. >> and on american c-span 3, bruce lindsay on integration and north little rock high school. they seem to because the crowd is with us now. the momentum is behind us. >> these stories and others in little rock. this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> ronald reagan was living this hotel after delivering a speech. he's this close. he's 15 feet from the president. he shoots, six shots. the first one hits the press secretary brady in the head and falls down. the second one tissued around to check on the president's progress. he yells, i'm hit. the path of the president is clear, wide open. hinckley has a clear view. >> march 30th, 1981, firing six shots. and on american history tv, this weekend on c-span 3. >> the second anniversary of the upper big ranch west virginia mine explosion that killed 29 and seriously injured two others, held in the workforce committee, this is close to three hours. >>> good morning. thank you for being with us today. on april 5th, 2010, the people of mt. cole, west virginia, suffered a tragic loss. around 3:00 in the afternoon there was a strong blast of w

follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> recently, american history tv and c-span's local content vehicles visited shreveport, louisiana, to showcase its history and literary culture founded in 1836, sheareveport h a population of about 200,000 people and located about 250 miles northwest of baton rouge. >> the inevitable end, retribution, bonny parker who died as they lived, by the gun. the officers were on the left side of the road nearest the driver, thus explains the fact that bonnie's body at more bullet holes than clyde. any one of these bullets would have been fatal to both, but after having killed 14 people, most of whom were officers of the law and having come safely through so many gun battles, it did not seem advisable to fire just one bullet. >> bonnie and clyde were probably some of the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s crime era in the united states. because their crime story began in texas, east texas and involved louisiana, they're very sort of connected to the 1930s story of shreveport, as well. probably

american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span 3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. the history bookshelf features the best known writers and revisits key figures and battles and events.ooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on american artifacts and the citizen lookinlooks at the schedule. c-span.org/history and sign up to have it e-mailed to you. >> in a city whose public eye is dominated by states men and generals, this bronze rendition of the scientists stands out. even if it does stand 12 feet tall and weigh 12 tons. he and robert burkes was a distinctive style who had critics labeling him the bubble gum sculptor gives us a playful einstein. they hold a document listing significant theories. they contain quotes testifying to einstein's unwavering belief in human tolerance, equality before the law and the duty of a truth seeker to reveal his findings.

follow american history tv every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> this weekend, american history tv is in shreveport, louisiana expanding our reach from washington d.c. for programming on american history. shreveport is the third largest city in louisiana and the former home of the louisiana hayride. a radio show which helped celebrities like elvis presley get their start. learn more about shreveport, louisiana, all weekend long on american history tv. >> the louisiana hayride. ♪ >> it would start off with a big roar and logan would come out and mr. page would. the first thing they would ask is anybody here from texas? of course, a roar would go up in the auditorium. it would start off with all of that. who is here from arkansas, mississippi, alabama? >> good evening, everybody. from the auditorium in shrevepo shreveport, louisiana. >> it was like magic when you walked in the building. the vibes for that saturday night were so exciting. the louisiana hayride is actually known as the cradle of the stars. and it literally was the "american idol" of its day. the lo

you can watch "aron art facts" every sunday on c-span 3 american history tv. for schedule information and to view programs, visit c-span.org/history. >>> in march of 1979, c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide, and today our content of politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history is available on tv, radio and online. >> my personal appreciation that i owe a great debt to others reinforces my view that a certain humility should characterize the judicial role. judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. they are like umpires. umpires don't make the rules. they apply them. the role of an umpire and a judge is critical. they make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role. nobody ever went to a baseball game to see the umpires. >>> a generation before president john f. kennedy acting on behalf of a grateful nation designated him an honorary american citizen, winston churchill paid his own heartfelt tribute to his transatlantic origins. appearing before a j

