thank you, buddy. >> graham nash. >> thank you very much. >> that was wonderful., as i mentioned, we come across the atlantic, the hollys are behind you, you come to america and begin the second phase of a long career. the '60s were really an interesting time because for the very first time, pop music in general, as we knew it, was really embracing ideas other than puppy love and teen angst. all of a sudden there start to become these songs of conscience, if you will. and these songs basically help define not just a decade but an entire generation. really helped shape things. the request he question is -- a this is a hard one to answer. i often ask this to artists. does an artist such as yourself have a responsibility to write those kinds of songs, to make sure that songs are not just about entertainment, although that's a very sal i had reasval writing one, but that there's also the need, the responsibility to write ons songs of consequence, to write songs that have a little bit deeper meaning. what's your take on it? >> i think one has to realize that we're just

thank you, thank you. >> graham nash!. in the 1960s when you were coming up, as i mentioned, you come across the atlantic, the hollys are behind you, you come to america and you begin a second phase of a long career of the the'60s were really an interesting time because for the very first time, pop music in general as we knew it was really embracing other ideas besides puppy love and teen angst. all of a sudden they become songs of conscience, if you will. these songs helped define not just a decade, but an entire nation. it really helped to shape things. the question is, and i know this is hard to answer. i often ask this of artists. does the artist have the responsibility to write songs like that, that they're not just for entertainment, although that is a valid reason to write one, but there is the need, the responsibility to write songs of consequence, to write songs that have a little deeper meaning. what's your take on that? >> i think one has to realize that we're just a small link in an incredibly long and beautif

thank you, buddy. >> graham nash. >> thank you very much. >> that was wonderful.cause for the very first time, pop music in general, as we knew it, was really embracing ideas other than puppy love and teen angst. all of a sudden there start to become these songs of conscience, if you will. and these songs basically help define not just a decade but an entire generation. really helped shape things. the request he question is -- a this is a hard one to answer. i often ask this to artists. does an artist such as yourself have a responsibility to write those kinds of songs, to make sure that songs are not just about entertainment, although that's a very sal i had reasval writing one, but that there's also the need, the responsibility to write ons songs of consequence, to write songs that have a little bit deeper meaning. what's your take on it? >> i think one has to realize that we're just a small link in an incredibly long and beautifully strong chain going all the way back, you know, since before the weavers even and before pete seger and bob. we're all troubadours

graham nash. [ applause ] >> how are you all doing? yikes. p must be david crosby's stool.ntion in chicago r in '68 had been arrested for anw disruption and needed funds fora their defense fund.ould and would me and david and nd steven and neal consider going so i could go, but steven and neils had made other plans earlier and couldn't go. so i wrote this song actually for steven and neil. ♪ okay. ♪ so your brothers bound and gagged, and they chained him to a chair ♪ ♪ won't you please come to t yo chicago just to sing ♪ch a th ♪ in a land that's known as freedom ♪ ♪ how can such a thing be fair ♪ won't you please come to chicago ♪ ♪ for the help that we could bring ♪ ♪ we can change the world rearrange the world ♪ ♪ is dying to get better ♪ politicians sit yourself down there's nothing for you here ♪ ♪ won't you please come to chicago for our ride ♪ ask ♪ don't ask barack to help you he might turn the other ear ♪her ♪ won't you please come to icag chicago ♪ ♪ or else join the other side ♪ we can change the world rearrange the world is dying ♪ ♪ if you believe in justice if

graham nash. on. >> how have you been? >> how are you all doing? yikes.the democratic national convention in chicago in late '68, had been arrested, you know, for disruption and needed funds for the defense fund. wee me, david, steven and neil consider going to chicago. i could go, crosby could go, but steven and neil had made other plans. so i wrote this song actually for steven and neil. ♪ ♪ so your brother's bound and gagged ♪ ♪ and they chained him to a chair ♪ ♪ won't you please come to chicago ♪ ♪ just to sing ♪ in a land that's known as freedom ♪ ♪ how can such a thing be fair ♪ won't you please come to chicago for the help that we could bring ♪ ♪ we can change the world ♪ rearrange the world ♪ is dyin' to get better ♪ politicians sit yourself down ♪ ♪ there's nothing for you here ♪ won't you please come to chicago for a ride ♪ ♪ i don't ask for -- to help you ♪ ♪ he might turn the other ear ♪ won't you please come to chicago ♪ ♪ or else join the other side ♪ we can change the world ♪ rearrange the world ♪ is dyin' if you believe in justice ♪ ♪ if

