even from the grave, william rufus king aided his old friend as a rhetorical talking point. as president james buchanan visited the university of north carolina, king's alma mater, where he invoked the memory of his friend. by then, with the rubble of this union growing louder, his friendship with king must've seen a distant -- seemed a distant memory. with each passing year, it obtained a sentimental gloss. the inauguration of james buchanan must've been among the happiest days of his administration. in retrospect, it was more or less downhill from there. historians have commonly identified four major failures of the buchanan administration. first, the supreme court case in 1857, which buchanan not only supported, but secretly influenced. secondly, his role in the feud with stephen douglas over the compton constitution, which began in supported and douglas rejected. that divided the democratic party and arguably led to its breakup in 1860. third, buchanan's handling of the utah war of 1858 in which the president sent the army west in a territory settled by a few thousand mormons. finally and

they could invest themselves to be the loyal subjects of their red sovereign king james, the same king james who lent his name to the version of the bible still read today, the authorized version authorized by him. had beenf puritans agitating him for a cleaner version of the bible. at one that did not have commentaries and footnotes. insort of begrudgingly gave and authorize this new translation of the bible for them. the puritans bible you might say. they are the loyal subjects of king james. they are not leaving england. they do not intend by leaving england to leave behind their subject to it or announced -- renounce the authority of the king above them. in a way it is a declaration of religious independence, a statement of religious liberty, because it leaving they have left behind his church, the church of england, of which he is the titular head. they are saying religion we no noter accept, but we do reject your authority and we are coming in a sense for god and country. for the glory of god and advancement of the christian faith and honor of their king and country. we are takin

as king, james was also supreme head of the church of england, the official church.some people objected to expensive rules and rituals of the church of england. they with true from it -- they withdrew from the dead were called separatists. the story of their religious persecution in england, how they became pilgrims and how they found religious freedom was recorded by william bradford. therefore, the lord's free people joined themselves into a church or state. ♪ towns andfrom various villages in england. but after they continued together for about a year and kept meetings every sabbath, exercising the worship of god amongst themselves, they saw they could no longer continue. so the result to get to holland, which was in 1607 and 1608. narrator: the separatists would leave england to find freedom of religion and knowledge. >> to leave their native country, their land and all their friends and acquaintances, and adventure, almost desperate. separatistsout 125 from england reached holland, the netherlands. ♪ >> being now coming to holland, they saw many good cities. als

prisons is a co-founder and co executive director with the restore justice james king, he's a state campaigner with the center for human rights and danielle harriss. she's a managing attorney with the san francisco public defender's office. however, place really good to see james as you watch that for you took part in that documentary. it was just a short period of time between when you were incarcerated and when you were released i will break how. but when you put all of that together, what he said, and maybe for me, it's been an incredibly nerve wracking, just like think about the fact there are quite, i'd made it out maybe 90 days prior to the largest clustered outbreak in the, in the country. and it was in many ways just good fortune. to marilyn down on me, it could have been anyone. it should have been several people. so just like knowing that there was nothing this state about needed, they created their timeline just the way things lined up. that didn't happen to. ready prevent me from going through it while thousands of others did have, has been really hard to reconcile. frankly, there'

as king, james was also the supreme head of the church of england, the official church.ome people objected to the expensive robes and rituals of church of england. they withdrew from it and were called separatists. the story of their religious persecution in england, how they became pilgrims, and how they eventually found religious freedom was all recorded by william bradford: >> many therefore the lord's free people join themselves into a church estate. there were various towns and villages, some in hampshire, england. but after they had continued together for about a year, and kept their meetings every sabbath, exercising the worship of god among themselves, they saw they could no longer continue, so they resolved to get over into holland, which was in 1607 and 1608. >> the separatists would leave england to find freedom of religion in holland. >> to leave their native country, their lands, and livings and all their friends and familiar acquaintances was much, an adventure almost desperate. >> about 125 separatists from england reached holland, the netherlands. >> bein

prisons adlon karl is a co-founder and co executive director with the restore justice james king he's a state campaigner with the ella baker center for human rights and danielle haris she's a managing attorney with the san francisco public defender's office hello effort ways really good to see you james as you watch that 4 lines documentary as you took part in that documentary it was just a short period of time between when you were incarcerated and when you were released when outbreak happened when you put all of that together. we think. and maybe for me it. just took think about the fact. quite i'd made it out maybe 90 days prior to the largest clustered outbreak in the in the country and it was in many ways just that fortunate mylan down on me it could have been anyone it should have been several people so just like knowing that there was nothing the state about made it they created that timeline just the way things lined up that there happened to prevent me from going through it while thousands of others dear it has has been. really hard to reconcile frankly there's a moment in th

