i am jim grossman, the executive director of the american historical association. this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. we consider historical context essential to decision-making in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. aha is a membership supported organization. anybody who watches public television or listens to public radio is ready for this. if you would like to become a member and support this type of content, membership links are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. i want to give and especially grateful thankful to history channel for their generous sponsorship of this webinar. let's get started. it is an honor to introduce today's panelists, annette gordon reed. professor of law and history at harvard university. and david blight, professor of history and director of the ablution of slavery at yell universe these three. professors are pulitzer prize winning historians and they have won lots of other prizes as well. they have written and spoke

the executive director of the american historical association says this.it seems like a pretty naked attempt to seize on the cultural conflict to distract from other issues. you might want to consult different communities about who their heroes are and not just choose your own. you might also want to consult professionals like actual historians." the order also won praise including from secretary eugene scalia saying it's about more than the fact that his late father, supreme court justice antonin scalia, is on that list. here's what he said. >> it would mean a lot. i didn't see that one coming. it was really touching to hear. i think it would mean a lot to the american people. we need heroes. we need to admire our forebears, and recognize what is great and good in our past. that is what the president is emphasizing. >> harris: david webb, i know you've been talking about this on your radio show. what's up? >> david: well, i'll tell you, first thing that came to mind when i heard this, and then looking at the list, no matter who is on the list, harris, the

historical association on george washington's presidency. this is a virtual author event about her book the cabinet george washington and the creation of an american institution. good afternoon. welcome to white house history live. i'm the presideni am the preside house historical association. today we are going to have an

american history tv. >> next, descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share their stories. the white house historical associationnversation as part of their conference attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause]

american history tv programming. coming up, a look at the lives of betty ford and rosalynn carter. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies. first ladies, influence and image, features a look at the public and private lives of first ladies over 44 administrations. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland cox, covering his time attending howard university. his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee, and serving the secretary-general of the 1974 pan african congress. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1963 nbc news report, the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement, with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alaba alabama, cambridge, and inglewood, new jersey, chicago, and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on congress, political parties, and polarization, with

historical association on george washington's presidency. this is a virtual author event about her book the cabinet george washington and the creation of an american institution. good afternoon. welcome to white house history live. i'm the presideni am the preside house historical association. today we are going to have an exciting conversation with the head of the center for history and one of our historians on a brand-new book the cabinet, george washington and the creation of an american institution. ordinarily we would be doing this at the historical house which is our base of operations on lafayette park at as we are all working from home and we are joining you in your home, we are trying out this new mode of communications that is perfectly fitting that were historical initiative. as you know we were founded in 1961 by jaclyn kennedy who had the vision at such a young age and a short period of time to create organizations like the white house historical association. we were talking about today actually selected piece of land and hired a young irish architect to build the white house. while creating educational materials and content, it is a

american history tv, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of nancy reagan and barbara bush, c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies coming their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady in 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span 3. >>> next, in an interview with c-span former first lady rosalynn carter talked about the lessons she learned as first lady as well as her time in the white house attending meetings, working on mental health issues, and working alongside her husband, former president jimmy carter. >> rosalynn carter, do you remember when you and president carter started having conversations about him running for president? >> what was that like? what was that conversation? >> it was very interesting. we had a friend that wrote and told jimmy that he thought he ought to run for president. well, we couldn't even say the word, that my husband is running for, well, i didn't tell anybody because we kept it

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american history tv, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the life of michelle obama. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they play. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> if you enjoyed watching first ladies, pick up a copy of the book, first ladies, influence and image. featuring profiles of the nation's first ladies. through interviews with top historians. now available in paperback, hardcover, or as an ebook. >> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland cox, covering his time attending howard university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee, and serving as the secretary-general of the 1974 sixth panafrican congress. on sunday

historical association advisory board. that's how i got to know him. he's now the director of the new african-americanian museum that's going up right now on the mall in washington. and that was a really great -- had gotten to know him like i did working on all of those rooms. and i know he loved working on the lincoln bedroom. but the lincoln bedroom, when lincoln lived at the white house, was actually his office until teddy roosevelt built the west wing which he did to get out of the house. he had all of those wild kids upstairs in those rooms. the president officed on the second floor at the far end of the hall from the president's bedrooms. and so when lincoln lived there, the room that's now set up as his bedroom was his office. it was the room he signed the emancipation proclamation in. after truman restored the white house, he moved all of the furniture associated with lincoln, the big lincoln bed and the other pieces of furniture that mary todd lincoln has ordered, moved them all to that space that had been lincoln's bedroom. so we redid it. we had a little square, about this big of the wallpa

