p.m., american artifacts takes you to the museum and history and culture for african-american history from reconstruction through civil rights. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, we talk with daina ramey berry about the economics of slavery. she is the author of "the price for their pound of flesh: the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation." we recorded the interview at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in philadelphia. host: 2019 marks the anniversary of the first african-american sold into slavery in the united states. where were they from? daina: they came from different parts of west africa. they were taken on a ship and captured by the dutch, been -- then captured again off a portuguese ship. when you look at the journey, there were two different points when they were on ships. host: how do we know about them? daina: we know about this from ship records. we also know about this from the virginia records. we know very little information about them but we have bits and pieces. >> what do we know? we know that they arrived and

reconstruction ends when the gains for freedom of african-americans during reconstruction were legally undone by the supreme court. the ultimate rejection of african-american rights granted by the 15th amendment was the supreme court's approval in williams v. mississippi in 1898 of the 1890 disfranchising conventions in the form of confederate states. with that stamp of approval, then the states of the confederacy instituted all sorts of voting restrictions. you know about a lot of them. then there's an outrageous oklahoma case where they said we'll allow black people to vote, but we just won't count the votes. the united states government accepted jim crow, but african-americans never did. the black community continued efforts to enforce voting rights, but to little avail until the civil rights movement of 1960s. it was really a century before congress finally followed charles sumner's advice about that law, and that's the voting rights act of 1965. it was hard fought just as the first reconstruction had been hard fought. the act was necessary for enforcement because so many other law

history tv, american artifacts take utility urging museum for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstructionhts. explore our nations passed on american history tv, every week on c-span3. next, historians analyze the johnt white house tapes of f. kennedy, lyndon b. johnson and richard nixon. we get an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day business. the miller center hosted this event. >> good afternoon everyone. professor atciate the nontender. alluld like to look on the too echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues. it is quite wonderful to be here with everybody.

p.m., american artifacts takes you to the museum and history and culture for african-american history from reconstructionhts. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, we talk with daina ramey berry about the economics of slavery. she is the author of "the price for their pound of flesh: the value of the enslaved, from womb to grave, in the building of a nation." we recorded the interview at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in philadelphia. ho

00 american artifacts takes you to the srafpltvirginia museum of history on african-american history from reconstruction civil rights. explore our past on american history tv on c-span 3. >> in 1979 a new york opened the doors to policy making brings you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. a lot has changed but that big idea is bigger than ever on television and online c-span is your unfiltered view of government so you can make up your own mind. >> in about 10 minutes on real america a 2 minute u.s. agriculture department from 1939 titled the negro first, we talked seascape with newcastle university literature and film scholar hannah durkin who recently published her research findings about a woman named redoshi who she argues was the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade, referred to as sally smith in the film, redoshi briefly appears in the negro farmer. >> thanks for being with us on c-span 3's american history tv and let me begin with that question. who was redoshi? >> well, redoshi was a west african born women who very sadly was kidnapped in 1860 and is believed to be the

artifacts, we visit the virginia museum of history and culture to learn about african-american history, from reconstruction to the civil rights era. here is a preview. voted with the right to and the access to political participation, we see black men erasing those opportunities and getting very involved and active in virginia politics. peter jacob carter is one of about 100 black men who served in virginia's general assembly from the end of the civil war through 1900. he was one of the longest serving representatives from northampton county in virginia. he represents this really flowering of black political activism and it was through assembly men like eater jacob carter and other black olives to politicians that helped create the public school system in virginia, readjusting virginia's debt after the war and other measures like that. some of the objects we have related beaker jacobs -- peter embraces the eager activism of black men once they got the right to participate in politics. there is a poll book from norfork county which lists the color voters as they were described who registered to vote in 1867

