commonwealth club the japanese american national museum and pacific coast branch of the american historical association. welcome. >> thank you for those remarks and welcome everybody to the panel. is an extraordinary panel of leaders who will be addressing the topic of leadership in the face of hate. but those active participants please use the live comment section into facebook if you're watching their or on the website to share your remarks and questions i will select as many as i can. please note in order to participate in the comments you have to be logged in. please do for our distinguished panelists. and grace meng will join us about 245 so we will be flexible bringing her into the conversation and of course if you have questions for her put them in the chat. to start is the supreme court justice in connecticut attorney general. justice associate justice of the california supreme court since 2011 a professor of law and associate dean at uc berkeley school of life his primary areas of expertise constitutional law and diplomacy and diversity in the legal profession the son of taiwanese immigrants g

history critical issues and justice and politics the claremont journal of religion and the american historical associations news magazine perspectives on history. i am delighted that you are joining us this afternoon david to discuss affirmative action and the philadelphia plan, so whenever you're ready, please begin well, thank you so much christian for that warm introduction. and thanks. also i joined kristen and thanking jesse and mandy for the technical assistance. i'll just jump right in. i think the the plan of attack as we say is should be about 20 minutes or so of me giving some background on the work and then hopefully opening it up to a robust q&a discussion. so arthur fletcher the most important civil rights leader. you've probably never heard of was born into poverty in 1924 and went on to advise five presidents develop the first major affirmative action program and coin the phrase a mind is a terrible thing to waste along the way he served in europe under general george patton was the first black player for the baltimore colts and endured incredible hardship when after being run out of kansas

received a number of prizes including the order of the court book award, the prize from the american historical association and the ralph waldo emerson award from the cap a society. in addition to publishing for academic journals, she is written for the atlantic, lem owned diplomatic, and the washington post. after earning her degree in 2007, she clerked for a judge for the u.s. district court for the district of new york. later, she clerked for the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit. her cb is certainly not shabby. please joining me in welcoming our distinguished speaker. professor, the societies virtual platform is now yours. we are grateful that you are joining us today. look forward to it. thank you. >> thank you so much for that warm welcome. and to share little bit up my scholarship. i've been looking forward to this since the schedule and put it on the counter. to begin, i want to share my screen. can you see this? great. i want to begin with a paradox. cars symbolize freedom in 20th century american culture. my favorite professional -- commercial is the dodge commercial. americans got two

and san francisco, the japanese american national museum and the pacific branch of the american historical association. welcome, laurie. >> thank you so much, valerie, for those remarks. and welcome everyone to this panel. extraordinary panel of leaders who will be addressing the topic of leadership in the face of hate. these leaders will be talking about the recent resurgence of anti asian racism and violence, their leadership in seeking to combat it. and in the process help identify ways each of us can fight that racism. we encourage you who are feeling this to be active participants during this panel. please use the live comment section on youtube located on the right side of this page. we have facebook, if you are watching there, or on the website to share your remarks and questions. i will add as many as i can. please note in order to participate in this comment section, you need to be locked into facebook or your google account. please do. suggestions, comments, questions for our distinguished panelists. congresswoman grace meng will be joining us. at about 2:45. she's rounding a little bit late

also received a number of prizes, including the book award, the literal prize from the american historical association, and the ralph waldo emerson award from the phi beta kappa society. in addition to publishing and academic journal, professor seo has written for the atlantic boston review, the new york review of books, and the washington post. after earning her jd at columbia in 2007, professor seo clerked for judge of the district court for the southern district of new york. and later she clerked for the judge of the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit. her cv is certainly not shabby. please join me in welcoming our distinguished speaker, professor seo. in professor, the society virtual platform is now yours, and we are grateful that you are joining us today and we look forward to it. thank you. >> thank you so much for that warm welcome and for inviting me to share a little bit about my scholarship. it's something i have been looking forward to since it has been scheduled and put on the calendar. to begin, i want to share my screen. can you see this? great. so, i want to begin with a para

i also benefited from a brief announcement in the american historical association's newsletter perspectives that said for a month the churchill archives online was going to be made free to aha members so i signed up and i went on and typed in drew pearson and up popped a half a dozen at least memorandum from the churchill out furious a totally outraged about the fact that some of his top secret telegrams were appearing verbatim in the washington merrygram if pearson had operated out of london the he would have violated the office official secrets act and been prosecuted. but in washington he was protected by the first amendment. in 1944 the column revealed the churchill had ordered a british commander in greece to suppress public protests in athens and not to hesitate to fire openly on the demonstrators. as i tracked this story back it turned out the church jim himself responsibility for the leak. he had dictated the cable so late at night that his exhausted secretary. had typed top secret at the top, but it forgot the type guard. which was the signal that this message should not be shown t

