we have heard talk about general sherman. he marches to georgia under the lieber code and there are times when he orders the execution of his own troops for violating its. there are northern troops, for instance -- sherman's office was finding a covered wagon full of things american soldiers had taken from southern homes to read sherman orders the trial of everyone connected with this wagon and he simply burned the entire wagon. he does not know who they belong to, but they are not going to belong to american soldiers. and as we learned earlier today, the lieber code protects scientific instruments, books, etc.. after the american revolution, americans contribute -- complained about the way the british treated american pow's. after the war, americans, particularly southerners, complained about the way a british treated americans captured during the war of 1812. at andersonville, as at any of these camps, you could be certain there was a reasonably high death toll because of disease, because of the not very well understood way

, he said something to the effect of general sherman, for a man of your rank and reputation you have a shocking bad hat. and sherman didn't necessarily take offense to it, but he said in response to agent brown, he said, well, brown, you have a decent hat, i will swap you. and brown said, done, and they traded hats. and brown took this particular hat with him, sent it home to a nephew in massachusetts as a trophy, as a memento. and that's where it remained until 1970 when the collection of the military order of the loyal agent of the united states, which was a veteran organization after the civil war, sent their collection to us here. mollus, which was the veterans organization, every state had a mollus commandery, which was made up entirely by union officers after the war. and just like a v.f.w. is today, more or less the same thing. and they would have these grand halls in every state that they would collect war memorabilia, be able to meet, just like veterans do today, to talk about their experiences. and often you would find pictures of these halls just decorated with all of

sherman to john bell hood. dear generalmy family is all in the allagheny mountains and i am here for breakfast a hotel nearby. even yet hours have passed i cannot help thinking of that wonderful and beautiful group of children you paraded before me last winter at your home in new orleans. so they did meet. and that you took my daughters lizzy and ellie up to see mrs. hood who was sick in her bed. i cannot banish the sight from my mind. and now write you the simple note to tell you that here in washington there is one that thinks of you and your bereavement and of those motherless children. i believe she will write you words of consolation at a loss that touches the heart more than a loss of a father. accept the assurance of my heart felt sympathy and great respect. truly your friend, william t. sherman. quite interesting. the sad thing is that hood never got it. he died on august 29. never got the letter of condolences. next to last one. of hood's 11 children, the youngest was anni. when mrs. hood died, she was only four or

is sherman a war criminal generally focused on two events. they focus on the march, obviously, which i'll talk about, but they also focus on his expulsions of citizens, of civilians, rather, from atlanta. so, sherman's army took control of the city of atlanta on september 2, 1864. they weren't planning to stay for very long but he did want his men to use their time in the city for sort of recharging to rest after the rigors of the campaign to take atlanta and he didn't want his men distracted by confederate operatives or women and children. he didn't want to have to feed women and children, and he didn't want to have to leave any men behind to hold on to the city of atlanta when he pulled out of the city. so he famously ordered civilians, unionists and confederates out of the city and gave them ten days in which to comply. it was with about 1200 people who were affected by this. many people have used his september 12th 1864 letter to the mayor of atlanta in which sherman famously wrote, war is cruelty and you cannot refine it to make the argum

and thursday the capture of general sherman's march to the sea and on friday a look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> the spotlight programs focuses on the congressional investigation into general motor's recall ignition switch. here is a look at the testimony by mary barra. >> more than a decade ago, gm embarked on a program and i cannot tell you why it took so long for the safety defect to be announced for this program but i can tell you we will find out. this is a situation that involves vehicles we no longer make. but it came to light on my watch and i am responsible for resolving it. when we have answers we will be transparent with you, regulators and customers. i cannot turn back the clock, but as soon as i learned about the program we acted without hesitation and told the world we had a problem. we did this because whatever mistakes were made in the past we will not shy away from responsibilities now or in the future. gm will do the right thing and