american reconstruction. explore america's past every weekend on american history tv. "q&a," our destiny beyond earth and achieving digital immortality. takesital immortality everything known about you on the internet, your digital footprint, york credit card -- records, yourrd pictures, your audiotapes, and completes a profile that is digitized that lasts forever. when you go to the library of the future. you will not take out a book about winston churchill. you will talk to winston churchill. "q&a."-span's , on american history tv -- a panel of historians looks at various aspects of the revolutionary war-era military. topics include george washington's and how historians use a soldier's personal memoirs or journals. by the society for historians of the early american republic. >> i want to welcome you. have for very young historians today, so i feel a generation or two beyond. i will introduce them in a moment. before i do, a word or two on why we are actually here. all of our historians are specialists on the american revolution with a particular interest in its mil

american history tv airs at 8 pm eastern on c-span 3. >>> next, historian henry louis gates talks about reconstruction, which lasted from the end of the civil war until 1877. the amendments past during this time to promote equality for african-americans. and the subsequent jim crow laws and other measures used in southern states to reestablish white supremacy. the national constitution center hosted this event. >>> ladies and gentlemen. welcome upstairs to the national constitution center. >> you heard -- the passion a professor gets downstairs and all of our colleagues. so were just going to jump right into this conversation. the one thing i have to say is i think you can tell, it is urgently important to bring as many schoolkids as possible to come see that incredible exhibit. and that is why i am thrilled that last week, dr. william highs, the superintendent of the school district for philadelphia sat with me on this overlook and announced that the school district and the constitution center are launching a program to bring tens of thousands of school districts to the constitution center every year. >> wow. >> they are calling it th

colombia university, and thuey were part of the and parcel of reconstruction being a dismal failure and embarrassment to the history of american democracy. and they took on the dunning school. and erik phoner, the chief consultant to our series, is -- it's so ironic that he's our leading reconstruction historian at columbia university. it's almost as if i think he's about to publish his 10th book on reconstruction on the 13, 14th, and 15th amendment. it should be out in september. i think it's a personal mission for him to refute the terribly racist claims made by the dunning school. his own predecessors in the history department at columbia and set the record straight. mcfeely had us read "black reconstruction" and then a book by rayford logan. rayford logan was the third or fourth man to get a ph.d. in history from harvard. at one time he was engaged to my great aunt. i'm very biassed about rayford logan. he wrote a book called "the betrayal of the negro". it's about the period immediately following reconstruction. reconstruction people argue about it. but generally accepted dates, 18 65 to 1877. so the bookends in 1877. log

era to a chapter ball nearly 200 african-americans were serving during the height of reconstruction by 1880 there were 60 in 1890, 25 and 1900, five. in 1909 the last two african-american officers died in the 19 tend federal census showed not a single african-american police officer in the entire south. the final rollback of integration took place where it had all begun on the streetcars. only in 1912 to the state legislature contribute a bill requiring cities of 30,000 inhabitants or more a category that included only charleston segregate passengers -- yes a lot of this book come you don't know whether to laugh or cry or laugh until you cry. there's a lot of absurdity in it but very painful. segregation was the judges that you're the chosen city counsel to require separate white and sections in the same streetcar. the mayor at the time couple he came out in support of the streaker company president quote unquote flexible plan which whites would be seated in the front and african-americans in the rear of the visible grounds that a quote was not likely to cause any proms because it w

reconstruction act reminds that's the question at the time. who were the voters? johnson was pardonening ex-confederate, not allowing of course aen americans to vote the reconstruction dmid that. were there grounds to declare him unfit for office? turning to a history yn more thannen allen nevins and more than kennedy. david donald. remember at that time johnson was considered a kwod president. for the american heritage he wrote an essay called why they impeach andrew johnson. and donald details how his political ineptitude destroyed of any chance of bringing the nation together in a way that would have done justice to the defeated south and african-americans. i'm quoting at length from donald because his voice doesn't get heard as much as it should. sure of his rectitude he was indifferent to prudeens. he never never learn the president president of the united states can't afraid to be a quarreller. in the rough and tumble politics of tennessee orators exchanged bitter denounceiations johnson continued making speeches from the white house. all too often he spoke extemp rain/snowily and permitted hecklers to bring draw him into angry charg

