this weekend on history bookshelf, howard dodson discusses jubilee, the emergence of african-american culture. the book examines how africans suffered a cultural identity. contributors to the book, annette gordon reid and janelle buckley join the discussion. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it's my pleasure to welcome you here this evening for the official launching of a new publication from the shamburg center entitled "jubilee." this publication has been a while in the making, about three years ago the shamburg center organized and presented major exhibition entitled left we forget the triumph over slavery as part of its 75th anniversary celebration. this, to the best of our knowledge, was the first major exhibition on the subject of slavery and the united states. we did not do a catalog to the show. and the show was so very well received that we extended it for about nine months. and people continued to come back asking for additional opportunities to see the show. and usually built into their conversations, but that was a question, when are yo

. >>> next week on history bookshelf, howard dodson discusses jubilee, the emergence of african-american culture. it examines the political and social identity connected with african-americans. history bookshelf airs on american history tv every saturday at noon eastern. >>> congratulations to all this year's winners of c-span's student cam video documentary competition. students entered a video on the theme the constitution and you. showing which part of the constitution is important to them and why. watch all the winning videos at our website, student democrcam.. we'll talk with the winners during "washington journal." >>> i believe it is yet possible that we will come to admire this country not simply because we were born here, but because of the kind of great and good land that you and i want it to be and that together we have made. that is my hope. that is my reason for seeking the presidency of the united states. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to cspan.org slash the contenders to see video of the contend