american history tv. beginning at 8 pm eastern, look at the lives of hillary clinton and laura bush. c-span in cooperation with the historical association produced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives in the public rules they play. first ladies, influence and image features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv, tonight and over the weekend on c-span three. on sunday at 4 pm real america. the nbc news report, the american revolution of 63. the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia, cambridge, maryland, and northern cities of single wood, new jersey, chicago, brooklyn. 7 pm congress, political paul parties, polarization. 8 pm, on the presidency. author andrew cohen talks about his book. two days in june. john f. kennedy and the 48 hours that made history. june 10th and 11th 1963 that defined jfk's response to the arms race and civil rights. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. up next, look at the life of former president george h. w. bush before he left office. je

the american association for the advancement of science highlights the historical trends on federal r&d spending consistently dropping from 1.2% of gdp to less than 0.71% today. we need to improve our domestic pharmaceutical supply chain. the u.s. pays the highest prices in the world for its medicines, many of which are derived from research. according to the fda, only 38% % of active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing is located in the united states. we need to update our export facilitation programs. it will take federal resources to increase export. for example, the international trade administration's most recent budget proposed a decrease of $35 million from the previous year. this is the agency that investigates our country's trade enforcement cases and without adequate resources, manufacturing workers will face continued dumped and subsidized goods. we need to address existing foreign and industrial overcapacity in many based comedies. that is why our union continues to support steel and aluminum and the strong trade enforcement mechanism. until there is a real global coop

american history tv, beginningznnk at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the life of michelle obama. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationeries on the first ladies examining their private lives when the public roles and play. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. first ladies, pick up a copy of the book "first ladies, influence and image" featuring profiles of the nation's first ladies through interviews with top historians. now available in paperback, >>> american history tv on c-span3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. saturday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland cox covering his time attending howard university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating secretary-general of the 1974 six panafrican congress. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1963 nbc news hÑort, the american revolution of '63. a program on the status of the

thursday night on american history tv, beginning at 8 pm eastern, a look at the lives of hillary clinton and barbara bush. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies. examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv, thursday night and over the weekend on c-span three. >> up next, a look at the life of georgia you bush after he left office. -- jean baker worked for mr. bush in 2018. the kansas city public library host of this program. >> good evening. i'm steve with the library's public affairs staff

american tv. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] >> next, descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share their stories. the white house historical association hosted the conversation as part of a their conference attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause]

historical association. she is the author of the new book "the cabinet: george washington and the creation of an american institution." she is widely published. i had the great pleasure of interviewing her recently on a podcast, and i cannot wait to share her work and her insights with you. lindsay, welcome to america's town hall. lindsay: thank you so much for having me. jeffrey: and edward larson, the hugh and hazel darling chair of law and professor at pepperdine university. he is a recipient of the pulitzer prize in history. he is the co-author of 14 books, several of them on george washington and the founders, and his newest book is "franklin and washington: the founding partnership." it is wonderful to welcome you back to the national constitution center. edward: thank you so much for having me back, even if only virtually. jeffrey: well, it is just great. i am so eager to learn from both of you and with both of you. in the spirit of louis brandeis, come, let us reason together. let the learning begin. let us begin with you, because you have this powerful pairing of the two founders you consider the first amon

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern a look at the lives of hillary clinton and laura bush. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies influence and image features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch "american history tv" tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories an interview with civil rights activist cortland cox covering his time at howard university. his involvement in the student non-violent coordinating committee and serving at the general for the sixth pan-african congress. on sunday, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on "real america" the 1963 nbc news report "the american revolution of '63." a program on the status of the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alabama, cambridge, maryland and in the cities of inglewood, new jersey,

american history tv," beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of betty ford and rosalynn carter. c-span, in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over four administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> i say don't come out too often. this is unusual for me. i do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for planning this wonderful evening for me. i shall remember it always and thanks to the young people for this great -- >> pat nixon, first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. she went interest a hard background to the white house. she traveled more widely than anybody before her, made volunteerism her issue and was chief supporter and behind the scenes political adviser to her husband president richard nixon. good evening and welcome to c-span series first ladies influence and image. tonight we'll tell you

