king and thurgood marshall certainly understood the role of charles hamilton houston. you cannot have a conversation about to civil rights movement in the united states without the inclusion of work of charles houston. >> an american history tv on crmp span 3, a grand rapids resident talks about the letter she wrote to then congressman gerald ford. then we'll visit the grand rapids public museum with alex forest and find out why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the store and this big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entry way of the store and paused there for a long time and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said you're leslie lynch king jr. and he said no, i'm gerald ford jr. and he said well, you're my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. the c-span city's tour of grand rapids, michigan saturday then on c-span 3. >> each week leading to the 2016 election road to the white house rewind brings the coverage of the presidential races. of th

charles hamilton houston was very abstemious and a proper person, who as one of his close friends remembered, did nothing with levity. thurgood marshall was a true bon vivant. jose anderson: they were quite an odd couple. houston did not drink, did not curse. marshall did. he enjoyed a good card game, his bourbon. justice john paul stevens: he had an army of stories that he would tell. partly because he'd had so much experience himself. he was really a profoundly gifted raconteur. narrator: the murray case made marshall a rising star in the naacp, but his preoccupation with civil rights left him with a failing law practice inhis tiny baltimore office - cluttered with unpaid bills. when he wrote houston for help, houston asked him to come to new york to work a temporary assignment in the national naacp office. and in october of 1936, thurgood and buster left his crowded family home in baltimore for new york city. when thurgood and buster first arrived in new york, they stayed with relatives until they found a small apartment in harlem. they would now be alone and on their own for the very fir

king and thurgood marshall understood the role of charles hamilton houston, but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. .. >> >> and as the totalitarian state was leading and hitler was belligerent and in europe when those people said we were burned once already and we all want to do it again so he went for a strict neutrality act for what might become a european war. cell in now way he was of a leader in the fight with franklin roosevelt for people who would become our allies against hitler. then after the war or later in the war, they came for word to say in effect reversed his own position to say isolation was no longer a possible as a global power we had to take leadership of the world stage or relinquish it to the darker forces. and by making that shift in the last months of world war two people lot of american public opinion with him to enable the changes of rights to leadership. >> is someone who grew up in grand rapids with an interest of politics i am curious about vandenberg's flights it

they understood the role of trust hamilton houston. you cannot have a conversation about civil rights without including the work of charles houston. on american history tv, c-span3, she talks about the letter she wrote to congressman gerald ford to help spark a movement. then we will visit the grand rapids public museum to find out why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. we will take you to the newly renovated exhibit of the care of our ford presidential library. >> and new car pulled up and stopped in front and this big fella stepped out of it and step into the entryway. he paused for a long time and stared at junior. fort asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you are leslie lynch king junior. he said no, on gerald ford junior. and he said, you are my son. i'm your father. i want to take you to lunch. >> the c-span cities tour of grand rapids, michigan saturday at noon eastern on c-span two 2:00 onay afternoon at american history tv on c-span3. >> join us tonight as we follow the candidates on the road t

in his role in the early civil rights movement. >> people understood the role of charles hamilton houston. but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on american history tv on c-span3, grand rapids resident nancy twedale talks about the letter she wrote that brought artwork to public places across the country. we will visit the grand rapids public museum with the curator. we will take you to the exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the store. this big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entryway of the store and paused there. for a long time. and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you are lesley link king junior. he said, no, i'm gerald ford junior. well, you are my son. i am your father. i want to take you to lunch. >> the cities tour of grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-s

king certainly understand the role of charles hamilton houston, but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on "american history tv" on c-span3, grand rapids resident talks about the letter she wrote to the congressman gerald ford that helped spark a movement bringing artwork to public places kroo across the country. we'll visit the grand rapids public museum and find out why the city is the nicknamed the furniture city. we'll take you to the newly renovated exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a big car pulled up and this big fellow stepped into the entryway of the store and paused there for a long time. and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you're leslie lynch king junior. and he said, no, i'm gerald ford junior. and he said, well, you're my son. i'm your father. and i want to take you to lunch. >>> the c-span cities tour of grand rapids, michigan, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday a

