james edward shepard. recorded at view the annual american historical association meeting, he talked shepard's involvement in education and politics. his impact on north carolina, how he navigated the jim era. this is about 20 minutes. >> reginald ellis, professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the racial politics of james edward shepard, who was he? >> dr. shepard was an individual who was born and raised of a prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina, his parents were individuals who actually came out of the institution of slavery and ended up driving, as prominent african-americans, in the state of north carolina. dr. shepard goes on to receive an advanced education at what's now charlotte university and goes on to also become one of the first african-american pharmacists in the state of north carolina. shortly thereafter, he goes on to follow his father's footsteps, and tries out the ministry, and travels the world with the international sunday scho

ellis, professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the politics of james edward shepard, who was he? was an individual who was born and raised of a was a prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina, his were individuals who actually came out of the endedution of slavery and up driving, as prominent frican-americans, in the state of north carolina. r. shepard goes on to receive an advanced education at what's now charlotte university and on to also become one of the first african-american of macists in the state north carolina. shortly thereafter, he goes on his father's ootsteps, and tries out the ministry, and travels the world with the international sunday association, which leads him to his higher calling chult becomes creating the institution, that is present day north carolina central university. >> what about his role in terms historically n of black colleges and universities? >> i think that the role that he in creating that institution in particular, when we look back there was, at the turn of the century, an either/or debate. education sho

one of the reasons why i chose james shepard because, in many ways, the early writings of him was that he was booker t. washington of north carolina, and he lived beyond 1915, so you start to see the racial climate shift post1-915. more individuals, more african-americans are demanding things now. as the reproach goes away, in many ways he goes, by the end of his life he starts to shift. one instance that i discuss in this work is, on a cold winter day, in january of 1927, he goes to the state capitol to lobby for funds for his institution. he has on an overcoat. he has on a hat. he gets on the elevator with all white legislators, racial etiquette of the day was african-americans were always supposed to take their hat off in the presence of white males. well, while he was on this elevator he kept his hat on, no one said anything, but a few days later, one of the legislators requested a bill to remove funding from the institution from under the school, the public instruction, and put it under directly under the rule of the legislators, because he wanted to really punish shepard for that

can't really go in that area of north carolina without the name james shepard, nd he's transitions out since 1947, for a young historian like didn't know anything about him, until i picked up that book years ago to who stand the decision of he was, it's very, very owerful, to take him out of just being a black college president, and making him, understanding his role as really uplifter, from about 1890 to 1947. >> thank you for telling us your story. thanks for having me. >> this weekend, american history tv is joining our cable partners to showcase the history of springfield, illinois. the cities e about on our current tour visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with a look at the springfield. >> we're in the old state capitol. we call at this time old state in springfield capitols. two company >> some of the well known events that occurred in this building were abraham lincoln's house he givers inh that 1858, and after lincoln's 1965, nation, in lincoln's body lies here in state for nearly 75,000 people through this building in a 22-hour time period to pay their respects to the fal

of james edward shepard. recorded at view the annual american historical association meeting, he talked shepard's involvement in education and politics. his impact on north carolina, how he navigated the jim era. this is about 20 minutes. >> reginald ellis, professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the racial politics of james edward shepard, who was he? >> dr. shepard was an individual who was born and raised of a

professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the racial politics of james edward shepard, who was he? >> dr. shepard was an individual who was born and raised of a near who was a prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina his parents were individuals who actually came out of the institution of slavery and ended up driving, as prominent african-americans, in the state of north carolina. dr. shepard goes on to receive an advanc

i worked on the federal matthew shepard james byrd junior hate crimes prevention act for 13 years working in coalition with the u.s. conference of mayors, chief international association of chiefs of police, but i know and you know the law is a blunt instrument when it comes to addressing hate. it's much better to prevent it in the first place. this is why we are having this panel, at this time. this is a best practices panel. you are going to be hearing from the panelists about ideas. we are supposed to have a lot of ideas. we have a lot of ideas. after the white supremacist rally, street fights, murder in charlottesville, the conference of mayors delivered a compact, the mayor's compact, also in your app. it's a 10 point plan. it's much, much more than just let's get along. let's all sing come by altogether. it includes using the bully pulpit to speak out against hate, finding anti-bias and bully prevention programs some money to be able to go forward in schools, training programs for police, and supporting community programs to celebrate cultural and ethnic diversity, like you will hea

