american history tv tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution what in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of the story here, right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power, and also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> each week american history

visit ncicap.org] announcer: american history tv products are available at the new c-span online store. go to c-spanstore.org to see what is new for american history tv, and check out all of the c-span products. this year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to san antonio, texas. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. [bell tolling] anna: san antonio is here because of these missions. what is really kind of wonderful is that a lot of people who this their call parish home and come here can trace their ancestry to the colonial period, the people who build these mission buildings and built these churches. the missions are about the start of the city of san antonio. we are at the entrance. this is a part of san antonio mission's national historic park. this is a unit of the national park service. there are more than 400 national park sites around the country. each of these 419 help to tell -- 419 plus units help to tell some part of the american story, the part of the american s

you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >>> we're featuring american history tv programs this week as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, from our lectures and history series, we'll do an academic tour of texas. our lone star state night starts with gene allen smith a texas christian university history professor teaching about george washington's character. he examines how the first president interacted with his contemporaries. american history tv tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan3. >>> coming up on american history tv on cspan3, lectures from history professors. up first a look at myths and legends about the white house. then a conversation about william randolph hearst. malcolm x's views on africa. later, women leaders of the 1960s civil rights movement. >>> american history tv products are now available at the new cspan online store. go to cspanstore.org to see what's new for american history it have and check out all of the c-span products.

. >> "american history tv" products are now available at the new c-span on line store. go to c-spanstore.org to see what's new for "american history tv" and check out all of the c-span products. >> nasa mathematician kathryn johnson featured in the movie "hidden figures" died in february. "american history tv" talked with wvu's president about kathryn johnson's contributions to the moon landing. >> what's the status on that computer? >> she's right behind you, mr. harrison. >> does she handle analytic geometry? >> absolutely. and she speaks. >> yes, sir, i do. >> which one? >> both. geometry and speaking. >> ruth, get me the -- do you think you can find me the frenetic frame for this data using the -- >> with the algorithm, yes, sir. i prefer it over euclidean coordinates. >> katherine has had the fortune of having hollywood shine a light on her life. there are people right here in west virginia that had no idea of what katherine johnson did for nasa and for the united states of america. and so when the movie "hidden figures" came out, it showed everyone who katherine jo

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history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from american revolution to september 11th, lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tvnd lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next on american history tv's reel america, a look back at historic campaigns, the 1972 film candidates journal follows democratic presidential nominee senator george mcgovern of south dakota, as he meets with voters from across the united states. he hears from a baltimore steel worker, a senior citizen, a wisconsin farmer, and an out of work engineer and a wheelchair bound vietnam veteran. george mcdorch lost to richard nixon winning only district of columbia and massachusetts. >>> planes and helicopters both american and south vietnamese -- >> during the past two years i have found that campaigning can be a lonely business. a succession of airports, motels, not seeing my family for

here on american history tv. ur takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here is a recent program. >> this is the nation's primary facility for the dismantlement and management of nuclear weapons. for approximately 30 years, the safest method of transportation was by rail. we begin our look at the history amarillo to the museum. >> we are trying to preserve the rich railroad heritage of this area.

eastern on american history tv. american history tv products are available at the new c-span online store. check out all of the c-span products. >> this year, c-span is touring cities across country. , a look at our recent visit to san antonio texas. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. was william velasquez everyone knew him as willie. willie was and is a name synonymous with democracy in america. through the organization he founded, the southwest voter registration education project, he nearly doubled hispanic voter registration and dramatically increase the number of latino elected officials in the -- in this nation. his appeal to the hispanic community was a simple, passionate, and direct. your vote is your voice. >> we are going to be talking about the records of the southwest voter registration education product -- project. they are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino voter registration project in the country. the collection contains the first 20 years of the organiz

american history tv tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m.an 3. >>> history professor gunther bischof examines world war ii summit which preceded the yalta conference in 1945. he reviewed the post war decisions made during these meetings and the political leaders in

