african americans and mexican americans were not natural allies or enemies. they were simply different. they practiced different religions sometimes spoke different languages. all sorts of different lines of different. in fact, they were so desperate that just getting them together for a meeting represented a monumental task. where do you hold such meeting in the segregated south? these activists understood that successful coalition depended upon them recognizing these differences. they would agree they would not always agree or get along. they understood what bernice later called the house and the coalition. the coalition is a place where you come together and work together even though you disagree. and in the democratic coalition of texas in the 1960's each of the groups remain separate. they each kept their own houses, their own feeders but they still worked together for a common cause. that's why i have this funnel diagram as the best representation rather than say a pyramid. it was a an acted contingent process or as one member of the coalition process c

mexican americans, african-americans, labor leaders and others were brought together. his remarks are about 20 minutes. >> is a pleasure to have them back. he is assistant professor of history at texas university. -- texas christian university. he received a phd in history from duke university. and he has a forthcoming book. he will discuss his just about to be released book. entitled "blue texas." to be published by the university of north carolina press. professor. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. and for having me here again today. it is a real honor. it is especially an honor since the book is not yet out. since -- like some of my esteemed colleagues, it got delayed, it will be out in august. although it deals with the chicano movement. it's a multi-relational study. it is also good to be here and that my work, is a relational multiethnic study. that is an important part of the field and i am glad to be here doing that part. there is my cover, new title. i'm excited about it. i'm going to give a quick overview of the book. focusing on the me

americans. the bear river massacre was carried out not by u.s. army troops but by first california regiment, a volunteer regiment. the sand creek massacre in november of 1864 was carried out again not by a regular troops but by the third colorado cavalry, which was enlisted for 100 days only attacked the black kettle settlement in sand creek in its first and only engagement. slaughtered men, women, elderly, children. festooned with the genitalia of men and women on their uniforms. the american civil war was a hard war out of the west of nate i americans. i'll stop there and take whatever questions you have. what are the southern believes versus the western native american believes. >> i see what you mean, what you're getting at. it wasn't so much the spiritual practices that whites notice and objected to. you know, it's a sense of it being savages, is what they picked up on the most. there's a funny duelism in the way in which white americans have regarded nate i americans historical historicall

this was his to fight, his to lose your it he led the american troops ably, and without american warriors, this battle would not have taken place. it is easy to say perhaps the war might have gone on far into 1919 with more significant luncheon. thank you for your time. [applause] mitchell yockelson: i will be happy to take any questions. were the pershing boots that much of an improvement? i have three questions. could you say he invented the military police, or did he reinvented them? and were the americans a signed that section of the front because the terrain was a rugged in case the enemy broke through, they could not advance as far, as fast? mitchell yockelson: i was not sure about your first question, the pershing boots, but as far as the military police, to this of my knowledge, this is the first time military police or used by the american army. of course, a lot of what we have learned was through the british and the french. they had their own law enforcement with them in the military, and they played a significant role. your question brings up another point. when you look at the

what is attractive to americans? washington is attractive to americans. so we have these objects that show washington both in a in ang context -- both mourning context, but as a decorative motif on objects. the 19th century, we have what i think is one of the most trysting things about -- most interesting things about this time. period. the creation of imagery of the founding fathers relating to the revolution that continues to this day. when we think of george washington, we immediately get a picture in our heads. that picture was created at this point in time in the 19th century. -- we have aalking section called the cult of the founders. dies, and aston the 19th century moves on, people are looking for images, personalities relating to the revolution, they are remembering people, people are starting to die who were directly involved. that includes the founders, but not just the founders. the men and the women who helped when the revolution -- they are starting to die. people are looking beyond washington for images. what we find, what i find interestin