1034:37 -56 goodheart: "it really started with three very brave young men - frank baker, james townsend and shepardry who were enslaved men in the hampton roads area. they had been conscripted- forced into providing labor for the confederate army." (:19 / rt 1:15)sot goodheart 1035:05- 19 "goodheart: "they escaped.... they took a row boat and they rowed across from sewells point (norfolk) to fort monroe, and they came to the fort and presented themselves to the union sentries and asked to be sheltered." (:14 / rt1:30) sot: don: std up 2nd shoot/#25/ 43:39- 4408 don: 'shortly after baker, townsend, and mallory made their way through those gates, and were given asylum here at fort monroe, the word spread like wild fire! and, within months, hundreds of escaped slaves, made their way to the fort, and were also given asylum, they were declared contraband of war. /58/ the word continued to spread, and shortly after that, thousands of escaped slaves found their way to fort monroe, and settled in greater hampton." (: 29 / rt 2:00 )trac: retired hampton university history professor bill wiggins says- being

1034:37 -56 goodheart: "it really started with three very brave young men - frank baker, james townsend and shepard in the hampton roads area. they had been conscripted- forced into providing labor for the confederate army." (:19 / rt 1:15)sot goodheart 1035:05- 19 "goodheart: "they escaped.... they took a row boat and they rowed across from sewells point (norfolk) to fort monroe, and they came to the fort and presented themselves to the union sentries and asked to be sheltered." (:14 / rt1:30) sot: don: std up 2nd shoot/#25/ 43:39- 4408 don: 'shortly after baker, townsend, and mallory made their way through those gates, and were given asylum here at fort monroe, the word spread like wild fire! and, within months, hundreds of escaped slaves, made their way to the fort, and were also given asylum, they were declared contraband of war. /58/ the word continued to spread, and shortly after that, thousands of escaped slaves found their way to fort monroe, and settled in greater hampton." (: 29 / rt 2:00 )trac: retired hampton university history professor bill wiggins says- being declared "contraband" -

instrumental in the enactment of the matthew shepard-james bird prevention act, which greatly expanded the legal definition of a hate crime. this was an important piece of legislation. i was honored to be here at the time we took up the legislation because hate crimes are still crimes that we have to not only acknowledge that they exist, but the law ought to have consequences for persons who commit these deeds. throughout its existence. the naacp has defended the constitutional right to vote. that's an important piece of commentary, the right to vote. the naacp is still a part of the effort to assure every person the right to vote in this country. naacp has taken on the challenge of dealing with photo i.d.'s that are required and taken on the challenge of making sure that persons are properly registered so they can vote and also making sure that those who to stop the persons to register to vote. the naacp has strengthened the voting rights act and protect the principle of one person-one vote. it raised awareness about and challenging voter suppression laws in federal courts across the

1034:37 -56 goodheart: "it really started with three very brave young men - frank baker, james townsend and shepardwere enslaved men in the hampton roads area. they had been conscripted- forced into providing labor for the confederate army." (:19 / rt 1:15)sot goodheart 1035:05- 19 "goodheart: "they escaped.... they took a row boat and they rowed across from sewells point (norfolk) to fort monroe, and they came to the fort and presented themselves to the union sentries and asked to be sheltered." (:14 / rt1:30) sot: don: std up 2nd shoot/#25/ 43:39- 4408 don: 'shortly after baker, townsend, and mallory made their way through those gates, and were given asylum here at fort monroe, the word spread like wild fire! and, within months, hundreds of escaped slaves, made their way to the fort, and were also given asylum, they were declared contraband of war. /58/ the word continued to spread, and shortly after that, thousands of escaped slaves found their way to fort monroe, and settled in greater hampton." (: 29 / rt 2:00 )trac: retired hampton university history professor bill wiggins says- being declare