learning about the king james bible. they say one of my relatives knew the bible so well, he was preaching it to non-native people. but not everybody liked what he was doing either. there was a chief in chappaquiddick who called him out. he said come here. what are you doing? we have our own ways of doing things. why are you teaching something different? and literally punched him in the face. but he continued to preach. he made it over here, nantucket. we will talk about what he did. we know this was the first praying town in 1651. there are about 14 of them. you had john elliott. do i have what i am looking for here? ok. i want to talk about this right here. this is the son right here. back when the praying town is being formed, john elliott was a missionary. he was teaching native people. joel was one of them, caleb was another. and these two guys would've have been the first graduating class of harvard university back in 1665. one graduated, caleb did. joel did not. ok? joel was considered -- the reason he did not gra

james, kings highway is the only real blacktop road on the island. he orders his people to do it so you really feel it. more than that, you can see donovan's book, genre he's that kind of writer in the best way possible. i wanted to go there and see it, i didn't have the book in any profound way but when you are putting your historical imagination in an little subtle ways, the distance between where st. james and and the fisherman, they have a sense of scale. >> i just think it's like what you did, best seller, highly acclaimed book, which is amazing but it is about i don't know how many ducks get release into the ocean and where they off-line death but it is about many other things in the way donovan was talking about so it's what both of if you don't like it, it is awful. it's just like why don't they get to the point of it? donovan goes to so many places and coming to bear witness. it is a powerful thing in our culture and something we don't do enough of. >> there may be other questions but making a movie of this, i know you have ideas about who s

bradford's history to address religious problems in england, when you ruler, james the first became the kingas also the supreme head of the church of england. the official church. but some people objected to the expensive rules and rituals of the church of england. they withdrew from it, and recalled separatists. the stories of their religious persecution english, how they became pilgrims, and how they eventually found religious freedom was recorded by william bradford. >> therefore the lords of free people joined themselves into a church or state. ♪ ♪ they were various towns and villages, in new england. but after they have continued together for about a year, and then kept their meetings every seventh, exercising the worship of got amongst themselves, they saw that could no longer continue. so the result to get to holland, which was in 16 oh seven and 16 oh eight. >> the separatist would leave england, to find freedom of religion and holland. >> to leave their native country, their land, and all of their friends and friends acquaintances, adventurous almost desperate. >> about 125 separati

. >> we whose names are under ridden, the loyal subjects of our southern lord king james the 1st, havinga voyage to plant a colony in the new world do solemnly combine ourselves together into a civil bodied politic for our better ordering and preservation. and by virtue, to enact such just and equal laws as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony. is this agreed by all present? >> i agree. >> i agree. >> what can i say of the painful labors of those first terrible months, to gain a foothold, however precarious in that treacherous land. to find a site for our colony. to fashion simple rude shelters and how to describe that cruel first winter when we were plunged into that wilderness all unknowing and ignorant, as savages, we saw fuel, and except for the first skirmish, in which our captain acquitted himself bravely, we suffered not from that source, but from another source, we suffered most grievously. [ coughing ] >> william, william, where are you? >> here at your side, my dear. >> william, we should not have come. we should not have come. >> hush, m

my interest in the story of james buchanan and william rufus king is no different in this regard. 20a gay man living in the first century, i admit to being quite intrigued when i first heard this characterization of this as lovers. we often study what we do because we want to relate to our research subjects in some way, but i also knew i needed to be more critical in how i approached this topic and to ask questions that might yield a fuller picture. i began to ask them as i ask you now -- what was the real nature of their relationship? was each man gay as "newsweek" would have us -- spoiler alert ahead. as i have stressed, historians must follow research where it takes them. my research has led me to archives in the 28 states, the district of columbia and even london. my findings suggest that james buchanan and king had an intimate friendship of the kind common in the 19th century. scholarship has uncovered numerous such friendships that are mostly platonic among men. sometimes they included an erotic element as well. this friendship included both platonic and erotic elements but not

james buchanan and william rufus king.e is a preview. >> to some modern observers, the answer is simple. these two bachelors were more than just friends. lovers.e leveler torican history declared him be the first gay president. there it does not take long to understand his this popular understanding derives from one relationship in particular. -- one man in particular, william rufus king. here is another lesson for the historical research into they. engagements with social media can be enlightening to understand popular opinion and rewarding as a way to validate the importance of your research subject. the sketches on this and subsequent fines wondrously illustrate the points i made in my research. i recommend everyone follow this theunt that illustrates lives of all presidents in the united states. thehat point, let me stress connection between researcher and subject. the truth is we study the things w that interest us. of things we are passionate. my interest in james buchanan and william rufus king -- as a gay man livin

