. >> then former state senator avel gordley shares her personal and professional jury with her book "remembering the power of words: the life of an author, activist, and community leader." be a ing that i could part of the march and the demonstrations and the conversations that went on in our local community was very -- the word i would use now is empowering. that's what it was. and connecting. to what was happening all those many, many miles away. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we'll step inside the historic petic mansion, built in 1914 it belonged to the former owner and publisher of "the oregonian" newspaper henrik petic and his wife ging eorgiana. >> he worked there and proved himself invaluable. the owner owed henry a lot of back wages so his employer decided to give the painer to him in return for back wages he was owed. henry became the owner of "the oregonian," turned it into a success, invested in a lot of real estate as the tun grew and was able to eventually build a house as grand as this one. >> watch c-span's cities tour of portland, oregon, at