american history tv. beginning at 8 pm eastern. you look at the lives of ladybird johnson and pat nixon. she spent in cooperation with the white house historical associationd a series of first ladies, examining their private lives, and the public rules the play. first ladies, influence and image features individual biographies of the women that served in the will of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight on c-span three. >> this is a crisis. people are living their lives. >> with police reform taking center stage in congress, watch our live unfiltered coverage of the latest developments. plus the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

american history tv only on c-span3. descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share their family stories in washington, d.c. the white house historical association hosted the conversation as part of a their conference attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. you will it's my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 presidential site summit. the kennedy center is the perfect venue for this. it's so fitting because it itself is a presidential site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. kennedy. and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the kennedy center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d.c. [laughter] and we want thank you for that. [applause] also, we've been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the

american history tv. from andrew: -- andrew cohen. it defined his response to the nuclear arms race and civil rights. he is the author of "two days in june." the white house historical association provided this video. colleen: andrew, tell us about your book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency -- june 10 and june 11, 1963. why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on? andrew: thank you, colleen, it is a great honor to be here with you and the white house historical association. it is meaningful to me because it was founded by jackie kennedy 60 years ago. i had been looking for a way into the kennedy administration for some time. one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22, 1963. as an eight-year-old, i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. it isn't unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it seemed to me to change something and it developed for me a fascination. as i grew up, my friends were interested in captain kirk and the final frontier and i was interested in jfk and the new frontier. as

. >> tonight on american history tv beginning at 8 pm eastern a look at the lives of betty forward and rosalynn carter. c-span in cooperation with the historical associationroduced a series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies: influence and image features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first ladies over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span three. >> this is a crisis, people are losing their lives. >> with police reform taking center stage in congress, watch our live unfiltered coverage of the latest developments plus the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> we were going down from 30,000 to 25 to 20 and now we sort of state about flat and now we are going up. >> i'm briefing from the white house on foreign affairs. congress on health care. insight from former administration officials. >> but i do think there's a line that one should not cross where governmental power is used, essentially, exclusively for personal benefit. >> we will stand proud and we will stand tall. >> and the latest from the campa

american history tv, a look at the lives of lady bird johnson and pat nixon. it's from a c-span series on the first ladies. it was made in cooperation with the white house historical associationnd features biographies of the women who served in the role of first ladies over 44 administrations. >>> tonight, a special edition of book tv airing weeknights this week. starting at 8:00 eastern, we focus on the presidency. first, university of virginia law professor argues against the expanding powers of the presidency. then author kate anderson brower talks about her book "team of five." and later, historian and former senior aide to president george w. bush looks at the internal fights that several presidential administrations. enjoy "book tv" on c-span2. >> if you enjoyed watching "first ladies" pick up a copy of the book "first ladies: influences and image" featuring profiles of the nation's first ladies through interviews with top historians. now available in paperback, hard cover, or as an e book. >> during the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with c-span's congressional directory. it contains all the contact information you need to stay in touch with members

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of nancy reagan and barbara bush. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they play. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, historian h.w. brands talks about humor in the white house and the role it plays in presidential politics. he considers how funny our chief executives have been or not and whether they've used humor to their advantage. the howenstein center for presidential studies, the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum co-hosted this event. it's just over an hour. >>> i'm going to be talking about, well, sort of humor in the white house. and as i was thinking of this title, i realized, uh-oh, this is a potential problem because i was really talking about the president and jokes and humor. and i know enough about the history of the presidency, some of you perhaps will have

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of lady bird johnson and pat nixon. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationd a series on the first ladies, examining private lives an the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight on c-span3. >>> this is a crisis. people are losing their lives. >> with police reform taking center stage in congress, watch our live unfiltered coverage of the latest developments. plus the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> we were going down from 30,000 to 25 to 20 and now we sort of stayed about flat and now we're going up. >> and briefings from the white house on foreign affairs. congress on health care. insight from former administration officials. >> but i think there is a line one should not cross where governmental power is used essentially exclusively for personal benefit. >> we will stand proud and we will stand tall. >> and the latest from the campaign 2020 trail. join in the conversation every

american history tv, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of nancy reagan and barbara bush. c-span, in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the publ public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland co cox, serving secretary of general in the 1964 sixth pan-african congress. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1963 news report the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alabama, cambridge, maryland, and the northern cities of engelwood, new jersey, chicago, and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on congress, historians, as well as political s

american history tv. from andrew: -- andrew cohen. it defined his response to the nuclear arms race and civil rights. he is the author of "two days in june." the white house historical association provided this video. colleen: andrew, tell us about your book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency -- june 10 and june 11, 1963. why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on? andrew: thank you, colleen, it is a great honor to be here with you and the white house historical association. it is meaningful to me because it was founded by jackie kennedy 60 years ago. i had been looking for a way into the kennedy administration for some time.

