rosenwald. brian: aviva kempner, why did you do a documentary on julius rosenwald? aviva: i was lucky enough 12 years ago to be at martha's vineyard to attend a lecture that rabbi david saperstein, who is now our ambassador for religion at the state department, was speaking and julian bomb. julian bomb was my hero. i thought i was going to talk about the civil rights era. but i was very surprised to learn about julius rosenwald. as soon as julian talked about him, a light bulb went off in my head about under known jewish euros. i have to say he is the most under known -- jewish heroes. i have to say he was the most under known. brian: who was he? aviva: he was a midwesterner, the son of an immigrant. he was born in springfield, which i think was a lot to do with what he was going to do later. his home was right across the street from abraham lincoln. lincoln had, of course, died before jewish rosenwald was born. but his of gold told him the whole legacy of lingo say -- of lincoln was in the hous

so jewish rosenwald did. -- so julius rosenwald did.he company the biggest -- it was like the amazon before its time. it was the biggest retailer. everyone could order in. he ended up becoming a multimillionaire. when he was young in his marriage, he had said, a third of the way, we should save a third and live on a third. he also had rabbi hirsch, who really priest -- who really preached you should do charity. he got involved in chicago. of booker t.a book washington, "of from slavery." this slave narrative was very important. that are a lot of things had to be changed. it totally opened up his head. he also read a book by baldwin who was in the railroad business who said we have a responsibility. t, who invited booker was coming to chicago, to a luncheon. they were very similar. doh thoughts that we need to something, very practical man, that we need to make a difference in the world. the good he invited julius rosenwald. everyone had started from scratch and were asked to be on the board. he came with his family and his rabbi and he

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. >> tonight, documentary filmmaker talks about her latest "rosenwald." >> first rosenwald says, why don't we just use the kit houses? the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. i want the communities to build it. so these were dealt. .- were built it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south. >> tonight on c-span's q and a. >> monday night on the communicators, republican fcc communicator discusses key fcc,s considered by the including the speed of broadband climate across the u.s.. he is joined by the washington post technology reporter. >> one of the things i found the 21st century there is a democratization of entrepreneurship. i have seen people use that broadband connection to build businesses who in the previous era would have to migrate to one of the coast or wither on the vine. because of that connection they are now able to innovate, and i think that is something that is powerful. the communicators, monday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> fdr and truman white house awayer george elsey passed . he was considered to be one of the last living links to p

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. >> documentary filmmaker talks , abouter latest film julius rosenwald and partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and education to children in rural america. why don't we just use the kit houses? the best thing booker t. washington ever said was, i want the communities to build them. from that it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south. >> monday night on the communicators, republican fcc commissioner discusses key topics considered by the fcc, including the speed of broadband deployment across the u.s.. broadband employment really is one of the key drivers of job creation and economic growth. the 21st century there has been a democratization of entrepreneurship. people building businesses that in a previous era that would have had to migrate to the coast or would have withered on the vine. because of the connection they are able to innovate. that is powerful in rural america. the communicators, monday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span two. welcomed heart for, connecticut. on american history tv. is one ofcapital

. >> sunday night on q&a, a documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american immunities and the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. the kitwe just use houses? the best thing booker t. washington did was say i want the communities to build it. that's really amazing. from that, it more into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on c-span2. here's some programs to watch out this weekend. saturday, coverage of the second annual bill of rights day book festival in philadelphia. eastern, kilis when he journalist discusses her book, one child, the discussion of china's most radical experiment. , author ofrviewed age of ambition. >> china should grow economically, and of course it is a wonderful idea that in one or two generations we go from aspirations of bicycle to bmw. yes, good for them. if the one-child policy he

