it was a tragic thing for beaumont in a time of growth an street in downtown beaumont in front of a row of buildings that were probably built around the turn of the 20th century. they were built along the railroad track where the railroad came through town, so they were an important part of the business district there. at some point, parts of crockett street became more notorious than mainstream establishments. beaumont had always turned a blind eye more or less to prostitution, as long as it was in some remote corner of the town. however, this was not, andt the became a brothel. but it was considered to be a very fine one. the clientele was limited, the employees there were supposed to be the prettiest girls around. anybody off the street could walk in and patronize. miss rita was the madam at the hotel. she started life in one of the brothels in town, ended up marrying the son of the owner, his name was matt ainsworth. they together operated another houn then she took the money that was left in the estate, and bought the dixie, and it was hers for years until it was closed down. patro

in virginia with a girl from beaumont. she came to beaumont to visit the friend. she will also been told by a doctor she had throat trouble. he said the dry air in texas will help you, not knowing the air in southeast texas is anything but dry with humidity here. she came down to visit her friend. in the process met wph, a dashing widower, 16 years older than she was, still very handsome, they fell in love and got married. this house is perfect for entertaining. all of the public rooms on the first floor open into the central hall. and big houses like that were just perfect for someone like ida, social, loved to entertain. so they had many, many large parties here, receptions and teas, where several hundred people circulated through. we're standing in the dining room right now and this was the formal dining area, of course. and it was decorated in a colonial revival style and a howed the mcfaddens to show off a lot of their fine pieces because there's a plate rail that runs around the room and it holds the fine silver or c

versus the city of beaumont. that was in the summer of '55.m know beard versus the city of beaumont. that was in the summer of '55.o know beard versus the city of beaumont. that was in the summer of '55.b beaumont. that was in the summer of '55. in order to set up the case several went out to the golf shop at the course, they were refused and so they got the case set up like that. and then after they set up the case, then johns and willard and tate filed the suit papers in beaumont challenging the fact that they were not permitted to play the course because of their color. an the new judge, he had just been appointed recently, was lamar cecile. and so judge cecile had to handle this new case that was coming in. johns and willard and tate argued this case in the courtroom here. they brought the plaintiffs and the defendants together and judge cecile presided there at his bench. theo johns and elmo willard and simpson tate argued that the case of brown versus board of education did apply to the golf course, even th

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here in beaumont. it was a municipal golf course. black americans, black beaumonters could work there and they could caddie there and they could play there when the course was closed. but because of their color, because of jim crowe's segregation, they were not permitted to play there when the course was open. there were six black golfers who put together a challenge to that segregation. booker faison, joe griffin, bill narcese, tommy parker, john gray and earl want. they wanted to challenge that segregation system at terrell park. and they joined with three black lawyers, two young lawyers from beaumont, theo johns and elmo willard, who had just graduated from howard university in washington. and then a black lawyer from dallas, u. simpson tate, the naacp lawyer for texas. and they put together a lawsuit against the city of beaumont. and it was booker faison versus elmo beard versus the city of beaumont. that was in the summer of '55. and in order to set up the fasth case, several of them went out to

in beaumont, it was a municipal golf course. black workers could work there and they could caddy there, and they could play there when the place was closed, but because of their color, because of jim crow's segregation, they were not able to play there when the course was open. there were six black golfers who put together a challenge to that segregation of booker face, joe give, and bill narsis, johnny parker, johnny ware and earl white, those six black golfers, wanted to challenge that segregation system at terrell park and they joined with three black lawyers, two young lawyers from beaumont, theo johns and elmo willard who had just graduated from howard university in washington and then a black lawyer from dallas, u. simpson tate who was the ncaacp lawyer for texas. and they put together a lieutenant against the city of beaumont. that was in the summer of '55. and in order to set up the case, several of them went out to the golf shop at the terrell, offered to pay their money, they were refused, and so they got the case set

beaumont sent keen and hall to prison. he hatched a risky plan that would bring them tochlth he was ten months into his sentence. keen watched nervously as beaumont pushed a folder across the table. >> i opened it up and the first thing was a picture of a mutilated dead girl. i flipped to the next page and there was a different mutilated dead girl. >> and a portrait of trisha. >> he said we need you to help with this case. >> he wanted keen to go under cover and transfer from the low security lock up to a dangerous prison. to befriend the serial killer, larry hall. >> he said you can get solid confessions and if you can help us locate the bodies still missing, we are willing to wash your record. >> keen's mission? to learn where trisha was buried. >> the purpose was to find that body. >> beaumont made to clear and he would have to serve the rest of his sentence. beaumont believed keen account do it. >> he is articulate and not afraid. >> it was a chance for redemption to restore his family name and said the author, to get

