world war i centennial commission. we have the former vice chair that looks back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. he's joined by matthew naylor, who heads the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city. watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> next on reel america, use of force model. a 1993 federal law enforcement training center video that uses a dramatized labor protest to show police how and when to respond when the situation becomes violent. ♪♪ >> i don't care what they say. i don't have a job anymore anyway. i've been waiting to do this. >> come on, come on. >> save our jobs. save our jobs. save our jobs. >> 610, i've got four demonstrators are signs at the south entrance. i'm going out to see if i can disperse them. >> folks, folks, my name is officer bryson. can you call quiet down so we can talk about this? >> save our jobs. >> you can't gather in this area. there are other areas for you to demonstrate. you just ca

in 2014 congress created the centennial commission. back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. and details the quest to create the dc memorial. he's joined by matthew naylor who heads the national world war i memorial in kansas city. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> on july 23rd, 1967, detroit erupted in five days of rioting and violence sparked by a police raid on an illegal bar and fuelled by long simmering racial tensions. wxyz tv was there to record the events as they unfolded. next on american history tv, a half hour documentary showing the events of that week. some viewers may find portions of this program disturbing. >> on july 23rd, 1967, detroit was hit by a riot. we said it couldn't happen, but it did, and the nation was

as matt knows well, when congress created the world war i centennial commission, you know, the commission is a federal agency, given emissions by the congress and given no money to execute that mission. so, we had to start out raising our own money, likewise the memorial has been funded primarily by private funds. in the way of washington, all these memorials, some federal money winds of making its way into it one way or another. the bulk of it has been private funding, i think. that was the fourth challenge. if i had known all that 12 years ago, i don't know if i would've taken this project on. but we took it one step at a time and, a lot of people put their time and energy into it and it paid off. >> then, in 12 years, i think that is really quite fantastic, isn't it? that it is being accomplished within a comparatively short period when you look at other memorials in d.c.. you know, it is many more years. >> this particular project is shorter than that. 12 years ago, we were talking about, you mentioned the local district of columbia war morial that is on the mall. back in 2000 and a,

world war i centennial commission. we look back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. and detail the years long quest to commemorate the dc memorial. he's joined by matthew naylor who heads the memorial in kansas city. watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv's weekly reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 documentary about police brutality in the community and various strategies to reform the police department. >>> almost from the day it was founded in 1848, the folks across the bay in san francisco has been making jokes about oakland. there's no there-there, poet stein was supposed to have said. the jokes move on, but oakland is no longer the faceless city across the bay. today california's fourth largest city is a booming commerce of art and culture. ♪♪ >> but oakland's new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. many are non-white and many are poor. they d

in 2013 congress created the world war i centennial commission. commemoration in the u.s. and detail the year's long quest to create the dc memorial. he is joined by matthew nailer who heads the memorial in kansas city. watch tonight and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> in 1968 after the assassination of martin luther king jr. and devastating riots, the office of economic opportunity created a pilot district project as a model to help improve poor relations between the police and the community. according to the national archives, the office of economic opportunity commissioned a series of documentary and training

is worth celebrating this year and the layman the executive director the women suffragists centennial commission and patricia the executive director and c.e.o. of turning point suffer just more association thank you so much for both coming out of means world to us. to pretty fascinating interview absolutely right now to wrap up the good men who were up there i definitely turned in the mob for our 2nd part of this wrap up because that today is all we got for a show for you today remember everyone in this world we are told that we have left it up so i tell you all i love i robot and i'm a beach across keep on watching all those hawks and have a great day and night. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by thinkers and those with. thinks. we here to ask. has changed many american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. based drugs the people who are chronic pain patients believe that they're ok prescription is working for them on the remedy be sent to. price at the. close of the dependency and addiction to opiates the long term use that really isn't scientifically justified

world war i centennial commission. edwin fountain is a former vice chair.etails the years long quest to create the d.c. memorial. he's joined by matthew naylor who heads the national world war i memorial in kansas city. watch tonight beginning at 8 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> in 1968 following the assassination of martin luther king, jr., and subsequent riots that devastated areas of washington, d.c., the office of economic opportunity which admte

world war i centennial commission.in fountain is a former vice chair and looks back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. and details the years' long quest to create the d.c. memorial. he is joined by matthew naylor, who heads the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city. watch tonight, beginning at 8:00 eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> on april 23rd, 1968, several hundred columbia university students gathered to protest the vietnam war, and the school's plan to build a gym on a public park. after tearing down a construction fence and battling with police, the group occupied several campus buildings. negotiations between the university and the students failed and six days later new york city police were called in. protesters and bystanders were beaten and several hundred were arrested. up next on reel america columbia revolt a film by the film collective that documented the events from the student protesters' point of view including scenes with access