american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to c-spanstore.org and check out all of the c-span products. >>> women once played baseball in the negro leagues in the 1950s. american history tv talked with a penn state university professor about african-american women in sports. this interview was recorded at the annual meeting of the american historical association. >> amira rose davis is a professor at penn state university in state college, pennsylvania. she's also working on a book, the title "the lives and labors of black women athletes in the age of jim crow." thanks for joining us on american history. >> thanks for having me. >> let me begin with your book expected to be published in about a year. what have you learned so far? >> oh, so many things. i started the project asking is there a long history of black women in sports and i found more than i expected to find quite frankly. there wasn't any archive labelled this

now you are watching american history tv, every weekend we bring you 48 hours of programming exploring the nation's past, american history tv is only on c-span3. >> next on railamerica, "firm alliance," a service film documenting the april 1962 official state visit of the empress of iran and the shah of iran to the u.s. at the time iran was a key cold war ally, and the shot is welcomed by president john f. kennedy and the first lady, they visit rocket launch sites, and several military exercises, and they receive a ticker tape parade in new york city. ♪ pres. kennedy: your majesties, i speak on behalf of all of my fellow americans in welcoming you to the united states. the interest of both of us is the same, to maintain our freedom, to maintain our peace, and to provide a better life for our people. that is the purpose of your visit, your majesty, how we can jointly preserve that effort. mr. president, it is a most pleasant opportunity for the empress and myself to be able to accept your very kind invitation to visit your beautiful country. today the name of america has a magic meaning

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>> you're watching american history tv, covering history c-span style with lectures in college classrooms, visits to zooms and historic places all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. ♪ narrator: we are convinced that full-time health service can be rendered to new york state citizens most efficiently. andtate health districts subdistricts are now in operation or will be in operation at an early date. the five county health department are integral parts of their respective districts. suitable quarters are provided for district offices, such as those in albany and buffalo. full-time district health officers are in charge of each district. civil service qualification for each officer include a medical degree, a postgraduate course in public health, and five years full-time experience. >> the district officer is the commissioner representative. he is available for technical advice -- he has available for technical advice. available are nurses, engineers, and cler

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american history tv tonight at 8:00 p.m. stern on c-span 3. >>> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before this class. >> a deepest cause where we find the true meaning of the revolution is in the transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we'll talk about both of these sides of the story here, right. the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and talk about the tools an techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> television has changed since c-span began 41 years ago

you are watching american history tv, covering history, c-span style, with the best coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures in college classrooms, and museums and historic places, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. next on american history tv, trail of tears association president jack baker talks about the forced relocation of native americans in the early 19th century. mr. baker, a member of the jericho nation, also talks about his family's and voluntary move -- cherokee nation, also talks about his family's and voluntary move to oklahoma. this is brought to you by the virginia museum of history and culture, along with preservation virginia. i am pleased to introduce jack baker, where he represents the charity citizens residing outside of the cherokee nation. he is a national president of the trail of tears association. he is the current president of the oklahoma historical society and served on a number of other boards. he has done extensive research -- he has done extensive cherokee research for more than 50 years and has authored articles and edited several books

visit ncicap.org] >> this is american history tv on c-span3, where each weekend we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation's past. >> from the annual meeting at the american historical association in new york city, professor thomas balcerski talks about the prevalence of drinking in the political and social life before the civil war. host: joining us from the new york is a professor in eastern connecticut state university, the author of the book "bosom friends: the intimate world of buchanan and king." thanks for joining us on american history tv. i want to begin with research you conducted on the congressional temperance society back in the mid-1800's. exactly what was that and why is it significant? dr. balcerski: yes. the congressional temperance society, in a way, is a reflection of a larger movement at this time in america, that is to say the temperance movement. it is almost a phenomenon to this larger national movement. there was an organization called the american temperance society, which was founded in the 1820's with the goal to lessen the consumption of alcohol. t

american history tv tonight at 8:00 p.m. c-span 3. >>> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before this class? >> a deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in the transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of the story here, right. the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> television has changed since c-span beg