we'll hear about general sherman's march to the sea through georgia as well as joseph e. johnston who led confederates in the summer of 1864. also a look at confederate weapons manufacturing in central georgia during and after the fall of atlanta. that's all coming up thursday night here on c-span3. >>> 200 years ago on august 24th, 1814, british soldiers routed american troops at the battle of boydens brg just outside washington, d.c. the victory left the nation's capital wide open to british forces who marched into the city and burned down the white house and the u.s. capitol. you can learn more about the burning of washington during the war of 1812 this thursday from author and historian anthony pitch at an event hosted by the smithsonian associated. our live coverage starts at 6:45 p.m. eastern. and more next saturday, august 23rd as we take you live for a panel discussion on the events of 200 years ago. that's live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next on the civil war, author cethen levin discussed the role of the u.s. colored troops

in the summer of 18 624, general sherman marched south into georgia with the goal of capturing atlanta. after a series of battles and the siege of the city, atlanta fell to the union on september 2, this was part of the gettysburg college institute annual summer conference. it is about one hour. >> before we get started, the map you see up here is a campaign map. the smaller map indicates the main battle. i know it is probably difficult for those of you in the back of the room to see the small details and maybe read the print, so what we did -- or actually, what pete's staff did, was actually include this in your maps and handbooks book. if you turn to page nine, you

mystery and then there's the sherman statue which is a new york city and equestrian statue of general sherman with the goddess of victory leaving him. it's the on 59th street and fifth avenue, a magnificent piece. i think the greatest equestrian statue in the country and then there's the farragut memorial for admiral ferrick at which is in madison square in new york city. again a superb piece and done in paris as was the sherman statue. and then there is his home which is a national park site at cornish new hampshire where you can see just about everything he did. he did coins, he did all kinds of things. john singer sergeant's paper -- paintings are in almost every museum as were his paintings. i would say james fenimore cooper's novels are everywhere in america. they are still read in school and still popular and still important. c-span: is cooperstown new york named after him? >> guest: and no, named after his father. his father founded the town he grew up there. c-span: go back to john singer sergeant because you talk a lot about him in here. >> guest: there he is. c-span: what was his ag

general williams sherman is considered by many to be the author of totally war. the first general of modern hume history to dairy logic of war to ultimate extreme. the first to scorch the earth. the first to wreck an economy to starve soldiers. our first merchant of terror and our spiritual father. and the spiritual father some contend of our vietnam concept of search and destroy, passification, strategic hamlets, free fire zones. as such he remains a cardboard figure of our history. a monstrous arch villain to unreconstructed southerners, an embarrassment to northerners who wonder if civilized war died with him. whether without sherman the atom bomb might not have been dropped or vietnam entered. now reston concedes after this passage that maybe he is getting -- this is a more metaphorical than real. but he's -- he is really trying to argue that there is, once you loose the bounds, the bounds were constantly loosed. he's trying to make an argument too that sherman's veterans -- that sherman's soldiers and he put hs them west moreland soldiers has an desire for ve

then there's the sherman statue, which is in new york city, he questioned statute of general sherman.us a victory leading him to 59th street and fifth avenue, gilded, magnificent piece. i think the greatest questioned statute in the country. been there's the memorial for admiral farragut which is in madison square in new york city. again a superb piece and made in paris, as was the sherman statute. then there's his home which is the national park site where you can see just about everything. he did coins, all kinds of things. so he's conspicuous. john singer sargent paintings of course are in most every museum as our mary's paintings. i would say james fenimore cooper's novels everywhere in america, still read in school, still partner,. >> host: is cooperstown named after him treasury know, after his father. his father founded the town and he grew up in. c-span: go back to john singer sargent could you talk a lot about him. >> guest: there he is. c-span: what was his age? >> guest: he was an american prodigy. he was a gifted, notably, astonishing the gifted painter when he was still 1