. >> a documentary maker talks about her latest film about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african american communities in the south to build schools and bring education to children in rural america. said, sears puts together these it houses, why houses. just build kit i want thesaid no, communities to build it. and so first, the six schools were built. that was an amazing. but that morphed into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. announcer: that is sunday night .n c-span at 9:00 a.m. eastern, two u.s. house returns for work on a sanctions bill. president obama at the university of nebraska in omaha for speech on economic opportunity. then, a state of the state address. >> coming up, your reaction to last night's state of the union address will stop >> that's why i stand here as confident as i ever been, that the state of our union is strong. againpresident obama once describing the state of our union as strong and good morning, everyone. we will spend today's washington journal getting your reaction to the president's final sta

like sunday night on q&a, a documentary film maker talks about her latest film, about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. said, puts together these houses. the best thing booker washington -- to say i want the communities to build it, so the six schools were built and that was amazing, from then it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south including maryland appeared >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on to monday -- on q and a. eastern, a discussion about escalating tensions between iran and saudi arabia. after an execution of a shiite cleric. a live coverage of the has to and institute -- hudson institute. in an hour, robert woodson on the center for neighborhood enterprise will discuss the conservatives approach to reducing poverty in the united states. then we talk to radio host and author tavis smiley about his book the covenant with black america 10 years later. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ host: donald trum

. >> documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film rosenwald about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. >> he puts together these houses , why don't we just use the kid houses? and the best thing booker t. washington said was no, i want the communities to build it. first these six schools were built and it was amazing. but from that it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south including maryland. east -- 8:00ht at eastern on c-span's q&a. president obama used his final state of the union to talk about the goals he has for the nation through and beyond his presidency. in his speech he highlighted economic stability, innovation, and scientific research, national security, and changing the tone of american politics. >> the president of the united states. [applause] president obama: happy new year. thank you. [applause] president obama: thank you. [applause] president obama: happy new year. [cheering] president obama: thank you. [applau

night,er: sunday talksntary some maker about her film about julius rosenwald. >> first, julius said, he puts together these houses. the best thing booker t. washington ever said was no, i want the communities to build. built.six schools were that morphed into 5000 schools of the south, including maryland. announcer: book tv as 48 hours a 48 hours every weekend. tvsrday, watch book coverage of the second annual bill of rights day book festival from the national constitution center. , pulitzer prize winning fungalist may fall -- may discusses her book. ms. fong is interviewed. china should grow economically. it is a wonderful idea that we are seeing everybody go from aspiring to a bmw. if the one child policy helped people get to that stage, i would be all for it. the problem was, it didn't have much to do with economic growth that china has had. announcer: on sunday, courtney young discusses her book, lac tivism. >> breast-feeding sits conveniently in a paradigm that increasingly blames individuals themselves for poor health outcomes and for the storing costs of american health care.

about julie's rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and african-american communities in the south to build schools in elementary education to children in rural america. >> first he said sears puts together these can't house a. why don't we use of those? the best thing booker t. washington, no, just like we do in this peak. i want to communities to build it. so first these six schools were built and that's amazing your but found that it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the house passed a bill yesterday that aims to punish north korea for conducting its latest nuclear tests. the "christian science monitor" reports that it proposes stronger sanctions that denying -- deny pyongyang money in his for developing miniaturized nuclear warheads and the long range missile to deliver them. here's a house foreign affairs subcommittee hearing now from today examining the recent nuclear tests and security in northeast asia. it is one hour 50 minutes. >> th

. >> sunday night on "q&a," eva kepner talks about her latest fi lm about julius rosenwald and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in will america. puts together he these houses. best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no, i want the communities to notice. first, these is six schools were built, and it is really amazing. but from then, 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on "q&a." >> the morning after the president's's state of the union address, white house chief of staff dennis mcdonagh talked to reporters about the agenda laid out in the speech. he also discussed the republican response delivered by the south carolina governor. this event was hosted by the christian science monitor. it is about an hour. mr. cook: ok, here we go. thank you for coming after what i know was a long night for many of you, covering president obama's state of the union address. in 50 years the monitor has been holding these gathers. we've welcomed white house chiefs of staff. so we're especially pl

night, a documentary filmmaker talks about her latest ande about julius rosenwald his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. of the put they said together these kits why do we just use them. the best thing he ever did was say no, i want the community to build it. first the six schools were built. that is really amazing. 5000then that morphed into schools. all over the south, including maryland. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] run the country are working on c-span student can documentary contest. through social media we're following students as they produce their videos. here is a tweet from indiana. another from maryland, a possibility to middle school tweeted -- also, illinois presented at tweeted at -- was one of $2000 in prizes of the grand prize of $5,0