beaumont had its own beaumont had its own oil exchange or stock exchange at the time. so this building represents that stock exchange. there were over 600 oil companies that were incorporated after the big boom. and when the gusher came in. and so the trading floor -- the actual building was probably a little -- much larger than this to accommodate the trading floor. this picture up here gives you some idea of what the original looked like. so they would be trading stock in the front. in the back of the building, you had a print shop that was printing stock just as quickly as they could. for all of these oil companies. and, you know, some of that stock was good and some was not good. but i was talking to a printer the other day and, you know, that's not the printer's job to decide. so they were churning it out as quickly as they could. so while all of these buildings are replicas they do represent actual businesses operating at the time in gladys city. for instance, this is gibson's dry goods store. this is where you would come to get clothing or your sewing needs. tha

of beaumont history, 1900-1950 in micro cos. it shows how a wealthy southeast texas family lived in the first half of the 20th century. the mcfaddins were a family that came to texas from tennessee in the 1820s and they settled in this part of texas, far southeast texas in 1833. they had cattle, and later on they began to acquire land to put this cattle on. when oil was discovered in this area in 1901, it brought the mcfaddins a lot more money than they had already had. they were already pretty comfortable in their own right. but when oil was discovered in this area, the land that the lucas gusher, the original well was on, plus a lot of the land that was subsequently drilled upon and successfully belonged to the mcfaddin family because they had spent so many years accumulating all that pasture land for their cattle and it was right in the middle of where the oil was found. just the whole area profited so much from the oil. william mcfaddin was a tough man. some people even called him ruthless because his life was built around a

you know, beaumont at that time was kind of rough and tumble. and so he wanted something that was pristine and clean. and that's actually not what he got. but in the end. but that's the way it works sometimes. the gladys city oil, gas, and manufacturing company was the first oil company incorporated in texas. and they are still in operation today. they still have interests out in spindletop field. and so they really put the engine behind trying to search for this oil. and we'll just go in and take a look at a couple of things. what patilla higgins' vision was for gladys city. so he can the cartographer, they plotted out the city and you can see that there was much given to gladys city oil, gas, and manufacturing company. there were places for homes and schools. and then what he believed would be the oilfields and manufacturing areas. if you look up here at the top, you'll see this is a picture of gladys as a child, gladys bingham. and then right next to it, you can see that the vision was more about manufacturing in an industrial area than it wa

these stories and many more as booktv now takes you to beaumont, texas. >> we're in beaumont, texas, and we're at my bookstore, the book bazaar. it opened september 18, 2010. it's been really good. i've been very pleased. you know, there aren't many places like the in beaumont, and people love coming to this building. it's an iconic place. there's a big poetry scene here. a lot of poets, a lot of song writers, and a lot of their influence comes from, you know, the classic books and the classic poets and things along those lines. >> are there any particular kinds of books that people of beaumont flock to? >> local history, things on the sounding area -- surrounding area, a lot of louisiana heritage. there's a big cajun population here, so i have like a cajun book, a dictionary that explains the cajun language. and people tend to like those kind of things. and then the older books. people especially my age, my age group, you know, 20s to 30s, they're really starting to appreciate the older, vintage things that, you know, they remember when they would go to their grandparents. and they

. >> hosted by our time warner cable partner, american history tv is in beaumont, texas, this weekend to explore its history in literary culture. beaumont is the site of one of the largest oil fields in american history and when oil was discovered there in 1901, the population grew from 9,000 to 30,000 in just three months. learn more about beaumont, texas, all weekend long on history tv. >>> we're standing on crockett street in downtown beaumont in front of a row of historic buildings that were probably built around the turn of the 20th century. they were built along the railroad tracks where the ro so they were an important part of the business district there. at some point, parts of crockett street became more notorious and they were a mainstream establishment. beaumont had turned a blind eye more or less to prostitution as long as it was in some remote corner of the town. however, this was not. at some point the dixie hotel became a brothel. but it was considered to be a very one and the clientele was limited. the employees there were supposed to be the prettiest girls around. and