. >> people understood the role of charles hamilton houston. but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rites movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on american history t.v., grand rapids residents talks about the letter she wrote to ford, bringing artwork to public places. and then we'll visit the grand rapids public museum and find out why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. and the exhibits at the ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front, and this big fellow stepped out and stepped into the entry way, and paused there, for a long time, and, staired at junior, ford asked him if he could help him and man said, you're king junior, and he said no, i'm ford junior, and said, well, you're my son. i'm your father and i want to take to you lunch. >> the city's tour, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2, and sunday afternoon at 2. >> this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. >> welcome. that is response. good afternoon. >> okay. thank you for your

we also talk about the life of attorney charles hamilton houston and his role in the early civil rightsmovement. >> people like doctor king and thurgood marshall understood the role of houston. but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement in the united states without an inclusion of the work of charles houston. >> on american american history to be on c-span three. grand rapids resident nancy talks about the letter she wrote to then congressman, gerald ford that help sparked a movement movement to bring artwork to public places across the country. we'll go to the public museum with the curator and find out why the city is nicknamed, the furniture city. we'll take it to the newly renovated exhibits of the gerald r ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the tour and a big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entryway of the story. he paused there for a long time and stared at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said you are leslie -- junior and he said no i am gerald ford junior

they gave their energy and some of them like charles hamilton houston for themselves to death.e voting rights that they were able to achieve and the protection ignored everyone, not just people are african american or people of color. that's it needs to be understood. the african-american civil rights movement of the conscience into the constitution and because of that, because of the heartbeat that was given to it, we have to pay some respect to those games if we don't vote, we don't count. that is what is on his tombstone. he was an naacp voting rights activists who was burned alive. and he said he wanted those words on his tombstone because if you don't vote, you don't count. >> what a wonderful powerful and no. i'm so proud this program is part of this petition day observations and what we were talking about is professor browne-marshall noted the extent that we need work to do to completely fulfill the aspirations of the framers of the constitution, what this country should be about even more. i thank you all. i am sorry that we won't have the opportunity here before we bre

and gordon andrews talking about the life of charles hamilton houston and his role on the early civil rights movement. >> on american history tv on cspan three. grand rapids talks about the letter she wrote to then congressman gerald ford to help spark a movement bringing art work to public places across the country. we'll visit the public museum and talk about why the city is nicknamed the furniture city. we'll take you to the newly renovated exhibits at the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum. >> a new car pulled up and stopped in front of the store and this big fellow stepped out of it and stepped into the entry way of the store and paused there, for a long time, and staired at junior. ford asked him if he could help him. the man looked at him and said, you' you're leslie lynch king, jr. he said, no. i'm gerald ford, jr. he said well, i'm your son, you're my father and i want to take you to lunch working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> now, it's a look at u.s. views on refugees and their treatment. photographers who captured images an

making a speech to lawyers, in it he lauds the career of charles houston and thurgood marshall, people will know the name of charles hamiltonuston and thurgood marshall for the rest of time but it is a great example of how learning and the conversations we have about civil rights have been impacted by how it gets frames, people like doctor king and thurgood marshall understood the role of charles hamilton huston but you cannot have a conversation about the civil rights movement without an inclusion of the work of charles hamilton huston. >> during booktv's recent visit to grand rapids we spoke with myers supermarket ceo hank meijer about arthur h. vandenberg, who made the switch from isolationism to internationalism. >> i propose that no other nation shall have a chance to use our silence as an alibi for carrier designs. i propose action instead of words. i propose action now before it is too late was i propose it for the sake of a better world but i say again and again and again that i propose it for our own american self-interest. >> arthur h. vandenberg first came to notoriety as one of the leading isolationists. he was