with a population over 400,000 today omaha is nebraska's largest cities. with the help of our cox cable partners, we will explore the history of this midwestern city. coming up, here about omaha's military history. the air force base was once a home to the strategic air command during the cold war. >> the might and strength of the air command and control the atomic weapons at that time, the bombers, was moved to omaha and makes omaha a natural -- a national site, and i guess on the national psyche of the cold war. >> leader here how the stockyards help them take control of the market. though the stockyards are not there any longer, they created a population boom. >> south omaha was basically the stockyards. it was incorporated in 18 it 84 -- in 1884. it was called the magic city, because people thought it bloomed overnight. >> first though, we will look at the union railroad station. it tells the story of the once thriving railroad industry in omaha. ♪ >> we are standing in the main waiting room of union station here in a mock -- omaha, nebraska. it was the

c-span3 is featuring omaha nebraska. chartered in 1862, union pacific along with the central pacific railroad were tasked with building the route from omaha to sacramento, california. the railroad was completed in 1869. our fox communication cable partners work with city tours staff when we travel to omaha to explore the city's rich history. learn more about omaha all weekend here on american history tv. >> it was established as the headquarters of the department. all the indian wars were fought out of this place. even little bighorn, cheyenne outbreak, wounded knee and 1890. -- in 1890. >> the museum is named for general crook. the house was named after him because he was the first general who lived here. there was started in 18 78th and fascinating 79. -- it was started in 18 78t78, and finished in 1879. the buildings would be brick rather then wooden structures. this is the first brick structure built on the fort. one of the things the fort is known for his holden standing there. standing bear was the leader of a small

booktv with the help of our local cable partner cox communications we take a literary tour of omaha nebraskahere we spoke with matt holland author of ahead of their time, a history of the omaha club which advocated for social justice and racial integration in the early 1950s. >> the omaha the poorest club was this phenomenal story of an unlikely group of people in an unlikely place at an improbable time in history that faced and challenged racial discrimination and segregation in omaha nebraska and it took place in the late 40s and early 50's predating the other civil rights act to these if not by decades of leased by years and it was a group that defy the stereotype when you think about the civil rights group. it was men and women young people and old people, black and white but by two black men so it's this wonderful story that has all these amazing connections and like you said an unlikely place. that quote the birmingham of the north was a quote i found bite the author of black like me and john howard griffin use that quote to describe omaha in the description he gave was in the 60s. oma

> now on booktv with help of our local cable partner documentation we take a literary tour of omaha, nebraska, where we spoke with matt holland author of "ahead of their time: the story of the omaha de porres club" which advocated for social justice and racial integration in the early 1950s. >> the omaha de porres club was this phenomenal story of an unlikely group of people in an unlikely place at an improbable time in history have faced and challenged racial discrimination and segregation in omaha nebraska. and it took place in the late '40s and early '50s predating of the civil rights activities, if not by decades released by years, and it was a group that may be defied the stereotype of what you think about when you think about the civil rights group. it was men and women young and old, black and white. it was led by two white men. it was a very wonderful story that has all these amazing connections in an unlikely place. to quote the birmingham of the north, a quote i found but john howard griffin who was the author of the black like me and john howard griffin used that quote to describe

next, a recent visit to omaha, nebraska. america history tv, all we can, every weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> we are in the command post of the strategic air command 10 mile south of omaha, nebraska. from this location, some for stories underground, the endless activities are precisely monitored and controlled every second of every day. the controllers who man this facility provides a link between the president through the joint chiefs of staff and the commander-in-chief of the strategic air command, and the link between the sac commander and the strongest and most ready military force ever conceived. >> here at the strategic airspace museum, our museum -- purpose is to commemorate the history and heritage of strategic air command and its legacy going back to world war ii, but also to inspire and educate our community and the next and ration about space science, technology, engineering, and math. omaha's early's connection goes all the way back into the late 1800s as the calvary and the u.s. army developed for crook as an outpost

