all weekend long american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. greensboro is home to where civil rights activist started the sit in movements, inspiring nonviolent protest throughout the south. our time warner cable partners worked with our staff, and we recently traveled to greensboro to discover the city's rich history. learn more about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in greensboro, north carolina at the military park, standing on the battlefield. during the revolutionary war the british had moved their campaign to the southern department and had captured georgia and south carolina and tried to what they called restore the party, which meant they would conquer the land, and that is how they ended up here in the middle of north carolina. it was march of 1871. general nathanael greene was pitted against the british army, and cornwallis was making his march through north carolina by conquering the land and so forth, and general greene wanted to stop that. nathanael greene was george washington's most trusted general, a

. >> all weekend long american history tv be featuring greensboro, north carolina. television commentator edward r. murrow was born in greensboro. he was known for criticizing senator mccarthy and his catchphrase "did night and good luck -- "good night and good luck." >> the international civil rights center and museum opened in greensboro february 1, 2010. museum tells the story of the sit-ins that happened in the city that launched a wave of sit-ins across the south. >> what happened here in 1960, february 1, four young men from north carolina amt state -- amt -- north carolina a&t state university chose that day to make a stand, really to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. so they took a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whites-only access to public accommodations and to being seen as a first-class citizen. they came here to this woolworth building and this lunch counter to sit down and be treated like a first-class citizen and be served against their policies and practices. this is the actual lunch counter area that's

>> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about greensboro and other stops on c-span's tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. up next on american history tv, former cia chief of disguise jonna mendez recounts the story of how czech husband and wife, kgb spies karl and hana koecher infiltrated the cia and gathered top-secret information through the use of sex in the 1970's. mendez reports that one popular swingers club frequented either czech spy couple counted at least 10 cia staffers and a u.s. senator as members. this session from the smithsonian associates and international spy museum is about an hour and a half. >> let me address our speaker today. is jonna mendez. someone womhom i've known for a number of years. i should mention off the bat, i see jonna write your labor chicas on the board of advisors of the international spy museum. and she and her husband, tony,

after he graduated from the caldwell academy in greensboro he went on to university of north carolina chapel hill. he graduated from there as a lawyer settled temporarily in rockingham county to the north but quickly found more business here in greensboro, and he found his life here in greensboro. he quickly found a place in government as an elected official in the north carolina house. when he was here in greensboro as an elected official, he worked closely with the large quaker community in guilford county, and his wife had a quicker background. he took on issues of internal improvement in the state. he took up issues of slavery which was unusual for a politician in the south, working with the quakers, and he adopted other important issues, such as education. that really began to form his political platform. governor morehead was one of the first candidate that ran a statewide candidacy. he would travel throughout the entire state of north carolina, and he was a great orator. he was very personable. he actually won by a good margin and started his term as the governor of north carol

steward of this collection. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our cities to her staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about greensboro and other stops on the tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films. ♪ >> these are the proud hills in the state of virginia. springtime, beckoning to a small boy, urging him to wander with the wind, to the farm perhaps. not an easy thing. after all, a calf is a youngster just like himself. ride him? sure. what is a day without a little rough and tumble. when a boy needs comfort, there is always home and mother and father. this is the world of randy kerr and oakton, virginia. typical except for one thing. randy was the first child to receive an injection of salt polio vaccine in the field trials in 1954. much, however, had preceded this moment when randy kerr made history. in the all-out fight against polio led by the national foundation fo

all weekend long, american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina, home of the guilford county courthouse. although american forces lost the battle of guilford courthouse during the american wards, -- during the american war, the fighting left the dish we can. our staff recently visited many sites exploring greensboro's history. learn more about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> going through and down the street, some of them had eggs going through them -- eggs thrown at them and water dumped on their heads from building. it never got to the point where -- isn't this nice? it was never nice. it was just more than the city could handle in the final amount. it was about unanimity and solidarity and we are all in this together. i grew up in ohio. ohio was a little less segregated. not less racist, but less segregated. so while i grew up in ohio and i understood that things were different in the south, i also grew up in a family that was very sophisticated about politics and what the situation was. i knew both sides of the coin and how i felt about it was that