. >>> tonight on american history tv we continue with more from the white house historical association and american universities first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. in the first panel we hear how jacquelyn kennedy, lady bird johnson and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house and how that work reflected cold war politics, a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> welcome to the south dakota air and space museum. when people think about south dakota they don't always think about a great aviation state, but we have a huge aviation heritage in this state. over the years we've played a huge part in our national defense. ellsworth air force base began in world war ii. it's purpose in world war ii was to train bomber crews, specifically b 17 crew. if you think about it, if you're going to learn to navigate a world war ii bomber over long distances and expanses of territory, south dakota is really a great place to put the base and that was the beginning of ellsworth air force b

friday on american history tv we continue with more from the white house historical association and american universities first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies in the first panel. we hear how jaqueline kennedy lady bird johnson & pat nixon work to preserve the historic nature of the white house and how that work reflected cold war politics a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled that starts at 8pm eastern on american history tv. next scholars look into the lives and legacies of sarah polk, mary lincoln and lady bird johnson. they look at how these first ladies were viewed in their own times and how history remembers them. this panel is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first lady's initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video i now have the privilege of introducing our second panel today and then later of course moderatingr

thursday on american history tv will feature a first ladies symposium co-hosted by the white house historical association and american university's first ladies initiative. that begins at 8pm eastern on american history tv. next on the presidency ronald reagan gives his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on january 20th 1981 questions about the recently resolved iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath dominated a discussion that ranged from domestic affairs to the new administration's foreign policy priorities president reagan met with the press in the old executive office building next door to the white house. this video is courtesy of the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. united states, how do you do i have a grief opening statement here before take your questions. yesterday's secretary of the treasury donald reagan sent to the congress of request to raise the debt ceiling to 985 billion dollars. this represents a dramatic jump of 50 billion dollars over the previous debt ceiling. the administration took this action with great regret because i

and for your wonderful presentations today. >>> tonight on american history tv we continue with more from the white house historical association and american universities first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. in the first panel we hear how jacquelyn kennedy, lady bird johnson and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house and how that work reflected cold war politics, a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> welcome to the south dakota air and space museum. when people think about south dakota they don't always think about a great aviation state, but we have a huge aviation heritage in this state. over the years we've played a huge part in our national defense. ellsworth air force base began

post-cold war era which won five prizes including the george louie's bear price of the american historical association. and fatal misconception the struggle to control world population and economic economist and financial times book of the year, which she wrote at least in part at the wilson center if i recall correctly where he was a fellow in 2006-2007 his current book project to be published by random house is titled the declass education declassification engine. matt has written research articles in the announce of applied statistics comparative study in society in history international journal of middle east studies the american historical review and past and present is also provided plenty of commentary on international affairs for the atlantic monthly the new york times washington is hosted documentaries for bbc radio matt. also, welcome back and welcome to the washington history seminar the zoom room is yours. thank you so much christian. part of this. i too have been following alex's work for some years now. i remember reading this dissertation and thinking this is one of the only dissertatio

cause, the japanese american national museum, and pacific coast branch of the american historic aeashsoigsa. -- association. welcome, lawrie. lawrie: thank you so much, valerie, for those remarks. welcome, everybody, to this panel. really extraordinary panel of leaders. who will be addressing the topic of leadership in the face of hate. these leaders will be talking about the recent resurgence of anti-asian racism and violence, their leadership in seeking to combat it, and in the process help identify ways each of us can fight that racism. we encourage you who are viewing this to be active participants during this panel. please use the live comment section on youtube located on the right side of this page, via facebook. if you are watching there, or on the a.c.s. website to share remarks and questions. i'll select as many as i k please note that in order to participate in the comment section you need to be logged into facebook our google account. please do. write suggestions, comments, and questions for our distinguished panelists. congresswoman greg meng will be joining us. she's running a little late so

the partnership between american university and the white house historical association began with the launch of the university's first ladies initiative in 2011 when the first of a series of national conferences was held at the university followed by additional conferences at the national archives and presidential libraries around the country. the association has been a key collaborator with the university since the founding of the initiative and this partnership has expanded to other projects that you will hear about shortly from au's president. sylvia burwell. but today's event is the result of work that began at a gathering that took place in may 2020 when we virtually hosted an esteemed group of experts to start a robust dialogue about the women who had served as first lady the evolution and transformation of the role and the growing visibility and influence of first ladies. as you will learn today there is a thriving field of scholarship related to first ladies that are participants are eager to share with you. i'd like to thank the superb team of historians and staff at the whit