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civil war as an american iliad. and by that, i mean to say, it is an episode in american history that we have certain stories that we tell ourselves that come out of the war, the -- they kind of have a mythic resonance for us. in the same way there are the details in homer. what it tells us about being a human being, and i think the people that are interested in the american civil war often approach it as a kind of american iliad. and i will give you an example of this. i started doing a column for civil war magazine called the american illiad. one of my first was on the relationship between american lincoln and maccallum. i am sure most of you know something about this relationship. it is passed into our culture, to such an extent that during the iraq war period there were over 100 references to the lincoln and maccallum relationship, usually in the course of condemning a general that was not doing very well. or extolling a general who was doing well, and so on. well, in my column, i talked about this relationship

they were recruited by the french, brought the americans in , and keep in mind, many of the americans hadn't been out of their hometowns, much less traveled to france, and they were amazed that these drivers, some of them thought they were chinese, but they often wrote about their experiences and how rough it was driving to the front. sure enough, they get there in a few days and the germans have no ideas that the americans are going to attack. they know the americans are in the area. they know they are going to fly over. they can see that more and more as wean troops, doughboys call them, are planning for some kind of american operation, but the germans don't know executive where it is going to take place. the:30 in the morning, artillery kicks off, more than 1000 guns, french guns, 75 millimeter and 150 millimeter, start firing towards the german positions. a few hours later, they call this world war i, most american troops are dropped off. most of them are not in trenches. we usually think about trenches in world war i, but they were mostly out in the open or hunkered down in forme

native american policy? >> native american population [ inaudible ] as we all know, living in oklahoma fighting for the confederacy owned slads. at the war's end, they accept them into cherokee society as equals. about ten years ago, cherokee society then kind of threw him back out. so i mean, the liberty policy is kind of the 1%. others speaking today will have better answers when it comes to discussing native american policy. . >> would you comment on the experience of the blacks in the far west? >> let me rephrase your question and my answer. because whether it's 1865 or 1945, middle class white guys want to go home when they have businesses and farms and jobs and woois to go back home to. before that 140,000 slaves might have spouses to go home to, but they don't have farms, they don't have jobs. and so disproportionately, they're the ones who stay in the military. the occupying force, both before and after the military construction act is disproportionately black. a lot of guys stay in the u.s. army. th

>> in terms of how many americans died? history, in american the most lethal battle for americans? >> gettysburg? jennifer: gettysburg is a good example. >> people would generally say antietam. jennifer: the bloodiest day is antietam. anybody have a gas? euess. ? when you don't know something, where do you go? do not lie to me. i know what you go. [laughter] the most lethal american battle? i.ber one, world war i will bet nobody has heard of the offensive, i'm what you say that is a safe bet for most people right there. battle from september until the last day of the war, 47 days, 1.2 million men involved. killed, 100,000 stragglers on the field. this is the most lethal battle in american history. nobody knows about it. why is that? why is that? i think those are really good questions, right? it is why we remember certain things and why we do not remember other things. and i think for a lot of people even at the time, they did not want to dwell on this. because the questions you can ask, why did so many of these men have to die? it raises uncomfortable questions about american lead

americans, iraqi americans, syrian americans, and many others. i personally witnessed a pakistani american community in boston is very different from a syrian community in houston, or a somali american community and minneapolis. so the american muslim communities in this country are as diverse as christianity. there is no one neighborhood or ghetto or city that one could encircle or surveil to surveil american muslims, contrary to some of the political rhetoric that is out there, some of the overheated political rhetoric out there. so, as we build bridges to communities, we have to recognize there is indeed an "s" at the end of that word -- communities. it a broad -- it encompasses a broad set of communities across this country. observation number four. as we build bridges, we do indeed encounter suspicion among a lot of people, who suspect us of being law-enforcement undercover. it's not surprising we would encounter suspicion, but we keep at this. i believe in the 27 months i have been secretary, i have seen our efforts bring success. we do enc

unprecedented numbers of mobilizations of african-americans and mexican-americans. they threw itself completely into the black and brown civil rights movement. the supported demonstrations, they participated. they even demanded that the governor of texas call a special session of the legislature to address civil rights. they got into it as well. i don't have time to go into detail about all of these activities and its eventual disintegration, but stay tuned, the book will be out in august, available at a bookstore near you. but suffice to say now that these networks that were established between mexican-american activist and their like-minded counterparts remained robust throughout the decade into the 1970's. these are photos from la mancha. these are united farmworkers procession. this story looks rather different through this multiracial lens. the photo on the right shows the states most recognizable militant leader in the black civil rights movement, greeting chicano farmers. he had just led a group of african-american youth on a march through east texas and was