welcome to greensboro north carolina. we will talk about the supreme court court case plussy versus ferguson to help with segregation in the united states. we will explore the seen in greensboro starting with linda brown recruiting her memories of the sit-ins. >> in the mass marches going down the street and some had eggs thrown at them and water dumped on their head from the buildings. it never got to the point where it was like seeing this is nice. it was just more than the city could handle. it was that unanimity and solidarity and we are all in this together. i grew up in ohio and they were a little less segregated. not less racist but less segregated. so i grew up in ohio and understood things were different in the south but i grew up in a family that was sophisticated about politics and what the situation was. so i knew both sides of the coin and i felt it was unjust and needed to be changed and my father was very much involved in african-american rights as a social worker and he worked for the national urban league.

university of north carolina at greensboro's special collection of pamphlets and memoirs which provide insight into the evolving role of women in the military. >> we stop by the university of north carolina at greensboro to learn about the changing roles of women in the military for the universities book archives. >> women in the war. u.s. navy nurses lined up for inspection the new summer uniforms. every day new legions are being called to active duty afloat and ashore. ready to follow the plea to any battlefront, these traditional angels of mercy know but one code, service to humanity. women as always the heroes of all wars. >> women have always served in some role in the wars of our country. in the revolutionary war women would follow their husbands to battle and help out with cooking, laundry, volunteer nursing. some of our earliest materials are some of the civil war. this is a 1910 publication put out either citizens executive committee of atlantic city new jersey offering the civil war army nurses of the union army -- honoring the civil war army nurses. i'm not sure the occasion

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>> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more at c-span.org/citiestour the you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. each week, american history tv's reel america brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> this is the night that hollywood holds the world's spotlight. the annual academy awards. the bestowing of the coveted oscars has a glittering assembly on hand to hear audrey hepburn announce the best actor. rex harrison reeves hit -- his statuet for "my fair lady." it's a popular choice at the crowd. next hear sidney poitier name the best actress. >> julie andrews. >> she played opposite rex harrison in a stage version of "my fair lady." passed over for the movie role, she played mary poppins and parlayed the portrayal of that bouncy gov eastern essinto tonight's truive. one said hollywood is handing out foreign aid. both winners shall british. >> this is lovely. i know you ame

a look at our recent visit to greensboro, north carolina. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend. >> today we are at the greensboro historical museum in an exhibit called the murphy confederate long arms collection and this collection was actually originally loaned to the museum, and then bequeathed to the museum upon dr. murphy's death in 2003. john and isabel murphy was a particular collector inveterate long arms. he was born in washington, d.c. and attended school in virginia. he was a southerner. he then enrolled in the navy. he served as a doctor for 20 years before retiring and assembled what is an outstanding collection, one of its kind of confederate long arms, and by that i mean rifles, was it, shotguns, and carbines made in the south for confederate soldiers. his interest in the civil war, talking to his maternal grandfather and some great uncles, and the fact that his maternal grandfather was a confederate veteran, so i think that sparked his interest in the civil war. the centennial of the civil war in t

. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our staff recently traveled there. learn more about greensboro and other stops on c-span's cities tour at c-span..org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week american artifacts takes you to national sites. the museum has hosted several events since 2008 called save our african american. treasures. people can bring in family artifacts and talk to curators about how best to preserve them. we talked to museum staff and participants at the museum and washington, d.c. >> my name is esther washington. i am the director of the museum. here we are with our save our african-american treasury program. we have visitors, and find out the history, the materials they are made from and they tell the public how to preserve them. >> here we see several photos a -- >> and they are escorted into a room. >> here we see several photos a mother took from 1937 to 1947 in brooklyn, new york. she did it from the time she was 8 to 20. each week, on a sunday, s