thank you, susan, and thank you to the white house historical association american university for the invitation to be part of this. it's a pleasure to be with you susan and stacey and chris. having a session on first ladies and communication is very appropriate and important because as you've heard all morning communication from and about first ladies is what defines them their roles their influence and ultimately their legacies. we've already heard so many references to the way that they communicated from martha washington on as a political communication scholar. my interest is in political messages, whether they're from politicians or the public and especially how those messages are conveyed to the public. modern first ladies, especially use a variety of communication channels to influence the public's perception of them their relationship to the president and of course their own initiatives, so i group these channels together into five categories if you show the slide, please traditional speeches traditional media which would both verbal and visual so this would be interviews radi

thursday on american history tv will feature a first ladies symposium co-hosted by the white house historical association and american university's first ladies initiative. that begins at 8pm eastern on american history tv. former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin was convicted in the murder of george floyd and is scheduled to be sentenced this friday. his defense has asked for probation prosecutors are seeking 30 years in prison watch the court proceeding live friday at 2:30 pm eastern on c-span online at c-span.org or you can listen on the free c-span radio app. president ronald reagan addressed a joint session of congress in february of 1981 shortly after his inauguration up next on the presidency. we hear the new president talk about the economic health of the country from inflation interest rates and unemployment to taxes and the national debt. this was his first speech to members of the house and senate. us will be an otter. mr. speaker the chief justice in the united states the associate justice of the supreme court admit the chief justice and the associate's justice of the supreme court.

american history tv, only on c-span3. >> for five weeks, 830 through june 27, we will feature a first lady symposium, hosted by the white house historical association. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern, here on american history tv on c-span3. 1846 this smithsonian institution was originally housed in a redstone building on the national mall known as the castle up next on american artifacts a behind the scenes tour of castle spaces not open to the public with novelist steve barry and curator richard stamm. much of mr. barry's latest work of historical fiction the lost order takes place here richard stamm is author of the castle and illustrated history of the smithsonian building. we met our tour guides inside the crypt of the institutions founder james smithson. this is abou40

>> friday on american history tv, we continue with more from the white house historical association and american universities first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. the first panel we hear how jacqueline kennedy, ladybird johnson, and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house, and how their work reflected cold war politics, a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8 pm eastern on american history tv. >> next we hear white scholars and the general public tend to narrowly categorize first ladies. catherine jealous and of ohio university shows they are more complicated that using dolly madison, lucy hayes, and betty ford as examples. of the three she believes betty ford to be the most difficult to put into one category. the national archives foundation hosted this event and provided the video. >> our future speaker today is catherine jealous. and she's a professor of history at ohio university where she teaches courses on u.s. women's and gender history. she's published a number of books and authored a biography on jacqueli

thursday on american history tv will feature a first ladies symposium co-hosted by the white house historical association and american university's first ladies initiative. that begins at 8pm eastern on american history tv. ronald reagan a republican and former california governor was sworn in as the 40th president of the united states on january 20 1981 up next. we'll see him take the oath of office administered by supreme court chief justice warren burger and here president reagan's inaugural address 1981 was the first time the inauguration took place on the west front of the us capitol which faces the national mall our coverage is courtesy of the us senate recording studio. here governor. are you prepared to take the constitutional oath? i am did you place your left hand on the bay of bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me. i ronald reagan to solemnly swear. i ronald reagan to solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, but i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will to the best of my ability and will to t

including media calm. >> friday on american history tv, we continue with more from the white house historical associationand american universities first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. the first panel we hear how jacqueline kennedy, ladybird johnson, and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house, and how their work reflected cold war politics, a focus on american art and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8 pm eastern on american history tv. >> next we hear white scholars and the general public tend to narrowly categorize first ladies. catherine jealous and of ohio university shows they are more complicath

columnist, karen tumulty author of the triumph of nancy reagan and white historical association president stewart mclaurin exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 next on the presidency, washington post columnist karen tumulty talks with white house historical association president stewart mclaurin about reconsidering nancy reagan's legacy. miss tumulty's the author of the triumph of nancy reagan this conversation is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video good afternoon, and welcome to the

and white house historical association president, stewart mclaurin. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> all through september and october and the first week of november, the candidates carry their message to the people. [ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> it started in july when the democratic party nominated senator john f. kennedy for president of the united states and for vice president senator lyndon b. johnson. the party united behind its candidates. richard m. nixon was the choice of the republican party. he had served as vice president of the united states since 1953. now he was a candidate for the presidency. his vice presidential running mate ambassador henry cabot lodge jr. as the campaign gets under way the president candidates meet face to face on television debates seen by millions of people. the same people who will decide which of these two men shall lead the country for the next four years. but personal contact with the people is still an essential feature of an american presidential campaign. senator kennedy, a tireless campaigner

