it is a testament to the motivation of charles hamilton huston and the dedication of charles hamiltonuston that he felt so compelled to do the work that was needed to undo plessy, make the world a better place for the people of the united states, white and black, those suffering under the egregious nature of segregation and his activities, this is what i argue in the book too, were in three different areas because he has a 3-part strategy that unfolds from 1925 to 1950. it was a critical part, he demanded the strategy go forward on legislation, he spent inestimable time upon the hill. when you read his congressional record, congressional testimony, it is fascinating, humorous in the way he plays people because he sets them up like a skilled lawyer can do. he is not only involved in himself but encourages people within the legislative community to write legislation, he is involved, the first african-american on the federal committee, works in that capacity under two presidents, roosevelt and truman, resigns under both because of integrity. they weren't being true to their word, he let

king and thurgood marshall certainly understood the role of charles hamilton houston. you cannot have a conversation about to civil rights movement in the united states without the inclusion of work of charles houston. >> an american history tv on crmp span 3, a grand rapids resident talks about the letter she wrote to then congressman gerald ford. then we'll visit the grand rapids public museum with alex forest and find out why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the store and this big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entry way of the store and paused there for a long time and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said you're leslie lynch king jr. and he said no, i'm gerald ford jr. and he said well, you're my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. the c-span city's tour of grand rapids, michigan saturday then on c-span 3. >> each week leading to the 2016 election road to the white house rewind brings the coverage of the presidential races. of th

kimberle crenshaw: charles hamilton houston came out of the legal realist tradition in which the law is what the law does. you fight for rights, you fight for recognition, and you fight for equality. it's not something that's just bestowed upon you. narrat o:inspired by houston's message, marshall began to study every waking moment- on his long train rides home and in the law library, where as dean houston's best student, he was given a part time job. thurgood marshall: as student librarian i didn't have anything to do but watch over law books, so in my spare time i read them. and that didn't hurt. narrator: in his final year at howard houston asked marshall to accompany him in the courtroom where for the first time he observed an all-black legal team. rawn james: seeing these attorneys, seeing these black men stand up in a courtroom and address the judge, address the jurors as equals. kimberle crenshaw: howard lawyers, the howard machine. that was the think tank that created the civil rights warriors who then spread out across the country and changed the face of law. narrator: in ju

king and thurgood marshall understood the role of charles hamilton houston, but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. .. >> >> and as the totalitarian state was leading and hitler was belligerent and in europe when those people said we were burned once already and we all want to do it again so he went for a strict neutrality act for what might become a european war. cell in now way he was of a leader in the fight with franklin roosevelt for people who would become our allies against hitler. then after the war or later in the war, they came for word to say in effect reversed his own position to say isolation was no longer a possible as a global power we had to take leadership of the world stage or relinquish it to the darker forces. and by making that shift in the last months of world war two people lot of american public opinion with him to enable the changes of rights to leadership. >> is someone who grew up in grand rapids with an interest of politics i am curious about vandenberg's flights it

king certainly understand the role of charles hamilton houston, but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on "american history tv" on c-span3, grand rapids resident talks about the letter she wrote to the congressman gerald ford that helped spark a movement bringing artwork to public places kroo across the country. we'll visit the grand rapids public museum and find out why the city is the nicknamed the furniture city. we'll take you to the newly renovated exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a big car pulled up and this big fellow stepped into the entryway of the store and paused there for a long time. and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you're leslie lynch king junior. and he said, no, i'm gerald ford junior. and he said, well, you're my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. >>> the c-span cities tour of grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday a

houston in his role in the early civil rights movement. >> people understood the role of charles hamilton houston. but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on american history tv on c-span3, grand rapids resident nancy twedale talks about the letter she wrote that brought artwork to public places across the country. we will visit the grand rapids public museum with the curator. we will take you to the exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the store. this big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entryway of the store and paused there. for a long time. and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you are lesley link king junior. he said, no, i'm gerald ford junior. well, you are my son. i am your father. i want to take you to lunch. >> the cities tour of grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history t