next on american history tv, mavis staples and rock 'n' roll hall of fame member graham nash discuss ary in austin, texas. it's about 1:15. >> i have the honor today of introducing, and austin texas has the honor of hosting one of the great voices of a generation in committed civil rights activism. to be a great singer all by itself is a tremendous commitment. the idea behind the work is to communicate what is in the heart through the voice. it's a mysterious form of communication but one that's rarely questioned. particularly when one is lucky enough to hear the singing of a great singer such as the one here today. music is the universal language, all inclusive, one only has to be within earshot to participate by listening and feeling it's vibrations. a singer, a good one let's you feel what is in his or her heart. sometimes that singer allows us glimpses of get depths of understanding we have yet to reach on our own. perhaps we are too removed from what they're singing about or have been too frightened to feel it. singers such as these share their inner wisdom, allowing us to grow o

. >> graham nash. [ applause ] >>> this weekend on the c-span networks.turday, live all-day coverage from the national book science pavilion. and a debate on scotland's upcoming decision to end it's political union with england, and then chief justice of the second circuit court of appeals. on c-span 2 tonight at 8:00 p.m., in depth with former congressman, ron paul. and then on saturday all-day coverage at the history pavil n pavilio pavilions. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, afterwards with william boroughs talking about his book, the astroid threat. and then saturday on the civil war, general williams shermans atlanta campaign. sunday night, a look at election laws and the supreme court case of bush versus gore. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at 202-626-3400. or you can e-mail us. >>> next on american history tv, the smithsonian's national museum of american history commemorates rates flag day and the 200th anniversary of the "star-spangled banner." the program ends with a simultaneous nationwide singing of the nat

in a little less than an hour and a half, musicians may have is staples and graham nash discuss the roleof music as a catalyst for social change. in two and a half hours, indiana university professor michael mcgur discusses feminism's impact on popular music in the 1960s and '70s. >>> 100 years after the beginning of what was called the great war, author michael lesser looks back at the music of world war i. he demonstrates how songs reflected the wartime experiences of soldiers and those back home, from the sweethearts left behind to the soldiers returning from the front. and he argues that the music industry, including song writers like irving berlin, contribut

. >> graham nash. >> appreciate it. [ applause ] >>> our special american history tv programming in primetimel film series "reel america," beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern with the nasa documentary on the first mission to land men on the moon on july 20th, 1969. at 8:30, an interior department film on the colorado river and construction of the hoover dam. after that, a 1960 nbc interview with herbert hoover discussing his life before and after his presidency. at 10:00 p.m., you'll see a u.s. army film featuring an adviser in vietnam in 1963. american history tv is here on c-span3. next on "lectures in history," indiana university professor michael mcgerr discusses feminism and its impact on popular music in the 1960s and '70s. this 75-minute class is part of a course called rock, hip-hop and revolution, popular music in the making of modern america, 1940 to the present. please note this program contains language and images some viewers might find offensive. >> good afternoon. here we go. i hope you're doing well. this is almost too nice a day for education. all right. i have a staggering number

in a little less than an hour and a half, musicians mavis staples and graham nash discuss the role of a catalyst for social change. in 2 1/2 hours, indiana university professor michael mcger discusses feminism's impact on popular music in president 1960s and '70s. >>> next, university of michigan history professor joel howell talks about human radiation experiments conducted by the pentagon from the end of world war ii through the cold war. professor howell describes some of the tests changing from plutonium injections, to full body radiation exposure. this is a little more than an zlayrrju)z going to be talking today about the radiation experiments, and by the radiation experiments i mean experiments that were done in and around the second world war and during the cold war, a very heterogeneous set of experiments, more heterogeneous than others we've talk about tone by lots of different people in lots of different places. all unified by the fact that they're studying the interaction of human beings and radioactivity. very curious phenomenon of radioactivity that came, i guess, to its

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