this is american history tv on c-span3. >> we are in greensboro, north carolina at the military park. standing on the battlefield of golfer courthouse. -- guilford courthouse. during the revolutionary war the british had captured georgia and south carolina and were moving into north carolina to try to restore authority, which meant they would conquer the land. that is how they landed here at guilford courthouse. march, 15, 1781. general nathanael greene was pitted against the british army under lord cornwallis. lord cornwallis was making his march through north carolina and general greene wanted to stop that. nathanael greene was george washington's most trusted general. he was picked by general washington to come south and save the southern army. the southern army had lost two major battles at charleston and camden, south carolina. last many men. there were few soldiers left. general washington sent general greene south to stop general cornwallis. charles cornwallis was the commander of the british army in the southern department. at guilford courthouse, he commanded the army made of

american history tv is joining our time warner cable partners to showcase the history of of greensboro, north carolina. to learn more about the cities on our 2015 to her, visited c-span.org/cities to her. we continue now with our look at the history of greensboro. this is american history tv on c-span3. >>>> today we are the greensboro historical museum. this is exhibit called the murphy confederate long arms collection. this collection was loaned to the museum, and then bequeath to the museum on dr. murphy's death in 2003. john and isabel murphy were a couple married, and john was a particular collector of confederate long arms. he was born in washington, d.c., and attended school in virginia, said he was a southerner. he enrolled in the navy and served as a doctor for 20 years before retiring. he assembled an outstanding collection, one of its kind of confederate long arms. by that, i mean rifles muskets shotguns, and carbines made in the south for confederate soldiers. his interest in the civil war talking to his maternal grandfather and some great uncles, and the fact that his maternal grandfather

peter: that is a little portion of our visit to greensboro north carolina. you can see a lot more this weekend on booktv on c-span2 and american history tv on c-span3, 48 hours of history, 48 hours of books every weekend. act ii your calls on what the president had to say about the west being at war with islam, he called it an ugly lie. modesto, california, democrat, what do you think? are you with us? go ahead. caller: i wanted to say that they blame everything on obama but you have to go back. they have been fighting each other for thousands of years over there, and it does not make sense that one man can come in were america could come in, and clean it up. bush ran around promoting democracy. all around the world, he said in mock receipt is what needs to be pushed, and he did it. then these people had elections and then americans said that their elections were you legal that the people they elected they would not recognize. that kind of back-and-forth irritates people, anybody, it would irritate america. peter: do you think the u.s. has a role in the midd

north carolina will be the future -- feature of our weekend profile. the literary and historical culture of greensboroh carolina. you will be exploring that meeting hearing people. we will be featuring the literary program, including the 1960 greensboro siddons. -- sit in's. [video clip] >> i went there on the third day. the guys had gone down on the first and second and here is the third day and they are expecting us at this time. they know something is going to happen. number one, it's quiet. number two, the lunch counter which was very long and lined up , it was quite intimidating. once everybody else was like i'm not going down there because anything might happen, we go and sit down and wait. to see what's going to happen. a waitress came by with a tray -- she was so nervous that the knives were rattling. i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying we can't serve you well or we don't serve colored. i will have to ask you all to leave. i sat there for at least an hour. we had our long sh

- on c-span two today at noon, both tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina, part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern wes moore retraces his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow, wall street rancor, to social entrepreneur to find his life's purpose. on american history tv on c-span three, tonight, just after 7:00, the 1963 interview of the former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations in opposition to racial integration. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern former cia chief of disguise, john amendez tells the story of a spiting that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. you can call us or e-mail us or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the barbed wire and guard towers are gone but the memories come flooding back for so many people who, until today, had lost such a big part of their childhood. fort many released after th

learning about the letter of the literary life and a visit to greensboro north carolina. [inaudible] >> we looked over and saw an envelope with a seal on it and walked over and noticed in 1832 document. and then they discovered a trunk and books and portraits. and so this was this treasure and we had this story available to the public displaying different items from time to time, trying to include stories from her book and it talks about this through 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display include card inquiries and some small cut glass perfume bottle is and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that cut across the arch of her foot. and the two dresses are the reproduction of a peach silk down that she wore early in life as well as a red velvet gown that is part of this collection and there is also a legend that now accompanies this dress. >> watch all of our events from greensboro. be sure to tune into american history tv on c-span3 as well. >> journalist april ryan has covered politics and the white house over 25 years and in her book t