world war i centennial commission. one of its directives was to establish a world war i memorial in washington, d.c. next edwin fountain, commission's voice chair, looks back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. and details the year's long quest to create the d.c. memorial. he is joined by matthew nailer, who heads the memorial in kansas city, home to the existing national memorial. the museum hosted this discussion and provided the video. >> edwin, matt, thank you both so much for joining us for this lunch and learn conversation about world war i memorials and what is happening right now in kansas city and what's happening in washington, d.c. >> yeah, great. thanks, lora. great to be with you. good to see you, edwin. >> good to see you, matt, as always. >> edwin, i mentioned that you are working for the abmc. can you tell us more about the work of that particular commission? >> certainly. and abmc is -- our mission is almost as old as yours. we were chartered in 1923 by congress and given, at that t

in 2013, congress created the world war i centennial commission.oration in the u.s. and detail the years long quest to commemorate the dc memorial. he's joined by matthew

world war i centennial commission. edward fountain is a former vice chair.ck at the history of world war one commemoration in the u.s. and details the yearlong quest to create the d.c. memorial. he is joined by matthew who heads the national world war one museum and memorial in kansas city. watch tonight beginning at eight eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. up next on history bookshelf. richard rothstein talks about his book, the color of, law forgotten history of how our goverment segregated america. in a interview with ta-nehisi coates, a national correspondent for the atlantic. richard rothstein, a economic policy institute fellow, argues that federal legislation had been responsible for america

world war i centennial commission.mer vice chair and looks back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. and details the years' long quest to create the d.c. memorial. he is joined by matthew naylor who heads the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> up next on american history tv, a 1964 film titled "mob and riot control." this police training film demonstrates techniques for mob control and the use of tear gas, smoke, and batons. federal laboratories, incorporated, funded the film. it was a manufacturer of a popular riot gun used to fire gas canisters.

world war i centennial commission.ooks back at commemoration of world one war in the u.s. and details the years long quest to create the d.c. memorial and is joined by matthew nailer who heads the national world war i memorial in kansas city. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy every weekend on c-span3 sxwlup next on "his tie bookshelf richard rothstein talked about his book "the color of law," a forgotten history of how our government segregated america. in an interview with ta-nahisi coates, author and correspondent for "the atlantic," richard rothstein argues local state and federal legislation has been responsible for america's

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world war i centennial commission. ed in fountain is a former vice-chair.e u.s. and details the quest to create the dc memorial. he's joined by matthew naylor who heads the memorial in kansas city. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. next on "reel america," use of force model, a 1993 federal law enforcement training center video that uses a dramatized labor protest to show police how and when to respond when the situation becomes violent. ♪♪

suffrage here's our interview with an alum and the executive director of the women's suffrage centennial commission and patricia wirth executive director and c.e.o. of turning point suffragist memorial sociate and i kicked off the discussion asking about the significance of the 19th amendment on modern elections take a listen this is history in the making there have been other milestones in the suffrage movement to 50 years to 75 year history but this year is just so special that $100.00 here in her 1st 3 people are taking notice and our organization we like to say that the sanford movement is the best kept secret in american history by doing presentations all over the country and i speak just south of individuals at all ages and most of them never heard anything about the movement just so this year being the hundreds anniversary is particularly poignant because i guess 100 years just means more then that any. the other major milestone and so the whole movement is getting a lot of recognition. and history is there is a lot of the peeling back of an onion so to speak of information that has not been

world war i centennial commission. one of its directives was to establish a world will one memorial in washington d.c.. next, at one fountain, the commission's former vice chair looks back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s., and details the years long quest to create the d.c. memorial. he's joined in the conversation by matthew, who heads the national world war one museum and memorial in kansas city. homes to the nation's existing memorial. the museum hosted the discussion and provided the video. >> thank you both so much for joining us for this lunch and a learning conversation about world war i memorials. what's happening right now in kansas city and what's happening in washington d.c.? >> great. good to be with you. >> good to see you matt, as always. >> you mention that you are working for the 80 mc. could you tell us a bit about the work of that particular commission. >> certainly. maybe mc, our mission is almost

in 2013 congress created the world war i centennial commission. we look back at the commemoration in the u.s. and detail the year's long quest to create the dc memorial. he is joined by matthew nailer who heads the memorial in kansas city. watch tonight and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> in 1968 after the assassination of martin luther king jr. and devastating riots, the office of economic opportunity created a pilot district project as a model to help improve poor relations between the police and the community. according to the national archives, the office of economic opportunity commissioned a series of documentary and training films to record the implementation of the pilot district project hoping they could be shown and used as a model for other cities. despite investing in the films they were never released. up next, on reel america, three short pilot training films recently rediscovered and digitized. marianne berry recently became part of the movement. >> we don't need people shooting people in the head. >> i don't