general williams tecumseh sherman is considered by many to be the author of totally war. first general of modern human history to dairy logic of war to ultimate extreme. the first to scorch the earth. the first to wreck an economy in order to starve soldiers. he was our first merchant of terror and our spiritual father. and the spiritual father some contend of our vietnam concept of search and destroy, pacification, strategic hamlets, free fire zones. as such he remains a cardboard figure of our history. a monstrous arch villain to unreconstructed southerners, an embarrassment to northerners who wonder if civilized war died with him. whether without sherman the atom bomb might not have been dropped or vietnam entered. now reston concedes after this passage that maybe he is getting -- this is a more metaphorical than real. but he's -- he is really trying to argue that there is, once you loose the bounds, the bounds were constantly loosed. he's trying to make an argument, too, that sherman's veterans -- that sherman's soldiers and as he put them west moreland soldiers has an

we'll hear about general sherman's march to the sea through georgia in the summer of 1864. also, a look at confederate weapons manufacturing. that's all coming up tonight at 8:15 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. next on the civil war, author kevin levin discusses the role of the u.s. colored troops in the civil war's battle of the crater and the way their contributions were remembered in the years following the civil war. organized by petersburg national battlefield, this is an hour and ten minutes. >>> i'm chris bryce, chief of interpretation with petersburg national battlefield. for those of you who have been with us for the last couple days, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battle of the crater, thank you, and welcome to those who have not attended the program this evening. i do want to, before we get started, just some thank yous, specifically for st. paul's church for allowing us this wonderful venue for our programs earlier today and for the one we're about to have here this evening. i would like to thank the rector of the church, rick greenwood. i would also like

general sherman marched into georgia capturing atlanta. atlanta fell to the union on september 2nd, 1864. we'll hear pout general sherman's march to the sea through georgia as well as joseph e. johnston who led through atlanta during the spring and summer of 1864, also a look at confederate weapons manufacturing during and after the fall of atlanta. it's all coming up tonight starting 8:15 eastern here on c-span3. >>> next, an event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battle of the crater. honoring the role of the u.s. colored troops. the battle of the crater took place july 30th, 1864, as part of the siege of petersburg. the ceremony includes the unveiling of a stamp by the u.s. postal service and remarks by historian james blankenship who details major events of the battle. held at petersburg national battlefield, this is an hour and fifteen minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. we thank you this morning for being here at petersburg national battlefield on the 150th anniversary of the battle of the crater. my name is chr

anniversary of the union defeat at the battle of the crater and thursday, the capture of atlanta and general sherman's march to the sea and on friday, a look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. find our television schedule one c-span.org nce at and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> up next on c-span, a sixth circuit court of appeals oral argument on ohio's same-sex marriage ban. after that, two discussions on the freedom of the press from the national association of black journalists and the institute for public accuracy. a three-judge panel in the sixth circuit court of appeals recently heard oral argument on whether ohio must recognize same-sex couples legally mayored in other states this is one of four same-sex marriage cases recently heard by the court. it runs an hour. >> the department of health. based on ohio cases and all state recognition of out of state same-sex marriage and in respect to the michigan case that was just argued, which involved interstate licenses of same-sex marriages. th

i think general sherman was a big fan.wns and cities began building roller rinks, places where you can go roller skate and westin would stage walking exhibitions in these roller rinks, walk against time. he would attempt to walk 100 miles in 24 hours. and he'd pull into a town and hire a band and he would do these walks and thousands of people would come and pay 10 cents a piece just to watch westin walk in circles on the floor of these roller rinks. i mean sometimes the laps were so small they were 50 to a mile. he had amazing endurance and also an ability to function with very little sleep. and this proved very lucrative these exhibitions and soon competitors sprang up. the most famous was an irish immigrant from chicago, daniel o'leary. he was a door to door book salesman until the great fire in 1871 in chicago. that really reduced the demand for guiilt-edged version of the bible or dictionaries. so he had to walk out to the suburbs to sell books and developed a reputation for endurance himself. when he thought about we

