andrew lewis, andy lewis who received his ph.d. in southern history from the university of virginia. he has been a professor at wesleyan, hamilton and the university of richmond. he has written. edited other books in addition to the one he will be speaking out about tonight, "the shadows of youth" and his topics about which he wrote were massive resistance and civil rights in virginia. and he is working on a book entitled race and the rise of the boston celtics dynasty. i know we have a lot of massachusetts students at the university, so that is pretty exciting. dr. paul gaston will follow. paul was both my and andy's dissertation adviser at the university of virginia where he taught for decades after receiving his doctorate from the university of north carolina at chapel hill. paul has written a number of works on various topics including the new south, the history of fairhope alabama, south africa and the civil rights movement in the united ud states. paul has won numerous awards, most recently the naacp's legendary civil rights

andrew lewis, andy lewis, who received his ph.d. om

and if you would help me thank andy and paul for their wonderful talks. [applause] >> andrew lewisthe coeditor with julian bond of gonna sit at the welcome table a documentary of the civil rights movement. he's taught at hamilton college, wesleyan university and the university of richmond. for more information visit redroom.com/author/andrew-b- lewis. >> mr. speaker, on this historic day the house of representatives

if you would help me thank andy and paul further wonderful talks. >> andrew lewis is the coeditor with julian bond of a going to sit at the welcome table, a history of the civil rights movement. he is taught at hamilton college, wesleyan university and the university of richmond. for more information visit red room.com/author/andrew b. lewis. >> mr. speaker on this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televise the coverage. >> 31 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. today, we have expanded your access to politics and public affairs, nonfiction books in american history through multiple platforms, television, radio and on line and cable television's latest gift, an and extensive free video archive. c-span's video library. >> an undercover journalist goes across the country doing several menial labor jobs that are filled by undocumented workers. he argues an underworld of the low minimum wage workers is needed to sustain a cheap food and delivery service lifestyle. changing hands bookstore in tempe arizon

lewis, barney frank, certainly a legend in the legislature andy the man spat upon.american. these are the kinds of acts republicans and other conservative people should say we will not tolerate this. we have a beef with the president, the health care bill but we're not going to tolerate bigotry. >> there's so many people that want to say time and time again we're in a post racial society, post sexist society. what happened over the weekend, there's nothing else to say other than it was absolutely disgusting. it started, went all the way through the campaign period. i bring up the feminist part because we saw the same against hillary clinton. holding up the sign, iron my shirt. it's not just about people in the tea party movement but the country as a whole. people are desperate, unemployed and we see the worst of america in harsh times. >> to ling this back to the forum this weekend. there is an issue of entitlement that's on the minds of some americans. they feel like the african-american community, leaders feel like because president obama is one of them, never min