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[no audio] >> this is american history tv, weekendn 3 where each we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation's past. >> our c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here is a recent program. >> what i want to get you started is take a look at some of the unique features of the santa fe depot. a key component of the development of amarillo was its tie to industry and agriculture being shipped out. the railroad was a big part of that. we are here to document the unique features when they built this facility. right now we are in the baggage room. a lot of the original stuff is still here. original construction, none of that has changed. this would have been the passenger and light commercial freight area. your passenger freight, anything you are traveling with would come across here and be weighed just like what you have on the airplanes today. your commercial freight would be done on the scales up top. one of the cool things you will notice as we go through the building is the construction of this building. this was bi

this is american history tv only on c-span3. rose davis examines the history of african-american women in sports including women who played baseball in the negro leaks in the 1950's and women who participated in olympic sports. this interview was recorded at the historical meeting. let me begin with yearbook expected to be published in about a year. what have you learned so far? >> so many things. i started the project asking, is there a long history of black women in sports? i found more than i expected to find. it was not any archive labeled this is a history of black women in sports. i would say i got started by finding three women who actually played baseball in the negro 's.gues in 1950 when the -- one of the things that stuck out to me as the owner who brought in these women to play against the men as he had something called the gal file. that kind of stuck in my head as a young graduate student. if there is a lie of black women in the mid century trying to book -- time to play baseball, then that set me out on a number of

american history tv tonight at 8:00 p.m. e you to the university of north carolina at chapel hill for a history lecture on expanding rights in the 1960s and '70s. you'll learn about how the women's liberation and gay rights movements began and managed to expand into public acceptance.

american history. next our visit to merlot, texas. are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> established in 1926, route 66 was one of the original highways in the u.s. highway system, carrying motorists over 2400 miles from chicago, illinois to santa monica, california. in the book, "a matter of time," route 66 through the lens of

american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. the new c-span online store. go to c-spanstore.org and check out all of the c-span products. >>> women once played baseball in the negro leagues in the 1950s. american history tv talked with a penn state university professor about african-american women in sports. this interview was recorded at the annual meeting of the american historical association. >> amira rose davis is a professor at penn state university in state college, pennsylvania. she's also working on a book,

history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tvand lectures in history iséá7eq available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next on "reel america," a 1969 look at the u.s. drug problem. the film "the distant drummer: bridge from no place" details efforts to study and implement new treatments for addiction. narrated by actor richard steiger is one in a four-part series from hollywood actors that argued for treatment and research rather than criminalization of drug use and possession. ♪ ♪ london bridge is falling down falling down london bridge is falling down my fair lady ♪ ♪ london bridge is falling down falling down ♪ >> when we moved into this house, we thought it was a normal house, where people were using some acid, grass, maybe some speed. there was a lot of shooting up going on, some people were using heroin to the point that we couldn't trust each other anymore, the work wasn't getting done. we began to lie to each other. peggy and i took a stand against

now, you are watching american history tv. every weekend beginning on saturday at 8:00 p.m., we bring you 48 hours of unique programming exploring our nation's past. american history tv is only on c-span3. march ninthago on american bombers executed the firebombing of tokyo. touch of the city was destroyed and the estimates of civilians toled ranged from 80,000 up 130,000. next, on reel america, "the next bomb." it details a similar tokyo bombing in the summer of 1945 showing planning, execution, and return after 3000 miles of flight. ♪ our b-29sn 1940 five, began full-scale operations against japan. and 1500 milese back from bases in saipan and guam. campana --mber command concentrated its massive japan down toing the last bomb. here was beginning of the end to the road to tokyo. after six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war along the quiet summer shores of guam. the liberated peoples were back in their reclaimed villages american citizens again, smiling and friendly. unaware that a miracle had happened around

this is american history tv only on c-span3. professor amira rose davis examines the history of african-american women in sports including women who played , baseball in the negro leagues in the 1950's, and women who participated in various olympics arts. this interview was recorded at african-american historical meeting. >> she is working on it talk titled "can't eat a medal, the lives and levels of that woman ."hlete in the age of jim crow thanks for joining us on american history tv. >> thanks for having me. host: them me begin with you walk, accepted to be published in about a year. you learned so far? guest: so many things. i started the project asking, is there a long history of black women in sports? i found more than i expected to find quite frankly. there wasn't any archive labeled , this is the history of black sports."so i had to piece it together. i got started by finding three women who actually played baseball in the negro leagues in the 1950's. it was a remarkable story. they played with the men. one of the things