the founders of howard university and law school in a way that inspired thurgood marshall and charles hamilton. i agree with the stain on his legacy that he wasn't more outspoken and didn't draw the connection between his desire for what he called racial equality using the jews as a race or nationality. but now on the specific question come he's taking heat for his open support of the federal racial segregation. federal racial segregation. do we know what he thought about the attitudes? >> i found in addition to the biography we have edited the seven volumes of the letters and there was nothing in the wilson papers or the brandeis papers about 200 other collections that we looked at had brandeis letters in which there is a single comment on this. >> nanny and i think coming from an abolitionist family probably believe what many people in the united states then believed which is certainly it was terrible, certainly wasn't in favor of discrimination but didn't think beyond that that meant something necessarily have to be done about the status of the african-americans that would come out of the s

. >> people understood the role of charles hamilton houston. but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rites movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on american history t.v., grand rapids residents talks about the letter she wrote to ford, bringing artwork to public places. and then we'll visit the grand rapids public museum and find out why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. and the exhibits at the ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front, and this big fellow stepped out and stepped into the entry way, and paused there, for a long time, and, staired at junior, ford asked him if he could help him and man said, you're king junior, and he said no, i'm ford junior, and said, well, you're my son. i'm your father and i want to take to you lunch. >> the city's tour, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2, and sunday afternoon at 2. >> this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. >> welcome. that is response. good afternoon. >> okay. thank you for your

we also talk about the life of attorney charles hamilton houston and his role in the early civil rightsmovement. >> people like doctor king and thurgood marshall understood the role of houston. but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on american american history to be on c-span three. grand rapids resident nancy talks about the letter she wrote to then congressman, gerald ford that help sparked a movement movement to bring artwork to public places across the country. we'll go to the public museum with the curator and find out why the city is nicknamed, the furniture city. we'll take it to the newly renovated exhibits of the gerald r ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the tour and a big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entryway of the story. he paused there for a long time and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said you are leslie -- junior and he said no i am gerald ford junior

an author gordon enters talks about the life of attorney charles hamilton houston and his role in the civil rights movement. they understood the role of trust hamilton houston. you cannot have a conversation about civil rights without including the work of charles houston. on american history tv, c-span3, she talks about the letter she wrote to congressman gerald ford to help spark a movement. then we will visit the grand rapids public museum to find out why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. we will take you to the newly renovated exhibit of the care of our ford presidential library. >> and new car pulled up and stopped in front and this big fella stepped out of it and step into the entryway. he paused for a long time and stared at junior. fort asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you are leslie lynch king junior. he said no, on gerald ford junior. and he said, you are my son. i'm your father. i want to take you to lunch. >> the c-span cities tour of grand rapids, michigan saturday at noon eastern on c-span two 2:00 onay afternoon at american history

they gave their energy and some of them like charles hamilton houston for themselves to death.e voting rights that they were able to achieve and the protection ignored everyone, not just people are african american or people of color. that's it needs to be understood. the african-american civil rights movement of the conscience into the constitution and because of that, because of the heartbeat that was given to it, we have to pay some respect to those games if we don't vote, we don't count. that is what is on his tombstone. he was an naacp voting rights activists who was burned alive. and he said he wanted those words on his tombstone because if you don't vote, you don't count. >> what a wonderful powerful and no. i'm so proud this program is part of this petition day observations and what we were talking about is professor browne-marshall noted the extent that we need work to do to completely fulfill the aspirations of the framers of the constitution, what this country should be about even more. i thank you all. i am sorry that we won't have the opportunity here before we bre

and gordon andrews talking about the life of charles hamilton houston and his role on the early civil rights movement. >> on american history tv on cspan three. grand rapids talks about the letter she wrote to then congressman gerald ford to help spark a movement bringing art work to public places across the country. we'll visit the public museum and talk about why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. we'll take you to the newly renovated exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the store and this big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entry way of the store and paused there, for a long time, and staired at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you' you're leslie lynch king, jr. he said, no. i'm gerald ford, jr. he said well, i'm your son, you're my father and i want to take you to lunch working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> now, it's a look at u.s. views on refugees and their treatment. photographers who captured images an