takes you to the virginia museum of history and culture for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstruction through civil rights. an american tv history special this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. heritage education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of hobbyists selected by center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public as military subjects, ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror. the theme this year was the 75th anniversary of d-day. next, on american artifacts we visit and exhibit about world war 2 soviet soldiers. >> my name is craig hall. i basically consider myself an amateur military historian. i do various impressions, and this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british to helping them win world war ii. we have to give either equal credit to our allies. some would say we couldn't have done it by ourselves. the point is people ask me why do i do this impression? and i think because the reason is t

artifacts takes you to the virginia museum of history for a an exhibit on african-american history, from reconstructionough civil rights. explore our nation's passed on american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. announcer: senator amy klobuchar attends a house party in nashua, new hampshire. watch live coverage sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, on c-span.org, or this and the free c-span radio app -- or listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: a panel of millennial journalists talk about the industry, fake news, evolving media platforms, and the future of journalism. townhall los angeles hosted the nearly hour-long event. kyle: thank you guys so much for coming out tonight to townhall. if you are new, welcome. if you are returning, welcome back. my name is kyle langan and i am the marketing director for townhall, los angeles.

american artefacts takes you to the virginia museum of history for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstruction through civil rights. explore our nation's caught. the book never the washington's relentless pursuit of their run away slave ona judge where she accounts the life of a slave who escaped and initiated a manhunt ordered by the first president. she remained an escaped funaltive until her death in new hampshire in 1848. this was recorded at george washington's mount vernon in 2017.

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in texas the clan bragged that it was hunted down and killed every african-american member of the reconstruction era a new police chief hired in 1886 a free man of cover who was the highest ranking policemen in america. by the early 20th century the number of african americans could be counted on one hand and when they retired they were replaced by whites. most living trust only us and never known in all white force. even after the reestablishment. in 1878. they have remained one third of men of color. the court was reset your gated resegregated in similar fashion the department simply stopped hiring african-american off nearly 200 african-americans were serving as police officer during the height of reconstruction by 1880 there were 60. in 1905. in 1909 the lasting they died in their boots. the 1910 federal sentence should not a single african-american police officer in the deep south. the final rollback of integration took place where it have all begun on the streetcars. only in 1912 did the state legislature introduce a bill requiring students --dash megacities of a 30,000. a category that in

voters, the reconstruction act should remind us that's exactly what the question was at the time, who were the voters. johnson was pardoning -- and letting the boat but not allowing african-americans to vote and there reconstruction was trying to do that. here i want to turn to historians in the mid-50s, david donald. remember at that time johnson was considered a good president. and yet for the american heritage he wrote an essay called why they impeached andrew johnson. johnson details how his political ineptitude destroyed any chance of bringing the nation together in a way that would have done justice to the defeated south and to african- americans. and donald's voice doesn't get hurt as much as it should. johnson was in different to age, he never learned that the president of the united states cannot afford to be a quarrel or. dacia front or tennessee where orchards exchanged violent personalities, crude humor and bitter denunciation, johnson continued to make sub- speeches from the white house, all too often decision his mind was closed and he defended his course with all the obstinance but as charles sumner put it no longer sympathetic or even kindly was harsh, petulant and

with the issues raised by reconstruction. >> thank you so much for the and i learned so much from that interaction. i'll ask you what you learned but also what you want americans to know about the reconstruction amendments themselves. the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments . >> the 13th amendment abolished slavery and most people know it now because of the documentary if they didn't know it before. we will raise that the emancipation proclamation abolish slavery but of course it didn't. may be half 1 million formally enslaved people were able to get behind union lines and gain their freedom before the end of the civil war. but, the institution of slavery was only abolished by the ratification of the 13th amendment. the 14th as you said so eloquently, the equal protection clause and citizenship, do you ever wonder where birthright citizenship came from? charles sumner and the colleagues from china try to figure out what is the status of the people who've been property for a quarter of a millennium? and, they came up with birthright citizenship which was brilliant, actually. then, finally, is 1868 and then finally the ratification of the 15th amendment which, effect