all weekend long american history tv be featuring greensboro, north carolina home of the guildford county court house. although american forces lost the courthouse during the fighting, it led to the eventual surrender at yorktown by john -- general george cornwallis. the -- learn more about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> the international civil rights center and museum opened in greensboro february 1 2010. . museum tells the story of the sit-ins that happened in the city that launch aid wave of sit-ins across the south the >> what happened here in 1960, february 1, four young men from north carolina n.c. state university chose that day to make a stand, really to take a

we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> charles, who had been part of this he walked over and he noticed that this was in 1832 document. he was a single male and discovered books and portraits in this includes displaying different items from time to time and some of these accounted for her that. some of the items we currently have on display there was have a card enclosed with dolly signature and a pair of silk slippers that had tiny ribbons that tie across the arches of her foot. and the two dresses are the reproduction of a silk a peach soaked down that she wore early in life and a red velvet gown which has intrigued part of the collection and there is also a legend that is now part of the stress. >> want all of our evidence saturday new on booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock on american history tv on c-span3. >> george friedman is the founder of political intelligence firm and he argues that internal divisions will intensify along with conflicts between the eu and russia. he spoke at a bookstore in washington dc. this is about one hou

this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> most of the seats were empty. i remember when i got there except for college students, except for bennett college, most everybody else was like i'm not going down there because anything might happen. so, there are these empty seats. and it is quiet. and we go and sit down. and wait. to see what's going to happen. a waitress came by with a tray of knives. she was so nervous that the knives were readily. i was so nervous that i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. i could tell she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve, y'all. we do not serve colored. i'm going to have to ask you to leave. so, we had just -- this instruction that just don't say anything. just keep sitting. do not say anything. and if they ask you what you may like and you ask for a cup of coffee, but they never asked us what we wanted. because they knew they were not going to serve us. >> watch all our events throughout the day on c-sp

saturday, book tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina.y at 9 p.m. eastern, on "afterwords," wes moore retraces his color your choices -- retraces his career choices to find his life's purpose. one american history tv on c-span3 saturday night, just after 7:00, the 1963 interview of former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. at 6:30 p.m. eastern, the story of a husband and wife kgb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know about the programs you are thinking. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the barbed wire and guard towers are gone, but the memories come flooding back for so many people who until today had lost such a big part of their childhood. for many released after the war some buried the memories and with it, the history of this camp. now, more than 60 years later. >> this sunday, the only fami

this weekend we have partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> afteronths of cleaning the house of charles halpern, who had been given that task went on one more walk-through. in the attic he saw an envelope with a gray seal on it and walked over. it was in 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk and books and poetry stuffed under the eaves. this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we have had this store available to the public, different items from time to time, but try to include her life story from her birth in guilford county to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display are carved ivory calling card case that has a karting closed with dolly's signature, as well as that of her name, anna, a perfume bottle, and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny ribbons the tie across the arch of her foot. the two dresses are the reproduction of a silk peach down that she wore and a red velvet gown, and there is also a legend that now accompanies this dress. >> want all

first, we want to go back to our look at greensboro, north carolina.review of our focus on former first lady, dolly madison. >> and after months and months of cleaning the house of charles tauber, who had been given that task was making one more walks through. in the attic, he looked over and saw an envelope with the green seal on it. he walked over and noticed that they was in 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a pen in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk, books, and portraits. this was this treasure of dolly madison;s things. a local group and greensboro formed the dolly madison association. on her birthday, may 20 19 63 they donated the collection to the greensboro historical museum. some of the items we currently have on display, a carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dolly's signature as well as her knees anna. -- neice,iece anna. the two dresses are the reproductions of a silk peach gallon that she wore earliest in life and the red velvet gown which is intrigued that it has lasted and part of the collec