1034:37 -56 goodheart: "it really started with three very brave young men - frank baker, james townsend and shepardre enslaved men in the hampton roads area. they had been conscripted- forced into providing labor for the confederate army." (:19 / rt 1:15)sot goodheart 1035:05- 19 "goodheart: "they escaped.... they took a row boat and they rowed across from sewells point (norfolk) to fort monroe, and they came to the fort and presented themselves to the union sentries and asked to be sheltered." (:14 / rt1:30) sot: don: std up 2nd shoot/#25/ 43:39- 4408 don: 'shortly after baker, townsend, and mallory made their way through those gates, and were given asylum here at fort monroe, the word spread like wild fire! and, within months, hundreds of escaped slaves, made their way to the fort, and were also deared contraband of war. /58/ the word continued to spread, and shortly after that, thousands of escaped slaves found their way to fort monroe, and settled in greater hampton." (: 29 / rt 2:00 )trac: retired hampton university history professor bill wiggins says- being declared "contraband" - considered

i worked on the federal matthew shepard and james byrd jr. hate crimes act for 13 years, working with the u.s. conference of mayors, chief major, the international association of chiefs of police, but i know and you know that the law is a blunt instrument when it comes to addressing hate. it's much better to prevent it in the first place and this is why we're having this panel at this time. this is a best practices panel. you'll be hearing from the panelists about ideas, we're supposed to have a lot of ideas. we have a lot of ideas. after the white supremacy rally, street fights, murder in charlottesville, adl and compact delivered a ten-point plan. it's much, much more than let's just get along and sing kumbaya together, it includes speaking out, funding prevention programs, to be able to go forward in schools, training for police and supporting community programs to celebrate cultural and ethnic diversity like you'll hear from the mayor of chattanooga, mayor burke in a few moments about his counsel. inclusive and compassionate cities is a d

james comey. but i want to play the napolitano with shepard smith about whether this behavior could rise to the levelstruction of justice. this alleged phone call with acting attorney general mark whitaker to put back a judge who had recused himself on the michael come in case the southern district. >> the phone call would be evidence of what? an effort to use the levers of power for a corrupt purpose. >> with that be obstruction? >> yes, i am tempted obstruction but only obstruction if it succeeded. but if you tried to interfere with a criminal prosecution that may knock at your own door by putting your ally in there, that is clearly an attempt to obstruct justice. >> laura>> john: i'm fond of judge napolitano but i think he is wrong on this one and he's actually assaulting the united states attorney in president trump. those is no reason to think attorney district for southern new york, federal prosecutor in the country outside of washington would take that prosecution over and deliberately tank it to protect the president. that is an accusation against ethics and under the prosecutors working for

. >> shepard: the former fbi director andrew mccabe says that president trump may have committed a crime when he fired the fbi director jamesey back in may of 2017. andrew mccabe claims that the president tried to publicly undermine the investigation into his campaign's possible ties to russia and that the fbi had good reason to open that investigation. we have team fox coverage, john roberts, on the president's reaction and first to catherine herridge with more on what we've heard from the former deputy director, mccabe. >> shep, promoting his new book, he's said the data points were cause for deep concern. >> publicly undermining the effort of the investigation, the president had gone to james comey, asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynn, which was a part of our russia case. the president then fired the director. in the firing of the director, the president specifically asked rod rosenstein to write a memo justifying the firing and told rod to include russia in the memo. rod did not do that. >> the case referring to all of this going down in may of 2017 after the president fired james comey, mccabe's ol

james comey. for some context here, mccabe was fired for violating the ethics code. the justice department watch dog referred the case to the u.s. attorney here in washington for possible criminal prosecution, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge reporting live from washington. a federal judge has ruled that president trump's former campaign chairman intentionally lied to prosecutors and the federal grand jury. that is after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts and agreed to fully cooperate with the government. so manafort broke his plea deal and could spend the rest of his life behind bars. one subject of his lies, his conversations with the russian operative constantine klemnek. he's the fourth aide found to have lied about contacts with russia. whether a pardon is in the works, we don't know. gillian turner reporting live from washington. >> so shep, a u.s. district judge ruled in a hearing late yesterday that robert mueller's team of special prosecutors have proven now that former trump campaign chairman paul manafort lied to special agents and lied to the special counsel's office. judge jackson said that manafort continued to lie even after he struck a plea deal. he agreed to share information in excha