american history tv, tonight, at 8:00 p.m. ery saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is? raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder trial the jean harris murder trial before this class? >> where we will find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right, the tools, techniques of slave owner power and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available at a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> distant drummer is a four-part film series from the early 1970s about

american history tv, tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> next on the presidency, presidential rhetoric scholar robert rowland compares the speaking styles of ronald reagan and barack obama and details what they had in common. the dole institutes of politics hosts this event. >>> welcome to the dole institute of politics. my name is wesley cudny, and i am a member of the dole institute student advisory board. the official student group of the institute. the student advisory board is a bipartisan group who can access many opportunities, including vol tooerlg at programs at networking with special guests. if you are a student and would like to join, contact us by emailing dolesab@ku. or speak with us after. afterwards we will have time to answer questions. if you have a question, please raise your hand and a worker with a microphone will come to you. please stand if you are able and ask one brief question. we have a loop hearing section designated by a sign as well as unlimited number of listening devices. if you have q

thank you for being with us on c-span3, american history tv. patrick thank you, steve. : let me begin with the origin of the national rifle association. how did the organization come about and why? patrick: it came about during the civil war. there was poor marksmanship, so two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. facilitate, build, and grow long-range rifle ranges , and the other was to assist the state national guard's in marksmanship. the nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. they grew to 1700 by 1929. they also are, just so you know, built on, there was an english national rifle association. in 1859.a predecessor this is supposed to be the american version. the only thing that differentiated the two to start off with was the franchise like model where you could build a rifle club, statewide and you were a nra affiliated rifle club and those rifle clubs within compete in state, local, and national shooting

american history tv tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3 looks back at the influenza pandemics of 1918 and 1957. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on lectures in history. stoney brook university professor nancy thoms compares that epidemic to what's happening today. >> when they tell us not to shake hands or sneeze into our elbow, that's a social distancing method. exactly the same stuff they were telling americans to do at the turn of the last century. why is this important? because even though we have made astounding improvements in the health sciences, we still cannot cure a virus. >> and sunday at 4:00 on real america, the 1957 film "the silent invader" about a new influenza virus that emerged from asia. >> in metropolitan pittsburgh with approximately 1 million people, if we had this flu strike here you would have approximately 200,000 people who would become ill in a four to six week period. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak at c-span.org/coronavirus. watch congress,

american history tv tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. american history tv on c-span 3 looks back at the influenza pandemics of 1918 and 1957. stoneybrook university professor nancy toms compares the 1918 influenza pandemic to what's happening today. >> when they tell us not to shake hands or to, you know, sneeze into your elbow, that's a social distancing method. exactly the same stuff they were telling americans to do at the turn of the last century. why is this important? because even though we have made astounding improvements in the health sciences, we still cannot cure a virus. >> and sunday at 4:00 on real america, the 1957 film the silent invader, about a new influenza virus that emerged from asia. >> metropolitan pittsburgh with approximately 1 million people, if we had this flu strike here, you would have approximately 200,000 people who would become ill in a four to six-week period. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to cspansto

eastern here on american history tv. wyatt and mcgrady talks about how wikipedia has changed since it was founded in 2001. as the scholars in science program manager, he works with academics to improve site content. this interview was recorded at the annual american historical association meeting in new york city. host: joining us from our studios in new york, ryan mcgrady. he runs the scholars and scientists program as the manager for wiki education, which means what? guest: i run a program that brings subject matter experts to wikipedia. host: how did wikipedia start out? what is its etymology in genesis? guest: wikipedia is a concept of -- a combination of the concept of wikipedia and if wikipedia. is a software that it uses which is that easy to edit, easy to collaborate text and images software. wiki is not the same of -- same as wikipedia but they merge the two together. it began in 2001 as a project of a more traditional encyclopedia. a drafting is for that traditional encyclopedia. it kind of took off and got a l

this is american history tv, only on c-span 3. announcer: next, university of notre dame professor darren dochuk talks about the oil indistry's impact on american religion and politics. he's the author of "anointed with oil -- how christianity and crude made modern america." the southern methodist university center for presidential history and clement

