with jennifer cullison who is a phd candidate at the university of colorado, also rachel grace newman, phd candidate at columbia university here to talk about immigration and student visas in the 20 century. your research is on mexican sunnis coming to the u.s. during the 20 century. tell us about who was coming and why and how they were able to do that. ms. cullison: actually mexican etudents started coming to th united states from the 19th century. most of them came from elite mexican families who wanted the best education for their chosen. what started to change as the mexican government began to offer scholarships, and that opened up the possibility of studying in the united states to a broader group of students who came from middle-class backgrounds. host: they were offering scholarships to mexican students to study in the united states? ms. cullison: that's right. their own government supported them to study abroad. and they try to give them to the best students as a kind of reward for their academic merits, but absolutely social connections played a role. start seeingid we larg

. >> we're with jennifer cullison who is a phd candidate at the , university of colorado, also rachellumbia university here to talk about immigration , and student visas in the 20th century. rachel your research is on , mexican students coming to the u.s. during the 20th century. tell us about who was coming and why and how they were able to do that. ms. newman: actually mexican students started coming to the united states in the 19th century. it is a long-term phenomenon. at thame

. : rachel grace newman, phd candidate at columbia and jennifer cullison, phd candidate at university of colorado. thanks for being with us on american history tv. >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook @c-span history. next on american history tv, historian kenneth greenberg discusses historical portrayals of nat turner, the african-american leader of a slave rebellion in virginia. he describes the competing accounts of turner's rebellion and looks at methods used by slaves to resist their masters. he also talks about the consequences of the rebellion or other slaves in the south. this event was part of the university of mary washington's great lives lecture series. [applause] >> good evening. i'm the associate director of great lives and i am pleased to service your host and emcee along with courtney over here helping this evening with q&a. i'm pleas to bring your attention tonight to our sponsor, the dovetail cultural resource group. theme join me in thanking for their support. tonight's lecture