the portrait behind me is joseph pulitzer who created the pulitzer prizes. he is one of the foremost journalist publishers of modern history. joseph pulitzer is an incredible american immigrant success story. he was born in hungary, he came to the united states to fight in lincoln's cavalry. he had a sense of adventure. he was not very happy in the army but when the civil war ended, he roamed around a bit but finally landed in st. louis where he got a job as a reporter for a german language newspaper. he subsequently purchased another german language newspaper there, and expanded a bit. he created a powerful newspaper in st. louis. he expanded his empire to new york, taking over "the new york world," which at one point in time was the most read newspaper in the western world. he took its circulation and increased it tenfold in about a year. joseph pulitzer is interesting because he did not just influence journalism of his time. the things that he instituted and newspapers are seen today. that is why he is such a powerful force. sensationalism is the one word

wordtionalism is the one that is often linked to joseph pulitzer. if you think of scintillation is him today, you think -- if you think of sensationalism today, you think of him. >> marking the centennial of the most celebrated award. discover facts about newspaper mogul, joseph pulitzer, and learn the stories behind the images. and then we continue with the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes in st. petersburg, florida. we commemorate pulitzer prize winners. georgiaote speaker, democratic speaker representative john lewis. the fundamental roles. [indiscernible] >> you must not give up. you must hold on. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. this month we showcase our studentcam winners. c-span's annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year's's aim is road to the white house and students were asked, what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? winnersur second prize are from phoenix, arizona. catherine, christian, and alexander, 12 graders at metropo

those programs, in 2013, book tv sat down with james mcgrath morris to discuss his biography of joseph pulitzer, the namesake of the award. the book: "pulitzer: a life in politics, print and power". guest: i'm james mcgrath morris and we are here today in the palace press and behind me stands early printing presses and this seems like a perfect place to talk about the man who revolutionized american history. whenever started working on the book people would react with recognition when i said i was writing about joseph pulitzer, but it was clear from their expression they knew the name and nothing about his life. he shares his fate with our herd novellas the well-known for prize, which he endowed, but not for what he did in his life. few people remember that offered nobel was explosive munitions maker and view people understand the significant world of joseph pulitzer. like some of the giants of the 18th century whose names we remember, kartik-- carnegie, rockefeller all of these people. pulitzer played a role at critical moment in american history, which is the industrial age took the age that

think of sensationalism as tabloids, but he was using it to right wrongs. >> discover facts about joseph pulitzer and see a selection of puts her prize-winning photographs. we continue with the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes in st. petersburg, florida. keynote speaker, john lewis. -- two abstain from the house -- you must not give up. you must hold on. for the complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. all weekend long, american history tv joins our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of tuscaloosa, alabama. to learn more about the cities on our tour, visit c-span.org /citiestour. we continue with our look at tuscaloosa. >> if there was ever a man that , and so the recognition often the men and women who deserve the recognition do not receive it. to see him receive it was a wonderful thing. lobby of theng the ofn library in the center campus at the university of alabama. this is the first profile in courage award ever awarded by the john f. kennedy library foundation. in 1990, former alabama congressman carl elliott. he was many things. president in the universi

. -- thee did not just influence journalism of his time, the things just -- joseph pulitzer influenced are seen today. sensationalism is the one word often linked with joseph realtor, -- pulitzer, and we templates, but he was using it to write wrongs. let's see a selection of pulitzer prize winning photographs. at 6:30 p.m., we continue with the 100 anniversary of the pulitzer prizes st. petersburg, florida. the keynote speaker, georgia democratic representative john lewis. s:presentative lewi [indiscernible] must not give up cap -- give up. must not give up. you must hold on. >> for the complete american history tv weekend special -- schedule, go to c-span.org. partnersst cable worked with c-span staff to travel to tuscaloosa, alabama, after the native american chieftain, and translate black warrior. learn all about tuscaloosa all weekend on american history tv. murphy-collins house we -- ms. melton: we are at the murphy-collins house, which houses the murphy african-american museum. it gets its name from the two owners. house, andbuilt the ms. collins bought the house from the murphy