. >>> this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >>s and months of cleaning the house charles helprin who had been given the task was making one more walk through and in the attic he walked over and saw an envelope with a seal on it and walked over and noticed the date was 1832 document. he removed it from the panel of the stairs attic room and discovered a trunk and books and portraits and there was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we have the story available to the public and some display different item from time to time but trying to include in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on an ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with the signature as well as that of her needs to become neice a perfume bottle and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons across the arch of her foot and the dresses are the reproductions are they teach silk gown that she wore early in life and it lasted and is part of a collection and there is also the legend that has now accompanied the dress. former florida governo

on c-span 2 saturday, book tv is on the road experiencing the literary life a greensboro north carolina, part of the c-span cities tour. on afterwords, retracing his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow to wall street banker to social onto for nor. -- entrepreneur. in american history tv, saturday night, just after 7:00, a 1963 interview of malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. and sunday, former cia chief of the skies tells the story of a husband and wife kgb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at -- e-mail us at -- or send is a tweet at -- joined the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> keep track of the republican-led congress and follow its new members. new congress, best access on c-span, c-span 2, c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> a look at loss on gender equality during the conference at boston university. marking the 50th anniversary of t

on c-span2, saturday, booktv is on the road, experiencing the literary live of greensboro north carolina, part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words," wes moore retraces his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow, wall street banker to social entrepreneur to find his life's purpose. and on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night justifies after 7:00, the 1963 interview of former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration, and sunday at 6:30'm eastern, former cia chief of disguise tells the story of a husband and wife kgb spy team that infiltrated the cia threw the use of sex in the 1970s. find our complete television schedule at c-span2.org and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202, 626-3400. e-mail or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook follow us on twitter. >> booktv and primetime continues now with a look at the early life and political ascendancy of joseph stall lynn. we hear from steven kotkin

. >> reporter: and she drove from greensboro north carolina 75 miles away >> after this incident took it's really a shocker. i don't know like how many neighbor feels any more about me, my mom and sister have a very good job and worry for their safety. >> reporter: meanwhile the suspect craig hicks was transferred to a prison in raleigh not far from omthe service. he has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder. the fbi is now working with the chapel hill police in the case the families say they want a full-scale investigation of hicks' motives. >> we need to identify things the way they really are. >> reporter: john craig hicks was transferred to central prison it's not far from campus here today and there is somewhat of a fuller picture now being painted of him, residents of the apartment complex say he was bad to people there about noise and parking and confrontational and condo association held a meeting specifically last year about how to deal with him but as you heard it's really not going to satisfy a lot of people in the muslim community here who are convinced he

there is snow across much of the southern united states tonight in greensboro north carolina snow pulledtrees and tore down electric lines leaving thousands of people without power. the weather also affected transportation, more than 100 flights in and out of raleigh durham airport cancelled and nicole mitchell has more. >> a lot of this was last night so the snow you are dealing with today was as you can see dried out was on the ground. however, temperatures got above freezing today what is going to happen overnight tonight, birmingham 25, charlotte 22 that is back below freezing. so any of that moisture from the snow that melted today is going to refreeze overnight and make those roads slick once again and looking at a widespread area of potential of black ice and i would say outside of this be careful on those roads in the morning. so temperatures, still well below average, that is what is influencing all of this with high in the midsection of the country and a clockwise flow so on the east side of that brings air north to south and widespread 10-30 degrees below average, here are tem

this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> host of the seats were empty when i got there, except for college students. most everybody else, you know, was like, i'm not going down there. anything might happen. there are these empty seats. it is quiet. we go and sit down and wait. you know? to see what is going to happen. a waitress came by with a tray of knives. she was so nervous, they were rattling. i was so nervous, i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve y'all, or, we don't serv e colored. going to have to ask y'all to leave. we had this instruction, just don't say anything. keep sitting. if they ask you what you would like, answer, cup of coffee. they never asked us what we wanted. >> watch all of our events throughout the day on c-span2's booktuv. also, sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span3. >> in february of 1865 president lincoln met and negotiated to end the civil war. mr. conroy is the author of "

