it wasn't too difficult in the end. >> darren mulloy, thank you very much. prof. mulloy: thank you. am a history buff. i do enjoy seeing the fabric of our country and how they work .nd how they are made chest but the american presidency, and american artifacts. >> i had no idea. american history tv, it gives you that perspective. >> i'm a c-span fan. >> in addition to the graduation classes all over this god's peace, light, you and love. but that's not the case. .e don't live in a fairytale but i guess the 1% does. >> this memorial day, watch commencement speeches in their offering encouragement to the graduating classes of 2016 -- including larry ellison -- >> you can count on yourself. what makes you special? what distinguishes you from others? in business we collect your unique value proposition. figuring out yours is key. >> politicians -- senator jeff sessions, senator arba boxer, and governor mike pence. governor pence: to be strong and to be courageous and to stand for the you are and what you believe and the way you have changed here and will carry into the balance of your l

. >> next, wilfrid laurier university professor darren mulloy talks about the john birch society, a conservative advocacy group organized in the late 1930's. c-span tv interviewed mulloy in providence, rhode island. this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a political organization formed in 1958 in indianapolis, and has headquarters in massachusetts. it was very prominent in the 1960's in particular. >> what was the purpose behind the society? prof. mulloy: they were an anti-communist organization. they opposed and feared that communism would subvert the united states. globally, they opposed collectivism of all times, so they were opposed to many manifestations of the welfare state. they opposed what they saw as excessive governmental interference in the economy. in foreign policy, they wanted the united states to take a more active role in trying to win the cold war, to defeat communism in cuba, vietnam, those cons of places. >> who was john birch? prof. mulloy: he was an american missionary and a soldier who was killed at the end of t

. >> darren mulloy, thank you very much. prof. mulloy: thank you. announcer: you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of hattiesburg, mississippi. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue now with our look at the history of hattiesburg. reason did anybody want to come and kill my daddy? it was a result of orders from the head of the klan, "go annihilate him." and they killed my whole family. -- they came to kill my whole family. he was a civil right activist in hattiesburg who worked to try to get african-americans registered to vote. at the shady grove thech, he was a teacher of sunday school and also sang in the choir. he owed a small grocery store, a sawmill, and he grew commercial cotton. 70 acres of cotton, a lot of cotton. dad was one of the of the naacp. it was nine men who established the naacp. at that time, t

. >> darren mulloy, thank you very much. prof. mulloy: thank you. >> general ely viewed it from a strategic standpoint. how this impacts of the outcome of the campaign. the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation hosted this talk. mr. wert: i should thank kevin but i always seem to get the timeslots -- i assure you we will be going to lunch on time. i am not very bright but i am bright enough to know that, so don't worry about that. on august 23 1864, president lincoln held a cabinet meeting. for the previous weeks, he had been getting telegrams from republican politician say it, you cannot be real elected. -- reelected. the people have had it with your administration. in you have to address certain things. this meeting, he did. he asked every member to sign a letter which lincoln had written. in that letter, he and his cabinet pledged their support to the next administration, who lincoln thought would not be him. bud touched upon it, but if you go back a little bit, think of this. if you look at the overland campaign -- to put it

. >> next, wilfrid laurier university professor darren mulloy talks about the john birch society, a conservative advocacy group organized in the late 1930's. c-span tv interviewed mulloy in providence, rhode island. this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a political organization formed in 1958 in