they agreed on three dollars a week whether frederick barely worked or not -- frederick bailey workedr not. he decided to go to a religious revival in baltimore county. he did not give all the money on friday that was agreed. he did not come back until late sunday, early monday morning. an argument ensued. auld made a prediction he needs to find work and if he cannot find work to give him his money he would find work for him. frederick douglass thought this was a threat to sell himself into slavery which was something most border state enslaved people dreaded. it was at that point he decided he needed to escape. it took three weeks of planning. with his fiancee, he plotted his escape from slavery. we are here on boston street in baltimore's canton area just east of fell's point. it was here on september 3, 1838 frederick douglass dressed in a sailor's outfit and with freedom papers boarded the philadelphia, wilmington and baltimore railroad train. waited until the train started moving before he jumped on to ensure he would be safe. the reason he came this far was because the terminus

in this program, the first autobiography of frederick the -- frederick done.ublished in 1845, the narrative details his life as a slave on a maryland plantation. learning to read and working as a shipbuilder in baltimore and as cape from slavery to the north as a young adult. in of several memoirs he wrote about his life, this first narrative was an anti-slavery treatise about bestseller and furthered the cause of abolition. for many readers outside of the south this may have been their introduction to the reality of slavery. throughout his life he continued to work toward ending slavery as a writer, orator and statesman and the power of his presence was captured in a newly popular medium. douglass was one of the most photographed americans of the 19th century. >> welcome to bookd america. our c-span series that looks at how books throughout our history have influenced who we are today . in partnership with the library of congress, this 10 week series has been exploring different eras, topics and viewpoints. you're glad you are joining us through this walk thr

that was, it's a long time between that and frederick douglass.t richard wright did was bring some of the same emotions, feelings the repercussions of what had happened with frederick douglass. so many writers especially in the african-american tradition talk about the impact of that book. in fact, desmond ward one of the authors at the book festival said when she was like i didn't learn about this in school. i didn't know about some of this. that book had quite a bit of influence. host: one of my original lists that i created, it was all more contemporary authors. we made the determination and this is how the library broke it up as well, if the year increments. -- 50 year increments. we chose to books from each 50 years. that made it hard, because there were so many in the last 40 years that we are all familiar with. roots, barry my heart at wounded knee. we could have chosen those and it would be easy but this is a history series so we wanted to go through history and that's why we chose two of them from each 50 year increments. let's hear from

we look at the life of frederick douglass, it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglasseeply personal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years in maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north. the book was widely sold and was said to influence abolition. our guest will discuss the book. watch books that shaped america, featuring narratives featuring the life of frederick douglass live at 9 p.m. eastern, on c-span, c-span now or online at the span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings from the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, campaigns and more from the world of politics, all at your fingertips. stay current with the latest episodes of washington journal and find scheduling information for c-span stevie network and c-span radio

it was the first of three autobay owegraphys by frederick douglass. deeply personal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore. and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the allow pwaeugs. historian and author will be on the program it discuss the book. watch books that shaped america. featuringaireivity life of frederick douglass, monday, live, at 9 p.m. eastern. on c-span. c-span now, our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. scan the q.r. code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books feature.

we feature the life of frederick douglass written in 1845, the first of three autobiographies by frederickouglass. in sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1868. -- in 1838,. historian and authored everett will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. watch 'books that, shaped america featuring the narrative of the life of frederick douglass' monday live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app and c-span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our podcast we can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell thanked former house speaker kevin mccarthy for his service to the country. and call for house gop members to eliminate the rule which allows any one representative to call for a motion to vacate the chair. he says the rule makes the speaker's job impossible in the american people expect a functioning government. senate gop leaders also outlined priorities moving forward ahea

it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick the and -- frederick done with. he describes his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold. in the green will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. watch books that shaped america featuring the narrative of the life of frederick the. or online at c-span.org. also, be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast. >> next, the 11th archivist of the united states spoke with us about her stewardship of the national art and the controversies of her white house records involving donald trump and joe biden. hosted the first lady and chief justice john roberts in the national archives rotunda for your ceremonial swearing in. you wore white. tell us why i wore white. because that was the color adopted by the suffragists when they were advocating for the 19th amendment. i was the vice chair of the women's suffrage centennial commission, so that's very meaningful to me. and i wanted to really invoke their spirit as i took the oath of office as the first woman