world war i centennial commission. edwin fountain is a former vice chair. he looks back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. and details the years long quest to create the d.c. memorial. he's joined by matthew naylor who heads the national world war i memorial in kansas city. watch tonight beginning at 8 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> in 1968 following the assassination of martin luther king, jr., and subsequent riots that devastated areas of washington, d.c., the office of economic opportunity which administered many of linden johnson's war on poverty programs created a pilot district project as a model to help improve poor relations between the police and the community. according to the national archives, the office of economic opportunity commissioned a series of documentary and training films to record the implementation of the pilot district project hoping they could be shown and used as a model for other cities. despite investing almost $200,000 in the films, they were never released, but were ins

world war i centennial commission.of its directives was to establish a world war i memorial in washington, d.c. next edwin fountain, commission's voice chair, looks back at the history of world war i commemoration in the u.s. and details the year's long quest to create the d.c. memorial. he is joined by matthew nailer, who heads the memorial in kansas city, home to the existing national memorial. the museum hosted this discussion and provided the

according to the tulsa world, there is calls for him to step down from the tulsa massacre centennial commissionow is an oklahoma state senator. thank you so much for joining us. i really appreciate. thanks so much. let's discuss it. and you senator lankford know each other. you have worked together. do you accept his apology? >> myself and mr. lankford have worked together and have been close, and i did give him a call before this happened, expressing how upset we were, how upset i am be how upset black people would be for the action he was able to take. it didn't he didn't seem to understand the gravity of the situation but i told him i made public statements against it and when it happened, we had the opportunity -- i mess, first, as you would suggest, many people called for him to be kicked off the commission or to resign. many people are upset and still upset today and so, they had the opportunity for him to meet with our leadership team, and we also had the opportunity for him to meet with commissioners and we're having that on going dialogue where people are mad, mad, mad. >> let me ask y

world war i centennial commission is in the process of raising the funds to revamp the park and build a large 60 foot wide bronze sculpture. it is beautiful. i will show you in a second and mock showing the soldier's story of going to war. they hope to get this unveiled by the third anniversary of the centennial of the armistice, which is the hundredth anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. 2021 they would like it unveiled. they are halfway through the fundraising process. things always take time in d.c. we saw that with the eisenhower memorial. it is complicated when you want a memorial in d.c. here's what the mock looks like. this is a 1/10 scale of it and it will be bronze. it shows from the far left a soldier leaving home, leaving his wife and children, and going through training, meeting all the soldiers. you only see one image where he is looking directly at the viewer. that is the image in the center. that is the portrayal of shell shock. of what we say today is ptsd. back then it was shellshocked and the thousand yard stare they called it. people would be comatose. co

world war i centennial commission. edwin fountain is a former vice chair and looks back at commemoration of world one war in the u.s. and details the years long quest to create the d.c. memorial and is joined by matthew nailer who heads the national world war i memorial in kansas city. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy every weekend on c-span3 sxwlup next on "his tie bookshelf richard rothstein talked about his book "the color of law," a forgotten history of how our government segregated america. in an interview with ta-nahisi coates, author and correspondent for "the atlantic," richard rothstein argues local state and federal legislation has been responsible for america's segregated cities. c-span recorded this event in may of 2017. >> so, it really is an honor to be here with richard for two reasons, and the first i say this all the time. i'm a journalist, and what that means is my work is deeply dependant on reporting, talking to people, getting to know people, getting into people piece lives, but it's ba

world war i centennial commission is in the process of raising the funds to revamp of park and to build a large 60 foot wide bronze sculpture. it's really beautiful. i'll show you a maquette that has been done of that showing a soldier's story from the very beginning to the end. they're hoping to get this thing unveiled by the third anniversary of the centennial of the armistice, which is to say the 100th anniversary of the tomb of the unknown soldier. 2021, they would like to have this thing unveiled. they are about halfway through the fundraising process. these things always take a long time as we've seen with the eisenhower memorial. it's always complicated when you want to have a memorial in d.c. here is what the mockette looks like. this is a 1/10 scale of it and it's going to be bronze and it shows, from the far-left, shows a soldier, a doughboy, leaving home, and leaving his wife and children, then going through training, meeting all the different soldiers. there's only one image where he's looking directly at the viewer and that's the big image right there in the center. that's