survived a very, very treacherous period in american history. >> professor, author, and dean, cassandra newby-alexander, thank you for being with us. dean newby-alexander: thank [applause]

host: professor, author, and dean, cassandra newby-alexander, thank you for being with us. dean newby-alexander: thank you. [applause]

host: we have been talking to cassandra newby-alexander.umber of author of a books on race relations, including "virginia waterways and the underground railroad." she is the dean of the .niversity of north folk's thek you as we hear reversals for the ceremony going on in the background. guest: thank you so much, and i everybody comes to learning little bit more about our american history. host: and what do you think the ceremony will mean for those in attendance and those watching? guest: i think that this will be a watershed moment where americans begin to recognize the importance of 1619, commemorating 400 years of african and african-american perseverance in american society, enslavement, oppression from our understanding of the american story, and we would begin to recognize it and also commemorate those individuals who survived a very, very treacherous period in american history. host: professor, author, and dean, cassandra newby-alexander, thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. host: and a reminder for those watching a c-span3

host: we have been talking to cassandra newby-alexander.ber of author of a books on race relations, including "virginia waterways and the underground railroad." she is the dean of the .niversity of north folk's thek you as we hear reversals for the ceremony going on in the background. guest: thank you so much, and i everybody comes to learning little bit more about our american history. host: and what do you think the ceremony will mean for those in attendance and those watching? guest: i think that this will be a watershed moment where americans begin to recognize the importance of 1619, commemorating 400 years of african and african-american perseverance in american society, enslavement, oppression from our understanding of the american story, and we would begin to recognize it and also commemorate those individuals who survived a very, very treacherous period in american history. host: professor, author, and dean, cassandra newby-alexander, thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. host: and a reminder for those watching a c-span3's

and later, cassandra newby-alexander joins us to discuss the 400th anniversary of when the first enslaved africans arrived in virginia. going out and taxing our companies, it is very unfair. if we do that, we will be taxing their wine, or something else, like they have never seen before. ♪ host: president trump's remarks last night at the white house before his departure for france, and the start of today's g7 summit. it is saturday, august 24. we take you to a life you of the runway where air force one is scheduled to arrive within minutes. than 13,000 police and security officials are on hand to protect world leaders as they begin talks.

cassandra newby-alexander will take phone calls and tweets about the history. governorre is virginia ralph northam talking about the significance of the year 1619. ♪

our guest, saturday at 8:30 am, eastern, is cassandra newby alexander from norfolk university, taking your calls about the origins and history of slavery. and live coverage continues at 9:30 am for a commemorative ceremony with virginia elected officials, governor ralph northam, senators mark warner, tim cain, and kirkland cox. at 6:00 pm, hear the story of the civil war told in 56 minutes by gary adelman of the american battlefield trust. and sunday at 6:00 pm, american artifacts 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

morning we were live from point comfort, virginia with norfolk state university professor cassandra newby-alexandereets about the history and origins of slavery in america. that program is next, followed by a ceremony at point comfort with speakers including senator s tim kaine and mark warner and virginia governor ralph northam. >> the story of virginia is rooted in the simultaneous

eastern, is cassandra newby alexander from norfolk university, taking your calls about the origins and history of slavery. and live coverage continues at 9:30 am for a commemorative ceremony with virginia elected officials, governor ralph northam, senators mark warner, tim cain, and kirkland cox. at 6:00 pm, hear the story of the civil war told in 56 minutes by gary adelman of the american battlefield trust. and sunday at 6:00 pm, american artifacts 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 gon

we were live from point comfort, virginia with norfolk state university history professor cassandra newby-alexander. .ho took your calls that program is next, followed by a ceremony at point comfort speakers including senator tim kaine and mark warner and virginia governor mark -- ralph northam. >>

at 8:30 am eastern we are live with more folks state historian professor cassandra alexander newby for the history and origins of slavery in america. at 9:30 am live coverage of the commemorative ceremony with speeches from officials including mark warner, jim king, ralph northam and lieutenant governor justin fairfax. the history of africans in america from fort monroe live, saturday beginning at 8:30 am on c-span's washington journal and on american history tv on cspan-3. >> more than 500,000 students competed this year at the local level of national history day. just 3000 students advance to the finals at the university of maryland in june. the theme in 2019 was triumph and tragedy. presentation categories include exhibit, website, documentary, paper and performance . >> up next, a 10 minute performance by three middle school students from ralston nebraska . >> this is triumph and tragedy of the women . >> . >> my name is -- and i was a -- girl and i'm here to tell the story of how my coworkers and some of my closest friends passed away. in 1913 commercially produced in america for