we know what it was like i get down today, learning about the kings james bible. this is a higher coons, one of my relatives. that bibles sold well i was preaching it tonight of people. other than, that not everyone likes what he was doing either. there was a chief that called him out and said come here, what are you doing? we have our one ways of doing things, why are you teaching something different? he literally punched him in the face. but he continue to preach and you heard in nantucket, we will talk about his son john joel, but he did. there is about 14 of them, you have the may hughes, you have the cotton woods, you have the jointly it's. do i have what i am looking for here? i want to talk about this right here. this is his son, back in the area with it was being formed first generally it was a missionary over there. he was teaching may need to people, joel was one of them caleb crossing this would be the first graduating class of harvard university and 16 65. one graduated, kill update. joel did not. the reason he did not graduate is two weeks before grad

learning about the king james bible and they say one of my relatives, knew the bible so well, he was preaching to other people. there was a preacher who called him out and said, what are you doing? we have our own ways of doing things. why are you teaching something different and punched him in the face. but he continued to preach. he made it over here. we'll talk about his son, what he did. we know it was the first praying town of 1651. there was about 14 of them, you had the cotton wood, you have john elliots. do i have that what i'm looking for here? i want to talk about this right here. this is the son right here, joel iacoomes. when praying town was being formed, john elliot was the one. caleb was another. might have heard of the book caleb's crossing. and these two guys would have been the first graduating class of harvard university back in 1665. one graduated, caleb did. joel did not. okay. joel was considered, the reason he did not graduate is two weeks before graduation, he went home to martha's vineyard, on the way back, stopped here in nantucket, and he got killed, and it

james buchanan and william rufus king. here's a preview. >> well to some modern observers the answer is simple, these two bachelors were more than just friends. they were lovers. as these images reveal, you do not need to search google for james buchanan to discover the inaudible. american history has declared him to be the first gay president. from there it does not take long to discover that this popular understanding derives from his relationship with one man in particular. that is right, william rufus king. let me hear give >> a special shout out to project potus pages account on instagram for the incredibly of octave art of buchanan and king that you see on the screen. here too is another lesson for the historical researcher today. engagement with the social media can be both enlightening to understand popular opinion and rewarding as a way to validate the importance of your research subject. the sketches on this and subsequent slides wonderfully illustrate the points that i made in my research. i recommend that every

. >> we whose names are underwritten, allow updates to our sovereign lord king james the first havingd ourselves together into a civil body politic for our ordering and preservation. to enact such just and equal laws as shall be thought most mete and convenient for the colonies. by all pleasant -- >> i agree. >> you can watch more about how schoolchildren learned about the pilgrims in the 20th century at 4:00 p.m. eastern casesh corona virus increasing across the country, use a website to follow the trends, check the spread, and watch updates on demand anytime c-span.org/coronavirus. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. up next, a visit to the national building museum to learn about the exhibit "architecture of an asylum, st. elizabeth's, 1852 to 2017." known as the government hospital for the insane when it opened in 1852, it was built with a view of washington, d.c. at its peak in 1960, st. elizabeth's had almost 8,000 patients and covered 300 acres. it is still open today. in this hour-long program, curator h

james is the only one in the island, james strang, kings highway the only blacktop road on the island that he orders his people to do, you feel it and you see this, to experience that kind of writer in the best way possible. i just don't -- i wanted to see it and it didn't affect the book in a profound way but i wanted to be in that spot. >> when you're putting yourself into the place in subtle ways you have a sense of the distance where st. james is and the south end where fishermen are in revolt by sense of scale. >> like you did with moby duck, bestseller and highly acclaimed book which is amazing, it is about i don't know how many rubber ducks get released into the ocean and where they wind up but in many ways that donovan was talking about. if you don't like it it is awful. why don't they get to the point but donovan goes so many places in that book and see so many things to bear witness and bearing witness to such a powerful thing in our culture, something we don't do enough of. >> i want to make a movie of this. it does feel dramatic. >> go ahead. >> i was reading it and thinki

