and robert sutton gets the visit he's longed for. >> will you marry me?l, awaiting trial on a prostitution charge. the case was eventually dismissed. reddy has now returned to the streets of boston. but she knew her future was less than certain. >> i've done years. i've done months. i keep coming in and out because every time i use, this is my end result. >> the day she was released from jail, reddy was treated for a heroin overdose. three weeks later, she's back in the jail's intake department. she was arrested for being under the influence of drugs in a public place. >> seriously. leave me alone. >> when melanie reddy came in the last time, she was certainly dope sick. dope sick means somebody that's coming in from the street, they haven't had a fix, you know, in a few hours. it's when your body is starting to realize, hey, where is that drug? and all of those symptoms, the nausea, vomiting, cramping, seizures, everything, all those things are now coming to the surface. >> reddy will detox in the jail's infirmary, a process that can take anywhere from a

and joining us is the national parks service historian, the chief historian, robert sutton. thanks for being here. >> thank you for inviting me. >> what brings you to this meeting other than it's a gathering of historians? historians? >> well, it's a gathering of historia historians, but we do a lot of work with the association of historians. a number do studies for us, help us with our interpretation of parks, so we've had a long and beneficial partnership with the organization. . >> and you're participating on a couple of decisions here on native americans and also the civil war. what was the focus on the first one on native americans? it's very interesting. we have a number of parks. that deal with native american history. and we have the number of parks that the main focus is not native american history, but there are amazing stories. for example, key ridge battlefield in the civil war. it was established as a civil war battlefield. for years and years and years, we've told the story of the battle that took place there. >> that is in what state? that is in the corner of

. >> robert sutton is with the national parks service. thanks for joining us here on american history tv. >>> next, author of the invisible line discusses the complexity of race in america and one family's transformation from black to white. the new york historical society hosted this hour long event. >>> evening, everyone. good to be back here. my home away from home. lovely new room. we're going to start -- what's the matter? [ laughter ] >> we're going to start by taking a little trip back in time. we're going to a day in april in 1922. on the mall in washington somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 people have gathered for the dedication of the lincoln memorial. there are parades, survivors from the civil war, people drove, they walked. there was an air of festivity throughout the town. as you know at the time you may not know in this history, washington is itself also in addition to be in the seat of the country, washington is the seat of the black elite of america. the black people who served in reconstruction governments in the sout

robert deano grounds to third. drew sutton throws it in the dirt, and deano reaches on the error and mark reynold scores from second. flaherty being waved home, the throw from ben zoebros right on the money. right now in the eighth inning. >>> the nba playoffs continue tonight. game four of the western conference finals. kevin durant and the thunder look to make some more noise after beating the spurs by 20 points thursday night. still, the spurs have the edge. they lead the series two games to one. >>> last night, the eastern conference finals, game three, paul pierce and the celtics taking on lebron james, and the heat. first quarter, miami down one. mario chalmers drives, dishes to lebron. he takes the hit, gets the foul. lebron with a game-high 34 points. but boston would dominate the next two quarters. in the third, celtics up 13. paul pierce up top, kevin garnett finishes. those two combined for 47 points. boston up 15. celtics' point guard rajon rondo has been a beast lately. still in the third, watch this. behind the b

robert endino with the slow low to third and sutton and the throw. that is wild. getting away and that allows mark reynolds from first cornel high school in virginia beach to score and ryanfla hurty is gunned down at the dish and the -- ryan flaherty gunned down and have that lead in the eighth inning. the redskins with the weekend off and back at the park on monday for the left team activities lasting through next thursday and one activity the team may want to concentrate on is called protecting the investment. i.e., robert griffin iii. the redskins offensive line has not been a strength the last few seasons, something griffin nods to correct by getting to know him. >> if he can be gooden froms with him and show them that you care about them, they will pass protect harder for you. you know, everybody makes a lot of holds calling. and a lot of times an offensive lineman is going to be protective. i would rather them have a holding call than have myself in the hospital. so, you know, i wanted to reach out to them and let them know i know who they are and i know whe