artifacts, we visited the virginia museum of history and culture to learn about african american history from reconstruction to the civil rights era. here is a preview. voted, with the right to and access to political participation, we see black men embracing those opportunities and getting very involved and active in virginia politics. peter jacob carter is one of about 100 black men served in virginias general assembly from the end of thie civil war through 1900. he was one of the longest-serving representatives from northampton county in virginia. reallyesents this flowering of black political activism. it was through assemblymen like peter jacob carter and other black politicians that helped pass legislation creating a public school system in virginia. readjusting virginia's debt after the war and other measures like that. some of the objects we have related to peter jacob's story represent the activism, the eager embrace of political activism of black men once they got the right to participate in politics. there is a poll book here from norfolk county which lists the colored voters, as they were descri

professor emeritus of history at columbia university and the author of numerous books on american history including reconstruction, america's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877 which was a must have when i was in graduate school. the fiery trial abraham lincoln and the american slavery. both winners of the coveted bancroft prize. his latest book the second founding how the civil war and reconstruction remade the constitution will appear in september and tonight in the final event of our spring season eric will engage brenda wineapple in a conversation about her widely claimed new book be in "the impeachers" the trial of andrew johnson and the dream of a just nation. it may have one or two parallels to the current political situation but i will let our two historians weigh in on that. "after words" i will pass around the mic to our audience members who would like to ask a question. i should also mention the copies of the features are on sale courtesy of books on call nyc and by brenda wineapple will be happy to sign them. please welcome brenda wineapple and eric. [applause] >> thank you all for coming out this eveni

reconstruction era. this interview was recorded at the organization of american historians annual meeting in philadelphia. >> the title of your paper here at the meeting, "crossing the border after the underground railroad, african north americans returning from canada." so people heard about the underground railroad, but why were slaves trying to escape to canada and how were they able to do that? >> the underground railroad was really a whole set of things together. it is roads, some rails, with people trying to get out of slavery and find ways to be safe. sometimes that was just in the northern states. sometimes that was in mexico. and most famously, it was going all the way to canada. a completely different country, being free from the chance they could be recaptured and brought back into slavery. >> what was that journey like? where are slaves at this time, and how are they making the journey into canada? >> in the decades before the civil war, slaves were really everywhere in the united states. we think of them mostly being in the south and rural places, but enslaved people are in cities. they are

takes you to the virginia museum of history and culture for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstructiongh civil rights. explore our nations passed on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. the mikva challenge held its public speaking competition, "soapbox nation: youth speech showcase" at the newseum in washington, d.c.. founded in 1997, the mikva challenge aims to promote civics among students. this is one hour. and 10 minutes. >> hello, everyone. good evening. thank you for joining us today. you are up here with mikva challenge, we are committed to developing young people to be informed and active citizens to create a just and equitable world. named after two great civic leaders, we believe in the power of the voices that are here with us today and we believe in helping young people to create civic action to improve the world. i am going to turn it over to a colleague and friend from facebook education. [applause] >> hi, everyone. my name is nicole and i work on the education team focused on use leadership. -- on youth leadership. our mission is to provide young people with sup

you to the virginia museum of history and culture, for an exhibit on them african-american history from reconstruction through civil rights. at american history tv special from fort moreau, white comfort, virginia, this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. monroe, point comfort, virginia. inouncer: trump be overseas france. before departing he spoke to reporters about the ongoing trade dispute with china. and the action of federal reserve chairman jerome powell. president trump: we put a lot of tariffs on china today. they put a lot on us. where up to $550

