i pronounce it menard. it's menard. and i've chosen to read as a kind of segue a love poem that menard wrote to his wife, elizabeth, when he was in exile from her in the united states. to emt of jamaica. away from thy green island home, from beneath thy blue tropic skies, i sent my missives to come where the hue of the rose never dies. if thy soft gentle spirit now pines for form that is now far away, i will send you these few simple lines to beguile the long, weary day. thy friendship, though young, i will keep, and its ties i will try to improve like wandering vines they will creep upon the power of love. thy memory like a bright sunny beam lingers near me by day and by night. like the fairy, like the swift fairy pinion and gleam of a heavenly vision of light. fare thee well in thy sweet island home to the one who is far from me now, again to the bosom shall come with kisses so sweet for thy brow. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. i'm matt wasniewski from the house history office. i'm sure i can get these slides here. t

and he was the man that hired menard. mitchell was an irish-born american preacher that lincoln knew from illinois. he brought him to washington specifically for this role to administer the programs. and mitchell knew of menard through his abolitionist activities and thought of him as a potential ally who could bridge the gap between the colonization movement in white community and immigration movement in the black community. so mitchell hires menard on as a clerk in 1863, which makes him one of the first african-americans to obtain a white collar job in the united states government. he was given an equal salary to the white administrative workers in the interior department, which caused quite a bit of controversy. the other workers rebelled, against this, complained to the secretary of interior and within three months had pressured them to discontinue menard's salary and urged the secretary of the interior to demote him to a messenger because they couldn't countenance standing there in the same office with an who was obt

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at 10:30 p.m., abolitionist john willis menard, elected to the u.s. congress in 1868. and although never seated, was the first african-american to address the house chamber. american history tv in primetime all this week on c-span3. and on our companion network, c-span2, book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight a look at some of the world's outstanding scientific minds. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, kitty ferguson on theoretical physicist and author steven hawking, an unfettered mind. at 9:00, george dyson talks about the realization of alan turing's theoretical universal machine in the 1940s and '50s. at 10:30, john girtner traces some of the 20th century's most important inventions. book tv in primetime all week on c-span2. >> between 1971 and 1973, president richard nixon secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the little things and then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people, i'll say we'll concede that and make them feel good, but then don't give them the big one. >>

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later, the story of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> between 1971 and 1973, president rhythm are richard nation son secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the middle things. then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in conversations with people. i say, i will concede that, make them all feel good, then don't give them the big one. >> every saturday this month hear more of the nixon tapes including discussions with future presidents, key white house advisers, saturdays at 6:00 p.m. eastern. hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h.w. bush. in washington, d.c., listen at 90.1 fm. on xm, channel 119. at cspanradio.org. >>> now a conversation on the abolitionist movement and the underground railroad. republican congressman owen lovejoy used his home in princeton, illinois, as a stop on the underground railroad. and as a house member, he introduced a bill to end slavery in the district of columbia. he served in congress from 1857 until his de

then a look at the life of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> sunday on "q & a." >> i don't regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to exam

then a look at the life of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> sunday on "q & a." >> i don't regard this as just a biography of lyndon johnson. i want each book to examine a kind of political power in america. and i'm saying this is a kind of political power. seeing what a president can do in a moment of great -- in a time of great crisis. great crisis. how he gathered all -- what does he do to get legislation moving, to take command in washington? that's a way of examining power in a time of crisis. i said i want to do this in full. i suppose it takes 300 pages. so i couldn't -- i just said let's examine this. >> robert caro on the passage of power, volume 4 in the years of lyndon johnson, his multivolume biography of the 36th president. this sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q & a." and look for our second hour of conversation with robert caro, sunday may 20th. >> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern

the exception of the new york historical society photographer to read now please join me in look menard guest. [applause] >> thank you. can you hear us? so, don't you just love the new york historical society? can you believe that we have this panel? [applause] so i am going to guess that everybody here, and we are filled up to the very top up here. you are all political junkies, read? my husband always says that the only time anybody ever knows what they're really talking about is when they talk shop talk. tonight we're going to have the most explicit because we have the most brilliant political thinkers and writers that we could gather on a stage anytime anywhere. so can we start with the issue of inequality, class warfare, and the buffett greuel. [laughter] i always hear that canada -- tended to bring up the inequalities you never get any mileage out of it. so-called aspirational country. i am always baffled by it. i don't understand why it doesn't get traction. joe, can you discuss this issue and tell us whether you think president obama is actually going to get anywhere with this?