he was quite bold, like frederick douglass. frederick douglass is essentially eventually someone buys him so that he doesn't have to worry about constantly on the run, but germaine logan was sort of saying, dare i dare you to come after me? and in letter he says, i have many people who would come up and protect me from people like you. so do you know if reverend logan was ever able to find his brother and sister who had been sold? no no, i don't know that. it's a really interesting story, because it seems that his mother was actually free and was kidnaped, and that did happen. so the children should have all free. yeah. there is also a question online about i think it was danger field, his family, if you know the fate of his wife, i'm sorry, who's dangerfield? uh huh. dangerfield newbie. mm hmm. what about his wife? if you know the fate of the rest of his family after he was in the john brown raid? no, no, i don't. can you say something about how the civil war brought freedom? but also it created this enormous number of refugee

we feature the life of frederick douglass written in 1845, the first of three autobiographies by frederickouglass. in sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1868. -- in 1838,. historian and authored everett will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. watch 'books that, shaped america featuring the narrative of the life of frederick douglass' monday live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app and c-span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our podcast we can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell thanked former house speaker kevin mccarthy for his service to the country. and call for house gop members to eliminate the rule which allows any one representative to call for a motion to vacate the chair. he says the rule makes the speaker's job impossible in the american people expect a functioning government. senate gop leaders also outlined priorities moving forward ahea

by frederick douglass.n deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have influenced the cause of abolition. a historian will be our guest to discuss the book. watch books that shaped america, featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books features. -- books featured. >> next, kevin mccarthy talking about the unfolding conflict in southern israel and how the u.s. should respond. he stresses the top priority should be rescuing all americans taking hostage -- taken hostage. he also discusses his possible reinstatement as speaker of the house. this is about 35 minutes. >> >> >> america needs a five-point plan to meet this moment, to help our all

he and frederick douglass are very good friends.bly well read and as you will see, i look late. i am reading excerpts. syracuse new york, march 28th, 1860. he's the administrator of the presbyterian church. duly ceived. you are a woman you could never have insulteda brother by telling him you sold his only remaining brother d sister because he put himself beyond your power to convert him into money. you sold my brother an12 acres of land because i ran away and now you ask to return your servant, and nd you $1000? but not redeem my sister? he goes on and on like this. calling about his hypocrisy. he lets her know, she doesn't respect african-american families. when the war came ahead, the centrality of american life is overwhelming. not just amongst slaves but freedom as well. enslaved people take advantage of the disruption of the war and they go looking for family members and in fact union captains had a hard time understanding why the soldiers disappeared. when they became involved in 1863 payments for their family. and so they ar

it is the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838 the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition. historian and author edna greene medford will be on the program to discuss the book. books that shaped america, featuring the lives of frederick douglass, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. ♪ announcer: c-span's campaign 2024 coverage as your front row seat to the presidential election. watch as we follow candidates on the campaign trail with meet and greets, speeches, and more as you make up your own mind. campaign 2024 on c-span network, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or anytime online at c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered

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the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass. it deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore. and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is a scheduled to be the cause of abolition. he is an author, and he will be the guest of the program to discuss the book. watch the book that shaped america featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass. monday, live, and 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span now, free mobile video app or online nc spin.org. be sure to scan the qr code to be listening to our companion podcast you can learn more about the authors of the books features. >> good afternoon. welcome back to class. today we will be discussing the oregon country. specifically the process by which the united states and great britain negotiated the boundaries between the u.s. and canada as we know them today. starting in 1818, great britain and the united states agreed to a joint occupancy of the oregon country.