takes you to the virginia museum of history and culture for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstruction through civil rights. an american tv history special this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. heritage education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of hobbyists selected by center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public as military subjects, ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror. the theme this year was the 75th anniversary of d-day. next, on american artifacts we visit and exhibit about world war 2 soviet soldiers. >> m

reconstruction acts. in the conclusion of impeachment on american history, jeffrey angle resurrects the account with high praise and mentions ross who deteeted trumped up charges by considering their consciences. and just last friday on cnn, a the history of impeachment. all the experts agree that partisanship reigned and no grounds for impeachment. for me the treatment of johnson as impeachment remains an unfinished revolution because when it's absent from public memory it's too often misremembered. thank you. [ applause ] i'm happy to take questions. we have some time. >> i'm going to ask you to sit down. and we have questions for both panelists. >> okay. can you live with that? >> sure. >> so, are there people who would like to come up and ask questions. there's a microphone over there. i'm shocked. i'm going to ask one of brooke, which is as most political historians who have studied this, have argued that the real reason for the defeat of the impeachment was the fact that the person who would succeed johnson was ben wade of ohio who was despised by an enormous number of people in the senate, includi

takes you to the virginia museum of history and culture for an exhibit on african american history from reconstruction through civil rights. >> a discussion on world war ii food rationing, including troop field ration innovations that led to u.s. processed food. >> i'm very pleased to welcome karen to give her presentation. karen participated in our conference in 2017, two summers ago. the first one where it was national. and we're very excited to have her back. she was gonna be talking to you about world war ii food provisions. >> good morning, everyone. i hope everyone's had a good week so far. i know i certainly did. this morning i'm gonna talk to you about the food fight. or rationing in world war ii. we all know that teenagers, most of us work with teenagers, have large appetites. i have one at home with an incredibly large appetite. i hike to try to engage kids with a topic that not only fits their appetite but also increases their appetite for learning. and i find that food is oftentimes a very engaging topic. napoleon or frederick the great, depending on who you listen to, once said that an ar

some of them go to washington, d.c., which during the civil war and reconstruction is a major place for african-americans. some of them go all the way back into southern communities and try to reconnect people they've known or find groups that are in position to make change and be part of that change. i'm tracking all kinds of moments back out of canada after the underground railroad. >> why do they want to come back and what gives them hope? >> a lot of them thought themselves as members of the u.s. they wanted to be united states citizens and slavery was making that point. with the civil war and end of slavery there are a number of political leaders who say this is our chance. we're going to go and be part of a reconstruction government. we'll be part of the opportunity for black people to have equal rights in the united states. >> what's it like for those former slaves returning versus the people who had stayed in the united states and then were freed? do they have different lives? >> that's a big question for this project. i really have to figure out how to understand people who had been like the com

>>> weeknights this month we feature american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend. tonight a look at the post civil war reconstruction. starting with henry louis gates. he discusses constitutional amendments past during that time that aim to promote equality for african americans. he then examines the subsequent jim crow laws and other segregationist measures that were passed in southern states. watch american history tvs tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span three. >> i look at the civil war continues with other patrick breen on his book "the land shall be deluged in blood: a new history of the nat turner revolt" a new history of the nat turner revolt. this was part of the gettysburg college civil war institutes annual summer conference. it is about one hour. >> good morning. i am peter carmichael a member of the history department. i'm the director of the civil war institute. it is my pleasure this morning to introduce to you patrick breen who is an associate professor in history and classics at providence college. i should note he is also the father of one of our high school scholarship recipients from last y

artifacts takes you to the virginia museum of history and culture or an exhibit on never american history from reconstruction through civil rights. explore our nations passed on american history tv every weekend on c-span3 area in 1979 a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. it let viewers make up their own minds. we opened the doors to policymaking for all to see. bringing you unfiltered content on congress and beyond. a lot has changed but today that big idea is more prevalent than ever. c-span is your unfiltered view of government. so you can pick up your own mind -- make up your own mind. brought to you or satellite provider. american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. it go to c-span store.org to see what is new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. this weekend on the presidency, from the university of virginia, three former white house speechwriters talk about the process of turning a president's and politics into a speech. here's a preview. >> talk about how president obama would give you the frame for a first speech.