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but the then realize it was all much worse then they thought.... 036 officer lamar hamilton, charles co. sheriff's office) "i start the car." butt to 027 (officer justin bottorf, charles co. sheriff's office) "i didn't think. you grab em and you get them as everyone in the car survived and the injured have been released from the hospital. a clerk in clinton, connecticut is recovering after a car smashed into his store. the impact sent shelves flying... but more importantly, it sent the clerk flying as well. the impact as he is tossed among the debris. miraculously, he has no broken bones. the driver was charged with reckless driving. v a major blow for brendan dassey-- one of the subject's from the popular netflix series "making a murderer" wisconsin prosecutors have appealed his overturned conviction dassey had been accused of helping his uncle- steve avery- kill a woman, but in august... a judge ruled that he was ordered to be freed within 90 days.... unless prosecutors appealed or decided to retry him. the 26-year-old will know stay behind bars. -7- california officers will be cha

hamilton gives us an inside look. ? [ music ] ?? >> reporter: munsters super fans sandra and charles mckee took on this year-long project in 2002. >> i personally grew up with the munsters. i used to watch it late in the evening to relax. build in the munsters house. not only build, but live in the munsters house. >> hi, welcome to the munster mansion. what greets you at the front door? spot the dragon himself. >> for us living here is just normal. when other people come around, they are like wow. does it scare you to live here? you have all the cobwebs, the dust, everything. weor that it is just becoming normal. >> reporter: and from the living room to the dining room, to the kitchen. it is a spot-on replica of the tv show. >> pretty much it is a work in progress as we are always changing something, we are always fixing something, we are always finding something that actually matches the show. >> reporter: upstairs you have lily's room, grandpa's room, marilyn's room, and eddie's room. with a secret escape, of that even the actual characters have visited. >> in 2002 we had al lewis which is grandpa munster, which is unbelievable t

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charles street following a slew of tips from the public. police say that russell's first attack happened ten days ago near meridian and hamilton. the second one came last week. police credit the many tips from the public for russell's arrest. >> this is an example of the community working together with the police. how we quickly and efficiently take somebody off the streets, especially someone as dangerous as this guy that we're looking for. >> russell, a convicted sex offender, is described as a transient. he's being held at the santa clara county jail. >>> breaking news out of vallejo where police say an early morning standoff has led to the arrest of a suspect in the kilting of a pregnant teenager. this was the scene from a short time ago at an apartment complex. on monday night 18-year-old ilaysia mccoy was killed in san pablo in that area of 17th street near rumold boulevard. they took a 21-year-old man into custody in connection with the homicide. we will bring you more information as soon as it soms into our newsroom. >>> dozens of cats abandabandon. and the people who did it may have done this before. a security camera

charles street following a slew of tips fro vid by the public. police say that russell's first attack happened ten days ago near meridian and hamilton, second one last week near hillsdale and highway 87. police are crediting the tips from the public for making this arrest. >> this is an example of the community working together with the police. we quickly and efficiently take somebody off the streets. especially someone as dang rouz as this guy that we're looking for. >> russell a convicted sex ander is described as a transient. he's being held at the santa clara county jail. >>> congresswoman jacqui spears introducing new legislation to help stop sexual assault. speier will introduce the bill in a couple of hours. it improves accountability and transparen transparency. speier pushed this following the controversial stanford rape case. >>> the man accused of starting the fire in lake county is going to be in court for a plea hearing today. damon pashilk is accused of setting several fires. he's expected at the lake county skup your court building this morning. investigators say they have surveillance footage that puts pashilk near several fires with