[applauding] >> now we take a literary tour of omaha nebraska boy spoke we spoke with matt holland office of the head of their time history of the omaha the porsche which advocated for social justice and racial integration in the early 1950s. clicks the omaha the porsche club was this phenomenal story of an unlikely group of people and an unlikely place an improbable time in history that faced and challenged racial discrimination and segregation in omaha, nebraska. and it took place in the late 40s and early 50s predating other civil rights activities but not by decades, at least for years. it was a group that may be defied the stereotype of what you think about. it was men and women, women, young people and old people black and white, led by two white men. it is men. it is this very wonderful story that has all these amazing connections in an unlikely place. the quote the birmingham of the north was when i found by john howard griffin was the author of black like me. and and john me. and john howard griffin use that quote to describe omaha within the 60s. and omaha had a reputation in th

us in costs communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary native of omaha nebraskaation in the african-american community in omaha and the united states as the city that when you came in if you were black you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you were not going to be served in restaurants and would not be able to stay in hotels. the idea and term of civil rights was not part of the national lexicon at that time. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united eights. they-- united states. they were not the support groups or prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> >> union pacific is one of the first railroad companies. it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific. then, they were charge with the transcontinental railroad that would connect the east and west coast. they started here, moving west. central pacific started on the west

next hour look at omaha, nebraska. you are watching american history tv, all we can, every weekend on c-span three. >> the union station operated until 1971. the last train left here may 2 and it sat vacant for two years and union pacific gifted it to the city to become a museum. we made the station our home and now it's a museum preserving the omaha history. this exhibit focuses on the omaha livestock industry of very important industry for south omaha as a city and eventually for omaha as a whole. >> cattle marketing centers are strategically located in all must -- and omaha serves a large western area. it's holding pens of handle more than 100 million cattle since its founding over 80 years ago. there is hell lives jock -- here is the livestock train, right on time3. . >> the livestock industry starts in the 1870's as a fattening station, a place for cattle to get fed, they hit a feeding station before they go to a stockyard to be slaughtered. eventually, that turns into the stockyards as we know, the omaha stockyar

join us and cox communications weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska, where the deporus club was one of the groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants and you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. when the bdeboris clubs began their -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't pars of the national lexicon at that time. but the idea that civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i always like to say that they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups that were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> the union pacific is the -- one

. >> during booktv's recent visit to omaha, nebraska, we visited john price who argues that the tall prairie deserves to be protected much like the forests and mountain ranges in "the tallgrass prairie reader"." >> the prairie hasn't had as many sort of literary accounts in literature unfortunately because part of that is the prairie, the tall grass prairie was destroyed the majority, 90% was destroyed so quickly between 1830-1900. so it didn't give authors an nature writers a chance really to appreciate it and to write about it in the same sense that john muir out in a serial mouse had a chance to appreciate and write about that wilderness. temporary wilderness was pretty much gone by the turn-of-the-century. it does still exist in the imagination of people and that was, i should say in the very earliest sort of treatments literary treatments of this region and exploration literature, it was very much a presence like in the journals of lewis and clark describes this area, filled with wildlife in beauty and diversity. and also george kaplan was an artist and export came to this regio

those that were a part of that. >> throughout the weekend, "american history tv" is featuring omaha, nebraskalearn more about omaha and other stops on our tours at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv" all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> each week american history tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. next we travel to your town virginia to witness the tall

join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska, where one of america's first advocacy group fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that if you came in and were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants and hotels. when the depor res club began, they used the term civil justice, the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific, and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. so it combined several railro

join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska, where one of america's first advocacy group fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that if you came in and were black, you needed to keep your

have built omaha over the years. >>> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring omaha, nebraskar city's tour staff recently travelled there to learn about its history. learn more about omaha at cspan.org. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend. on cspan 3. >>> each week american history tv reel america brings your films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. >> the next to last session of the united nations conference british's lord halifax presiding. pays tribute to head of america's delegation and organizer of the successful nine week meeting. he has now been named united states representative to the new international organization is presented with a scroll in recognition of his efforts. then a history making moment. as lord halifax called for a standing vote for approval of the chapter. and they rise to be counted. the vote is unanimous. to be counted. the vote is unanimous. as the session adjourns delegates burst into applause. the charter of a new world is born. arriving in san francisco for the final conference session is president harry

. ♪ >> we're standing in the main waiting room in union station in omaha nebraska, built in 1931, theion station built by union pacific. the architect, gilbert stanley underwood wanted to make a statement about what the railwood was. it was strength, masculinity, and permanence. that's what he wanted the building to embody. >> omaha really started out as a frontier town. actually citizens from council bluff wanted to found the city on this side of the river. it was established. and everybody knew there was going to be a transcontinental railwood. they didn't know where. they wanted it to come through there so they said they had a better chance if we had a city on the opposite side of the rir ready to go. that's where they will build the railwood. it worked. they didn't think that omaha would get bigger. it was the founding city. but cities on the west side of the river tend to develop greater because it's easier to move west. union pacific is the -- one of the premier railwood companies of america. it was founded in 162 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln.