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artifacts, we visit the virginia museum of history and culture to learn about african-american history, from reconstruction to the civil rights era. here is a preview. very closeecame friends with dr. martin luther king jr. they first met at an inner seminary conference in the early 1950's. walker became king's right-hand man. they helped found the southern christian leadership conference and organized many of the nonviolent mass protest activities that marked the civil rights movement of the 1960's. regardingher king was walker as the keenest mind of the civil rights movement. walker strategized major activities, including the 1963.gham campaign of how close dr. martin luther king was, we have an early letter from martin luther king to wyatt t walker 1958,december 3, referencing a march against segregated schools that walker was organizing here in richmond. it is signed "mike." only dr. king's closest friends referred to him as mike. this is a powerful indication of how close their friendship was. announcer: learn more about african-american history and our tour of the virginia museum of history and cultu

artifacts take you to the virginia medium -- museum of history for the exhibit on african-american history from reconstruction through civil past, explore our nation's on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. wake of the recent shootings in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio, the house judiciary committee will return early from the summer recess to mark up three gun violence prevention bills which includes banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, restricting firearms from those deemed by a court to be a risk to themselves and preventing individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes for purchasing a gun. live coverage begins wednesday, september 4 at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and if you are on the go, listen to our live coverage using the free c-span radio app. attorneys and legal experts talk about the supreme court's recent term, preview upcoming cases and the impact the president had on the system. due to a technical issue, we are joining the panel in progress. to questions. observationhat my aat i think echoed it, was light term in terms of expectations and had the court split

first coming of the kkk was right after the civil war, armed resistance to reconstruction and the rights of african-americans. the second coming of the kkk takes place around world war i. the kkk became a force to be reckoned with. it controlled many state governments including the state of indiana, the state of oregon. there reach was alarmingly great and they sort of organized themselves like a sort of social club and finally came to ruin by the end of the 20s because of corruption but not because of the odious this of their political message and this is a modern history of the kkk in the 20sth century that is definitely worth reading and it has some alarming resonances today because some of the rhetoric and activities and renewed white supremacist movement in the united states rarely resembled what happened in the 1920s and that the place we don't want to go back to. a great book, this is the story, scarface and the untouchables, scarface was the nickname for al capone. he was injured in a big brawl when he was in new york and had a big scar on his face. he was called scarface that this is the story of al

and on c-span 3, american history tv with programs on the reconstruction era which followed the civil war. >> american history tvs look at the civil war continues now with amy murrell taylor on her book embattled freedom, journeys to the civil wars slave refugee camps. the first part of the geddes berg gettysburg civil war institute college. it's about an hour. >> good morning everyone, you may all take a seat . please. i'm peter carmichael, i'm a member of the history department here at gettysburg college and i'm also the director of the civil war institute and it's my pleasure to start off this saturday morning with amy murrell taylor. amy as an associate professor at the university of kentucky, she did her undergraduate training

and on c-span 3, american history tv with programs on the reconstruction era which followed the civil war. >> american history tvs look at the civil war continues now with amy murrell taylor on her book embattled freedom, journeys to the civil wars slave refugee camps. the first part of the geddes berg gettysburg civil war institute college. it's about an hour. >> good morning everyone, you may all take a seat . please. i'm peter carmichael, i'm a member of the history department here at gettysburg college and i'm also the director of the civil war institute and it's my pleasure to start off this saturday morning with amy murrell taylor. amy as an associate professor at the university of kentucky, she did her undergraduate training at duke university, her graduate training at uva and as i mentioned, she is at kentucky. she only goes to schools where there are basketball powerhouses, there used to winning national champions. being from indiana i have got a faint memory, i know amy won this year at uva because you know a guy from indianapolis. so let's not forget that. amy has just publ

