an african-american, he rved with the famed harlem hellfighters, a renowned infantry of black soldiers >> the war has these echoes for all the people who lived through it into the 1920s and '30s, it stays with them and it becomes an integral part to the kinds of art that they're making, even >> brown: perhaps the most famous artistic image of world war one is the epic, 20 foot long painting by john singer sargent titled "gassed": a line of wounded soldiers blinded in a gas attack... a mustard yellow pallor... a game of soccer in the background, as life goes on... while figures writhe in the foreground. >> it seemed to him the perfect analogy for the way people have been talking about the first world war, the blind leading the blind. >> brown: sargent, who everybody in all, some 17 million soldiers and civilians would die in the war, including more than 100,000 american military personnel. it brought huge changes, but wasn't, as first claimed, the¡ war to end all wars.' the exhibition's final room shows work from its aftermath, and two that bookend its heights and depths: the flag wavin

. >> probably one of the most interesting regimens who were known as the harlem hellfighters and the fighting rattlesnakes. they were fighting along a river to establish their reputation there has incredible fighters. >>> and sunday jeffrey rosen and historians will talk about prohibition and the reasons for the movement and the repeal. >> and they had year to come to reorient, and amazingly, because of the way that the amendment was written, you could purchase as much alcohol as the year before, and then you could store it. so they did very good sales leading up to prohibition, and a lot of the basements become very full. >> at 8:00 on the presidency. former nixon administration officials discussing the 37th president's post white house years. j >> he said it in the east room speech, it is always a beginning, always, and that this whole post presidential period is an exemplar of nixon resilience and spirit and dedication and patriotism. >> for the complete american history tv schedule, go to cspan.org. >> saturday, book tv is live from the 23rd annual virginia festival of the book i

famous units most were the harlem hellfighters, or the harlem rattlesnakes. they established their litigation as incredible fighters. >> at 6:30, the national constitution center's president jeffrey rosen. >> they had a year to reorient. of the waybecause the amendment was written, you could practice -- purchase as the alcohol as he wanted in year before and store it. so they did very good sales leading up to prohibition. and a lot of basements became very full. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, former nixon of measures and officials discussing the post-white house years. >> he said it in the eastern speech. it is only a beginning always, that this whole postpresidential period is an exemplar of the nixon resilience and spirits and dedication and patriotism. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. sunday night on "q&a," a conversation with thomas sowel l. >> unlike today's left, i never felt that i had to avoid speaking with people with different views or thought. during all of my years as a boss, i have read everything across the politic