. >> next, a look at a recent visit to omaha, nebraska. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> fort omaha was established in the 1870's. it was established -- all of the indian wars in this region were directed from here and it would have been instrumental in even little bighorn, toward the end of that. the cheyenne outbreak. >> i am at the general william crook house museum. it was named for general crook. the house is named after him because he was the first general who lived in the home. he started in 1878 and finished in 1879. the house is celebrating its 136 anniversary this year. when they deemed it was going to be a permanent fort, part of the rule was they would start to build the homes -- the buildings would be brick rather than wooden structures. this was the first brick structure built on the fort, and after that they were built along the same type of victorian italianate style. one of the things the fort is known for is holding standing bear during the standing bear trial he was held here

. >> throughout the weekend, "american history tv" is featuring omaha, nebraska. learn more about omaha and other stops on our tours at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching "american history tv" all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> each week american history tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. next we travel to your town virginia to witness the tall sailing ship hermione. it was a replica of the military frigate that carried general marquis de lafayette in 1780 with a message from king louis xvi. promising thousands of french soldiers and a large naval force to help in the revolutionary war. the original hermione participated in the siege of yorktown in 1781. the journey was the beginning of a trip up the east coast of the u.s. with stops in major cities along the way. over the next hour, we will see remarks from american and french government representatives interviews with crew members and we will observe scenes and music from the arrival ceremony. when we arrived on june 5, hermione was just emerging from the fog. [cannon fire

this weekend revisiting omaha, nebraska, to talk with local authors and two of the city's literary sites local cable partner talks to mitigation. next, mark scherer tells us about the supreme court case nebraska press association v. stuart which dealt with press freedom and the right to an impartial jury. >> the nebraska press association case versus stewart is really a landmark supreme court decision in the field of first amendment rights, in particular it addresses the question of how the courts and the journalism profession balance the competing interests at stake when we find that confrontation between the first amendment, right at the free press, and the sixth amendment writes to a fair trial by an impartial jury for all criminal defendants. these are too complex or to interests that come into conflict quite frequently and quite naturally. and the courts have always had to do with this sort of balancing act that occurs when you have those sorts of constitutional coalitions. the case really originates out of rather horrendous mass murder tragedy that occurred in a tiny town in wester

join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska, where one of america's first advocacy group fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that if you came in and were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants and hotels. when the depor res club began, they used the term civil justice, the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific, and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. so it combined several railro

. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring omaha, nebraska. our city to her staff traveled there to learn about rich history. learn about stops on the tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> michael kaufman the author of "american brutus." he talks about lincoln's legacy in the united states and around the world and john wilkes booth's motives for killing the president and how security has changed. mr. kauffman also talks about how political parties have used the memory of lincoln. >> let me introduce our next speaker. michael kauffman is one of the leading historians of the lincoln assassination. he is author of "american brutus: john wilkes booth and lincoln conspiracies," which was named by "the new york times" and "the washington post" as one of the best nonfiction books of 2004. there are copies of the paperback version on the registration table that you can purchase after our program is concluded. his other works include "in the footsteps of an assassin" and a modern edition of "memoirs of a l

. >>> triple a all-star game at omaha, nebraska. bottom of the fourth, 1-0, international.one. as prospect. infield single up the middle. his second hit of the night. bolt tom of the nooint, 4-3, international. two on, two outs. a chance to tie the game but he goes down swinging. >>> and finally, this week in lake tahoe, justin timberlake one of the might be celebs. the tourney raises money with a host of other former professionals. that's it for sports. more news coming up after the break. my name is jose lopez. i'm a troubleman in san francisco. i've been with the company for 29 years. a troubleman restores and troubleshoots electrical issues, getting customers' power back on. we're 24/7, 365 days a year. i love my job. going up in the bucket and seeing all of san francisco, it's an exhilarating feeling. i was born and raised in san francisco. this is where i live and there's a sense of pride in providing great power to our customers. when i go out there and get their power back on, there's a great sense of satisfaction. together, we're building a better california. first

. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring omaha, nebraska, the starting point for the union pacific portion of the continental railroad. union pacific, along with the central pacific railroad, was tasked to build the route from a law to sacramento california -- omaha to sacramento, california. we recently traveled to omaha to explore the city's rich history. learn more about omaha all weekend on american history tv. >> this is the gerald r ford website. gerald ford was the 30th president of the united states -- 38th president of the united states and he was born here. when he was born here he was born as leslie king. july 13, 1914. he stated in for about two weeks. gerald ford's mother and father did not really get along. this was evident from the beginning, apparently. and so they separated. and they moved from here to around the chicago area and then to michigan. he took his adopted father's name, gerald r ford, and that is how we know them today. i think it is very interesting that someone from a single-parent family was able to go on to be president of the united states.

. >> next, a look at a recent visit to omaha, nebraska. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> fort omaha was established in the 1870's. it was established -- all of the indian wars in this region were directed from here and it would have been instrumental in even little bighorn, toward the end of that. the cheyenne outbreak. >> i am at the general william crook house museum. it was named for general crook. the house is named after him because he was the first general who lived in the home.

next, a look at omaha, nebraska. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. ♪ >> we are in the command post of the strategic air command 10 miles south of omaha, nebraska. from this location, some for stories underground, the endless activities are price

join us and cox communications weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska, where the deporus club was one of the groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants and you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. when the bdeboris clubs began their -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't pars of the national lexicon at that time. but the idea that civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i always like to say that they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups that were not the prior

c-span3 is featuring omaha nebraska. chartered in 1862, union pacific along with the central pacific railroad were tasked with building the route from omaha to sacramento, california. the railroad was completed in 1869. our fox communication cable partners work with city tours staff when we travel to omaha to explore the city's rich history. learn more about omaha all weekend here on american history tv. >> it was established as the headquarters of

join us and coxe communications as we learn about the literary life of omaha, nebraska where the de porres club had a reputation. >> it had a reputation as a city that when you came in and if you are black you would not be served in restaurants or be able to stay in hotels. in the de porres club began their operation, the term civil rights wasn't even -- they used the term social justice. the idea was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. i say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union civic and how the construction of union station helped the economy. >> the union pacific was one of the premier railroad companies of america founded in 1862. it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific. they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad. they started here, was moving west and central pacific started on the west coast mo

you can find out about the city of omaha, nebraska this weekend.o to our website to find out more. joining us on set, noam scheiber of "the new york times ." we are here to talk about an announcement from the white house talking over time. can you paint is a picture of how works generally? guest: basically there are 75 million hourly employees. all of them artificially eligible for overtime -- time and a half -- that is according to the fair labor act. in addition to that, there have been salaried employees that are also eligible for overtime. the definition of who is eligible has evolved quite a bit since 1938 when the act was put in place. initially, it was everyone who makes under $30 per week back in 1940. a variety of people who spend -- who are basically executives, they were often exempted from overtime regulations. if you spent more than 20% of your time on nonexempt activities, then you were required to get overtime as well. that was the initial sttheme in 1928, it has evolved over the years. salary has been eroded due to inflation over th

join us and cox communications this week and as we learn about the history of literary life of omaha, nebraskahere there was one of the first advocacy groups fighting for civil rights. >> omaha had a reputation as a city that when you came in when you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you would not be served in restaurants, you would not be able to stay in hotels. wendywhen the de porres club -- they do not even use the word civil rights, the use the term social justice -- civil rights was so far removed from the greater community of omaha or the united states, they were operating in a vacuum. i like to say that they were operating without a net. there were not support groups or experiences of prior groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look at th union pacific and how the construction of the railroad helped the omaha economy. >> union pacific was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act, signed into law by president lincoln. it combines several companies to make union pacific. they were charged with creating the transcontinental rai