artefacts takes you to the virginia museum of history for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstruction through civil rights. explore our nation's caught. the book never the washington's relentless pursuit of their run away slave ona judge where she accounts the life of a slave who escaped and initiated a manhunt ordered by the first president. she remained an escaped funaltive until her death in new hampshire in 1848. this was recorded at george washington's mount vernon in 2017. they should have called you the founding director. as we say around here. her first book a fragile freedom african american women and emancipation published by yale extremely well regarded and important study of an understudied topic up to that point and so the perfect person to take on the challenge to recover the story of owna judge let's give erica a big round of applause. [applause] there's no other place i should be giving this talk. >> good evening, everyone. happy black history month. here i am. so, first, let me make -- offer a few thank you. of course to dunn bradford who invite saidd invited. meechlt

and on c-span 3 it's american history tv, with programs on the reconstruction era, which followed the civil war. >>> next on american history tv, gettysburg college civil war institute director peter carmichael talks about his book "the war for the common soldiers: how men thought, fought, and survived in civil war armies", this is an hour. >>> it is my honor and pleasure to introduce somebody who at this point probably needs very little introduction to most of you. peter carmichael is the director of the civil war institute and the robert c. flurer professor of civil war college. he is the writer of essays as well as several books, and "the last generation" young virginians in peace, war and reunion "published in 2005." his most recent book "the war for the common soldier: how men thought, fought and survival in civil war armies" was published just last year in 2018 and he is the recent recipient of the 2018 nymas civil war book award from the new york military affairs symposi symposium. please welcome peter carmichael. >> i'm not dehydrated, i just have, as you can tell, a little sc

takes you to the virginia museum of history and culture for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstruction through civil rights, explore our nations passed on american history tv, every weekend on c-span-3. monday not on the communicators, cnbc cybersecurity reporter kate on her book about the world of cybercrime. >> if we want to understand why all of these things are happening, there it is the algorithmsn of the that are on twitter and facebook the russianhelp intelligence agency influence an election or the ransomware that has now taking down big cities like baltimore and atlanta, we have to understand the people who are behind these things and all of them are different. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> this year, c-span is touring cities around the country, exploring american history. next, a look at the recent visit to bozeman montana. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span-3. crystal: we are here in the extreme history project offices ic

ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] today on american history tv, americanit on reconstruction. explore america's past every weekend on american history tv. "q&a," our destiny beyond earth and achieving digital immortality. takesital immortality everything known about you on the internet, your digital footprint, york credit card -- records, yourrd pictures, your audiotapes, and completes a profile that is digitized that lasts forever. when you go to the library of the future. you will not take out a book about winston churchill. you will talk to winston churchill. "q&a."-span's , on american history tv -- a panel of historians looks at various aspects of the revolutionary war-era military. topics include george washington's and how historians use a soldier's personal memoirs or journals. by the society for historians of the early american republic. >> i want to welcome you. have for very young historians today, so i feel a generation or two beyond. i will introduce them in a moment. before i do, a word or two on why we are actually here. all of our historians are specialists on

and c-span3, american history tv with programs on the reconstruction era which followed the civil war. >> beginning now on c-span3, it's american history tv with historians looking at civil war artifacts. this took part at a summer conference. it lasts about an hour, ten minutes. >> we're going to get started. my name is brian luskey. i teach in the history department at west virginia university in morgantown. and these parts i'm better known as ashley's husband, and harper jane's dad. it is my birthday today. thank you. cwi's gift to me is to have the opportunity to moderate this panel. artifacts of the civil war starring the four esteemed scholars you see. joan crashinn is the author of first lady of the confederacy published by harvard, and pwar stuff, the struggle for american and human resources in the civil war published last year by cambridge university press. we'll talk a lot about things during the civil war era today, and we'll be using a primary source analysis that's taken from her edited volume of essays with unc press also 2018 titled "war matters material culture in the

