so claims author james m. good in his definitive book on the outdoor sculpture of washington, d.c. in dedicating the ten foot tall figure, the great visitors president warren harding talked about an anonymous donor. could it have been andrew mellon who liked to describe as the greatest secretary of the treasury since hamilton himself. sculpted by james earl fraser, the protege of augusta st. gardens, hamilton wears a slightly quizzical look. perhaps he is trying to recognize his surroundings. after all, it was his famous deal with congressional supporters of thomas jefferson that led to the assumption of the states debts to an entirely new city or the built on the banks of the potomac. the pedestal on which he stands makes no reference to hamilton's real estate transactions. it pays tribute instead to his financial genius. he smoked the rock of the natural resources that reads an abundant streams of revenue gusts forth. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling t

james m. mcpherson, a life in american history. i have the privilege of introducing the panelists. first i'm vernon burton. for 34 years i taught southern history at the university illinois about 130 miles south of where we are this morning. i wrote a book, "the age of lincoln." became a lincoln scholar. moved back home to south carolina where i discovered many folks don't like lincoln as they do here in the land of lincoln. i now teach at clemson university, built on the plantation of john c. calhoun who introduced the post slavery argument in the u.s. senate. clemson was founded by the prototype of the racial demagogue pitch for ben tillman. where did they put my office? the strom thurmond institute. i hope that my choice of what i study and where i live will have not have you question my judgment on the historians who today are assessing the many contributions of jim mcpherson. george preston, jim mcpherson has served as president of both the society of american historians and american historical association. at my last count he had published 21 books, added significant other vo

so claims author james m. good in his book on the outdoor sculpture of washington, d.c. in dedicating the ten-foot tall figure, the visitors to the treasury department building, president harden made reference to an anonymous donor. might it possibly been the gift of andrew melon who admirers in the '20 describe as the greatest secretary of the treasury since hamilton himself. sculpted by james earl frazier, protege of goddens, he wears a quizzical look on his handsome face. perhaps straining to recognize his surroundings p after all, his famous deal with congressional supports or of jefferson that led to federal assumption of state debts, in return for the capitol's removel from money mad new york to a new city, to be built on the banks of the potomac. the pedestal on which he stands makes no reference to hamilton's real estate transactions. it pays to his financial genius. he smoked the rock of the national resources, it reads, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. he up toed the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprang upon its feet. >> each week america

m predator. >>> it was the show that brought us james brown, stevie wonder and michael jackson. and with the passing of its conductor, we take you for one more ride on "the soul train." >>> good evening. i'm bill weir. crossing the line in search of a better life. it's one of mankind's oldest stories. and in america, immigration is behind one of today's fiercest debates. but tonight, we bring you a story that transcends the argument with a 5-year-old boy, whose mother broke america's rules, only to undergo a forced separation that broke her heart. and there may be thousands of invisible cases just like it. tonight, abc's brian ross investigates. brian? >> reporter: bill, this is a heartbreaking story of how a 5-year-old boy in missouri has ended up in the middle of a tug-of-war, who his parents should be. a tug-of-war triggered on this country's crackdown on illegal immigration. and this abc news investigation, along with five graduate students, assigned to work with us as carnegie fellows. his name is now jamison. put up for adoption for melinda and seth moser. after a judge ru

james and dolly, but the relationship between them. here you see madison reading. he was always had his head in the book. dolly approaches and the pl'd m reaction, share with her one of the items he just read. it shows a sense of affection and shows an intellectual relationship between them. if you want to learn about james madison was the father of the constitution. and his wife dolly, who inspired the title first lady, there's no place to come but montpelier in orange, virginia. montpelier encompasses four square miles of land, many features and attractions and it's a place to learn about the ideas of the founding of america and the constitution that still governs our life today. >> this is one of a series of american artifacts programs. featuring james madison's montpelier. for schedule information and to view american history programs on line, visit our website. c-span.org/history. >> the richard nixon presidential library convened a symposium. understanding richard nixon and his era. this program is the first panel discussion from the conference and addresses his life story from his parents' political views to the writing of his m

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