we are partnered with time warner cable with a visit to greensboro, north carolina. most of the seats were empty when i got there except for college students. most everybody else was like, i am not going down there, because anything might happen. there are these empty seats. it is quiet. we go and sit down. and wait. to see what is going to happen. it would just came by with a tray of knives that -- she was so nervous the knives were rattling. i was so nervous that i did not know she -- i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. i could tell that she was as scared as i was. we sat down with our books trying to study. i.r. number her saying -- i remember her saying that we do not serve you colored, we will have to ask you to leave. we had this instruction do not say anything. just keep sitting. do not say anything and keep sitting. if they ask you what we would like or if there was a cup of coffee -- but they never asked us because they knew they would not serve us. watch all the events from greensboro on c-span. as congress comes back from its break, i

we partnered with time warner cable for a grids it -- visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> after months of cleaning the house, charles was making one more walk-through and in the attic he saw an envelope with a green seal and walked over. noticed the date was 1832. he removed a single nail from a panel in an upstairs cattle and discovered a trunk, books and portraits. this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we have had it available to the public displaying different items from time to time but trying to include her life's story to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display -- a calling card ivory case with has -- which has her signature as well. some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. the two dresses are the reproduction of a peach silk down that she wore early in life and a red velvet down lasted and was heart of this collection. and there is a legend that accompanies the dress. >> watch all of our events from greensboro, saturday at noon and sunday afternoon at

this weekend, we have partnered with time warner cable with a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> after months of cleaning the house, the helper was making a walk-through and in the attic he saw an envelope with a green seal on it. he walked over. he noticed the date was 1830. he removed a mail from a panel and discovered a trunk and a book and portraits. this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. this has been available to the public. but trying to include her life story until her death in 1849. some of the items that we have on display, a card, and ivory case, it has a card enclosed with her signature. there is a small perfume bottle and a pair of silk slippers with tiny little ribbons that tie across. the two dressers are the reproductions of -- the two dresses are reproductions of what she wore early in life. they were part of the collection. this is part of the legend that has now accompanied the dress. >> saturday at noon, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. >> president obama spoke at the democratic national committee today. he spoke about the outreach to middle-class

on c-span 2 saturday book tv is on the road, experiencing the literary life of greensboro north carolina. part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words," wes moore retraces his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow, wall street banker to social entrepreneur to find his life's purpose. and on american history tv on c-span 3 saturday night just after 7:00 the 1963 interview of former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. and sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern former cia chief of disguise johna mendez tells the story of a husband and wife kgb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970s. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org. and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments comments @c-span.org. or send us a tweet tweet @cspan #comments. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> the "atlantic" magazine and the aspen institute co-host the annual washington ideas forum. this

this weekend we've partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> and after months and months of cleaning the house charles hall burn who had been given that task was making one more walk-through and in the attic he looked over and saw an envelope with a green seal on it and walked over and noticed the date was an 1832 document. he removed a single nail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk and books and portraits stuffed up under the eaves and this was a treasure of dolly madison's things. we've had this story available to the public, displaying different items from time to time, but trying to include her life story from her birth in gillford count to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display, a carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with her signature and that of her nissana. some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. and the two dresses are the reproductions of a silk -- a peach silk gown she wore

this weekend partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> most of the seats were empty. i remember when i got there. except for college students. most everybody else was like, i'm not going down there, because anything might happen. there are these empty seats and it is quiet and we go and sit down and wait. you know to see what was going to happen. a waitress came by the tray of knives. she was so nervous the knives were rattling. i was so nervous that i wasn't sure what she was going to do with those knives. but i could tell that she was scared. she was a scared as i was. we sat there with her textbooks, trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve you, we can't serve col ored. i'm going to have to ask you to leave. don't say anything just

