prof. regina williams on the music of duke ellington on american artifacts. a look at the smithsonian's efforts to preserve an exhibit, the jefferson bible and live sunday from jackson. personal mississippi the 50th anniversary of the freedom riders 13 men and women black and white boarded we to buses for new orleans to integrate. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history or press the c-span alert button to get your e-mail directly to you. and now anand giridharadas and "india calling: an intimate portrait of a nation's remaking". >> good afternoon and welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. ims accounts will member. gaithersburg supports the arts and culture and we are pleasedr this event. surveys are available here at the info desk and on line on our web site. everyone who submits the survey will enter into a random drawing for a nook color. we welcome booktv and reviewers. if there is time during the presentation for audience questions please make sure to use this microphone here so everyone in the television audience can hear you. anand g

prof. regina williams on the music of duke ellington -- duke ellington and the effort to preserve the jefferson bylaw. and live from jackson, mississippi, a celebration of 13 men and women, black and white on a bus bound from new orleans, their goal to integrate bus stops. press the c-span alert button to get our alert e-mails directly to you. >> history, as you know, is much more than just politics and soldiers. and social issues. it is also medicine and science and art and music and theater and poetry and ideas. and we shall not lump things in two categories. >> the samuel morse, james valdemoro cooper, harriet beecher stowe, thomas edison on sunday q&a, one of two parts with david mccullough, americans who made the greater journey to 19th century paris. >> earlier today at the white house, president obama and king of dela of jordan met with reporters following -- king of dela of jordan met with .eporters sa the president will release a statement thursday at the u.s. state department. >> it is a great pleasure to welcome once again my good friend king abdallah. the united states and jordan ha

prof. regina williams on the music of duke ellington on american artifacts, a look at the smithsonian to preserveefferson bible and live sunday from jackson, mississippi, the 50th anniversary celebration of the freedom ride. 15 men and women black and white boarded two buses for new orleans and their goal was to integrate southern bus stops. get the complete we can schedule at c-span.org/history or press the cspan alert button to get our schedule e-mailed directly to you. the local content vehicles kicked off the city tour in tampa/st. pete with book-tv event on c-span 2 including interviews. plus, a look at the book industry with local booksellers and american history of dance on c-span 3 from a st. petersburg museum of history. the hidden history of angola, a settlement of 750 former slaves and seminal indians who fought two wars against the u.s. in the early 1800's. the city's tort picks up next weekend at watch it on c-span 2 and 3. >> follow the house and senate when you want. our comprehensive resource on congress, the congressional chronicle, makes it easy to find information about your el

prof. regina williams on the music of duke ellington. on "american artifacts, clothes for a look at the smithsonian efforts to preserve an exhibit of the jefferson bible. the 50th anniversary celebration of the freedom rides and 13 men and women, black and white, boarded two buses bound for new orleans -- their goal -- to integrate southern bus stops. get the complete we can schedule at c-span.org/history, or press the c-span alert button to get our schedules e-mailed directly to you >> -- directly to you. >> this weekend, authors on the gulf oil spill, wall street, the universe, america's largest slave revolt, india, and the middle east, plus a panel discussion on the book industry. also, the former ambassador to yemen on the u.s. but the counter-terrorism efforts in that country. and one of the most significant standards of the cold war era -- the berlin wall. look for the complete schedule at booktv.org, and get our schedules e-mail directly to you. >> the southern part of sudan will separate from the northern part of the country in j