african-american men did the same.lack men likewise looked to cuba as another opportunity to prove their patriotism, to prove their masculinity. just as they tied their civil war service to a demand for political rights, in 1898 many african-americans hoped that their participation might help turn back the growing tide of disenfranchisement, turn back the growing tide of segregation. the iowa state bystander, a newspaper noted, quote, our fathers labored, fought, and died to perpetuate this country and leave a heritage to us. harkening back to 1863, 65, the paper continued, let us be men and show loyalty and we will be rewarded. now not everyone was on board with this. numbers suggest that most of the 10,000 african-american men who did volunteer for the war were from northern states as opposed to southern states. and much of that might be because of the efforts of men like john mitchell, again right here in richmond, editor of the richmond planet. he insisted that black men should fight only in they did so under black

americans. down tolanders are set reinforce the american army and charleston. they are led by a small unit of baltimore cadets. it blossoms into a full division with several regiments. it is commanded by the great hero, a foreigner. he is remarkable, kind of the schwarzenegger of his day. he is in his late 50's, but he marches alongside men. most of the time he refuses to ride. coffee, and some for lunch, he has a bit of a sandwich. very little to eat. and he is spartan. he commands respect of his fellow marylanders. with generallved ratio dates --general horatio gates, who had been given way more credit than he deserved at the battle of saratoga. confrontides he will cornwallis at camden. it's the summer of 1780 that the two armies face-off, with the marylanders and delaware blues being the linchpin that holds the southern army together. this is the backbone. these are the men there overtime. the militia comes and goes. camden, cornwallis, who is outnumbered, practically destroys the american a

and american wounded became american dead.f a sudden, -- the government regrets to inform -- >> oh! >> what's the matter? >> for every american cross driven into the foreign earth, a gold star on an american homes. our women learned in bitter tears and heartache that in war, there can be no such thing as a slight falling off in production, as there is no such thing as a slight death. by early 1944, they were falling behind. the need for young men was imperative. these young men had come largely from the deferred, fathers, those doing in central industrial work. reclassification was called for. this at a time when stories drifted in from the mountains, the jungles, the watery graves. women the country over begin to recognize war for what it was, a grim, unromantic battle to the death. in which every man, woman and child at a stake. if the american home is to be preserved, if the jetties of other families are not to be duplicated here, the axis must be brought to its knees. army drew fresh recruits. its ranks grew to nearly 18 m

and american wounded became american dead.f a sudden, the war was rising. ♪ the government regrets to inform -- [crying] >> what is the matter? >> for every american cross driven into the foreign earth, a gold star hung in an american home. bitter tears and heartache, that in war, there is no such thing as a slight falling off in production. because there is no such thing as a slight death. early 1944, the draft soldiers were falling behind. the demand of four men for the new invasion forces were imperative. these young men have become ,argely deferred, the fathers those doing essential industrial work. reclassification was called for. the areaat a time when was written with jungles, the watery graves. women the country over began to recognize war for what it was. a gram, unromantic battle to the death. in which every man, women, and child have a stake. if the american home is to be preserved, if other families and tortured lands are not "get it here, the axis must be brought to its knees. the hidden army grew fresh recruits.