on c-span, today, at noon, the tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina. heart of the to 15 c-span cities tour. -- part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. on american history tv on c-span3, tonight after 7:00, the 1963 interview of former nation of islam minister malcolm x, discussing race relations. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, former cia chief of disguise jonna mendes tells the story of a husband and wife agb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. i'd our complete television schedule at c-span.org. -- find our complete television schedule. send us a tweet at. join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the guard towers are gone but the memories come flooding back for so many people who until today, have lost such a big part of their childhood. released after the war, some buried the memories, and with it , the history of this camp. now, more than 60 years later -- this sunday, on the only family internment camp during world war ii at crystal city, texas, at what she says is the real reason for this

we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro north carolina. >> after months of cleaning the house, he was making one walk-through. he looked over and saw an envelope with a seal on it. he walked over. this was -- he sought a 1832 document. he discovered a trunk and books and portraits. this was this treasure. we have had the story available to the public, displaying different items from time to time. trying to include her life story from her birth to her death in 1849. some of the items on display and ivory comb case with a card inside. a small cut glass perfume bottle. a pair of silk slippers. with tiny little ribbons that tire across the arch -- tie across the arch of her foot. candy red velvet -- and a red velvet down. -- gown. there is also a legend that accompanies this dress. >> watch all of our events from greensboro. on american history tv on c-span3. >> potential presidential candidate jeb bush talks about combating isis. he spoke on -- at the chicago council on global affairs. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is a joy to be here. i was expecting 100 people

we partnered with time warner cable free visit to greensboro, north carolina. caller:>> except for at&t and bennett college, most everyone else was like, i am not going down there because anything might happen. there are these mdc to and it is quiet, and we go and sit down and wait. to see what is going to happen. a waitress came by with a try of knives that where, she was so nervous that the knives were rattling. i was so nervous that i did not know what she might be doing with those knives, but i could tell she was scared. she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve you all or we do not serve collards. i'm -- we do not serve col oreds. if they ask you what you would like, a cup of coffee, but they never ask us because they knew they were not going to service. >> today at 2:00 eastern on c-span three. >> guard tellers are gone, but the memories come flooding back for so many people who until today, had lost such a big part of their childhood. for many released after the war, some buried the

this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro north carolina. >> after months and months of cleaning the house they were making one more walk-through and in the attic, he looked over and saw an envelope with kind of a green seal on it, and walked over. and noticed the date was in 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room, and discovered a trunk and books and portraits stuck under the eaves, and this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we've had the story available to the public, is playing different items from time to time. but trying to include her life story from her book -- from her birth to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display -- a card, ivory calling card case, it has a card enclosed with her signature as well as that of her niece anna. so small cut glass perfume bottles. and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. and the dresses are the reproductions of a silk, peach silk down that she wore earliest in life, and a red velv

on c-span two, book tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina part of the 2015 c-span cities tour and on sunday wes moore retraces his career choices. choices to time his life's purpose. and on american history tv, saturday night just after 7:00 the 1963 interview of former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations and 6:30, former cia member tells the story of a spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 19 seventies. find our complete schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. e-mail us at comments @ krpb span.org. join us the c-span conversation. like us on tpaeubfacebook find our complete schedule at and follow us on twitter. >> both the house and senate return session next week. on update what's ahead we spoke earlier today with a capitol reporter. congress comes back from its president day recess and we're joined by elise from "huffington post". your article in "huffington post" talked about the stand still on the measure the department of homeland security

this week, we partnered to travel to greensboro, north carolina. >> a child's helper was making a walk-through and while he was added he saw an envelope with a green seal on it and walked over into noticed the date, in 18 32 document. he removed a single document from a panel in the upstairs attic room in discovered a trunk stuffed up under the eaves. this was the treasurer of dolly madison's things. we have had this story available to the public. we have had it different items on display from time-to-time. some of the items currently on display, and ivory calling card case with a card and closed with dolly's signature as well as that of her, anna. some small cut to-glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that to have tiny little ribbons to tie across the arch of the foot. and two dresses that are reproductions of a silk peach down that to she liked and a red velvet gown that has intrigued that it lasted and is part of this collection and it now has a legend that accompanies it. >> watch all of our coverage on american history tv on c-span-three. >> washington journal is next on c-sp

