our guest is david stradling. "where the river burned: carl stokes and the struggle to save cleveland." he is joining us from cleveland. mary is on the phone from peninsula, ohio. good morning. caller: good morning. i actually as a young girl learned how to swim within the cuyahoga river a little bit, in a small town called mantaway. i grew up along the river. and after you got past akron is where much of the pollution came. i am 58 years old, so this fire occurred in 1969 and i was literally 9 years old at the time, but it was all over the news. my father was a truck driver who hauled steel out of the flats there in cleveland, and at that point in time, you would not be -- the air pollution was so bad that you would not be able to see david where he is standing at this moment. 30 miles away from cleveland, you could smell the air pollution and when you got close to cleveland, the air was actually yellow, filled with sulfur from the steel mills and from the other factories that were up there. the street lights wer

david stradling.the river burned: carl stokes and the struggle to save cleveland." he is joining us from cleveland. mary is on the phone. good morning. caller: good morning. girl, illy, as a young learned how to swim within the cuyahoga river, a little bit in a small town called man tntawe. it is a small town before you get to akron. i grew up along the river, and what to get past akron is where the pollution came from. i am being years old, and this was occurred in 1969, and i nine years old at the time. my father was a truck driver who holds steel out of the flats out of cleveland, and at that point in time, the air pollution was so bad that you would not be able to see, david where he is standing at this moment here to 30 miles out of cleveland, you can smell the air pollution, and when you got close to the air was actually yellow, filled with sulfur from steel mills and other factories that were up there. the street lights were on in the middle of the afternoon because the air was so polluted, and

announcer 2: tonight at 8:00 eastern on to a >> next, history david stradling.joins us from cleveland, -- he joins us from along the cuyahoga river in cleveland, where 50 years ago a fire helped galvanize the clean water and environmental movement. mr. stradling is co-author of "where the river burned: carl stokes and the struggle to save cleveland." this is a coproduction with c-span's "washington journal." >> the cuyahoga river, as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie, an industrial waterway if banks populated by steel mills and factories, its channel filled with ships and tugs. ♪

eastern, historian and co-author of "where the river burned," david stradling, joins us live from the in cleveland to take your calls, talk about the fire and myths associated with it, and the campaign of then-cleveland mayor carl stokes to find solutions. live sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern sunday on american history tv on c-span3. the "institute of the black world 21st century" held this meeting on gentrification at the new jersey institute for technology. the event began with ron daniels, president of the institute, talking about why the town hall is in work. accident. not by we are here because we

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> in a moment we will be live with historian david stradlinghe joins us from along the cuyahoga river in cleveland, where 50 years ago a fire helped galvanize the clean water and environmental movement. mr. stradling is co-author of "where the river burned: carl stokes and the struggle to save cleveland." we will be taking viewers' calls and tweets. this is a co-production with c-span's "washington journal." >> the river river, as most think of it, the browntr

eastern, historian david stradling joins us live from along the river in cleveland take your calls and talk about the fire, myths associated with it, and the mayor's efforts to find solutions. live sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. white male and i am prejudiced. it's not something i was talk but it is something that i was taught, but it is -- it is not something that i was taught, but it is something that i learned. what can i do to change to be a better american? >> it's something most of us won't admit, i am prejudiced. our guest talks about that interaction and her follow-up with the guest. we had this racially-charged summer, donald trump's campaign, black lives matter, the police shootings and the tragic events in baton rouge and dallas. it was really a time when people felt like, all they were seeing about race was bad news. and here was a white man admitting that he was prejudiced, which for people of color, we just thought, finally. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> former president jimmy carter and vice president walter back

eastern, historian and co-author of "where the river burned," david stradling, joins us live from along the river in cleveland to take your calls and talk about the fire, myths associated with it and the campaign by then-cleveland mayor carl stokes to find solutions. watch our program on the 50th anniversary of the cuyahoga river fire, live sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> next month, robert mueller is scheduled to testify before the house judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee. those two committees subpoenaed him last week and he'll appear separately before each committee on wednesday july 17th. those hearings will be carried live on c-span3, at c-span.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> up next on c-span3, a discussion on the 2020 census and hispanic voters. from the national association of latino elected and appointed officials' annual conference in miami, this saabout 50 minutes. >> so this afternoon we'd like to spend a few minutes reflecting, first, on what we heard this morning and some of the issues tha

eastern, historian and co-author of "where the river burned," david stradling, joins us live from along the river in cleveland to take your calls and talk about the fire, myths associated with it and the campaign by then-cleveland mayor carl stokes to find solutions. watch our program on the 50th anniversary of the cuyahoga river fire, live sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> next month, robert mueller is scheduled to testify before the house judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee. those two committees subpoenaed him last week and he'll appear separately before each committee on wednesday july 17th. those hearings will be carried live on c-span3, at c-span.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >>>

eastern, historian and co-author of "where the river burned," david stradling, joins us live from the river in cleveland to take your calls, talk about the fire and myths associated with it, and the campaign of then-cleveland mayor carl stokes to find solutions. live sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern sunday on american history tv on c-span3. the "institute of the black world 21st century" held this meeting on gentrification at the new jersey institute for technology. the event began with ron daniels, president of the institute, talking about why the town hall is in work. accident. not by came toere because we put a focus on newark because we believe in what is happening in newark. a focus in newark because of the history of struggle here, protected struggle, -- protracted struggle, rebellion, moving forward, and eventual ascension to the office of the mayor. [applause] him.t is not just about i will never forget, i was struck by his slogan. he said when i become a mayor, we become mayor. that said this was a collective enterprise, collective work and responsibility, so there are policies be

david stradling, the author of "where the river burned" joins us to talk about the fire, myths associatedth, and the campaign by then-cleveland mayor girl stokes to find solutions. join us on the anniversary of the cuyahoga river fire on american history tv on c-span3. network with small an unusual name had a big idea -- let viewers make up their own mind. unfilteredging you content from congress and beyond. a lot has changed in 40 years. on television and online, c-span is your unfiltered view of government, seized can make up your own mind. brought to as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. i'm a white man and i am prejudiced, and the reason is -- it's something i wasn't taught, but it's something i learned. i don't like to be forced to like people. i like to be led to let people through example. what can i do to change, you know, to be a better american? moment.was a remarkable i did not realize until i stepped off the set because there were more calls after that. to keep rolling -- how powerful it was. there was something in his voice that touched me. it's so authenti