eastern on american history tv here on c-span 3. >> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend as book tv and american history tv explore the history and literary culture of little rock, arkansas. saturday, starting at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2, author griff stockily on the little known riots and killing of at least 20 african-american share croppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the mississippi delta, and saying that blacks were now in revolt. and the next morning, between 600 and a thousand men, white men, pour into phillips county to begin shooting down blacks. >> and on american history tv on c-span 3, sunday at 5:00 p.m., former student bruce lindsey on integration and north little rock high school. >> as if they know what is going to happen. but we don't know what is going to happen. we don't realize what's going to happen when we get up those steps. but they seem to, because the crowd is with us now. the momentum is behind us. and they are pushing us up the steps. >> these stories and others from c-span's local content vehicles in little r

eastern on american history tv here on c-span 3. >> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend as book tv and american history tv explore the history and literary culture of little rock, arkansas. saturday, starting at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2, author griff stockily on the little known riots and killing of at least 20 african-american share croppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the mississippi delta, in revolt. and the next morning, between 600 and a thousand men, white men, pour into phillips county to begin shooting down blacks. >> and on american history tv on c-span 3, sunday at

gone from the building. >>> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/localcontent. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >>> hi there, i'm mark farkus, i head up the lcv project, stands for local content vehicle. we have three of they will. the purpose is to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? we staff each one of these with one person, with a small video camera and a laptop editor so they are able to roll, record, produce and edit things from the road. that's what we're doing with lcvs. why do we want to do these? get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming for all networks. we're doing what we call an lcv city tour. we descend on cities, one do history programming and historic, the other book tv programming, bookstores catching up with authors, third community relations events. community relations work with cable partners in each one of these cities. the last one that's important to know, all this not only goes on the air b

b-52s could be on their way. >>> find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >>> there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming promise, watch featured video from our regular weekly series as well as access ahtv's tweets. history in the news and social media from youtube, twitter,

you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span 3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writers. revisit key figures, battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and history sites on american artifacts and the presidency looks at the policies and legacies of past american presidents. view our complete schedule at cspan.org/history and have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >>> hi, i head up c-span's lcv project, local vehicle con tend. we have three of them. the purpose for the vehicles is to collect information from outside washington, d.c. how do we do did? we staff each one with one person with a small video camera and a laptop editor to roll, produce and edit from the road. that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why i wanted to do this is get out of washi

american presidents. viewer our schedule at c-span dlo c-span.org/history. >> all weekend long american history tv is in shreveport, louisiana, to explore the rich history of this southern city founded in 1936. you're watching american history tv, 48 hours of people and events, telling the american history. >> the louisiana hayride! ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a wonderful time at the louisiana hayride tonight ♪ >> it would start off with a big roar and the first thing they'd ask is "anybody here from texas," and of course a roar would go up in the auditorium and then who is here from arkansas, mississippi, alabama. >> good evening, everybody, from the municipal auditorium in shreveport, louisiana, we present your own folk music show, the louisiana hayride. >> it was like magic when you walked in this building, the vibes for that saturday night were so exciting. the louisiana hayride is actually known as the cradle of the stars. and it literally was the "american idol" of its day. the louisiana hayride embraced young talent. all of the great stars that were here that became so famous all over the world from the louisiana

c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >>> there's a new website for american history tv, where you can find our schedules and preview upcoming programs. watch featured video. as well as access ahtv's history tweets, history in the news, and social media from facebook, twitter, youtube and foursquare. follow american history tv every weekend, all weekend, on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> although thomas jefferson was in france was the constitution was being debated and signed, he had his own ideas for the new nation. next, university of virginia history professor peter onuf, examines thomas jefferson's idea of america and how his relationship with james madison, whose ideas differed from his own, affected his opinions. this is 50 minutes. >>> is that for me or jefferson? i confuse the two sometimes. i want to begin by talking about the world of the founders, and i am controversially going to include jefferson as one of the founders. you students of american history know he wasn't there. and therefore, he was not the father or in any

american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span 3, watch internal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writers. revisit key figures, battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on american artifacts. and the presidency looks at the policies and legacies of past american presidents. view are complete schedule at c-span.org/history and sign up to have it e ma-mailed to you b pressing the c-span alert button. >> in a city whose public eye is dominated by statesmen, this bronze rendition of mathematician and scientist albert einstein stands out. perhaps because there's little of the monumental about this washington monument. even if it does stand 12 feet tall and weigh approximately four tons. here robert berks whose distingtsive style led some critics to lab