on c-span2, book tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina. part of the cities tour. sunday at 9 p.m. eastern, wes moore retraces his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow, wall street banker to social entrepreneur. on american history tv on c-span3, just after 7:00 tonight, the 1963 interview with malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern former cia chief tells the story of a husband and wife kgb husbandspy team infiltrated the cia in the 1970's. find the. us at www.c-span.org. e-mail us, call us or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> keep track of the republican-led congress and follow its new members through its first session. new congress, best actress on c-span c-span2 c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> next, a look at laws on gender equality during the conference at boston university. marking the 50th anniversary of the 1964 civil rights act. topics included gender stereotyping, equal pay, and sexual ha

we have partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro north carolina. >> after months and months of cleaning the house charles halpern was making one more walk-through. he looked over and saw an envoy with a green seal on it and walked over. 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a truck and books and portraits. this was this treasure. we have had this story available to the public but trying to include her life story to her death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display carved ivory calling card case that have a card enclosed with her signature. small small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. and the two dresses are the reproductions of peach silk gown that she wore early in life than a red velvet gown which is intrigued both that it has lasted and she was part of a collection and there is also a legend that accompanies the stress. >> watch our events. >> former defense secretary and us senator discussed america's

experiencing the little -- literary life of greensboro, north carolina as part of the 2015 season city store. on "afterwards" -- westmore. on "american history tv" on c-span 3, saturday night, after 7:00, the 1963 interview with malcolm x.. discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. on sunday, joan amended is taught -- mendes tells the story of the kgb couple. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us, 202-626-7305. join the c-span conversation -- like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> after legislation was passed that legalized recreational use of marijuana, inmate colorado the first state to do so. one year later, the panel looked at the impact of legalization with advice for other states passing similar laws. [applause] >> thank you all for being here. let me set a couple ground rules and tell you what we will do tonight. first thing, if i can ask all of you to turn telephones offer put them on vibrate, that would be appreciated. we will introduce speakers and go in order.

. >> american history tv is featuring greensboro, north carolina. our staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about greensboro on c-span's city tour at c-span's stations and c-span.org/cities to her. you're watching c-span, all we can come every weekend. >> this is american history tv on c-span three. you can watch us every saturday and sunday, and holidays, too. congress passed the 13th amendment formally abolishing slavery the united states on january 31, 1865. next we discussed lincoln's legacy in the 13th amendment 150 years later. the national constitution center in philadelphia hosted this event. it is about one hour and a half. >>[applause] >> welcome to the national constitution center. i'm the president of this wonderful institution. the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. thank you. excellent. [laughter] we've party achieved our educational mission. in fact, we can all go home. we

on c-span2 saturday booktv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro north carolina part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words" wes moore retracing his career choices from wall street banker to social entrepreneur to find his life's purpose. and on american history t on c-span -- american history tv on c-span3 saturday night just after seven the 1963 interview of malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. and sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, former cia chief of disguise josh that mendez -- jonna mendez tells the story of a husband and wife team that intill traited -- infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970s. let us know what you think about programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org or send us a tweet at @ @c-span@comments. hike us on facebook follow us -- like us on facebook follow usen -- us on twitter. >> he saw an envelope with kind of a green seal on it and walked over and noticed the tate was an 1832 -- the date was an 1832 document. he remo

we have partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> charles halpern, who had been given the task of cleaning, was making one more walk-through. in the attic, he saw an envelope with kind of a green seal on it. he walked over and noticed the date was in 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic and discovered a trunk and books and portraits, stuffed under the eaves. that was this treasure. we have had this story available to the public, displaying different items from time to time, but trying to include her life story to her death in 1840. some of the items we currently have on display, a carved ivory calling card case with a card in close with dolly's signature along with her niece anna. some glass perfume bottles. and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arches of her foot. the addresses are the reproductions of a peach silk slippers that have tiny littlegown that she wore early in life , and a red velvet gown, which is intriguing that it has lasted and is part of the collection. th