columnist, karen tumulty author of the triumph of nancy reagan and white historical association president stewart mclaurin exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 next on the presidency, washington post columnist karen tumulty talks with white house historical association president stewart mclaurin about reconsidering nancy reagan's legacy. miss tumulty's the author of the triumph of nancy reagan this conversation is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video good afternoon, and welcome to the culminating session of our symposium on first ladies. it's been a really terrific day since we began this morning with dr. biden's message then heard from fred ryan and anita mcbride from our board of directors and sylvia burwell are partner at american university and what a wonderful panel of presenters that we've had each and every time throughout the day and now i have the cherry on top of the ice cream sunday of having a conversation with karen. tumulty. karen was with the time magazine

. >> tonight on american history tv, we'll feature a first lady symposium, co-hosted by the white house historical association and the american university's first lady's initiative begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> many history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. saturday at 7:00 p.m. jerry enzler on his book "jim bridger. "saturday on lectures in history, meghan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on the confederate and union sides during the civil war, whose tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting troops and towns, sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the definitions are compared of free speech in france and the united states and exploring whether france's model would work in the u.s. and sunday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy, with "washington post" columnist karen tumulty author of "the triumph nancy reagan" and exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> 40 years ago on march 30th, 1981, johnlinkry jr. fired shots at r

mary is the author of president mckinley architect of the american century the white house historical association provided this video. and now it's my honor to introduce robert married to the program. robert mary's washington career spanning nearly 45 years has included since as a reporter a publishing executive commentator and author mary earned. his bachelor's degree in journalism from the university of washington and a master's degree from columbia university's graduate school of journalism.

and white house historical association president, exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more. including buckeye broadband. ♪ >> buckeye broadband supports c-span as a public service. along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> "washington journa" continues. host: congressman al green represents the ninth district of texas including houston, the house coming in at 9:00. good morning. guest: it is an honor to be with you. and if i may say so i would like to just extend my sympathies to my friends in florida, i went to florida a&m university and the loss of lives that we all treasure, and of course the persons who are missing that they may be accounted for. so i send my sympathies. host: the latest on that is that 150 nine still unaccounted for, four reported dead. caitlin collins from cnn saying that the president approved an emergency declaration for federal assistance. which kind o

discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with an author, and the white house historical association president. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> house majority whip james clyburn and minority whip steve scalise discussed the upcoming house agenda. this is 25 minutes. >> madam speaker, i ask to speak out of order, unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring the floor schedule for next week to the house majority whip. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: thanks, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: with that i yield to my friend, the gentleman from south carolina, and the house majority whip, mr. clyburn. mr. clyburn: i thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. madam speaker -- mr. scalise: madam speaker, the house is not in order. mr. clyburn: madam speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman may proceed. mr. clyburn: thank you, madam speaker.

mary is the author of president mckinley architect of the american century the white house historical association provided this video. and now it's my honor to introduce robert married to the program. robert mary's washington career spanning nearly 45 years has included since as a reporter a publishing executive commentator and author mary earned. his bachelor's degree in journalism from the university of washington and a master's degree from columbia university's graduate school of journalism. mary is the author of five books his latest book published in november of 2017 was president mckinley architect of the american century. mary has served on the board of advisors of bloomberg government and was a director of acorn media a distributor of high-end british drama. he is twice served as a juror for the pulitzer prize mary the father of three children lives with his wife susan in splits his time between langley, washington and washington dc bob. welcome to history happy hour. thank you colleen. thank you so very much and thank you all of you for being here today. it's a pleasure for me to be with

. >>> tonight on american history tv, we continue with more from the white house historical association american university's first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. in the first panel, we hear how jacqueline kennedy, lady bird johnson and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house, and how that work reflected cold war politics, a focus on american art, and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. saturday, at 7:00 p.m. eastern, author jerry endsler on his back jim bridger, trail blazer of the american west. saturday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on lectures in history brown university professor meghan kate nelson talks about guerrilla warfare on the confederate and union side whose tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting towns during the civil war. sunday at 7:00 eastern, explore whether france's model would work in the u.s. >>> on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a disc