prosperous american city. >>> all weekend long, "american history tv" is detouring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching "american history tv" all weekend every week end on c-span3. >>> there's a new website for "american history tv" where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs, watch featured video from our regular weekly series as well as access the history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow "american history tv" all weekend every week end on c-span three and online at c-span.org/history. >>> the medal of honor is the highest military declaration awarded by the government for valor and action. fewer than 3,500 have been awarded since the civil war. next, a conversation with two recipients as they reflect on their service in the vietnam war. this hour-long program took place at the national archives in washington, d.c. >>> good afternoon. i'm director the national archives experience and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the w

c-span: the little bighorn is located where? >> guest: southeastern montana. c-span: how many men died, and did any of the white americans survive? >> guest: not those who accompanied custer. they were all five companies. everyone with him was killed. c-span: what was the status of an indian then in the american system? could they vote? >> guest: no. definitely not. but the status would depend on who we're talking about, because there were indians who sided with the united states government. custer was accompanied by crow scouts who were bitter enemies of the sioux and who never regretted their decision to fight with the white army because they felt it preserved their land for them, which the sioux had been in the process of taking. c-span: how many indians died on that day? >> guest: hard to say. several hundred, possibly. we really have no way of knowing accurately. c-span: and you say there were 3,000 indians there in battle. >> guest: most likely. again, we can't be certain of those numbers. c-span: and what's your next book? >> guest: i think it's going to be something having to do with army courts-martial. c-span:

american story. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. all weekend long, american history tv joins the comcast cable partners in louisiana to showcase its history and literary cultu.ounded in 1836 ha population of about 200,000 people and is located about miles northwest of baton rouge. you are watching american history tv on c-span 3. . >> we are standing in the cemetery that dates back to 1847. it was the primary city cemetery until about 1895 or so. one of the r important to the city is that the great yellow favor epidemic decimated the city and changed the course of the history of north louisiana and the city in particular. within two weeks, we lost a quarter of the population in the city inside the city limits. 800 to 1,000 people are in this cemetery. if you pan over and look at the top of the hill, that's the yellow fever mound. with 824 people confirmed in it, then there other folks who died and were either moved or put in here. it killed almost all the doctors and all the nurses. it killed many, many prominent people in the city.

come crashing down and the heart of what was supposedly a very safe and prosperous american city. >> find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next. online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend. on c-span3. >>> in the fall of 2011, american history tv visited old sturbridge village, massachusetts, an early history museum depicting new england life from 1740 from 1840. we hear from costumed historians who present what was like to live and work in 19th century new england. curator thomas kelleher serves as our guide. >> this is not some little town it is a recreation, kind of a sampling of rural life in new england at the time when society was really transforming from the old order to the modern world we live in today. we're showing you the deck made of the 1830s. american revolution was a couple generations ago, as far away as world war ii is away from us. there are also rum blinblings a slavery but they don't know what's going to happen in 20

american history. all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming program. watch our weekly series as well as access the history tweets. history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube and four square. follow american history every weekend on c-span 3. >> before he won

c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching "american history tv" all weekend every week end on c-span3. >>> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend as book tv and "american history tv" explore the history and literary culture of little rock, arkansas. today starting at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. author griff stockily on the african-american and killing share croppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the mississippi delta saying that blacks were now in revolt. and the next morning between 600 and 1,000 men, white men pour into phillips county to begin shooting down blacks. >> on "american history tv" on c-span3, sunday at 5:00 p.m., former student on into dent. >> what's going to happen when you get to those steps. they seem to. the crowd is with us now. the momentum is with us and they're pushing us up the steps. >> these stories and others from c-span's local content vehicles. this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> ronald reagan was leaving this hotel after delivering a speech to the afl cio. hinckley can't believe he's this close. 15 feet from the president. he shoots six shot