you were supposed to give it to american soldiers and american soldiers only.later said, i just could not simply let that baby die. and so he gave their son an injection. six weeks later, the couple came to visit john at his aid station. now very, very far away from where he had originally met them. and thanked him for curing their son. in exchange they offered him a bag of chestnuts and he gladly accepted. i tell you this story, a simple story, because i think it illustrates what we admire in the borinqueneers. they showed us that time again, courage does not know color. decency does not pick sides. these men did not fight to preserve the status quo. they fought to make their country better. and they succeeded. their decency was so plain, their courage very obvious, that now the whole country has honored them for their valor. the story of the 65th infantry regiment is full of heroism and sacrifice. and with this medal, the borinqueneers, we are weaving that story into this fabric of american history. and now that history is so the much brighter for it. thank y

inter-american affairs. in the end i think the abolitionists fails to recruit a large number of irish emigrants into their cause, but not for the lack of trying. there were others who actually rejected the irish leaders, political leaders have rejected this connection with the abolition movement, and elected robert time it was the site of the slaveholding john tyler as the president of the irish repeal association. asked daniel o'connor to denounce the american abolitionists, and he was brilliant. he told, part of it of course is americanization and sort of hyper nationalism demonstrate loyalty to your adopted country, not criticizing its institution, especially those that threatened the union. but daniel o'connell issued a wonderful letter before his death he told it was not in ireland we learned of this cruelty, not his exact words. so the project of sort of recruiting immigrant amongst the irish failed. with the germans they were a little more successful because a lot of them were freethinking refugees fr

we examine whether immigration is affecting core political decisions of white americans, white americansake up the majority of the public, and the majority of the voting public so it is especially important to look at how immigration influences their partisanship, voting behavior and policy positions. and not the way these political behaviors, we are one of the first to look at the central role immigration can play in core political decisions, so our theory is pretty straightforward. first argue immigration is just something too big to miss. immigration is 20% of the population, immigration is a key issue in politics today. we only have to look at what has been happening in the presidential race to know that nearly every conversation in nearly all of the debates immigration played a central role in all these conversations and on top of the fact that immigration is becoming more and more relevant to everyday life there is a prevalent threat narrative that exists in the country, largely felt by media as well as political elites. this emphasizes negative aspects of immigration, not so much

volunteers, asian americans needed to make a !ovie, that's mean -- that's me english isd your very good. and i said yes, i am a student. we need a lot of extras to play the viet cong. true story. i said, hang on. 1985, if you remember the 80's, the apartheid in south africa, there was a lot of protests on college campuses. so i was used to that walking through ucla. one day in april in 1985, a young man with long hair of my age, ran by, i bumped into them, he gave me a flyer. i opened it and it said come anniversarye 10th of the eviction of the american occupiers in vietnam. i did not go to that party, either. [laughter] a year after, i met my marine recruiter on campus. i found out that if you want to be a pilot in the american military you have to be an officer. and to be an officer you have to go to the academy or get a college degree or join rotc. but at that time i was a senior in college, so i had to join the officer school. i called of the air force -- anyone and air force here? recruiter said mr. pham, you are an engineeri

in a black americans. we are not graduating at college or high school at the same rate as whites. as of 2013 the average black family, and again this is having voted over a half-century for democrats including the first black president of the united states, they have about $19,000 in wealth compared to 100 30,000 dollars for the average white family. crime, averting been through that.e notion o and you also, i think it's interesting the last of the notions of voting for a, republican when republicans, you look at the republican agenda of personal responsibility and empowerment and education is the great equalizer.ta so there is no denying, and i talked about this with the charter school movement and school voucher program, democrat want to protect the teachers union which is something that they will always stand by. they tried to destroy the charter school movement, the school choice movement, president barack obama sue louisiana's school choice program because eric holder said that he could not have the b

and the notion that average americans, low-income americans, middle-class americans won't be -- receive service in the context of this new rule is also invalid. -- of the greatest expanses expenses they have is the amount of money they invest to customers. the idea somehow they would get rid of millions and millions of customers they already invested huge amounts of money in acquiring i find not only a bad business decision but not logical in the context of the private market the way we understand it. also, the extent they would do that, i believe right now as we speak, there are entrepreneurs and investors sitting in conference rooms all over this country with white boards figuring out new business models that will deliver high-quality, fiduciary-level, nonconflicted financial advice to average americans in an efficient manner that meets the standards of this fiduciary rule. so for all these reasons, i support the rule, i stand in opposition against any efforts to undermine it. this is an important step in dealing with our looming retirement crisis, and it's the proper role of governme

