. >> next, q&a with the author cate lineberry. then the inauguration ceremony for a rainy and president. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," journalist and author cate lineberry. she discusses her book "be free or die," the amazing story of robert smalls' escape from slavery to union hero. host: cate lineberry. when did you first get interested in robert smalls, and who was he?

cate lineberry. then the inauguration ceremony for a rainy and president. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," journalist and author cate lineberry. she discusses her book "be free or die," the amazing story of robert smalls' escape from slavery to union hero. host: cate lineberry. when did you first get interested in robert smalls, and who was he? cate: i first learned about his story a few years ago. i was looking for another idea. my youngest brother sent me a short article on robert smalls. i was astounded to find i have never heard of this man. i have done a lot of writing for the new york times. i worked for smithsonian magazine and read about the civil war for them and i had never heard of him. it was a little article that encapsulated his life and i wanted to know more. i wanted to know how this man, who have been told from the time he was a young child that he was not worth anything could have had the courage and determination to find a way out of slavery. i was intrigued and could not reading about him

. >> journalist and author cate lineberry writes about robert smalls.in her book "be free or die." >> there was a bribery charge fwe against him and one point in his career and he never fully recovered from that. in my opinion, that's one of the reasons he is not better known today. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern

. >> journalist and author cate lineberry writes about robert smalls.in her book "be free or die." >> there was a bribery charge fwe against him and one point in his career and he never fully recovered from that. in my opinion, that's one of the reasons he is not better known today. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> now back to our focus on the supreme court's 1857 decision in dred scott versus sanford. >>> welcome to our third week in this course and my what ground have we covered this far. we have more ground to cover this day because we are coming up to the 1850s now. talking about the crises of the 1850s. that really began with the compromise of 1850. that move into the kansas/nebraska act of 1854.

please join me in welcoming cate lineberry and michael moore. [applause]. >> we decided before the nine go into sort of ask the first question, but it feels awkward because it's kates event and i'm sort of supporting her. we had a chance to do this once before and it looks like a great crowd. i hear it's a friendly one. [laughter] >> lots of folks. it's great. we are going to just do a bit of a q&a back and forth and in so doing reveal a bit more about the man, robert smalls, his life and some other stuff. i think i'm going to start. so, how did robert smalls come across your radar? you have written before, written about anything, why robert smalls? >> thank you so much, michael, and thank you so much for being here. it means the world to have the support of robert small family. it was important to me in going in this and it's been wonderful, so thank you. i'm sorry to my friends for national geographic many of whom are here who i have my back turned to a little bit. nothing personal, i promise. i was looking for my-- an idea for my second book

cate lineberry discusses her book "the free or die."as a bribery charge against him at one point in his career, and he never fully recovered from that. that is one reason he is not better known today. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." institute,rookings political scientists and reporters discussed procedure and how it affects republicans' ability to pass legislation. the panel includes molly reynolds, author of "the politics of filibuster limitations in the u.s. senate." this is an hour and a half.

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brian: cate lineberry. when did you first get interested in robert smalls, and who was he? te: i first learned about history a few years ago. i was looking for another idea. my youngest brother sent me a short article on robert smalls. i was astounded to find i have never heard of this man. i have done a lot of writing for "the new york times." i worked for "smithsonian" magazine and read about the civil war for them and i had never heard of him. it was a little article that encapsulated his life and i wanted to know more. i wanted to know how this man, who have been told from the time he was a young child that he was not worth anything could have had the courage and determination to find a way out of slavery. i was intrigued and could not reading about him. brian: born in 1839. where was he born and into what situation? cate: he was born in beaufort, south carolina, 75 miles from charleston. it is a very small town at the time, but a very wealthy town. the wealth of the town had was from slaves that had been will imported from west africa. the main crops were indigo, cotton

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eastern, cate lineberry recalls the life of robert smalls, a former slave who became the first african american army ship and went on to serve five terms in congress. >> i was fascinated by him, and particularly fascinated by the idea i had never heard of him because i had done through my work at national geographic and smithsonian and writing for "the new york times" civil war blog, had read a lot of stories about the civil war. i was amazed to find that he was not a better-known figure >>> then at 9:00 p.m. on "after words" former "wall street journal" writer and editor george melloan describes the paper's role. he is interviewed. >> the journal support the federal exchange act, again with the idea that this would stabilize money at that point. local banks could issue money against gold they supposedly had in their vaults. well, they created a national currency. the journal supported that but in the 1920s began to have second thoughts about that >>> for more of this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. >> this might be the only government class you ever take. you're going to be a vot

or die: the amazing story of robert smalls, escape from slavery to union hero," and our guest, cate lineberry. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you so much. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q and a online. they are also available as podcasts. >> if you enjoyed this week's interview with kate lineberry, here are some other programs you might like. author, clarence, talks about his book regarding the black history of the white house. a history professor on the life and career of abraham lincoln. historian ronald white discusses his biography of president grant, titled american ulysses. you can watch these programs anytime or search our entire video library at c-span.org. next, live, your calls and comments on washington journal. at 10:00 come at the museum institutes religious freedom center holds a forum on the grassroots approach to countering violent extremism. announcer: tonight on "the communicators," we are at the black hat conference in las vegas with the director of the stevenson national center for security research and trainin

. >> journalist and author cate lineberry writes about robert smalls. in her book "be free or die." >> there was a bribery charge fwe against him and one point in his career and he never fully recovered from that. in my opinion, that's one of the reasons he is not better known today. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> now back to our focus on the supreme court's 1857 decision in dred scott versus sanford. >>> welcome to our third week in this course and my what ground have we covered this far. we have more ground to cover this day because we are coming up to the 1850s now. talking about the crises of the 1850s. that really began with the compromise of 1850. that move into the kansas/nebraska act of 1854. and we will still see more earthquakes occurring. as we do this, we have a character we have to meet who is going to play a central role in this entire course. that is abraham lincoln. we touch very briefly in our last session by way of introduction of lincoln. and just to go through some of the details once again abraham lincoln is born i

. >> journalist and author cate lineberry looks at the life of robert smalls, a slave who escaped bondage during the civil war and went on to become a member of the u.s. congress in her book "be free or die." >> he served five terms in the house of representatives. there was a bribery charge against him at one point in his career, and he never fully recovered from that, and that's, my opinion, is one of the reasons why he's not better known today. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >>> sunday on "in depth," american educator, tea party activist, author and attorney krisanne hall is our guest. >> and for different reasons, everybody has an idea that the federal government is out of control. and then the most-asked question i get as we speech, what do you suppose that is? what do we do about it? but if we've been teaching the constitution properly for the last 150 years, we would know what to do. >> she's the author of several books, including "essential stories for junior patriots," "in defense of liberty," and "sovereign duty." during our live, three-hour conversation, we'

cate lineberry discusses her book "the free or die." was a bribery charge against him at one point in his career, and he never fully recovered from that. that is one reason he is not better known today. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." institute,rookings political scientists and reporters discussed procedure and how it affects republicans' ability to pass legislation. the panel includes molly reynolds, author of "the politics of filibuster limitations in the u.s. senate." this is an hour and a half. ok. ms. binder: thanks very much for joining us. for those of you standing in the back, there is an overflow [inaudible] ok. thanks very much. i am sarah binder, senior fellow in governance studies. i have the pleasure of moderating today. i will introduce our speakers. and then we will open it up to get going. to my left is molly reynolds, a fellow here at governance studies and the author of "exceptions to the rule: the politics of filibuster in the u.s. senate," which will be the launching point for us in speaking about procedural polit