university professor thomas balcerski teaches a class on mid-century politicians, james buchanan and william rufus king. here's a preview. >> the answer was simple. these two batchchelors were mor than friends. they were lovers. you all need to search james buchanan to discover the inevitable. american history has declared him to be the first gay president. from there it doesn't take long to discover that this popular understanding derives from his relationship with one man in particular. that's right, william rufus king. here let me give a special shoutout to the pages on instagram for the incredibly evocative art you see of buchanan and king on the screen. they can be both enlightening to discover popular opinion and enlightening. i recommend that everyone follow this account that has its mission to illustrate the life of all presidents of the united states. on that point, let me stress here about the connection between researcher and subject. the truth is that we all study the things that interest us abous, about which we are passionate. my story of them, i remember being quite intrigued when i hear

james street. king cyber is the only really blacktop road on the island that was the king's highway he orders his people to do. you really feel it. more than that, and you can see this in don evans book because donovan is a go there and experience that kind of writer in the best way possible. i just don't, like i wanted to go there and see it. it didn't affect the book any profound way but i wanted to be in that spot. >> shirley you had like when you're putting yourself in your historical imagination into the place maybe a little subtle ways, you have since of the distance between the north end of the island where st. james is in the south end of the island where the fisherman holding revolt, a sense of scale. >> and and i just think it's liy to did with moby duck, bestseller highly acclaimed book which is amazing. it's about i don't know how many ducks, , rubber ducks to get released into the ocean and whether all wind up but it's about many other things in the way donovan was talking about. it's the w

learning about the king james bible. relatives knew the bible so well, he was preaching it to non-native people. there was a chief who called him out. what are you doing? we have our own ways of doing things. why are you teaching something different? and literally punched him in the face. but he continued to preach. about what he did. it was the first praying town. elliott.ohn do i have what i am looking for here? i want to talk about this. john elliott was a missionary. people.eaching native these two guys would've have been the first graduating class of harvard university back in 1665. one graduated caleb did. joel did not. the reason he did not graduate, two weeks before graduation, he went over to martha's vineyard. on the way back, he stopped in nantucket and he got killed. it was probably his own people who did it. -- you had a lot of traditionalists still here. you do not know what they were going through unless you walk a mile in their moccasins. i never judge them. what harvard did back in 2011, they invited my

james buchanan, elected the nation's resident, and william rufus king, who served briefly as vice presidentn's predecessor, franklin pierce. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, we explored jfk assassination records from the national archives, including iconic artifacts such as lee harvey oswald's rifle, the so-called magic bullet, and the original eight millimeter film of the assassination taken by abraham's up router. virtual tour of the ronald reagan presidential rivalry located in simi valley, california. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> 2020 was an historic year for women, with the election of the first woman vice president, kamala harris and the 100th anniversary of the women's right to vote. sunday night on cumin day, journalist and author elaine weiss on her book the woman's our, about the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, which granted women the right to vote. >> it has to be a two thirds majority. it passes the house by a margin very small. in 1918. has passes it in june of 1919, before it passes both house

more from a diplomatic effort to james bays, saudi arabia's king solomon concluded this 2 day summit, conducted by video conference and handed over to the g. 20 presidency to the italian prime minister giuseppe context. but then in a previously unannounced appearance, the king's son crown prince mohammed bin sultan man, made his own address to a man who's in day to day charge in saudi arabia and who human rights campaigners blame for the continued repression in the kingdom. said the g 20 is actions and greatly helped the world deal with the pandemic of the fish in light of the outbreak of causes 19 and it's health, economic and social repercussions that when a, our coverage has been important more than ever or to have been about how that together we have addressed this challenge with seriousness necessitated by the responsibility to preserve human lives, protect livelihoods, mitigate the ensuing damage, and demick, and raise readiness to face any which are crises, god forbid. but compare that with the demands of the international medical and humanitarian community. the u.n. secretary

transplant the congregation to america where they could reconnect but be free of the reach of king james and his bishops. unfortunately like many great concepts, it would prove difficult to implement. the pilgrims were like many people, they knew each other wonderfully well, but they had trouble relating to those outside of their circle and they -- they became the objects of people who saw this group of religious radicals who wanted to go 3,000 miles across the ocean to the new world as a way to separate them from their money. and thomas weston would be a merchant from london who would tell them everything they wanted to hear. he had sympathy for their religious convictions and he had the contacts that would provide them with the money they needed. but weston proved to be a less than he advertised. by 1620 -- by the spring of 1620, he had not come up with the ship. and more and more people began to worry that maybe this was not the right thing to do at this time. and in fact, as more and more people dropped out, they were going to come eventually, but not in this first brunt. this create