some abolitionists even contemplated contemporary american surges, garrison once said all american institutions shut their door to black people except what he called the prison houses. abolition, the book argues was a radical democratic movement that question the enslavement of labor. abolitionists were not so much. 's of liberal democracy as many have argued, but critics of it. in prioritizing the abolition of slavery, they do not ignore or defend forms of oppression in the modern world. they were the intellectual and political precursors of 20th century anticolonial and civil rights activist. debating the nature of society and politics, the relationship relationship between racial inequality and democracy nation and empire, labor and capital agenda and citizenship. they exposed, abolitionists were [inaudible] i was delighted to read combinations of british imperialism in india in the liberator. i uncovered personal connections between early indian nationalist and anglo and american abolitionists who were interested in the cause of india. in fact, i discovered that just as abolitionists have l

that harms black americans. so my book really -- i wrote this book and the timing is perfect, 2016, my book came out a little over a month ago -- to wake everybody up to say, our don't have to be a conservative like me, but know what you're voting for. has the democratic party delivered on promises to blacks or women? and really liberals in general is what the book is about. that's probably more than you wanted to hear. >> host: 96% of african-americans voted for barack obama. over time 90% african-americans vote for the democratic candidates. >> guest: yes. i think that is a tragedy because the lock, stock and barrel vote, that blacks have given democrats over the last half century has not gotten us, i don't think, the parity with white americans that martin luther king wanted for us to have, and i think in many ways it has kept us -- hate to use analogies about slavery and all these but i feel like it has kept us impoverished as a race ask -- in 1964, daniel patrick moynihan -- i talk about this in the book --

american history tv. >> i love american history tv. >> american history tv gives you that perspective. >> i'm a c-span fan. this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partners takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama. the history and literary culture of this southern city which is home to the university of alabama. >> on american history tv we will visit the melville archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome to mount the archaeological park. in its heyday, melville was the largest city north of mexico. and contains the remains of about 30 flat top mounds. andre standing at mound be this is the largest mound in alabama. it contains about 112,000 cubic yards of third and this would have been with a structure for the highest ranking clan would have been. thoughtly, scientists that the mounds were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time, recent research indicates that the base of the mound, and possibly the sides of withwere initially built blocks which were then filled in with

americans are a key factor. custis, also known as martha washington dramatically expanding his home in -- holdings in human property. of time of his death, 300 slaves remained at mount vernon. ashington fancied himself kind of slave owner. expressing shock and dismay when he saw bondage. there is no account to whether he was or not. some believed he was excessively stern. while some visitors to his plantation suggested he held a very gentle approach to slavery. but, it was washington's relationship with a few slaves that provided significant insight. he fled and was recaptured. she would die slave. other slaves were more successful. , one enslavedfate man named kerry washington ran away to the british army to fight against the national. despite the promises of a liberty and freedom promoted by the declaration of independence, harry knew what many of his counterparts understood. it was not for him. harry would eventually join black loyalists in canada prior to sailing to the british colony. although he would be e

americans say or do. the thing he was really concerned about and the thing that he knew was that america had just undergone this massive wave of immigration. he knew we had people from all parts of the world, all parts of europe, here in the in the united states, and he did not want the war to tear people apart. he was right to realize different places where americans came from would influence their reactions to the war. we can see this through humanitarian efforts as well. this is the map they come from a friend of mine who did some research into the jewish-american humanitarian aid effort and realize we had massive immigration coming from russia. if you take a look at this map, which shows you the eastern front, not the western front, but the eastern front, you can see actually a lot of the places that were caught up in the heaviest fighting and therefore had the biggest refugee crisis were places that were heavily populated by jews. the eastern front did a lot of movement back and forth. whenever the a

and therefore accountable to the american people. putting uscis on appropriations ensures that unelected bureaucrats are held accountable and provides transparency for how the federal government is raising and spending your money. congress needs to reassert its power of the purse by making agency budgets subject to appropriations. but we cannot stop there, there's more congress has to do to restore congress' power to hold the executive branch accountable. the constitution still gives congress all its powers. it's up to congress to step up and start using them. i now yield back the remainder of my time. mr. yoho: i thank the gentleman for yielding back and the comments you said. at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to mr. king from the great state of iowa. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from florida for organizing this special order, for his leadership, for his constitutional convictions, and the opportunity to address you tonight, mr. speaker, here on the floor of the house of representative. i'm listening to this dialogue t