and on c-span3, it's "american history tv" with program on the reconstruction era which followed the civil war. >>> "american history tv's" look at the civil war continues now with author patrick breen on his book "the land should be deluged in blood." this talk was part of the gettysburg college civil war institute's annual summer conference. it's about an hour. >> good morning. good morning, again. i'm peter carmichael. member of the history department at gettysburg college. i'm also the director of the civil war institute. it is my pleasure this morning to introduce to you patrick breen who's an associate professor in history and classics at providence college. i should note, he's also the father of one of our high school scholarship recipients from last year. correct? she came here. and enjoyed herself, i'm sure. patrick is the author of "the land shall be deluged in blood: a new history of nat turner's revolt" published by oxford university press. i can say to you it's one of the finest books i've read on southern history in a very long time. it is a book that i assigned to my un

takes you to the virginia museum of history and culture for an exhibit on african american history from reconstruction through civil rights. explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv continues now with a discussion on policy making and presidential commissions in political history. this talk took place at purdue university and was part of a conference called "remaking american political history. it's an hour and a half. >>> welcome. i'm the associate professor of instruction at northwestern university center for studies. i'm a legal historian who has written about presidential commissions. thank you for coming. unfortunately cynthia spence is unable to be here. we look forward to a great conversation. so we're going to be a little informal today. we've said there are two pan

artifacts takes you to the history museum of and culture for an exhibit on african-american history from reconstructionights. explore our nation's past on american history tv every c-span 3. >>> sunday night on q&a, physicist michio kaku author of the future of humanity talks about our destiny beyond earth and achieving digital immortality. >> it takes everything known about you on the internet, yourdigital footprint, credit card records, what movies you see, what wines you like to buy, what you visit, your videos, your pictures, your audio tapes and creates a digitizedat's which will last forever so when you go to the library will notture, you pick out a book about winston churchill. you'll talk to winston churchill. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. q&a.rn on c-span's >> monday night on the cnbc cyberrs, security reporter on her lies aboutm of the world of cyber crime. >> if we want to understand things arethese happening to us, whether it is the exploitation of the algorithms that run twitter and facebook in order to help the russian intelligence agency influence an election, or the ransomware that has n

senator tim scott, the first african-american republican senator ends reconstruction right -- since reconstruction right out of south carolina. former governor nikki haley, who showed the united nations how effective and sharp she is as ambassador. not small. the state rep we just heard from who went to the united states congress, who becomes omb director under president trump's presidency and now is white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, from this room. [applause] chad: and finally we've got lindsey graham, who served in the state house, goes on to be part of the impeachment group when president hunton was impeached, --clinton was impeached, now sits in the powerful seat of the united states judiciary committee, affirming and confirming president trump's judges. [applause] chad: that's all out of this room as south carolina republicans. now is not the time to rest on our laurels. the sherman says we are at -- chairman says we are at 406 members of the elephant committee. if you like what south carolina has going on, if you like the policies coming out of here, if you like the success under he

influence by black reconstruction by dubois, the naacp sent a list of monica trail and elimination of demeaning portraits of african americans. mgm did not go as far as was hoped because they consulted a professor i won't name, who advised that the original script was just confirmed by consensus. which was true at the time. yet some scenes that he cut were reshot making the more human. and many scenes with african americans were deleted. there are few in the film. historians of the civil rights movement had sometimes pointed to this alliance. as a strategy that would work in the civil rights movement. at the same time, conservatives even today point to this as an example of political correctness leading to censorship in hollywood. all three then, all agree on the politics of reconstruction and they all have a common source which is the impeachment trial of andrew johnson 1903. i will give you a sense of what that agreement about what reconstruction was, people don't remember this. but they came back to the senate in 1875. this is to wit describing johnson's return. great as was his personal triumph, the triumph of his policy