that was one small step that was taken here in beaumont to begin the desegregation. booker facen and joe grifen and those other black gentlemen did get to enjoy the golf course and many played here for many years. it was a good ending for the black golfers and a first step in the desegregation of facilities in beaumont. the next summer, the same three black lawyers went after a bigger prize. they -- they went after the desegregation of lamar university here in beaumont, state university, four-year college. lamar university was, by charter, for white students only. so there were some black students applied for admission there. they were refused. and so the three black lawyers joined with two black plaintiffs, versy jackson, 26-year-old woman who had graduated from high school and who had attended texas southern, and then a james anthony cormier, a black student who had just graduated from blessed sacrament high school here in l beaumont. it was a simple case for judge cecil and the lawyers. again, brown versus board of education was about the public schools but there

in 19 and he served the people of beaumont and southeast texas for 42 years. and he was a very powerful democrat. he had strong relations with the labor unions and he did many economic development projects for beaumont and port arthur, the southeast texas region. he was very close to speaker sam raburn and also to majority leader of the senate, lyndon b. johnson who, of course, later was vice president and then president of the united states. in working with lyndon johnson, jack brooks voter important controversial new laws, especially the civil rights act of 1964. before this law in 1964, there was widespread discrimination and segregation against black people in the united states, especially in the southern united states. black people were barred from going in restaurants and cafes and motels and movie theaters. they could work in those places. but they were not welcome there as customers or clients. so there was widespread discrimination. and many people thought that should be changed. and during the year of 1963, president kennedy proposed a new civil righ

and the beaumont police department energized itself quickly. the national guard was mobilized and texas rangers came to town also. so, the worst of the violence was over within 24 hours. and the town was put under martial law. it was a brief, ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs and there was new money and new prosperity. so, it was a tragic thing for beaumont in a time of growth and development. >> announcer: this week on the civil war, a panel discussion on the career of historian and author james mcpherson. friends, colleagues and students of the notable historian. this two-hour event took place in chicago at the historical society's annual meeting. >> i'm honored to chair this session, j m

and the beaumont police department energized itself quickly. the national guard was mobili d mobilized, and the texas rangers came to town also. so the worst of the violence was over within 24 hours. and the town was put under martial law. and so it was a brief, ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs, and there was no money and new prosperity. it was a tragic thing for beaumont in a time of growth and development. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal is scheduled to reveal his proposal for balancing the state budget for the next fiscal year to date. a budget $900 million in the red. it's mostly cloudy and 37 degrees at the airport. 38 at marksdale and 38 in minden. you're lose lististening to new. >> next week, we explore the history and literary culture of shreveport, louisiana. saturday starting at noon eastern on "book tv," from one damn blunder from beginning to end, the red river campaign from 1864 and the look at the over 200,000 books housed at the lsu shreveport archive. then a wa

street in downtown beaumont, texas. forsythe street was the home front of the town, the home front industries created these new jobs and created tensions that in some cases resulted in race riots, there were race riots in harlem and mobile and i think beaumont, texas. in june of 1943, there was this very sad, tragic episode in beaumont, a race riot broke out here june 15, 1943, there was a story about a black man having raped a white woman and when this story spread into the shipyard, several thousands of the ship ward yorkers came out of the shipyard and came downtown to the city hall and to the police department and. >> they dloef through black parts of the town, including forsythe street where we're standing here, forsythe was a very vibrant black business communities with lawyers and doctors and pharmacists, insurance agestores, there was a movie theater here, so there was a vibrant black business community and some of these men in the mob attacked this neighborhood, they attacked some of the people, they store up s

and the beaumont police department energized itself quickly. mobilized, and the texas rangers came to town also. so the worst of the violence was over within 24 hours. and the town was put under martial law. and so it was a brief, ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs, and there was no money and new prosperity. it was a tragic thing for beaumont in a time of growth and development. >> l jindal is scheduled to reveal his proposal for balancing the state budget for the next fiscal year to date. a budget $900 million in the red. it's mostly cloudy and 37 degrees at the airport. 38 at marksdale and 38 in minden.

