. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor rose marie zagari on the role of women during the revolutionary war. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. history bookshelf features popular american history writers of the past decade and airs on american history tv every saturday at noon eastern. this weekend on history bookshelf, howard dodson discusses jubilee, the emergence of african-american culture. the book examines how africans suffered a cultural identity. contributors to the book, annette gordon reid and janelle buckley join the discussion. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it's my pleasure to welcome you here this evening for the official launching of a new publication from the shamburg center entitled "jubilee." this publication has been a while in the making, about three years ago the shamburg center organized and presented major exhibition entitled left we forget the triumph over slavery as part of its 75th anniversary celebration. this, to the best of our knowledge, was the first major exhibition on the subject

. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor rose marie zagari on the role of women in the revolutionary war. >>> i was quite a radical as a young person, and i was the one that thought, you know, singing "we should overcome" was not a respectful way of gaining civil rights and i think i thought that more confrontation was needed. >> economics professor, columnist, and substitute host for rush limbaugh, walter williams on being a radical. >> i believe that a radical is any person who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. that makes you a radical. and i've always been a person who believes that people should not interfere with me. i should be able to do my own thing without violating the rights of other people. >> on c-span's "q &a." >>> up next, a group of world war ii veterans discuss how they grew as leaders during the war and reflect on the national character change as part of the 2012 national character and leadership symposium. this lasts about an hour. >>> good morning. please be seated, gentlemen. on behalf of the united stat

. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor rose marie zagari on the role of women during the revolutionary war, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> a prosecutor yesterday unsealed a report describing the widespread misconduct that derailed the corruption conviction of the late senator ted stevens of alaska. part of the report said that a systematic concealment of significant evidence that would have almost assured the acquittal of the former appropriations chairman and senate president pro temperat. e we heard more about it on this morning's washington journal. >> john, good morning. thank you for being with us. what are the details about this? what should people know about the inquiry into senator stephen's trial. >> well, this is a report by a special prosecutor henry shelby. he was appointed by the court. he was convicted of failing to report gifts. he lost his election that year. in the following spring -- well, after the conviction, there was an fbi agent came forward and said prosecutors failed to provide evidence to steven's defense attorneys. t

. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor rose marie zagari on the role of women during the revolutionary war. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> next, remarks from gary genz ler on new consumer protections. he currently serves as the chairman of the u.s. commodity futures trading commission and he talked about his agency's new regulatory role under the 2010 financial regulations law. held at george washington university's law school, this is 45 minutes. >> welcome, everyone. welcome to george washington university law school. and our program at the center for law of economics and finance where we've been discussing financial reform. my name is lawrence cunningham. i'm a member of the faculty here. and it's a great pleasure for me to introduce and welcome gary gensler, currently the chairman of the commodities futures and trading commission. an appointment he received and took in may of 2009 at a very difficult time in our country's financial history. to undertake a very difficult job. i think the country is fortunate to have had that appointment a