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it was the first of three autobay owegraphys by frederick douglass. deeply personal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore. and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the allow pwaeugs. historian and author will be on the program it discuss the book. watch books that shaped america. featuringaireivity life of frederick douglass, monday, live, at 9 p.m. eastern. on c-span. c-span now, our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. scan the q.r. code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books feature. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers. we are just getting started. building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >> charter communications supports c-span as a

frederick law homestead that november cost of war had not been fairly counted. the horror of war had not been fairly seen. but now a moment of disappointment, depression and mourning the full cost pondered and the fool looked in the face. this is what alexander and james gibson captured on those wet plates. equipped with this deeper and more capacious understanding of the war and its human consequences, which rippled out in time, space. antietam veterans braced anew for the months and years of bloody work that were ahead. thank so much. be happy to take your questions. yes, ma'am. do we have any darkroom mentation about disease in the burial parties? we don't have good. of course. no one has yet. mind to those records to kind of quantify my disease and the burial parties. but i'm certain that that is there i would to you a very numbingly new book by stephen couch called upon the fields of sharpsburg, which gives kind of the first introduction to what the effects of disease were on sharpsburg civilians. he doesn't go through and in kind of look at the burial part

by frederick douglass. in deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influence the cause of abolition. a historian and author will be our guest to discuss the book. watch "books that shaped america," featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, life at nanticoke p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also, be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the book featured. -- books featured. >> victor cha, former national security council asian affairs director, and others, testified on security challenges on the korean peninsula, the recent meeting between vladimir putin and kim jong-un, the nuclear is asian efforts, and china's role in the region. from the senate foreign relations subcommittee, this is about an hour and 15 minute

it is the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.sonal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold. and has said to highly influence the abolition. we will discuss the book. watch books that shaped america featuring the narrative of the life of rhetoric douglass tonight live at 9:00 eastern on c-span. c-span now our free video mobile app or a line at c-span.org. and listen to our companion podcast you can learn more about the books featured. announcer: the office of speaker of the house of united states house of representatives is your direct -- is hereby declared vacant. t-rex the candidates will be discussed for speaker because following kevin mccarthy's removal with the boat expected wednesday morning. house democrats have announced their plan to select hakeem jeffries as their nominee for speaker. stay with c-span as the battle over how speakership continues. watch on c-span, c-span now, or

frederick snyder. >> mr. evan b miller. >> ms. cindy wilson and mr. keith bennett. >> ms. laura freire. >> the honorable john kerry and alexander carey. >> thank you. thanks everybody. >> i'm sorry? -- everybody has played a huge part. >> the honorable gina m raimondo secretary of commerce and mr. thomas moffat. [inaudible] >> of the honorable lloyd austin secretary of defense and mrs. charlene austin. reporter: secretary? [inaudible] tradition kept by president kennedy through biden.

he was quite bold like frederick douglass. eventually, someone binds him so he does not have to worry about constantly on the run but he was saying, i dare you to come after me. in this letter, he says i have many people who would come appear and protect me from people like you. >> do you know if reverend wilden was ever able to find his brother and sister? >> i do not know that. it is a really interesting story because it seems that his mother was actually free and kidnapped and that did happen. the children should have all been free. >> there is also a question online of the family, if you know the fate of the wife. >> dangerfield newby? what about his wife? >> if you know the fate about the rest of his family ? >> no, i don't. >> you said something about how the civil war brought freedom but it also created this enormous number of refugees and disruption to family life. is that part of your story? >> yes. this is a war like no other war because enslaved people were not going to sit around and wait to be rescued whenever uni

it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass. in deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shores of maryland, this time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. it was widely sold and deeply influence the concept of abolition. watch books that shaped america, featuring "narrative of the life of frederick douglass", monday, live on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or on c-span.org. scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast or you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> the resolution is adopted. without rejection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. announcer: statement c-span as the battle over house speaker should continues. follow every moment of the historical election unfolding. watch on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or on c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. anno

frederick snyder. >> mr. evan b miller. >> ms. cindy wilson and mr. keith bennett. >> ms. laura freire. >> the honorable john kerry and alexander carey. >> thank you. thanks everybody. >> i'm sorry? -- everybody has played a huge part. >> the honorable gina m raimondo secretary of commerce and mr. thomas moffat. [inaudible] >> of the honorable lloyd austin secretary of defense and mrs. charlene austin. reporter: secretary? [inaudible] >> and now a photo opportunity for president biden and the australian prime minister in front of the white house. the president will escort prime minister all's to the dining room for the dinner. president ulysses as grant started the practice of honoring a foreign head of state with a dinner back in december of 1874. he hosted the then king of hawaii. over the years this specific photo opportunity has become