also beaumont author on teddy roosevelt's year long post presidential expedition to africa and europeand on american history teach on c-span3 sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern january 11th, 1901, the lucas gusher at spindle top hill changed the economy of texas and helped usher in the petroleum age. with the oil came the rough next and with the rough next advice. tour the dixie hotel an infamous brothel. decades of gambling, prostitution and other crime thrived until a 1960 james commission crackdown. beaumont, texas, this weekend on c-span 2 and 3. >> by 2016, according to the imf the world's leading economy will be a dictatorship. if the imf you elect next november will be the last president of the united states to preside over the world's economy. >> columnist and author mark stein has published books his latest, "after america." he writes "the happy warner" column and is a frequent guest on rush limbaugh. live sunday on in-depth, your chance to call, e-mail and tweet with your questions live at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2. >> house oversight committee chair darrell issa repeated

. >>> this weekend, american history tv is in beaumont, texas, expanding our reach from washington, d.cg on american history. beaumont is home to the first major oil field in the united states and has a population of about 120,000 people. learn more about beaumont, texas, all weekend long on american history tv. >>> here at the texas energy museum, we talk about science primarily of oil energy. go from the geology of oil all the way through the refining and the final products we use every day. texas wasn't the first oil state. oil was first found in the united states in titus, pennsylvania, where rockefeller became famous. as oil was moving west and people were trying to find oil everywhere, this is about the turn of the century, now, we're looking for oil in california, kansas, oklahoma, small showings everywhere. texas had a very small oil well in 1895 in corsicana. only produced about 25, 30 barrels a day. couldn't market it, refine it. and the typical oil well in that time in pennsylvania was producing 600 barrels a day. spindletop blew in at 100,000 barrels a day. that ushered in a

and the beaumont police department energized itself quickly. they -- the national guard was mobilized. and texas rangers kwam to town also. so the worst of the violence was over within 24 hours. and the town was butt under marshal law. and it was a brief ugly episode in a time for the town when it was doing very well and when many people had new jobs is and there was new money and new prosperity. it was a tragic time for bo month when there was a time of growth and development.

and the beaumont police department energized itself quickly. the national guard was mobilized and texas rangers came to town, also. so the worst of the violence was over within 24 hours.

. >> they exploer beaumont where the texas oil industry got its start. saturday beginning at noon eastern on books tv on c-span 2, book bazaar owner and the challenges of running an independent bookstore. although j. lee thompson on teddy roosevelt's expedition to africa and europe. on american history tv on c-span3, the lucas gusher changed the economy of texas and helped usher in the petroleum age. with the roughnecks vice. tour the dixie hotel, an infamous brothel on crockett street. decades of gambling and prostitution and other crime thrived into a 1960 james commission crackdown. beaumont, texas, this weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> by 2016 according to the imf the world's leading economy will be a communist dictatorship. that's in five years time. if the imf is right, the guy you elect next november will be the last president of the united states to preside over the world's leading economy. >> columnist and author mark stein has published nine books, his latest "after america" is a "new york times" best seller. he writes the happy warrior column for

she says if you want to see the good in people, look no further than beaumont street in temple hills. her neighbors helped save lives this weekend. beth parker has the story now. >> donna and jim musser were high school sweethearts married 59 years, so when their house caught on fire sunday night, there was no way donna was going to leave the burning home without making sure her husband was safe, too. donna musser is 5' 3 tall just shy of 100 pounds, but when she needs to yell -- >> i got a man in here and my upstairs is on fire. help me! >> reporter: that's her calling 911 sunday night. the house in temple hills where the couple has lived nearly 50 years was on fire. her husband jim who can barely walk trapped upstairs. >> get us out of this, lord. >> help us! help us! >> reporter: from his house next-door gene ward heard the cries. he jumped the fence and ran right into the burning house. >> the only thing in my head i want to get them out of here because i don't want nothing to happen to this man. >> reporter: ward and another gentleman got the man down the stairs. >> i call ward m

it came from the neighbor's house from beaumont street where they lived about 50 years. >> near like a second daddy and mama to me. >> reporter: ward jumped the fence from his yard to theirs. the woman and her dog had gotten out. she had just recent fell and broke some bones in her arm and face. her husband jim is mod was trap inside. >> the only thing in my head, i got to get him out of here because i don't want nothing to happen to the man. >> help us! help us! >> i know i couldn't pick him up, so i take grab the legs and take one step at a time. hold onto my shoulder. >> reporter: soon another neighbor ran into the burning house. >> he ran in and gave me a hand. >> reporter: darlene townsend happened to be visiting on the street where she grew up last night. to her the musters are extended family. >> you couldn't ask for better people, more god loving sincere -- >> reporter: good folks. >> reporter: townsend is an emt. >> knew there was three people that resided there and i was counting heads of. >> reporter: it was remarkable that it wasn't just one person or two people or even t