our diplomatic editor james spades reports saudi arabia's king solomon concluded this 2 day summit, conducted by video conference and handed over to the g. 20 presidency to the italian prime minister content. but then in a previously unannounced appearance, the king's son, crown prince mohammed bin sound man, made his own address to a man who's in day to day charge in saudi arabia and who human rights campaigners blame for the continued repression in the kingdom. said the g 20 is actions and greatly helped the world deal with the pandemic of the fish in light of the outbreak of causes 19 whatever and its health, economic and social repercussions that a tower in a recovery center has been important more than ever or to have been about how together we have addressed this challenge with seriousness necessitated by the responsibility to preserve human liable to protect livelihoods and mitigate the ensuing damage, demick and raise revenues to peace. anything material prices, god forbid. but compare that with the demands of the international medical and humanitarian community. the u.n. secretary ge

the japanese horror movie was released in 1999 and according to the study james wan was named the king of horror he was tied to 3 different securing movies that made it to the list of the study's top 10 if you want to put these movies to the test you can perform your own study this halloween you can go buy a heart rate if you have a device that monitors it or you can do it the old fashioned way and see what keeps you up on the scariest nights of the year or porting for watching the hawks and toss the sweeps are. our eyes so 1st of right up to date do you agree with that do you think even the heart or movie was an insidious sinister was the scariest movie you know overall go mad was that i don't know whose heart rate is jumping from this at all i've seen sinister and i they're pretty easily that you know newbies not done that little look i'm sorry you know texas chainsaw massacre the original that was scary movie at the end of the day that still creeps me out and then i you know look i get it like jump scares things like that what let me ask you there's a what is the movie the good for

century politicians, james buchanan and william rufus king. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts we export jfk assassination records from national archives, including iconic artifacts such as lee harvey oswald's rifle, the so-called magic bullet, and the original 80 mm film of the assassination. presidency, on the a virtual tour of the ronald reagan library located in california. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >> president-elect joe biden announced a number of foreign policy and national security post on tuesday. nominees include tony blinken to be secretary of state and john kerry as the new special presidential envoy for climate. following is a marx, vice president elect kamala harris closed out the event. this runs 30 minutes. america is back. ready to lead the pres.-elect biden: hi, everybody. ok. good afternoon, everyone. today i am pleased to announce nominations for staff for critical foreign policy and national security positions in my administration. it is a team that will keep our count

james buchanan, elected the nation's president in 1876, and william rufus king. both men were lifelong bachelors , and the professor explores the gossip of the time that the two close comput aunts might have been more than friends. eastern connecticut state university provided this video. eastern, at 9:00 p.m. the heritage foundation hosts a discussion about the mayflower compact. the document signed by the mayflower passenger shortly before their arrival in north america 400 years ago. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, on the real america, a collection of films highlighting life in the suburbs in the 1950's. >> let's get started. thank you everyone for being here today, and a special hello and welcome to everyone watching on c-span. we have been

chaffetz, congressman kelly armstrong, senator ted cruz, plus christopher bedford, senator james lankford, dr. alveda king on the breaking headlines today. big tech gone bad. headlines, do they have the power to change elections, even stop probes of politicians in any way? we're finding out more what power they do have. republican senator mike lee taking it neck level. the left is mad that twitter and facebook don't have more power to censor those they disagree with. conservatives like senator josh hawley claiming that the two plus google are coordinating to do just that. plus we bring you jack dorsey on the ropes, forced to confess that yes, twitter did censor that bombshell "new york post" story on hunter biden's laptop without any substantial justification. plus we've got more on top gop senators now vowing to continue probing the biden's business dealings. we have a new development there. also tonight, democrat politicians and officials, they have got a new message for americans this holiday season. it is lockdowns for thee, hawaii for me. ordering the rest of us to lock down, stay at home wheel they

when martin luther king was assassinated the dame after that, james brown had a concert in boston. t you to know (music) how (music) >> boston was one of the few cities that did not have riots after king's assassination because james brown kept it cool. other artists said be careful. you may be a target because now the government knows if you can stop a riot, you can start one. several times in our history we had situations where the status quo looked at rock'n roll and said it is making our kids do bad things. it is promoting illicit sexual activity, advocating drug use. it is not really music. it should be stopped. that happened with elvis, that happens with the beatles, that happens with twisted sister, for example, frank zappa, nwa. the status quo has the understanding that this music has the power to create tremendous unrest or calm people. they got to get involved and control it. this is one of my favorite displays i the rock and roll politics exhibit. these are the original costumes worn by the village people. they represent a time when our society is starting to change how t