. >> all weekend long american history is learning more about shreveport and where c-span's local vehicles are going next. you are watching american history kf all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> there is a new website where you can find our schedules and preview the upcoming programs. as well as ahtv's history tweets and social media from facebook and twitter and four square. follow us on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> february 2012 marked the 40th anniversary to china. former ambassador travelled to china with nixon and discusses how they viewed china and reflects on the politics of the visit to 89a. this program is about 40 minutes. what was the narrative you department get if nixon was not trying to make a giant commercial out of this. what was it you would have gotten? >> i spent about a week before we went at the cia. got myself grieve about what's going on with kissinger after his secret trip. he was ready to boast about other things that what happened. i had my head on and plenty to write about. it was not hard to speculate about what they were talking about.

follow american history tv on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern time and sundays at 1:00 p.m. university of southern mississippi professor susannah ural teaches a course on the history of the united states from its founding to 1877. professional ur lal focuses on e election of 1860 and subsequent secession by the southern states. this is 50 minutes. >>> all right, gang. when we left off last time, we were talking about the crisis of the 150s and we had wrapped up with talking about the dread scott decision and the lincoln douglas debates and finally with john brown's raid, okay, and i promised you next we would get to that crazy election of 1860. as we've been talking about all semester, election years are fun to watch, to kind of take the pulse of the united states. as you can see from what's up there on the online, we're going to wind up with four presidential candidates, two from the same party. ob

b-52s could be on their way. >> find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programmi

c-span: are you gonna live out your life in paris? >> guest: i hope so. c-span: you still an american citizen? >> guest: oh, sure. i'm very active in--in politics. i'm... c-span: what are you doing? >> guest: well, i was a delegate to one of the two political conventions in--the last time. c-span: let me guess, it wasn't the republican convention. >> guest: it was not the republican. c-span: and a delegate from where? >> guest: from france. democrats overseas are well organized. we have--democrats abroad has chapters in many countries, and france is one of the largest and most active. c-span: we're out of time. our guest has been john g. morris. here's what the book looks like, the picture there on the cover by robert turnley? >> guest: no, david turnley. c-span: david turnley. those are twin brothers. >> guest: right. c-span: and the title of the book is called "get the picture." thank you very much for joining us. >> guest: thank you. >> we had a lot of discussions about the vetting and i wasn't happy with the product. in the movie obviously you have a process that is 10 weeks long

eastern and pacific part of american history tv. this weekend on c-span 3. >> each week at this time american history tv features an hour long conversation with c span's sunday night interview series q&a. here's this week's encore q&a on american history tv. >> this week on q&a, a new look at our 11th president, james poke. robert merry has written a new book about him called a country of vast designs. james k. poke, the mexican war and the conquest of the american continent. >> bob merry, in your book a country of vast ziens about james polk in the first part in the introduction you talk about a senator named benton. >> thomas hart benton. >> why? >> he was a big man and a big giant of his time. thomas benton -- john tyler called him the most raving political maniac i ever knew. but benton was representing missouri in the senate for 30 years. he was a powerful figure. he wrote a massive memoir after that which historians have been using for a century and a half. he was very powerful during that time. >> the story though about the duel and an drew jackson

eastern on american history tv. this weekend on c-span 3. >>> all weekend long, american history weekend long american history tv is in little rock, arkansas to explore its rich history. you're watching 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. . >>> douglas macarthur was one of the most influential arguablrgu figures in our american history and actually filming in the birthplace here in little rock, arkansas, a little known fact for a lot of people. macarthur's father was in the u.s. military, captain macarthur, following his service in the civil war and actually came to little rock, arkansas, in 1959 and spent about 18 months here serving at the arsenal that existed on the site where our building is located. he brought with him to little rock his wife and two sons. they've actually lived in this building they were in in one of the apartments that was contained in this structure, and then the following january 26th, 1880, douglas was born here and spent his first six months in this building. six months after this birth, h

c-span. >> you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of people and events that help document the american story. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. [ applause ] >> good evening, everyone. >> good evening. >> 1955, i was 12, and i had hair. my dominant impression of those times and myself as a young man were best expressed, i think, in the accuracy of the supreme court's decision in brown versus the board of ed. separate and unequal. african-americans my age often reminisce now about the cohesion that existed at those times and someone were acting inappropriately. we talk about the strong unity of purpose, the bonding over the rightness of the cause. the strength of our institutions, then, in the community like the church or the social organizations and we were separate. for instance, i have never been to the home of a nonafrican-american. baltimore was ending what had been two separate school administrations and i had met dr. jackson headquartered in a white frame house on the property of washington junior high school, not on 25th street. residents lines were sharply drawn and, for