saturday on the civil war, general sherman's atlanta campaign.sunday night, a look at election laws and supreme court case of bush versus gore. find our television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us 202-626-3400. on twert use #c-1 23. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. next, atomic bomb survivors from hiroshima and nagasaki talk about the lasting emotional and physical effects of the nuclear attacks that ended world war ii in the pacific. the grandson participated in the discussion. this event hosted by japan society. it's about an hour and ten minutes. >> it's a very exciting time to be involved in nuclear abolition, that is getting rid of nuclear weapons because there have been significant changes. the marshall islands last week filed a suit in the international court of justice to -- against the nine countries that have nuclear weapons for their failure to negotiate in gooth faith to bol issue nuclear weapons in the world. there have also been two international conferences

although sherman doesn't think very much of his cavalry generals or that branch of the service. i think you can rightfully criticize sherman for his employment, his poor employment, really, of cavalry during the atlanta campaign. and he thinks -- he, in fact, thinks that the confederate cavalry is superior to his. he's particularly worried throughout the campaign about the confederate cavalry out in alabama and mississippi under nathan bedford forrest. the close relationship that existed between sherman and his military and civilian superiors stood in stark contrast, stark contrast to the relationship between joseph e. johnston and confederate president jefferson davis. the two men did not like each other at all. and this wrangling and the strained relationship between the two dated back to the earliest days of the war when there was wrangling over the issue of rank. which general should be -- should have the highest rank in the confederate army. bob krik has written a superb essay about this, about joe johnston. and so, the relationship between the two men is very, very strained

we'll hear about general sherman's march to the sea through georgia as well as joseph e. johnston who led confederates in the summer of 1864. also a look at confederate weapons manufacturing in central georgia during and after the fall of atlanta. that's all coming up thursday night here on c-span3. >>> 200 years ago on august 24th, 1814, british soldiers routed american troops at the battle of boydens brg just outside washington, d.c. the victory left the nation's capital wide open to british forces who marched into the city and burned down the white house and the u.s. capitol. you can learn more about the burning of washington during the war of 1812 this thursday from author and historian anthony pitch at an event hosted by the smithsonian associated. our live coverage starts at 6:45 p.m. eastern. and more next saturday, august 23rd as we take you live for a panel discussion on the events of 200 years ago. that's live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next on the civil war, author cethen levin discussed the role of the u.s. colored troops

general sherman is not doing much better in georgia as the union army is licking their wounds followingican convention meeting in baltimore had renominated him for a second term. they had dumped maine who had been his vice president of first administration to replace him with governor johnson of tennessee. and the ticket that they will go to the voters will be the union ticket, not the republican ticket. as the president and his family prepare to move from the white house to the sumger white house located about one mile from where we are on the grounds of the soldiers home the president is confronted with other problems politically. egotistical and o -- opinionated twice submitted his resignation and on the last day of the old congress, which it turns on the 4th day of july, he hands in his resignati resignation. lincoln is going to take great courage because he has a revolt in a radical wing of the republican party, which is passed the wade davis bill that is taking the steps of reconstruction of the south out of the president's hands and transferring it to the congress and the preside

thursday, the capture of atlanta and general sherman's march to the sea. on friday, a look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. find our television schedule one week in advance at c-span.org. and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400 or e-mail us at comments@cspan.org. >>> now, the history of racial equality in professional sports. former basketball player bill russell and former football player jim brown talk about their struggles. they also discuss the role of african-americans in college and professional sports today. this panel from the lyndon johnson presidential library summary civil rights summit is about an hour. >> good afternoon. my name is mike cramer. i'm the director of the texas program and sports and media here at the university of texas. we are pleased to partner again with the lbj library. this is our fifth event we have partnered with them. today's conversation is part of our series on sports and society that was founded by one of the distinguished alums. we are pleased to partner with on m