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. a look at the live of hillary clinton and laura bush. cspan, in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on first ladies, examine iing tr private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on cspan 3. >> american history tv on cspan3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with courtland cox, covering his time attending howard university, his time on the student coordinating committee and serving on the sixth pan african congress. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1963 nbc news report, the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement. with protests from all bbany, georgia, birmingham, a alabama, came bring, maryland and engelwood, new jersey, chicago and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on congress,

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern a look at the lives of betty ford and rosalynn carter. c-span in coordinatiperation wi white house historical associationroduced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of the women who served as first lady. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span. ♪ >> learning reading writing and arithmetic before entering the army. ♪ visual education is part of the training for the former the doctor won't find anything wrong here. he takes time-outs from studies to keep him trim. army routine hasn't slowed him down. he has an athletic instructor. the great day arrives. he's going to be graduated from army school and he's happy and proud. he autographs gloves for his colonel. congratulations to walker. his general wishes him god speed and many victories. a banquet marks the graduation festivities and private walker and kept busy satisfying the autograph seekers. ♪ mrs. roosevelt represents the president at one of the many birthday parties in his honor while the president was

american history tv at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the life of michelle obama. cspan in cooperation with the white house historical associationplay. first ladies, influence and ima image, features individual biographies of the women who served as first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend ond if you enjoyed watching profiles, pick up the book, first ladies. now available in paperback, hard cover, or as an ebook. american hessry tv history tv on cspan3. exproering the people and events that tell the american story. coming up this weekend, saturday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with courtland cox covering his time attending howard university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating community and serving as secretary general of the 1974 sixth pan african congress. on sunday a at 4:00, the 1963 news report, the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia,&]- birmingham alabama, cambridge, maryland, and[[o in the northern city of engelwood, new jersey, chicago and brooklyn

american history tv," beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of betty ford and rosalynn carter. c-span, in cooperation with the white house historical associationseries on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over four administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3.

american history tv. beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. a look at the lives of nancy reagan and barbara bush. cspan, in cooperation with the white house historical associationroduced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives an the public roles they play. fifrs ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on cspan3. ♪ >>> american history tv on cspan3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with courtland cox, covering his time attending howard university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee and serving as secretary general of the 1974 sixth pan african congress. on sunday, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real mamerica, the 1963 nbc news report, the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alabama, gingrich, maryland, and in the northern cities of engelwood new jersey,

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of lady bird johnson and pat nixon. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationdies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of the women who

american woman. >> she was her own person. >> thank you for tells us the story. the tight knit family in the white house thrust into the job. we appreciate your time. >> thanks to the white house historical associationthe truman library and the truman house and independence for helping with the video don't. -- tonight. >> if you enjoyed watching "first ladies" pick up the book. now available in paperback, hardcover, or as an e-book. >>> american history tv on c-span 3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, a discussion on the decklatilarde origins with professor richard bell. on sunday, the 1970 film "fresh colors" detailing a refugee and his first job upon coming to the united states. hired to create the american flag using his own narration, animation, and archival footage. >>> and a tour of the american revolution museum. discussing the history and the design. and the crown jewel, george washington's camp tent. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> you're watching american history tv with archival films. all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >>> american history tv continues now with excerpts from eleanor roosevelt's

american history tv, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of hillary clinton and laura bush. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, featuring individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland cox covering his time attending howard university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee, and serving the secretary-general of the 1974 six pan african conference. on sunday, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1963 nbc news report, the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement, with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alabama, cambridge, maryland, and in the northern cit