c-span networks. >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span 3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history book shelf features some of the best-known history writers. revisit key figure battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on american artifacts. and the presidency looks at the policies and leg says of past american presidents. view our complete schedule c-span.org/history, and sign up to have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >>> this week on the civil war, author kendall gott discusses the battle of fort doneson, a pivotal victory for the union in 1862. mr. gott is the author of "where the south lost the war" an analysis of the fort henry, fort donelson campaign. this took place at the visitor's center in dover, tennessee. it's 50 minutes. >> the purpose of today is not really to give the down and dirty blow by blow of the battle. i've been asked to give a few random thou

into this modern world. >>> all weekend long american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span3.org/local content. you're watching "american history tv" all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >>> i'm mark farcas and i head up c-span's ltv project. that stands for local content vehicle. we have three, the purpose of these vehicles to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? we staff each one of these with one person, with a 1345small vi camera and a laptop editor so they can roll, record, produce and edit things from the road. that's what we're doing. why? do get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming for all of our networks. we're doing an lcv city tour. we'll descend on a city and one will do historic sites and the other will do book thi one does relation's events. community relations events are importan u in each one of these cities. the last thing is that not only

american presidents. c-span.org/history and sign up button. website for american history tv where you history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. and online at c-span.org/history. >>> every day at the national archives in washington, d.c., a team of six researchers from the papers of abraham lincoln project comb through a multitude of civil war era government files searching for any documents related to the 16th president of the united states. so far they've found 12,000 records. recently, a researcher discovered a missing page from president lincoln's second annual message to congress along with a complete copy of the message signed in lincoln's hand. american history tv went to the archives to see these relics from the great emancipator's presidency. >> this is the room which is part of the research complex here at the national archives where researchers come and view records that we serve to them. my job is to work with researchers and work with the records that we have here in our holdings here in the national archives. and i work with the records of the house and senate. which is the bulk of our holdings in the center fora

you're watching "american history tv" all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> each week at this time "american history tv" features an hourlong conversation from c-span's a sunday night inter interview series "q and a," here's this week's encore "q and a" on "american history tv." >> this week on "q and a," our guest is margaret mcmillan, author of "nixon and mao: the week that changed the world." >> margaret macmillan, why did you think a book of nixon and mao would sell? >> i thought it was a good subject and i love the good juicy stories of history, and i thought here you have two extraordinary personalities with great flaws but also great talent, and i thought their moment of meeting was an interesting moment which ended the long cold period between the united states and china and started something else, so i thought if i wanted -- my next book i want to do something that is manageable but has a good, really strong story to it. >> who did you rely upon to tell you what the moment of meeting was like? >> i looked at documents. there's a very, very full record now. all the transcripts are there. plus memoirs. bob haldeman kept a diary which was helpf

american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter at c-span history. >>> there is a new web site for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our programs. watch featured video from the weekly series as well as access ahtv's history tweets and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >>> i believe it is yet possible that we will come to admire this country not simply because we were born here, but because of the kind of great and good land that you and i want it to be and that together we have made it. that is my hope. that is my reason for seeking the presidency of the united states. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for office and lost. go to c-span.org/thecontenders. >> the leadership of this nation has a clear and immediate challenge to go to work effectively and go to work immediately to restore proper respect for law and order in