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we'll feature narratives of the life of frederick douglass, written in 1856. it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass and deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition. we'll discuss the book with the author. watch books that shaped america, featuring narratives of the life of frederick douglass, tonight live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at cspan.org. be sure to span the q.r. code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> the office of speaker of the how was of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> on tuesday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, the house republican conference meets to discuss potential candidates for speaker of the house followed kevin cart cart's removal with a party vote

featuring the life of frederick douglass. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free video mobile app or online at c-span.org and scan the q.r. code to listen to our companion podcast to learn more of the books featured. on capitol hill, republican representative mike lawler talked briefly about the upcoming house republican conference meeting and speaker election. >> a lot of people believe kevin mccarthy is the right person to lead us. reporter: you have a preference, jordan and mccarthy are the only two options? >> look, we'll have our conversation tonight. i've spoken with the perspective candidates and we'll have our conversation and then see where we go from there. but to me i've said repeatedly, if there's not accountability for what just happens, how do you work as a conference? how do you actually govern, if eight people can upend what 96% of the conference believes in and work with 208 democrats, including talib, omar, adam schiff and hakeem jeffries to remove a public speaker, how do you deal with that? reporter: have

lewis: let's go to mexico city and speak to journalist james frederick.for coming on the program. >> thanks for having me. lewis: what do you make of these high-level visits so far? >> well, i think these are primarily political moves. there hasn't been any announcement yet, save for biden announcing the border construction, whh is separate to all of this. there hasn't been any announcement of a major change of u.s.-mexico relations or policy. but i do think there is a real political element to this with the united states and mexico have presidential elections next year, both the democrats in the united states and the party and mexico want to give a hold on power next year. there is an incentive for both to say we are working together, we can make progress, these are big problems, but we are working together to solve them. lewis: one quick question on the wall itself and the announcement, because that is caught so many headlines. what has the reaction been? james: it depends on who you ask. if you talk to migrant advocates and asylum seeker advocates, the

written in 1845, it was the first of three auto boggifies by frederick doug lass.rex his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was wildly sold. historian and author edna green medicineford will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. watch books that shamed america, monday live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span now, our free noble video app or online at c-span org. scan the qr cold to listen to our companion podcast. ♪ >> since 1979 in partnership with the capel industry, c-span has provided complete coverage of the halls of congress, from the house and senate floors to congressional hearings, participant briefings and committee meetings. c-span givers you a front row seat to how issues are detectived and decided with no commentary, no interruptions and completely unfiltered. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. announcer: acting washington, d.c.

it was it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition. the story and author and nickering medford will be our guest to discuss the book. watch looks that shaped america featuring narratives of the life of frederick douglass. monday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> the resolution is adopted. without objection to motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> stay with c-span as a battle over how speakership continues. follow every moment as this historic election unfolds. watch on c-span can c-span

written in 1845 it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick bliss -- frederick douglass. he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1938. the book was widely sold and hot -- watch books that shaped america, featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, to not live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. announcer: the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. announcer: on tuesday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, the house republican conference meets to discuss potential candidates for speaker of the house, following congressman kevin mccarthy's removal, with a party vote expected wednesday morning. and the house democrats have announced their plan to again select minority leader hakeem jeffries as their nominee for speaker. stay with c-span as the battle over house speake

june 17, 2020, politico reported that representative marjorie taylor greene engaged in islamophobia frederick, and suggested that muslim americans do not belong in the united states government. whereas on may 10, 2021, representative marjorie taylor greene yet again refer to fellow muslim american members of congress as the jihad squad. on june 17, 2020 politico reporter that marjorie taylor greene referred to black or sedatives as slaves of the democratic party. whereas on june 17, 20 20, politico further reported that represented marjorie taylor greene stated in a video, i know i to on of white people that are as lazy and sorry, and probably worse than black people. whereas marjorie taylor greene compared being called a white supremacist to a person of color being called the n-word. whereas on january 28, 2021 a video of representative marjorie taylor greene resurfaced in which she used a harmful slur targeting americans with disabilities with the national down syndrome society called heartbreaking and on except the bull. whereas on november 1, 2018, representative taylor green denied the a