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of nancy reagan and barbara bush. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationa series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with courtland cox and serving as the secretary general of the 1974 aft african congress. the 1963 nbc news report, the american revolution of '63. a program on the status of the civil rights movement from protests from albany, georgia, cambridge, maryland, and in the northern cities of englewood, new jersey, chicago and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on congress, political parties and polarization with historians as well as political scientists. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, officer and

american history tv, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of hillary clinton and laura bush. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationxamining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span 3. >>> american history tv on c-span 3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story. every peekend. coming up this weekend saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories an interview with activist cortland cox, covering his time attending howard university, his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee and serving as a secretary general of the 1974 sixth pan-african congress. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america the 1963 nbc news report the american revolution of '63. a program on the status of the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alabama, cambridge, maryland and in the northern cities of inglewood, new jersey, chicago and brooklyn. at 7:0

house historical association, our partners in this series, and to the folks at the truman library and the truman house in independence for their help with the video tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this is american tv, on c-span3. each weekend we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation's past. >> this weekend on american history tv, university of maryland history professor richard bell talks about the declaration of independence, its origins, purpose, and global significance during and after the american revolution. here's a preview. >> every delegate who voted on july 2nd new tom payne's argument backwards and forward. richard henry lee certainly did and he wrote that april of '76 that no state in europe will either treat or trade with us so long as we consider ourselves subjects of great britain. with anyone in europe except britain if we are still subjects of great britain. two months later when he wrote his june 7th resolution, he didn't just propose independence in that resolution, he actually proposed two other things in the larger language. he also proposed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation and offered a third resolution to draw up a plan for forming foreign alli

historical association, our partners in the series, and to the folks at the truman library and the truman house and independence for their help with the video tonight. first ladies, influence an image on americanistory tv. examines the private lives and the public roles of a nation's first ladies with interviews with top historians. friday night, we look at ramy eisenhower and jacqueline kennedy. maybe eisenhower was the first first lady to use camp david as a presidential retreat. jacqueline kennedy won an mp for her televised toward the white house. watch first ladies, influence and image, friday night at eight eastern. on american history tv. on c-span three. american history tv continues now with excerpts from eleanor roosevelt's advice column. written for more than 20 years for ladies home journal and recalls magazine. held at the franklin roosevelt library and museum, this is one hour. >> hello. good afternoon everyone. welcome to the wallace center here at the franklin roosevelt presidential library museum and happy birthday eleanor roosevelt. (applause) you know, it's one of the things we are so lucky to have other norris papers here along with the papers of franklin roosevelt and his

american history tv, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of lady bird johnson and pat nixon. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationd a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv, tonight on c-span3. ♪ >>> c-span has unfaciliiltered coverage of the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online or listen on our free radio app. and be part of the national conversation through c-span's daily washington journal program or through our social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a

american history tv, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of lady bird johnson and pat nixon. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationseries on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv, tonight on c-span3. ♪ >>> the presidents, from public affairs, available now in paper back and e-book presents biographies of every president, organized by their ranking by noted historians from best to worst. and features perspectives into the lives of our nation's chief executives and leadership styles. visit our website, cspan.org/thepresidents to ar

. >> tonight on american history tv, beginning at 8 pm eastern, a look at the lives of eleanor roosevelt and truman. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association examining their private lives and the public roles they played first ladies, influence an image of features individual biographies of the women who serve in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span three. >> every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 10 am eastern a discussion on the declaration of independence origins, purpose and global significance during and after the american revolution. with the university of maryland history professor, richard bell. on sunday at 4 pm eastern, on real america, of a 1970 film, fresh colors detailing check political refugee and award winning animator paul, it's first job upon arriving united states. hired by the u.s. information agency to create a film about the american flag using his own narration, animation and archival footage. at 6 pm, on american artifacts, a tour of the museum of the american revolution with president and ceo michael cohen discussing the museum'

american history tv only on c-span3. descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share their family stories in washington, d.c. the white house historical association hosted the conversation as part of a their conference attended by representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford.

american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of lady bird johnson and pat nixon. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical associationroduced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight on c-span3. >>> private sydney walker better known as beau jack. learning reading, writing, arithmetic, he had no schooling before entering the army. visual education is part of the training for the former lightweight champ. the doctor won't find anything wrong here. beau jack takes time out from studies to keep him trim. army routine apparently hasn't slowed down the georgia dynamo. he is athletic instructor. the great day arrives. beau jack is going to be graduated from army school and he is happy and proud. but beau autographs his gloves for his colonel, j.p. hedgerly. congratulations to walker. his general wishes him godspeed and many victories. a banquet marks the graduation festivities and private walker, b