american people with tax cuts, prove toward privatization has meant, it's meant the largest peace time expansion in our history and i can guarantee you they won't want to turn that away for a bucket beholden to the special interests. >> watch every weekend on c-span 3. >> this weekend, the c-span ci

eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? and i've said one would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history, henry "hank" thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fides as a first class, red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m., on "reel america" we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have meant.

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eastern on lectures and history, former virginia governor douglas wilder. >> i have a one word definition use for politics. and anyone guess what that is? i said one word would define politics. money. give me something that is a proposition before any tribunal that does not involve money? eastern, at 10:00 p.m. henry hank thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm first-classdes as a red-blooded american citizen. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america, the cpac conference in washington dc next week, we look back to 1988 and president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what tax cuts, deregulation, and the move to privatization have meant. it has meant the largest expansion in our history, and i can guarantee you, they will not want to throw that away to budgets beholden to liberal special interests. watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> today congressman adam schiff, the lead democra

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eastern unlike shares in history, douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a onedefinition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what it is? the one word that would define politics? money. give me something that is a proposition before any tribunal that does not involve money. at 10:00 a.m. eastern at the west point center for oral history henry hank thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. man,s, for a black whenever you served it was your military service you hope would fidese as a bona first-class red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> with the cpac conference in washington town next week we look at 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner, american people know what limited government, tax cuts, de regulation have meant. the largest piece-time expansion guarantee they won't want to throw that away to budgets beholden to the liberal special-interests. >> every weekend on c-span3. series's history landmark cases returned with 12 new supreme court cases. each week e

eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? and i've said one word would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, from the west point center for oral history, henry hank thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service, you hope, would confirm your bona fides as a first-class, red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m., on "real america" with the cpac conference in washington, d.c. next week, we look back to 1988, when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have meant. it's meant the largest peace-time expansion in our history. and i can guarantee you, they won't want t

eastern on lectures in history former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i had a one word definition that i use for politics -- can anyone guess? i said one word to define politics. money. give me something that the proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history, henry hank thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i, my father served in world war ii, always for a black man whenever you served it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fide as a first class to, red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america with the seatback conference in washington dc next week we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a seatback dinner. >> the american people know what limited government tax cuts deregulation and a move toward privatization event. it meant the largest expansion in our history and i can guarantee you they won't want to throw that away for a return to [inaudible] to b

eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i had a one-word definition that i used for politics. can anyone guess what that is, and i've said one word would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history, henry hank tom a a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service you hoped were bona fides as a first-class red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america with the cpac conference in washington, d.c. next week, we look back to 1988 when president reagan worked at a cpac dinner. the american people know what limited government, tax cut, deregulation and the move toward privatization had meant. it's meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history and i can guarantee you, they won't want to turn that away for a return

eastern on "lectures in history," douglas wilder. >> i have a definition i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? word wouldould -- no define politics. money.' doesn'tsomething that involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on the west point center for oral history. henry hanks thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. for a black man, wherever you served, it was your military service you hoped would confirm first-class,e red-blooded american citizen entitled. >> at 4:00 p.m. on "real america," with a conference in washington dc next week, we look back on 1888 when a president reagan spoke at a dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the lean toward privatization meant. he'ss been the largest time expansion in our history, they want to throw it away with a return to budgets. >> watch american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. earlier today, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announced charges against 13 russian nationals and t

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eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one-word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? and i said one word would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, from the west point center for oral history, henry "hank" thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fides as a first-class red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m. on real america, with the cpac conference in washington, d.c. next week, we look back to 19 88 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization meant. it's meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history, and i can guarantee you they won't

douglas was feeding the documentation and all this stuff from the supreme court. >> he was an environmentalist but how was he getting this stuff? >> he was a member of the wilderness society in 1935 they were writing these two books called my wilderness essay after essay and everyone would come through and be the leading stopgap environmentalist so i got into a debate about the art of refuge in alaska and he went camping to come back and then to tell eisenhower they were not friends at this time. he told him we've got to save space. he was doing those kind of things behind the scenes of ti time. once in a while we have someone like scott berg told us in his wonderful introductory talk about the library of america volume on writing in world war i or the chance to give voices to others. in my life i used to get to that influence he has a boy growing up when i became a part of the establishment i diestablishmente century club in new york or something with arthur celestine sure junior he's never going to be in the pantheon. it's used to annoy yo me to no d because i knew that it was a special novel and not just the other books like the shins of cody and big sur so i s

douglas who was doing a documentation and ddt and all of this was playing in court. >> he was an environmentalist but how was he getting this information? >> because he was a member of the wildernessociety which was created in 1935 and he started going all over the country writing these two books called my wilderness. everybody would come through and he came up the leading stopgap environmental figure. yesterday i talked to karl rove about the arctic refuge. to come back and to tell eisenhower, they weren't friends at the time. bill douglas was a democrat. he was doing those kinds of things all the time. the person i think we have an obligation to once in a while like scott hurd told us in his introductory talk about the library of america writing in world war i or chance to give voices to others, in my life the book that is to me as a boy growing up which is jack kerouac on the road. when i became part of the establishment i was at the century club in new york and jack kerouac, a bomb. he's never going to be in the pantheon of greats. the whole council of foreign relations people, what are you doing kerouac for? it used to annoy me to no end because i knew on the road was a speci

eastern on lectures and history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? i said one word would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, from the west point center for oral history. henry hank thomas a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served servedn world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm your bonafides as a first class, red-blooded american citizen in title too. >> at 4:00 p.m. on, "real america," with the cpac conference in washington, d.c. next week we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have meant. it has meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history. i can guarranty you, they won't want to throw t

. >> douglas wilder was the first african-american elected as governor in u.s. history, serving virginia from 1990 to 1994. next, all lectures in history, mr. wilder is a guest speaker at a virginia commonwealth university class, looking at the political history of the state capital of richmond area he reflects on five decades of involvement in state and local politics, which also included terms as a state senator, lieutenant governor, and schmidt's mayor. this class is about 70 minutes -- and richmond's mayor. this class is about 70 minutes. >> all semester, we have been talking about richmond. class --of the uncovering richmond. we talk about the history, the history, geography, political even t