that's 705,687 americans. not republicans, not democrats, not libertarians, not independents, but americans. this piece of legislation takes into account that these are wrongdoers. these are not people who we want to associate ourselves with. these are people who have used the power of their office, of their position to somehow work against the very people who employ them. and i would just say at this moment in time, at this moment in our history -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. kelly: i thank the gentlelady for standing up for every hardworking american taxpayer and doing the best we can to restore faith and confidence of the american people that they can trust who it is that they elect to represent them and they can trust us to make sure that wrongdoers and punished. once they are asked to leave are not allowed to come back in. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from south dakota reserves. the gentleman from n

this has taken popularity amongst north american slaves. he teaches classes on african-american history, the history of racism and the african diaspora. we are honored to have him with us this afternoon and thank you so much. i bring to you dr. tyler parry. [applause] professor parry: how is everybody? thank you so much for coming. it means the world to me to see a good-sized crowd on a topic of history. as a history professor of african american studies, it is always nice to see engage people interested in such an important and compelling topic. as --she suggested, i want to thank the african-american museum for asking me to get this series of lectures for black history month, and as was suggested, i am largely interested in enslaved people, but particularly how they thought, fought, loved and other types of questions. when i was asked to give a talk on the slave owners, particularly the presidents, i had to reorient my thinking on how i approached the research. i have a variety of methods in which i am going to do this. i am going to take

americans.ause] the men and women of puerto rico are americans. and their contribution to to america's defense and most importantly the ideals of the american dream. the ideals of freedom and opportunity and equal rights under the law are remarkable. not just in war, but in peace. and the borinqueneers came back from war and continued to serve and sacrifice for our great nation. we are the greatest nation in the history of the world. but we are imperfect. and the borinqueneers remind us that their journey and ours will never end, as long as we tolerate the imperfection of discrimination and segregation in this country. and i want to thank them for giving us this opportunity to recognize and celebrate their patriotism, their courage, their strength, resilience, and resolve that will make our nation better and continue to make us the greatest nation in the history of the world. god bless you, and god bless our great country. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, united states senator from

[applause] >> you are watching american history tv -- 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on seas and three. follow us on twitter for information on her schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. top andxt, john university history professor talks about five aristocrats who fled the french revolution in the 1790's and settled in philadelphia. french influence on the then american capital the relationship these men formed with political figures of the early republic. at the annualewed meeting of the organization of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 15 minutes. >> your book, when the united states over french, focuses on five french aristocrats. were upper-level aristocrats that ascended from the highest french nobility. all of them were liberals who participated in the early stages of the french revolution and supported until it became too radical and they were forced to flee the country. all of them came to the united talleyrand became the french foreign minister under several regimes and spent a couple of years in the united

next on american history tv's "american artifacts," a visit to the dar museum in washington, d.c. to learn about their anniversary exhibit, remembering the american revolution. 1776 to 1890. this is part one of a two-part program. ms. campbell-shoaf: my name is heidi campbell-shoaf. i am the museum director and chief curator of the museum. the curators and i were talking about what we should be doing for this anniversary. we started looking at the objects in our collection, and how many of the objects that came in to the collection in the first years of the organization had strong connections to the american revolution.