thursday, the capture of atlanta and general sherman's march to the sea. friday, a look at hollywood's for trail of slavery. and the schedule one week advance on our website and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. that theygers said are can -- considering the rule of law when gathering intelligence. his comments came when speaking about the future of the nsa. this is 15 minutes. >> well, good evening. can you hear me in the back? can you hear me in the back? excellent. first and foremost, thank you for taking time out of your busy lives to spend it together with us this evening to rear --. to be honest, i was shocked to do an event in bc in the middle of august. i just didn't think there would be many people here tonight. thank you for your willingness to take time out of your busy lives to spend some time. i am also grateful because frankly i'm here tonight for several reasons. first and foremost, many of you have heard me talk about this the commander of

general sherman was a big fan. anyway, they began building rinks where you could skate.so westin became exhibitions in these roller ripgs. walking against time, he would attempt to walk 100 miles in 24 hours. he'd pull into town, hire a band and do these walks. and thousands of people would come, pay 10 cents a piece just to watch westin walk in circles on the floor of these roller rinks. i mean, sometimes the lap was so small, it was 50 laps to a mile. but he just walked continuously. he was able to function with very little sleep. this proved lucrative. the most famous was an irish immigrant from chicago, a guy named daniel oleary. quince dentally, he had been a door-to-door sales man until the fire of 1871 in chicago. that really reduced the man for guilt-edged versions of the bible. he had to walk great distances out to the suburbs to try to sell books. when he heard about what westin was doing, he thought, well, i can do that. so he rented a rink in chicago and walked a hundred mile ins 23 hours. and then westin did it in 22 hours. soon, it became apparent that thes

in may 1864, union general william sherman marched into georgia and after a series of battles on september 2nd, the union army seized the city. the march to the sea through georgia, and general joseph e johnston who led the confederates through atlanta. a look at confederate weapons manufacturing during and after the fall of atlanta. >>> friday night on "american history tv," slavery and the cinema, beginning at 8:00 eastern with the look at depiction of slavery and films since the 1930s. and the passage of the 13th amendment in the movie "lincoln." and the 1939 movie "gone with the wind" and its depiction of southern society, all starting friday night at 8:00 eastern friday night at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 p.m. eastern, a discussion about british admiral george coburn and how he used washington, d.c.'s waterways to seize the city. all here, on c-span3. >>> next, sherman's 1864 atlanta campaign. including the union siege of the city, and the march to the sea. with university of west georgia professor keith bohannon. this is part

grant told sherman to move against the confederate armies of tennessee commanded by general joseph e johnson, and to , get into the interior of the enemies country as far as you can and inflict as much damage as you can. at the same time, sherman was supposed to prevent johnson from of his armyements to reinforce either lee's army in virginia or confederate forces out in louisiana. that is sherman's objective in the atlanta campaign. if you look at sherman's record during the civil war up until in manyng of 1864, ways, it is not that impressive, particularly if you look at his performance on the battlefield. during the vicksburg campaign of , chattanooga, missionary ridge, sherman -- the attack sherman launched in those battles were piecemeal and repulsed. he does not have a particularly impressive record on the battlefield. his reputation rest primarily on 1865,e did in 1864 and the infamous grand grand strategy. sherman targeted not only the armies of tennessee, but also of the confederacy to wage war. campaign in the spring and summer of 1864, the symbolize thea way the confederacy

although sherman doesn't think very much of his cavalry generals, or that branch of the service. i think you can rightfully criticize sherman for his employment -- his poor employment, really, of cavalry during the atlanta campaign. and he thinks -- he in fact thinks that the confederate cavalry is superior to his. he's particularly worried throughout the campaign about the confederate cavalry out in alabama and mississippi under nathan bedford forrest. the close relationship that existed between sherman and his military and civilian superiors stood in stark contrast, stark contrast to the relationship between joseph e. johnston and confederate president jefferson davis. the two men did not like each other at all. and this wrangling and strained relationship between the two dated back to the earliest days of the war, when there was wrangling over the issue of rank. which general should be -- should have the highest rank in the confederate army. bob krik has written a superb essay about this, about joe johnson. and so the relationship between the two men is very, very strained duri