plus our recent cities tour of beaumont, texas. >> there was this very sad, tragic episode in beaumont. a race riot broke out here june 15th, 1943. there was a story about a black man having raped a white woman. when this story spread into the ship beyond a reasonable doubt, several thousand of the shipyard workers, some say at least 2,000 shift yard workers came out of the ship beyond a reasonable doubt and came down to the city hall and to the police department to try to find the person who had allegedly committed this crime. >> there are hundreds of videos to choose from online. subscribe at youtube.com/c-span. now a discussion how two cities are using local government to try to create a favorable environment for job creation. in dallas and danville. part of the mayors meeting. >> let's talk about the afternoon. we're going to spend the next 45 minutes talking about business developments and sector strategies model. we'll take a break around 2:30. we'll talk about hard to serve population and serve at risk youth, some of the things the secretary just spoke about. education strategie

>> on beaumont street, they are waiting for the neighbors to get well and come back home.eth parker, fox 5 news. >> one neighborhood you would want to be a part of. >> i agreat group of people. >> all right. when we come back, we are talking about alcohol, a helium tank and teens partying. coming up in about 13 minutes, details on how it all turned tragic. >> reporter: could your technology be making you a target for crime? we are live here in northeast d.c. and i'll tell you what the guardian angels want to warn people about this morning. [ male announcer ] have you heard? it's bring your happiness to work day. campbell's microwavable soups. in three minutes -- the deliciousness that brings a smile to any monday. campbell's -- it's amazing what soup can do. cranberry juice? wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing le

she grew up in beaumont texas with a mother that strongly emphasized the importance of education. if she always said to do what is right, not what is easy. her teacher noticed that b.j. had a very talented athletic potential. she instructed her to sign up for all sports, including tennis, a sport that she knew nothing about. she began to teach yourself hitting balls against the wall and by the time she was a senior in high school, she was ranked of the state's no. 1 tennis player in her age class. this led to a successful career were she was trained p byancho go -- by pancho gonzales. it was billie jean keaing that dubbed her b.j. notably, she toured with the united states tennis association, and she served at a time when there was a segregated system. certainly we have come a long way since that time, and b.j. has come along with that. at 50, b.j. had a change of careers and also started to work as a substitute teacher. she was immediately hired to be the key test coach. and almost there came to alternative school. it has blossomed with championships in many of the sports areas.

. >> interviews from beaumont, texas, are being featured all weekend long on booktv. for more information visit c-span.org/localcontent. >> i am destler spoke to booktv about his -- i.m. destler spoke to booktv about his latest book. this interview was recorded at the horn library, and it's about 40 minutes. >> the name of the book is "in the shadow of the oval office." simon & schuster published it, and, professor i.m. destler is the co-author along with ivo daalder. professor destler, when did the position of national security adviser come about? >> guest: formally, it was presented by president eisenhower in 1953 because he wanted a person or personal policy aide to manage a very elaborate policy planning process. but what we call the modern job of national security adviser was created semi-accidentally by john f. kennedy when he brought george bundy to the white house, and the message was i have this job that's available called president's -- called assistant to the president for national security affairs. would you like it? and kennedy knew exactly what he didn't

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>> i feel better about beaumont street. >> on beaumont they are waiting for the neighbors to get well and come back home temple hills beth parker fox 5 news. >>> a fire inside an apartment building killed a tacoma park grandmother. firefighters responded 2:15 a.m., the fire was already out but the 56-year-old woman had severe burns her granddaughter was alerted by the smoke alarm called 911 for help the woman died at the burn center. >>> it appears preliminarily the fire began as a result of an improperly discarded cigarette or smoking in bed. >> it was contained to one apartment. >> fire caused another tragedy for a prince georges county family their 2-year-old daughter died sunday at children's hospital, fire crews rescued her from her town house friday they performed cpr and three adultanother child escaped the flames. >> investigators will solve a deadly hit and run but have few clues to go on they believe a car struck eileen foley as she was walking to the hospital in clinton. sherry lee has details. >> there he is. >> reporter: eileen loved being on their pennsylvania farm spend

and that is really how we wind up losing a lot of our history. >> interviews from beaumont,