. ♪ >> interested in american history tv?isit our website c-span.org/history to see our upcoming schedule or watch a recent program, american artifacts, wrote to the white house, lectures and series and more. presidency,n the , and parry african-american studies professor at california state university, fullerton talks about the american presidents that dealt directly with slavery. 12 presidents were slave owners and eight owned slaves while in office. thesesor parry discusses cases and the broader discussion of racism in the states. now, let's get to today's topic, which i am glad we did because it seems to have struck a chord. u.s. presidents who owned slaves while we're creating this instrument and democracy, they were leaders who had people enslaved, and we are honored to nave dr. tyler parry, with an "a." rry received his bachelor's of arts from the university of nevada and 2008 and earned his master's degree in 2011 and his phd in 2014 in history from the university of south carolina. he is currently revising his manusc

but not for black americans. entire legal structures were built to prevent african-americans from building economic security through homeownership. legally enforced segregation, restricted deeds, redlining, land contracts so that coming out of the great depression america built a middle class but systematic discrimination kept most african-american families from being part of it. the civil rights movement of the 1960's was also an economic movement. during the 1960's and the 1970's, there was some progress in closing the racial wealth gap, but then during the reagan years of the 1980's, that gap exploded. from 1984 to 2009, the wealth gap between black families and white families tripled. think about what that means. f things weren't already bad enough by then, the crash of 2008 made them worse. the housing collapse destroyed trillions of dollars in family wealth across this country, but the crash hit african-american families like a punch in the gut. because middle-class black families' wealth was disproportiona

lgbt americans are just that, americans. we have before us legislation that will take an approach, the equality act, that will make lgbt part of the civil rights act. 174 sponsors? the house and yet we have not been able to get a hearing. we had a bill, a bill for example to repeal the old do mmp arch law. we couldn't get a hearing in the judiciary committee. the supreme court did it for us. we can't depend on them to rescue us or do our job for us. we should be able to depend on the republican leadership to bring this kind of a subject onto the committee agenda, put it there and allow a discussion and allow a vote. it is time to hold hearings, gather evidence and propose solutions and get a fair hearing. there is no doubt the problem exists. everyone knows you get married on saturday and you get fired on monday after your boss reads it in the newspapers. the equality act will ensure all individuals have the same dignity respect and opportunity they deserve. we should get the ball rolling. this will be the law eventually. th

americans. they carry that we on their shoulders for years. that was more important than the money, but sometimes you don't get the government's attention unless you talk about money. susan: your father continued his advocacy until the end of his life. he filed amicus briefs. the korematsu institute was formed. what do you do there? karen: we teach kids, we provide that for teachers for free. we have no elementary, middle -- we have elementary school, high school, middle school lesson plans. we established korematsu day in california. marty brock instituted a legislative bill that governor schwarzenegger later signed in 2010 establishing korematsu day for the state of california in perpetuity on my father's birthday of january 30. susan: do you get any legal advocacy? karen: i do, and on a personal side, especially on issues of civil rights, when i'm asked to support in amicus briefs, i do that as well. susan: we have 10 minutes left. we talked about the implications for today, but let us finish

americans paid dues to townsend. he became a major political figure. this is 1933, the era of small government. the federal government was much smaller. course, this is the issue about the great depression and the new deal. this is why franklin roosevelt was regarded as a controversial president, government did not routinely stepped in and help people who found themselves in severe economic crisis or national emergency. it was not a tradition yet in d.c.,a that washington, or a state capital responding with money and help in case of a tragedy. you are really left to work it out on your own. there were floods, fires, crises, charity groups stepped in and local groups stepped in and they took things -- took care of things by themselves. this was a radical proposal and people really criticized it, both republican and democrat. the roosevelt administration 1935, inthat in 1934, 1936 that frances townsend represented a political threat because if you have millions of alive, -- old americans that might be a threat in terms

japanese-americans were integrated back into the american community relatively quickly. as the country moved away from the precipitating event, the persecution got better gradually. at y see in is campan is the opposite. we have one successful terrorist attack on u.s. soil 11 years ago, get if you look at such -- things never get better. never or the abuses curtailed. even further away from the 9/11 attack, things continue to worsen. you see far more fbi raids and arrests where the fbi creates and funds and conceals a plot that it tricks young muslims into joining, then they trumpet that they have dismantled the plot. then they put them in prison for decades, far more so now than 10 years ago. when you look at the form of material prosecutions, they are far more remote connections to his designated terrorist groups, literally 20 two-year-old muslim americans who upload youtube videos critical of u.s. foreign policy are being indicted based on the grounds of the youtube video encouraging support for terrorist group, done in coordination with them, therefore being indicted