. >> every weekend c-span 3 turns to american history tv. for 48 hours we feature people and events that help document the story of our nation. join us each saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight and sundays at 1:00 p.m. for classroom lectures on different topics and eras of american history. next weekend a look at north vietnamese strategy with donald stoker, a professor at the naval war college in monterey, california. for more information about american history tv including our complete schedule, visit our website at c-span.org/history. all weekend long, american history tv joins our comcast cable partners in shreveport, louisiana to showcase its history and literary culture. shreveport founded in 1836 has a population of about 200,000 people and located about 250 miles northwest of baton rouge. you are watching american history tv on c-span 3. . >> we are standing in open cemetery which was the original city cemetery that dates back to 1847 and the primary city cemetery until about 1895 or so. one of the reasons that 1873 is so important for

american presidents. view our complete schedule at c-span.org/history and sign up to have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >>> there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from our regular weekly series. as well as access ah tv's history tweets. history in the news. and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on onlin c-span.org/history. >>> every day at the national archives in washington, d.c., a team of six researchers from the project comb through a multitude of civil war era government files searching for any documents related to the 16th president of the united states. so far they've found 12,000 records. recently, a researcher discovered a missing page from president lincoln's second annual message to congress along with a complete copy of the message signed in lincoln's hand. american history tv went to the archives to see these relics from the great emancipator's presidency. this is the research room which is part of the

american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> in march, 1979, c-span began televising the u.s. house of representatives to households nationwide and today our content of politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history is a available on tv, radio, and online. >> we sell the american public short when you think you got to spoon-feed them, kid them. say oh, yeah, you can have all these things and not pay for them. they know better than that. they don't trust you if you try to flimflam them. you ought to say, sure, tax and spend. that's right. it's more honorable than borrow and spend. >> c-span created by america's cable companies as a public service. >> the justice department held a summit on consumer fraud and in his opening remarks attorney general eric holder said federal officials are considering actions to address speculation in the oil and gas markets. federal and state law enforcement officials also discuss different types of scams, targeting the elderly, people's tax returns, and fake business opportunities. the event was part of what the obama administr

. >> rosemariezagari, part of american history tv on c-span 3 this weekend. each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. watch the classes every week at 8:00 p.m. and sundays at 1 p.m. this week a look at the compromise of 1850 and the collapse of the second party system with gillis harp, a professor of grove city college in grove city, pennsylvania. the class is part of a survey course called history of the united states to 1865 which covers american history from the colonial era through the civil war. this is about 50 minutes. >> all right, well, i begin as usual with short selection from the osapsalm 119. blessed of those who walk awarding to the law of the lord. blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart, they do nothing wrong. they walk in his ways. you have laid down precepts that are fully obeyed. oh that my ways were steadfast in obeying, you are decreed. that is from psalm 119. okay, well, last time we left off talking about the election of 1848 and we said, remember, you

part of american history tv this weekend on c-span tv. >> thyme weiner details their history and j. edgar hoover's fight against terrorists. >> hoover stands alone. he's like the washington monument. he stands alone like a statue encased as one of the most powerful men who ever served in washington, 20th century. there is no one like him. and a great deal of what with know or think we know about jay edgar hoover is myth and legend. >> tim weiner, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >>> the american-israel public affairs committee held the annual policy conference in washington last week. speakers included liz cheney and former u.s. representative, jane harmon. this runs about 35 minutes. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. my name is david, i'm the founding editor of the times of israel. [ applause ] . thank you. this morning we're going to take a tour and explore the many challenges that face the united states and israel. here with us is the former deputy of state, liz cheney. [ applause ] also joining us is middle east analyst from israel's channel 2 news, international fello

. >>> all weekend american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span local content goals are going next online at c-span.org/local content. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >>> hi there. i'm mark park you can s. i head up c-span lcd project. it stands for low content vehicle. the purpose of these vehicles is to collect programming from outside of washington, d.c. how do we do it? we staff each one of these with -- a laptop editor so they're able to roll, record, produce and edit things from the road. so that's what we're doing with the lcvs. why i want to do this is to get outside of washington, d.c. and collect programming for all of our networks. we're doing what we call lcv cities tour. we'll descend on each city with all three vehicles. one will do historic programming at historic sites. the other will do book tv programming at book stores catching up with authors. the third one does community relations events. community relations events are important to us because we work with our cable partners in each on