in may 1864, union general william sherman marched into georgia, and after a series of battles on september 2nd, the union army seized the city. the march to the sea through georgia, and general joseph e johnston who led the confederates in atlanta during the spring and summer of 1864. and later, a look at confederate weapons manufacturing in central georgia during and after the fall of atlanta. >>> friday night on "american history tv", slavery and the cinema. a look at the depiction of slavery in the films since the 1930s. the 2012 movie "lincoln" and the debate and passage of the 13th amendment. a discussion about the 1939 movie "gone with the wind" and its depiction of southern society, friday night, 8:00 eastern, here on c-span3. >>> this weekend on "american history tv," we take a look back to 200 years ago this week. when british military forces set the white house and the u.s. capitol on fire. join us for a live panel discussion with authors and historians, saturday, at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and sunday at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern, a discussion about british admiral george coburn and

general sherman was a big fan.towns and cities began building roller rinks, places where you could go roller skate. nice, flat space. he would stage walking exhibitions inside roller rinks. he would attempt to walk 10 miles in 24 hours. he would pull into town, hire a band and do these walks and tows of people would come and pay ten cents apiece just to walk him walk in circles on the floor of these roller rinks. sometimes, the lap was so small, it was 50 laps to a mile. but he just walkeded continuously. he had amazing endurance and also an ability to function with very little sleep. this proved very lucrative. these exhibitions. soon competitors spraining up. the most famous was an irish immigrant from chicago, a guy name daniel o'leary. coincidentally he had been a door to door book salesman until the great fire of 1871 in chicago. that really reduced the demand for guilt edged versions of the bible or dictionaries. to make money he had to walk great distance out to the suburbs to sell books and developed a repu

we'll hear about general sherman's march to the sea through georgia as well as general joseph e.n who led the confederates in atlanta. also a look at confederate weapons manufacturing in central georgia during and off the fall of atlanta. that's all coming up tonight starting at 8:15 eastern here on c-span3. >>> here are some of the highlights for this weekend. friday on c-span, in primetime, we'll visit important sites in the history of the civil rights movement. saturday night at 8:00, highlights from this year's new york ideas forum, including cancer biologist andrew hessle, and on sunday, q&a with new york congressman charlie rangel at 8:00 p.m. eastern. friday night at 8:00 on c-span2, "in-depth" with writer and religious scholar, reza aslan. saturday at 10:00, retired neurosurgeon and columnist ben carson. saturday at 11:00 p.m. eastern, lawrence goldstone, to be the predominant name in manned flight. american history tv on friday at 8:00 eastern, look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. saturday night at 8:00, the 2 00th anniversary of the battle of bladensburg. find our

and thursday the capture of atlanta and general sherman's march to the sea. and on friday, a look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. find sour television schedule one week in advance at cspan.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400 or e-mail us at comments@c-span.org. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> next, author and baseball historian phil dixon discusses the history of the kansas city monarchs, the longest running tran chis en from chis. they featured a number of future hall of fame players including jackie robinson and introduced new innovations to the game like the use of lights for night games. the dwight d. eyssisenhower presidential library and museum hosted this hour-long event. >> first i want to say good afternoon, and i want to thank some people, of course, tim for giving me this opportunity to come down and speak with you today. i'm really excited about it and samantha who handled a lot of the publicity for the event. she did just a wonderful job,

anniversary of the union defeat at the battle of the crater, and thursday, the chapter of atlanta and general sherman's march to the sea, and on friday, look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. find our schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call it as 202-626-3400 or e-mail us at comments@c-span2.org. >> c-span 2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and key public policy events, and every weekend, booktv, now for 15 years, the only television network devote to nonfiction books and authors, c-span2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> we'll wrap up today's edition of "washington journal by "with a discussion of mental health issues in the wake of robin williams' suicide. this portion is just shy of have al-an hour. >> a ledline from last week's "washington post," the death of robin williams prompts grassroots conversation about mental health, and we want to continue that conversation this morning in our last 30 minutes on the "washington journal. "toy