to the american people. hole else can do that? only this bodies has this power. the house of representatives, the people's house, that's why our founders instilled that power, that authority, that oversight with this body. the american people can't hold anybody accountable. it's us, the legislature and i support his impeachment. i field the that his agency went off the rails and by doing so, to impeach support for high crimes and misdemeanor. this is something that is only been used 19 times. impeachment of a federal official. 200 years.in we don't agree with their political i'd oming. this has been used sparingly and a tool must be used when the time is right to be using it. the american people want to see this done. that resolution was introduced last year and we have yet to see it. what's the holdup? we know the white house will not liftal finger. this white house and administration will not hold anyone accountable why hasn't this house leadership bring this leadership to the house floor. why are you guys

and constitutional dramas behind some of the most significant decisions in american history. >> it is a case about presidential powers and its limits during war. central themes about the presidentsf the during conditions of emergency. and the limits that congress can place on it. >> chief justice rehnquist said -- the case has come to be accepted either culture. >> sweeping decision. it isolated the u.s. as one of only watch romney should across the globe that allowed abortion for any reason. settled theas not issue at all. >> tonight, we will look at miranda versus arizona that ruled that suspects may be -- must be informed about their rights before self-incrimination. watch it landmark cases tonight on c-span and c-span.org. i am a history buff. i do enjoy seeing the fabric of our country and how things -- how they work and how they are made. >> i am a history teacher. i had no idea they did history. tv, it american history gives you that perspective. >> i am a c-span fan. >> this month, we showcase our student cam winners. annual student documentary for high school and middle schoo

this led a lot of americans who were respectable middle-class americans, could have been your neighbors. i had a student earlier today who said my grandfather was a member of the birch society. it's not uncommon and so there were many advocates for the rich society. but the question i wanted to get to it might look was who was john birch? here we have robert welch pointing to his portrait at his -- headquarters in belmont massachusetts and i wanted to try to understand why his name was used after his death, posthumously. was birch really a hero and a martyr? was he an anti-communist? with john burt have been a member of the john birch society and what does all this tell us, what might be the commentary of her lessons with u.s.-china relations? birch birch was one of seven children. birch himself who was in the middle here was the eldest of seven children. he was born in india where his parents were missionaries for three years, grew up in violent new jersey end macon georgia, he movedtheir wedding as a teenager. which was his father's home. he graduated from mercer university baptist in

i don't know that they identify necessarily as, "we are american," but they definitely want american citizenship, and they want a better child... a better life for their children. >> hinojosa: but some of their children are being sent back, even though they're born here. >> that's one fascinating thing. >> hinojosa: this was heartbreaking. so these fujianese families who come, some of them will... and who are working seven days a week in the chinese restaurants that we're all eating from. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: they will have babies born here. >> so they're american citizens. >> hinojosa: they're american citizens. but then they'll send them back to be... >> because they're too busy, yeah. they're too busy to raise their own children. so you have these kids who are sent back to be raised by grandpa and grandma. and then they get kind of shipped back to america when they're, like, ready for school. but they don't know their parents, right? their parents are almost virtual strangers. and in many cases, there's a lot of heartache and a lot of sort of family issues. and so social workers

we've covered another 20 million americans with health insurance. we've helped more americans afford college, and invested in industries that create good jobs that pay well, like clean energy. and wages are finally rising again. but there will always be more work to do. and this week, my administration took two big steps that will help make sure your hard work is rewarded, and that everybody plays by the same rules. first, we're helping more americans retire with security and dignity. right now, if you go to a retirement advisor for investment advice, some of them don't have to act in your best interest. instead of telling you the best way to save your hard-earned money, these advisors can get backdoor payments from big companies for steering you toward investments that cost more and earn you less. as a result, when you retire, you might be missing out on tens of thousands of dollars because your advisor got paid more to give you bad advice. if that seems wrong, that's because it is. that's why the department of labor just finalized a rule to crack