. >> follow c-span's local content vehicles throughout the weekend ad american history tv explore history and literary culture of little rock arkansa eastern on book tv on c-span too. the little known riots and killing of at l african-american sharecroppers. >> you had calls going all up and down the mississippi delta. and saying that blacks were now in revolt. and the next morning between and 1,000 men, white men, pour into phillips county to begin shooting down >> on american history tv, span. sunday, former student bruce lindsay on integration and north little rock highle school.f the to happen when we get up those steps. but they seem to. because no the momentum is behind us. and they are pushing us up the steps.

american presidents. view our complete schedule at cspan.org/history and sign up to have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >> every weekend, american history tv brings you oral histories. first-person accounts of the events and people that have shaped our history. for the next eight weeks, we're featuring oral histories from the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock. and now, an excerpt from an interview with the vietnam oral history project director kelly craiger as he describes the history and the importance of the project. >> oral history project began in 1999. it was an effort by the founders of the vietnam archive to include all of the voices of the vietnam eeps crager, as possible, we tried to create as broad and as deep a spectrum as we can of those that participated in the war so we can leave a personal nept record for current and future generations of researchers to help them understand what the vietnam war was about. we certainly believe that there is no possible way to do justice to the vietnam war to begin to understand the war, until we have heard from those people

. >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span 3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral histories. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writer. revisit key figures, battles and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on american artifacts. and the presidency looks at the policies and legacies of past american presidents. view our complete schedule at c-span.org/history and sign up to have it e-mailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. >>> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. >>> ladies and gentlemen, good welcome to the united states capitol. in 2009, congressman john lewis of georgia, chairman of the bipartisan slave labor task force introduced and congress passed h. conrad's 135. the resolution required the architect of the capitol to design and procure a marker to acknowledge the role of slave labor and what it played in the construction of the united states capitol. in accor

for more information about american history tv on c-span 3, including our complete schedule, go toyspan.org/history or to send us your questions or comments, following us on twitter. we're @twitter.com/cspanhistory. >>> the summer cottage of william vanderbilt. between 1889 and 1892. this was the first mansion on bellevue avenue in newport, rhode island. it was built by richard morris hunt, architect, the same architect that built the breakers several years later. he was the most prestigious, well recognized, well respected architect really in the world. he had studied in paris, first american to do so. and he was much sought after. this house was built really by alva vanderbilt with richard morris hunt. it was a 39th birthday present from her husband, william, to her. and alva was a great frankophile. she lived in paris right during the civil war. the civil war. she came from mobile, alabama, and living in paris she became quite well-informed about french art and architecture. so she had a very strong hand in what this building was going to look like and how it was going to be decorated. i

for more information about american history tv on c-span 3, including our complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. and to keep up with us during the week, or to send us your questions and comments, follow us on twitter. we'rty. >>> so here we arehouse. it is the summer home, the summer cottage of william and alva vanderbilt. it was built beee and 1892. this was the first real mansion on bellevue avenue in newport rhode island. and it was built by richard morris hunt, the architect, the same architect who built the breakers several years later. he was the most prestigious, well-recognized, well-respected architect really in the world. he had studied at in paris, the first american to do. so he was much sought after. this house was built really by alva vanderbilt with richard morris hunt. it was a 39th birthday present from her husband, william, to her. and alva was a great francophile. she lived in paris right during the civil war. she came from mobile, alabama. and living in paris she became quite the francophile and quite well-informed and french art and architect. so she had a very stro

c-span's local content vehicles in little rock. next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> in the fall of 2011 american history tv visited old sturbridge village, massachusetts, a living history museum that me tickets 1790 to 1840. now on american artifacts we har from costumed historians who present what it was like to live and work in 19th century new england. curator thomas serves as our guide. curator thomas kelleher serves as our guide. >> this is not some little town caught in a time warp. it is a recreation, kind of a sampling of rural life in new england at the time when society was really transforming from the old order to the modern world we live in today. we're showing you the deck made of the 1830s. american revolution was a couple generations ago, as far away as world war ii is away from us. there are also rumblings about slavery but they don't know what's going to happen in 20 or 30 years any more than you or i do. that's the time period to keep in mind. in 1838, push comes to shove, that's our default year. 26 states in the union, michigan being the most recent. population of the united states is probably around 17 million or so