join us as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska where they were one of the ghting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and the united states that you needed to be aware you weren't going to be able to be in restaurants. and when they began their operation the idea of -- in fact the term civil rights -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't part of the national lexicon at that time that the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha that they were operating in a vacuum. there were not support groups. there were not the prior experiences to challenge racial discrimination. >> u pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. they combined several companies and they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad. so they started here and moving west and central pacific started on the west coast and moving east and they met up in utah. that's what propels us even fart

we are expecting for omaha nebraska 96, kansas city, 96° as well and it is kansas city that we are expectingan expensive excessive heat warning. that means the heat index is over 110°. starting about 11:00 in the morning, take a look at what we expect to see over 4:00 p.m 112 is what it's going to feel like outside. heat and humidity very, very dangerous situation across that region. we expect that to continue as we go are towards probably tuesday. evening time frame going to feel like 97° by the time we get to 10 or 11:00 at night. that is where the heat is, that is where the rain is going to be and the rain is really going to continue all the way as we get towards tuesday as well as wednesday. five-day forecast looks like this in new york. not too bad as we head towards tuesday, beautiful conditions as we get to the end of the week and for chicago that is going to be those showers i was showing you earlier but things are going to look quite nice. look at this. 77° on wednesday. we don't normally get a temperature like that well below average for this time of year so not looking too bad onc

nebraska. where were you born and raised? representative ashford: i was born in omaha. my father's family is irish came in 1856. my mother's family is swedish coming in 1870's. family was in business unit nebraska for a few generations in the clothing business/ i had been a lawyer most of my career, practiced a lot of law. i've owned businesses. done quite a few other civic things. i've had a very following career doing varied things. to work in such an incredible, in my view, unique institution of government ishas been something. >> were your parents political types? representative ashford: not r eally. my grandfather actually was very active. he started a national conference of christians and jews organization in omaha in the 1930's. combating discrimination against jews in omaha. he had raised money to get jews out of europe into sweden right before world war ii. he spent a great deal of his life in the clothing business, but by being very active in social issues. my father was a b 26 bomber on d-day, built in my district. he flew on d-day. he was a business guy. my m

us and cox communications this weekend has been learned about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska. one of america's first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and the united states that when you can man if you are black you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you were not going to be served in restaurants. you would not be able to stay in hotels. when the club began operation they use the term social justice because civil rights was not part of the national lexicon. the idea of civil rights was so far removed of the idea of the greater community of omaha, or the united states, that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not support groups. there were not the prior experiences of groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> union pacific and how the construction of the union station help the omaha economy. >> union pacific is one of the premier railway companies founded in 1862 with the civic railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. it combines several railway comp

join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and lit rary life of omaha, nebraska where the club was one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial kwlts. >> they had a reputation as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants. you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. and when the de porres club began their operation, the term civil rights -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't part of the national lexicon at that time. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater city of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups that were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the prem

join us and cox communications this week and is about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska and one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation among the african-american community as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you were not going to be served in restaurants and stay in hotels. when the to forest club -- when the de porres club -- in fact, they use the term national justice because civil rights was not even in the lexicon at that time -- the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i always say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. announcer: we look back at the union pacific and how the construction of union station health omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premier railroad companies of america. it was

this week and we learn about the history of omaha nebraska. it was one of the first places fighting for african-american equality. it was a a city that when you came in you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants and hotels and when the club began their operation, the idea and in term civil rights wasn't even part of the vocabulary at that time, the idea of civil rights were so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. they were not the support groups or the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. union pacific is one of the main railways in the united states. it it combines several railroad companies to make union pacific and they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that connects the east and west coast. they started here and were moving west and central pacific started on the west coast moving eat east. they met in utah. that's really what propell

. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring omaha, nebraska. our cities history tour is featuring this. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> up next on american history tv douglas wrinkly, author of "the wilderness warrior" recounts theodore roosevelt's time in the west and how his experience there shaped his presidency. we also hear about roosevelt's charge of san juan hill in the spanish-american war and how his conservation efforts led to the protection of over 150 thousand acres -- 150 million acres of american land. this is about two hours. doug: good evening. it is an honor to be here at the new york historical society and try to shed some light on one of my heroes, theodore roosevelt, and why he's considered a great leader. when the schwartzes wanted to make this series go, they really want us to focus on leadership qualities. and i'm telling you there's no president quite like t.r. to get to talk about that. i wanted to begin thinking about roosevelt being new york city's president. being born h

join us and coxe communications this weekend as we learn about the life of omaha nebraska where the decorousclub was one of america's first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in the united states as a city, that when you came in, if you are black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants. you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. when the do for his club began their operation, the idea that civil rights -- they used the term "social justice" the-- -- the idea of civil rights was so far removed. they were kind of operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and the construction of the union station contributed to omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premier railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1852. it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged wi

join us in this week and as we learned about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska where the club was one of america's first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in the african-american community, in omaha and in the united states as a city as when he came and if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you need to be aware that you are not going to be served in restaurants and you would not be able to stay in hotels. when the club began their operation, the idea and the term civil rights was not but they used civil justice because civil rights was not part of the concept at that time but the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. they were not support groups there were not prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> unio

join us as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska. >> omaha had a reputation, where if you came in if you are black, you needed keep your head down. be aware you are not going to be served or stay hotels. when the club again their operation, they use the term social justice. civil rights was not part of the national lexicon at the time. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the u.s. that they were operating in a vacuum. i liked to say they were operating without a net. they did not have support groups, the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination. >> we look back at the union pacific and how the construction of union station held the economy -- help the economy. >> it is one of the premier companies in america bounded in 1862. it combines several railroad companies. they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad. they started here, moving west. central pacific started in the west and they met up in utah. that is what propelled us further. we become the point of

join us this weekend as we learn about the literary life of omaha, nebraska. >> omaha had a reputation in the african-american community in omaha and the united states as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and needed to be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants and going to be able to stay in hotels and when depor depores, they used the term social justice because the term civil rights wasn't part of the lexicon and the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. there were not the support groups there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is the premier railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln and combined sev

join us in toxic medications this weekend as well we learn about the history of literary life of omaha nebraska where the de porres club is one of america's first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> oma had a reputation in the african american command in omaha and the united states as a city that when you came in if you were black you needed needed to keep their have been engineered to be aware that you were going to be served in restaurants and you weren't going to be a stay in hotels. when the de porres club begins her operations the idea effect the term civil rights wasn't, they use the term civil justice because the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were kind of operating any thinking i would like to say that there operating without a net. they were not to support groups not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific that the construction and union station helped omaha's economy. >> the union pacific is one of

join us with cox communications this weekend as we learn about omaha, nebraska. when is the first advocacy groups fighting for equality. >> in omaha and the united states as the city is when you came and if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware that he would not be served in restaurants or stay in hotels. when the forest club began their operation, civil rights wasn't even about. they used civil justice. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not the groups, the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act. it combined several railroad companies to make union pacific and then they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad that connected the east and west coasts. they started

. >> the seascape -- he's been cities tour about omaha nebraska that was one of america's first groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation as a city that when you came into it if you are black you need to keep your head down and be aware that you would not going to be served in restaurants or stay in hotels. when they began their operation, the idea, the term civil rights was not used. it was not part of the national lexicon at that time. civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the creator of the community of omaha that they were operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. it was not a support group. there were no prior experiences to challenge racial discrimination. >> we look back to the union pacific and now the construction of union station help omaha's economy. >> it was one of the premier railroad companies. it was founded in 1862. it combined several rare look companies to make union pacific than they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad. they started here and were moving west. they started on the west

. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring omaha, nebraska. our staff recently toured there to learn about its history. learn more about omaha and other stops on our to her at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. american history tv you cheering c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image." c-span produced the series in cooperation with the white house historical association. through conversations with experts, video tours of historic sites, and questions from c-span audience we help tell the story of america's 45 first ladies. next, lucy hayes, on "first ladies: influence an image." this is about an hour and a half. >> it is so unfair to her. it's such a dismissive, almost condescending title, because it suggests that she's sort of his bluestocking whose sole function in life was to not serve alcohol. lucy hayes is so much more, as is her husband, frankly. and, remember, everything she accomplished in the white house, we should consider, came in spite of the fact that her hu