we also have with us former church committee staff members, peter, frederick, and rick. i'm happy to say we also have co- author and national press number summarizing, who will join us in answering questions. these congressional staffers recently found themselves at the center of news, when they wrote an open letter to represent jim jordan, a republican from ohio. jordan tears the newly formed house select committee on the weaponization of the federal government. these former church committee staffers urged jordan to change course and pursue a bipartisan inquiry, which felt made the committee successful and effective. senator hart, who was the last surviving member of the church committee also wrote an op ed in the new york times calling his subcommittee a mockery. we are privileged to have both james rison and senator hart here to discuss some of the lessons learned from the church committee and how they are rebel is relevant today. prior to that he was a reporter for the new york times, where he won the pulitzer prize in 2006 for the stories about the national security

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douglass, written in 1845, the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.eeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition and we will have a guest to discuss the book watch books that shaped america featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, monday, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org . scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> my name is wayne coleman, the head of archives at the institute and i want to welcome all of you to the event tonight. as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 children's crusade, we do so tonight with a talk between journalist paul kix who is the author of "you have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live." eight minneapolis police officer suffocated george floy

why in the world did he think that participation in the war, just like frederick argued and so many other black people, if only we show, only we show our patriotism. yeah, only show our hair. the brass letters of the us on your chest. that's right. douglass, you're paraphrasing that was said if a black man where i wish i had the quote, i don't it but all a racist has to see yeah is name of a black man wearing know on bearing arms you know fighting for that will end racism so why in the world did he think this would be different particularly under one of the most racist president who reince who did segregation in federal offices in washington dc and why would dubois let's see. how old is he in 19 eight. he's between 1868. 50, 50 years old. 51. the last captain was 50 years old. you ran into what was on dubois mind. why did he want to be a captain of harvard? he wasn't. no, it wasn't wasn't like. so there's a there's a few things. dubois and woodrow, really fascinating relationship in some ways. kindred spirits and certainly they come from very backgrounds, very different trajectories. but

we will feature a narrative of the life of frederick douglass. in 1845, it was the first of three autobiographies of frederick douglass. he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have influenced the cause of abolition. endocrine medford will be our guest on the program -- edna green medford will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free video app, or c-span.org. also, be sure to you can learn more on the companion podcast. >> the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> stay with c-span as the battle over house speaker ship continues. follow every moment as this historic election unfolds. watch on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. c-span -- your unfiltered view of government. >> nonfiction

we will feature narrative of the life of frederick douglass.was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass. in deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influence the cost of abolition. and degree medford will be our guest to discuss the book. watch books that shaped america featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, next monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> tuesday on the c-span networks, live at 10:00 eastern on c-span, the u.s. housof representatives returns and will consider 2024 energy and water spending legislation. on c-span two at 10:00 easrn, the supreme court hears oral arme on whether the consumer financial protection beau funding structure is constit

i mean, we didn't all stay overnight every night like frederick did. we often worked around the clock on weekends as well. it was an impressive dÉmence duration of dedication and of intent. now what about the practical results, this investigation, the period. 1787 to 1976 covers a span of 189 years. during that time, our government benefited from an system of checks and balances. ambition, calendaring as as madison prescribe. with one exception, an intelligence. we operated under a doctrine intelligence. exceptional design. the notion was that a secret agencies were in work that was just too sensitive be dealt with. the standard practices or so the argument went the abuse of power that resulted was, i suppose, predictable operation chaos. cohen tell pro shamrock minaret. hq lingual orwellian nightmares that severely eroded our claimed to be a free and open society. in 1975, when the newspapers across this country carried sy findings about cia domestic spying, it was evident that the time had come for us to bring the intelligence agencies into the ameri