eastern is cassandra newby-alexander. our live coverage continues at 9:30 a.m. for a commemorative ceremony with virginia elected officials. at 6:00 p.m. eastern hear the story of the civil war told in 56 minutes. sunday at 6:00 p.m., american artifacts 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

host: professor, author, and dean, cassandra newby-alexander, thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. host: and a reminder for those watching a c-span3's american history tv, live coverage getting underway in just a moment, the ceremony that will include the dedication of the fort monroe visitor and education center. among those on hand to speak, virginia governor ralph northam along [applause] >> please take your seats. the morning and welcome to 400th anniversary commemorative ceremony. it is my honor to welcome the lady, thend the first lieutenant governor justin fairfax, the attorney general, senator mark warner, and senator tim kaine. scottepresentative bobby and a representative from virginia. bass andative karen from missouri. speaker of the house of for thes, first counsel embassy of wanda. ,he former virginia governor the former virginia governor robert mcdonald, the former missouri governor greitens, former representatives james payne, members of the governors cabinet, members of the virginia general assembly, including senate ,ajority leader thomas norment

. >> professor, author, and dean, cassandra newby-alexander, thank you for being with us. dean newby-alexander: thank [applause] >> to begin our program, please welcome the honorable donnie artech, mayor of the city of hampton. [applause] please take your seats. good morning and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. it is my honor to welcome governor ralph northam and first lady pamela northam, lieutenant governor justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine. u.s. representative bobby scott and representative elaine luria of virginia. representative karen bass of california, and representative william clay of missouri, speaker of the house of delegates burkland cox. bonsaiounselor lawrence of the apathy of her wanda former virginia governor cheryl , liles, former virginia governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric greitens, former representatives james moran and mf payne, chief judge roger gregory of the first circuit court of appeals members of the governors , cabinet,

we're live with norfolk history professor cassandra alexander newby for the history and origins of slavery in america. then at 9:30, live coverage of commemorative ceremonies with speeches by virginia government officials, including senator mark warner, senator tim kaine, governor ralph northam and lieutenant governor fairfax. the history of african's in america from fort monroe saturday at 8:30 a.m. on c-span's washington journal, and on american history tv on c-span3. >>> beginning of august in paris, we're seized. what could be confirmed, towards the middle of the moment the germans started to leave the city. yes, those were the same germans who signed 25 year leases on their apartments. then on the 14th, our police went on strike. the next day the gestapo left. that was the day, too, when a police car opened fire on a german detachment on the plaza and began the battle of the city. after that, it seemed the french flag was hanging from every window. all the flags were made from curtains or anything. it didn't matter. four days later we heard shouting. we started hiding. me, my husband,

we're live with norfolk history professor cassandra alexander newby for the history and origins of slavery in america. then at 9:30, live coverage of commemorative ceremonies with speeches by virginia government officials, including senator mark warner, senator tim kaine, governor ralph northam and lieutenant governor fairfax. the history of african's in america from fort monroe saturday at 8:30 a.m. on c-span's washington journal, and on american history tv on c-span3. >>> beginning of august in paris, we're seized. what could be confirmed, towards the middle of the moment the germans started to leave the city.

eastern we are live with norfolk state university history professor cassandra alexander-newby. then at 9:30 live coverage of the commemorative ceremonies with speeches by virginia government officials, including senator mark werner, senator tim kaine, governor ralph northam and lieutenant governor justin fairfax. the history of africans in america from ft. monroe, live, saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m. on c-span's washington journal and on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> next on american history tv, backstory host brian balogh and nathan connelly give a behind the scenes look at their weekly podcast. they are joined by a former staff member and a regular guest. this was part of a two-day purdue university conference called remaking american political history. it's an hour and a half. >> okay. good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome to the 10:45 panel called something like behind the scenes at backstory. >> that's right. >> maybe. just so you know you are not on the wrong flight. i'm brian balogh and i've been a co-host for backstory for over ten years now. i'm going to in