thursday, the capture of atlanta and general sherman's march to the sea. friday, a look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. find our television schedule one week in advance at www.c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at the number on your screen, or e-mail us. the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. next, a look at the relationship between south korea and japan. it was an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. it includes a former south korean national, who talked about the u.s. role in facilitating effective dialogue between the nations. this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. i'm honored to be invited to the the center of the american foreign-policy in security analysis, and one of the leading intellectual center for the global affairs. i'm very grateful to my good friend and leading thinker, philosopher, strategist, and good citizen of the united states, good friend of korea, to organize this wonderful event. i see many dignitaries and disti

thursday, the capture of atlanta and general sherman's march to the sea. on friday, a look at hollywood's portrayal of slavery. our schedule one week in advance call us-span.org, and to let us know what you think of our programming. or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation. host: every day this week, we will take some time to focus on a different component of the great society that president lyndon johnson laid out his vision for 50 years ago. we focus on education and specifically the elementary and secondary education act of 1965. here is president johnson talking about the need to improve education and his now famous speech from 1964 at the university of michigan. place great society is a where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind. and if we cannot educate today's 1970, what will we do in when elementary school enrollment will be 5 million greater than 1960? and high school enrollment will rise by 5 million? and college enrollment will increase by more than 3 million? and many places, classrooms are overcrowded. and curricula are outdated

southern defenders of slavery and northern observers like carl sures an the mayor of atlanta and general shermanhaving read all of that how does the movie align or disagree with the readings of the era. what do our readings under to our understanding of this time period that our movie doesn't. >> in the film slaves are very happy. >> so when we see that in hairiot jacob's stuff. we get a sense of a very different experience. how about -- go ahead. >> in the reading, i forget if it's harry jacobs or james stuart but when the girl was raped everyday and she said she cot tell her grandmother because she would be look down upon that really surprised me because i thought -- later on in the reading she said her grandmother suspected it when she became -- when she was maturing she knew something would happen to her from the master so they surprised me when she was actually pregnant from being raped. the grandma looked down upon her. it kind of confused me because since the grandmother expected it because she knew this was sadly the nortrjrjrj>x and thet she -- it just really surprised me. >> this is h

army of the potomac, and in the west under the direction of grant's close friend and subordinate general sherman, and these will be battles that will run day after day after day with the goal of bringing the confederate armies to their knees. in the eastern theater, in our parlance here today would be virginia. grant comes up with a program to destroy lee's army of northern virginia. and his plan is this. he will take the union army of the potomac, the main federal force, move it directly against lee. he will outnumber lee's forces about two to one. 120,000 federal troops to about 65,000 confederate troops. at the same time, he will have an army move down the shenandoah valley southward, cutting off lee's supplies from that quarter, and he'll have another army move up the james river, attacking richmond and then moving into lee's rear. so there will be a three-pronged attack against the army of northern virginia, basically replicating that amassing of armies that grant sees for the entire nation. lee finds himself in a tough situation. the army of northern virginia is quartered just south of the

wednesday night the 150 anniversary of the battle of crater and general sherman's march to the sea. find our television schedule one c-span.org.nce at call us at 202-626-3400. join the c-span conversation. and like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. during his weekly address president obama talked about his administrations efforts to make college education more affordable. doug collins gave the republican response. democrats to said act quickly to pass the bill. >> over the next couple of weeks schools across their country will open for doors. students will suit up for sports, marching band and the school play. moms an dads will snap those first day of school pictures. i want to talk about one of the most important things any of you can do this year. and that's to begin to prepare yourself for an education beyond high school. we know that in today's economy whether you go to a four-year college, a community college or a training program, some highest education is the ticket to middle-class. and there are also much more likely to have a job in the first place. the unemployment rat