. >>> tonight on american history tv, we continue with more from the white house historical association and american university's first ladies initiative symposium on first ladies. in the first panel, we hear how jacqueline kennedy, lady bird johnson, and pat nixon worked to preserve the historic nature of the white house and how that work reflected cold war politics, a focus on american art, and the needs of the disabled. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. every weekend. saturday, at 7:00 p.m. eastern, author jerryensler on his book, jim bridger, trail blazer of the american west. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, brown university professor megan kate nelson talks about guerilla warfare on the confederate and union sides in the civil war, whose tactics included ambushes and surprise raids on unsuspecting troops in towns. sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, journalist and law professors compare the definitions of free speech in france and the united states,

discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with an author, and the white house historical association president. exploring the americantory. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> house majority whip james clyburn and minority whip steve scalise discussed the upcoming house agenda. this is 25 minutes. >> madam speaker, i ask to speak out of order, unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring the floor schedule for next week to the house majority whip. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: thanks, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: with that i yield to my friend, the gentleman from south carolina, and the house majority whip, mr. clyburn.

and white house historical association president. exploring the american story.c-span3. >> columbia law school professor talks about her award-winning book policing the american road. how cars transformed american freedom. she focuses on a chapter in the book dealing with what amendment rights dealing with search in seizures apply to automobiles and she argues that will prevent police abuses and mistakes. eleanor jones harvey reveals how the civil war can be seen in seemingly unrelated works such as landscape paintings. examines the work of several soldier artists. >> today's lecture where's the intriguing title automotive fourth amendment. the professor will speak about 30 minutes and then we will take questions. if you have questions or comments for the professor, please submit them via the q&a feature.

for five weeks, we will feature a first lady symposium cohosted by the white house historical association and american universities first lady's initiative. sundays at 8:00 eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. sunday on the presidency. scholars reconsider the lives of legacies of sarah polk, mary lincoln, and lady bird johnson. they look how they were viewed in their own times and how history remembers them. here's a preview. >> the profound and tragic aspect of the johnson presidency and lady bird's experience of it is that they lived through three political assassinations. first, jfk which brings the johnsons into the white house. second, march of 1968, that of what luther king junior. two months later, robert f kennedy. what astounds me about lady bird among other things is rebel it he too, throughout all of this, find time alone. whether she's at a hotel or in her sitting room in the white house, to required -- record the experience of these assassination nations and their aftermath. by june of 1968 when this photograph was taken, i will set the stage in a second. it has been documentin

historic nature of the white house. and how that reflected on politics. and the needs of the disabled. this panel is from a day-long symposium. hosted by american universities first lady association. and the historical association which hosted the video. >> i'm the chief preservation officer, and thank you so much for the white house is for this wonderful symposium today, and for our ongoing collaboration to preserve the indicator house in lafayette square. i'm pleased to be here today, to talk about the important role of first lady's and what they have played for historic preservation. to do so during may, which has been celebrated as national preservation month. since 1973. at the national trust, we are looking at how real women made history. to reserve the places where women made important contributions to our country. key component of this, is to highlight the central role that women, including first lady, have played in the preservation movement itself. the honorary chair is former first lady laura bush. a great advocate in so many ways. today, our panel will deal primarily discussed, three first ladies. mrs. kennedy, mrs. johnston, and mrs. nixon. and the preservation of th

american history tv has featured discussions on first. ladies. this is the last program in the series next on the presidency, washington post columnist, karen. tumulty talks with white house historical association president stewart mclaurin about reconsidering nancy reagan's legacy ms. dumulty's the author of the triumph of nancy reagan. this conversation is from a day-long symposium co-hosted by american universities first ladies initiative and the white house historical association, which provided the video then in an hour, we see a camp david interview with president ronald reagan and first lady nancy reagan from 1985. good afternoon, and welcome to the culminating session of our symposium on first ladies. it's been a really terrific day since we began this morning with dr. biden's message then heard from fred ryan and anita mcbride from our board of directors and sylvia burwell our partner at american university and what a wonderful panel of presenters that we've had each and every time throughout the day and now i have the cherry on top of the ice cream sunday of having a conversation with karen. tumulty. karen was with the time magazine for a long time of her career and has been with the

american revolution to 9/11. that's saturday at 8:00 p.m. at midnight eastern on c-span3. >> for five weeks, may 30th through june 27th, we'll feature a first ladies symposium cohosted by the white house historical association and american university's first ladies initiative. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a symposium on first ladies with scholars discussing why first ladies have such powerful voices and how they wield power, exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> if you like american history tv, keep up with us during the week on facebook, twitter, and youtube. learn about what happened this day in history and see preview clips of upcoming programs. follow us @c-spanhistory. >>> on may 21st the korean war veterans memorial foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new memorial, the wall of remembrance. it will feature the names of more than 36,000 american soldiers and more than 8,000 korean augmentation army officers who died during the war. it'll become part

and white house historical association president, exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more. including buckeye broadband. ♪ >> buckeye broadband supports c-span as a public service. along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> "washington