are watchingou american history tv. every weekend, beginning saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, we bring you 40 hours, exploring our nation's past. american history tv is only on c-span3. >> in 1953, president dwight i eisenhower issued an executive order creating the president's committee on government contracts, directing companies doing business with the government to hire employees without discrimination based on creed, color, or national organ. next on "reel america," "the new girl." dramatizes the racial tensions caused by the first hiring of a black secretary by a private company doing federal contract work. the film was shown by churches and civic groups and schools to address compliance with the antidiscrimination effort. [film begins] [laughter] [indiscernible conversations] narrator: that is the new girl. it is her first day. some people say there will be trouble. some saw trouble coming from the start. ♪ >> good office management begins at home. you are late. >> guilty, sir. >> you better hurry. my coffee is probably getting cold. >> it is a wonder i love to

you can watch on american history tv on c-span3. >> our look at san antonio continues as we hear from historian louis fisher -- lewis fisher about the center of the city. standing near are the spanish governor's palace, which was set up here due to the conflict between two european empires, france and spain, in the 18th century. spain had, of course, established itself in latin america and south america and mexico and northern mexico, especially important to spain because of very rich silver mines. it reached up to the northern border. it was along the red river where it was causing trouble with the indians. it's reach down into the silver mines. was goingrds knew it to come up on san antonio and in 1618, 302 years ago, san antonio was established here. the first challenge they faced was getting water. the first thing the priests did was to build a church. the second thing they did was set up a water system. -- yous you have looked have rivers but you don't have green fertile areas. they drew from their experience in spain which actually came from the roman empire. a system of irrigat

tv. on american history tour takescities american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here is the recent program. >> i think people around here know a lot about ranching history. texas tends to be about itself with its own history but this history is about middle american regional stories that haven't really been told. it is almost like the isolation of the ranching history. it lookinghed without instead of looking within. museumin the historical that is the largest historical museum in the state of texas if you count it by the number of artifacts. cowboys,ition title is cattle, and culture. here whenime curator we set up the show, both of us are native to kansas city. in why thisested space felt so familiar to us. and michael started looking at the number of objects in the permanent collection. and it turns out that there were over 1000 objects in the database. we started looking at what kinds of objects there were and we found such a good array of a variety of options. we needed to do a show that pulled the sister city hood. that amarillod might grow

eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span, your unfiltered view by cablement, created in 1979you today by your television provider. >> sunday, on american history tv, this historian talks about his book, black lives, native lands, white worlds. the history of slavery in new england. here a preview. not largehey were numbers of's -- of enslaved people in here, there was the selling of provisions to plantations, the transportation of enslaved people throughout the americas but also the transatlantic slave trade. economy revolved around slavery. historian by the name of mark peterson published this giant book on boston when he said -- he phrased it pretty well when he said that boston was an enslaved society when most of -- where most of the slaves lived elsewhere. the demographics, i pushed back against the demographics. they embraced slave training, especially from africa but also within the americas as a form of commerce. rhode island became the center of slave trading in all british north america. if you take all the slave voyages from the colonial. up, theydded them would no

american history tv. 75 years ago, on february 19, 1945, the u.s. navy, coast guard and marines launched an invasion of the heavily fortified pacific island called iwo jima. next on railamerica, filmed in color by u.s. service members and edited by warner bros. studios, the academy-award nominated documentary "to the shores of iwo jima." it tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle in which nearly 7000 marines were killed. this film contains graphic scenes of war and death that may disturb some viewers. ♪ [orchestral music] narrator: this is the pacific as you know it, wide stretches of water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast fortress-studded plane on which the japanese defend the heart of the homeland. it is the most heavily fortified island in the world. this was the most heavily -- heavily fortified island in the world. buried deep underground, the jap preparations for murder. 20,000 fighting men waited for us to make the first move. >> and they don't have to wait long. [explosions] the navy be