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sensationalism is the one word that is possibly linked to joseph pulitzer. asthink of sensationalism tabloid journalism, but he was using it to rights wrongs. at 6:30, we continue with the 100th anniversary of pulitzer prizes in st. petersburg, florida. keynote speaker georgia democratic representative john lewis. [indiscernible] you must not give up. you must hold on. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of tuscaloosa, alabama. /citiestour-span.org . we continue with a look at the history of tuscaloosa. >> the name of my book is "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960's." thes a student at university of alabama in the 1960's and i missed a lot of it because i was studying. i wanted to take the story of beyond the desegregation that occurred in 1963. i want to take it through the rest of the 1960's. while we desegregated in 19 623, we did not integrate. that took a long time, going even beyond 1970. o

a reporter came down from joseph pulitzer's paper to write about the killings and he said this is a different killer than we have ever seen before in civilization. this is someone who kills out of a need to gratify his desire and we have never seen him before. it was a prescient report. the city leaders did not want to read this kind of reporting, they didn't want to be known as the stomping ground for midnight assassin that was untouchable so they came up with the idea that two white husbands had murdered their wives one of whom was going to leave, the first wife was going to leave her husband, the second wife was slipping off and been discovered, a young socialite who was happily married and very few divorces were given so she was slipping off to what was called a house of assignation on congress and third street where a woman, and innkeeper would rent out rooms for the hour to wealthy austin men who wanted to have little affairs with their women and she was meeting someone there so the second husband killed her because according to the authorities he had found out she was sneaking around,

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with think of it -- joseph pulitzer.e think of it today as tabloid journalism, but he was using it to right wrongs. >> discovered facts about newspaper mogul joseph pulitzer ncaa selection of president photographs and learn the stories behind the images. at 6:30, we continue with the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes. keynote speaker, georgia democratic candidate lewis. the wind may blow, the sun you must not give up. you must not give up. you must hold on. completeh the "american history tv" we can schedule, go to c-span.org. toweekend schedule, go c-span.org. >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. this year's theme is road to the white house and students were asked, what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? one of our surprise middle school winters is from scranton, pennsylvania. fione evans and abbie o'brien. they want presidential candidates to discuss immigration, in their video titled "undetermined." >> i'm abbie and this is fione. we're standing in times square, known as the cr

sensationalism is often linked with joseph pulitzer. rights using it to wrongs.osephovered facts about -- discover facts about joseph pulitzer and learn the story behind the images. the 100thtinue with anniversary of the pulitzer prizes in st. petersburg, florida. speaker representative john lewis. >> the lightning may flash. you must not give up. you must not give up. you must hold on. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. washington journal continues. ist: representative judy chu a democrat from southern california. per district includes pasadena. she is also a member of the house judiciary committee. guest: thank you for having me. host: let's begin with the story in usa today. ruling oning -- tie immigration could be a major tangle. it reaches the supreme court next monday, but eight justices may not have a final word. vote would have a victory to texas. explain that the supreme court will be taking up and potential scenarios. guest: the supreme court will be taking up the program that thisdent obama authorized last year. thi

those programs, in 2013, book tv sat down with james mcgrath morris to discuss his biography of joseph pulitzer the namesake of the award. the book: "pulitzer: a life in politics, print and power". guest: i'm james mcgrath morris and we are here today in the palace press and behind me stands early printing presses and this seems like a perfect

sensationalism is the one word that is possibly linked to joseph pulitzer. asthink of sensationalism tabloid journalism, but he was using it to rights wrongs. at 6:30, we continue with the 100th anniversary of pulitzer prizes in st. petersburg, florida. keynote speaker georgia democratic representative john lewis. [indiscernible] you must not give up. you must hold on. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of tuscaloosa, alabama. /citiestour-span.org . we continue with a look at the history of tuscaloosa. >> the name of my book is "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960's." thes a student at university of alabama in the 1960's and i missed a lot of it because i was studying.

you to's also say thank joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. spinteer juries of experts -- spend days willing down the entries. the board members read every finalists' entry and vote on a winner. it is with great pleasure than to present to you these pulitzer hase winners whose work inspired us and who join us here this evening. i will present them in chronological order of the year they won their prize. please holger applause -- please hold your applause until all of them has been introduced. winner of the 1982 prize for public service, sydney free burn. winner of the 1988 prize for feature writing, jackie. 1993-92 prize for feature writing for the "new york times," al raymes. winner of the 1993 prize for the miami herald and a graduate of the poynter institute, liz. prize forthe 1998 photography, clarence william. 2003 for the ba

just innext to jack, case we always like to have a backup pulitzer prize winner. joseph ellis from the university of massachusetts at amherst. the rose between our thorns is a professor at austin -- boston college and an author and she , will be back here on the stage tomorrow to talk about her book. and kenneth boling is the editor of the george washington university first federal project. let me tell you this unlike , delegates to the constitution convention, dying to get out of the overheated hall, you will be begging to stay once you hear from this panel. so please join me in welcoming them once again. [applause] give a also want to shout out to those of you joining us on youtube and on c-span. let us try something. if you have a tri-corner hat this will be the time to bring it out. we are going to do a little time travel. what i'm going to ask you to do andake us back in time paint a picture of what the country was like at this moment before we start digging , specifically into the constitution or the bill of rights. if you could help us get a feel for what the youn