>>> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to cspanstore.org to see what's new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. >>> and now a lecture from american university about malcolm x's views on africa. he argues that in the 1960s, africa had been associated with a lack of civilization. and that malcolm x advocated for african-americans to have a more positive view of africa in order to combat racism and develop better self-esteem. >>> so today, we're going to be, of course, reviewing and discussing section that really talks about malcolm's views, malcolm x's views on -- on africa and even the middle east. and of course, we read a few of the letters that he sent home when he was traveling in 1959, as well as in 1964 in africa as well as the middle east. as well as a few speeches that he made. one in 1959 and another in 1965 before he was killed. that really sort of talked about his viewpoints on africa. and then also a very critical interview that he gave when he attended the organizational -- organiz

american history tv and lectures in history is available at a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> distant drummer is a four-part film series from the early 1970s about drug abuse. this episode, "distant drummer: a moveable scene" looks at drug use during the hippie era of the late 1960s and early 1970s. this was produced by george washington university and the national institute of mental health and narrated by hollywood actor actors. >> this the straight society, early well-managed disciplined. made possible by protestant ethic. worldly achievement. but not everyone embraces these hallmarks of success. in each city across the land there exists another culture whose very philosophy reflects and in so doing rebukes the order and discipline of the establishment. the hippie is perhaps more than any other social fen om none brought the drug issue to the surface. most of them are children of middle class and upper class families. ♪ >> thousands of snapshots on police station walls remain the only link between many of america's affluent familyies

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[applause] >> this weekend on american history tv, exploring ancient americans. the founding fathers and white house myths. today at, 2:00 p.m. eastern the great grandson of president theodore roosevelt on modern values. >> even if the decoration announces pins both that or inconsistent with slavery, it deliberately does not criticize the practice. you can see it. tickets taken out. excepting slavery is the price of independence. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern, realities and legends of the white house. >> the marquita lafayette never put an alligator in these room. roosevelt never banned christmas trees. people have been calling the white house the white house well before roosevelt ordered a new official stationary. lincoln never slept in the bed named after him. >> sunday at 9:00 came eastern, t. cole jones on and he may conditions in 18th-century prison camps. '77hat first winter of americans.or the somewhere between 12000 and 18,000 american service personnel died in british custody during their eight years of the revolutionary war. >> sunday at 6:00 on american a

c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road to visit cities across america.ere is a recent program. bill: hi, my name is bill mercer and i am the assistant director of curatorial affairs at the panhandle plains historical museum. today, or that to share a little bit about -- i would like to share about the history of native americans and the culture of native americans in texas. it's very appropriate to begin with the contemporary. i am standing next to a magnificent piece of sculpture by the noted artist alan houser, who was apache. and he was born in oklahoma. he was a descendent of removed's band who was to oklahoma after geronimo and his band was captured. he later became a terrific artist. as you can see, one of the main foci of this particular piece is a native american on horseback . and that is truly the story of native americans in the southern plains region and in the panhandle especially. when horses became available to them in the 1600s, particularly the comanches and some of the apache people, they were able to tradersorses from the in santa fe.

meadowcroft rockshelter by visiting heinz history center.org, and you can watch this and all other american history tv programs at c-span.org/history. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> today on american history tv, the symposium on john marshall. the decisions involving the forced relocation of the cherokee nation, hosted by the virginia newseum of history and culture and the university of oklahoma center for the study of american injury law -- indian law in history. emphasizingosing the policy iswar, both humanitarian but think of it as practical. let me read this part. posed theere he letter. am clear in my opinion that policy to the expediency of being on good terms with the as we have already experienced, it's like driving the wild beast from the forest. here again, he shifts the language to his thoughts about the nature of the people they are engaging with. this will come up again. it is jarring in its language. it is descriptive of u.s

american history. next our visit to merlot, texas. are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> established in 1926, route 66 was one of the original highways in the u.s. highway system, carrying motorists over 2400 miles from chicago, illinois to santa monica, california. in the book, "a matter of time," route 66 through the lens of a photographer and historian nick gerlich capture scenes along the route that speak to its past. in amarillo, we rode along with nick gerlich, following the path of the old highway. >> why do you think this highway is still popular today, even after decades after it was decommissioned? nick: it has a lot to do with nostalgia today. people want to revisit places that maybe they experienced as a child. that is a huge part of the nostalgia. but there is another kind of nostalgia as well. it is called anna moya. it is a desire to visit a place in the past that you never experienced. so for younger americans, and for international tourists of all ages for whom route 66 was only something they had heard about, com