isut julius rosenwald and partnership with -- his partnership with booker t. washington to build schools in the south and bring elementary education to children in rural america. together these kid ho uses. the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say no, just like we do at tuskegee, i want the communities to do it. it was pretty amazing. from that, it more into 5000 schools all over the announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern. next on lectures in history, arizona state university professor brooks simpson discusses the role of the president during wars, including those wage without a formal congressional declaration. he examines the ways american foreign-policy and the president took hours have evolved. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. brooks: we will talk about presidents and going to war. we have talked about the constitution already, the

announcer: sunday night, documentary maker talks about rosenwald, her book about the african americanse south building schools and bringing education to children and will america. says, first one comes and sears puts together these kit houses, why don't we just do that will stop and they said, we just like the pesky geek, want the communities to build it. it was really amazing. liketu -- just like tuskogee, i want the community to build it. >> washington journal is next. at noon the eastern, taking up mining regulations. 8:00 p.m., we preview the state of the union address. then at 9:00, president obama's speaking from the u.s. house chamber. president obama's minutes, final state of the union address man republican congress feranthold of texas. and also he'll talk about the deporting over 11 million illegal immigrants. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. . sit ncicap.org] travels to ama capitol hill tonight to give his final state of the union ddress, some of the expected themes on what the administrati

night, evivanday about julian rosenwald and the african-american communities in the south. says, he puts together these houses, what are we just use the house is? the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say no. from there, it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. announcer: sunday night on q&a at 8:00 eastern. announcer: next, the chamber of commerce on the business outlook for 2016 and waiting in the -- weighing in on the presidential race. this is one hour and 40 minutes. >> thank you for finding your seats, good morning. i am tom, with the chambers medications and strategy division. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the chamber this morning. donahue's state of america business address has become a tradition. we all look forward to it. it is an opportunity to look at the year ahead from the perspective of america's job creators among the men and women who run mainstreet shops, and startups, and every thing in between. as tom will outline in a minute doing business in today's , landscape is no easy feat. challenges are stacking up. bu

sunday night on "q&a to get documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film, juliusald," about rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. id, why don't we just use the kid houses? the best thing booker teedo washington ever said was say, no, i want the communities to build it. were these six schools built, and that's really amazing. intorom that it morphed 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." affairse foreign subcommittee on asia and the pacific held a hearing wednesday examining north korea's recent nuclear test and security in northeast asia. this comes the day after the house passed the north korea sanctions enforcement act by a vote of 418-2. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> we can join the international community in condemning the tests, but to work to find a feasible, lasting solution to address the north korea threat. for many in the united states, if we think of north korea

mary filmmaker talks about her latest film about julius rosenwald and is partnership with booker t. washington and african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. said, they put together these houses, why don't we just use those? and the best thing he ever did was say no, i want the communities to build it. first, six schools were built and that is really amazing. from that, it morphed into 5000 schools, all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span takes you on the road to the white house at town hall meetings, speeches, rallies, and meet and greets. we are taking comments on facebook, twitter, and by phone. every event we cover is available on our website, c-span.org. >> republican presidential candidate donald trump was a new hampshire for a campaign event hosted why scott around, the former senator from it has featured eight other gop candidates over the last several months. it is just under an hour. [applause] >> all right. thank you. ladies first in my h

. >> sunday night, aviva kempner talks about "rosenwald" and the partnership of the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. so

on q&a.y night author talks about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and american in the south. >> he said, sears puts together these kit houses. why not we use these kit houses. and the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. i want the communities to build it. first, these six schools were built. from that, it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south. >> sunday night on c-span's q1 day. & a. >> c-span takes you to meet and greets. we're taking your comments by twitter, facebook, and by phone. c-span.org. >> candidate donald trump was a new hampshire for a campaign event hosted why scott -- posted by senator scott brown. it has featured eight other gop candidates over the last several months. it is just under an hour. [applause] all right. thank you. ladies first in my house. >> when did that start? just kidding. thank you very much. many months ago this is something that i thought would be a good idea, to get the candidates to come through to be able to meet you face to face. >> i hope you all enjoy it. alternate over to

rosenwald and his work with booker t.shington and african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. said weirst time they put together the small houses. why do not just use than? the best thing he ever did was say no. just like we do it test geeky, i want the community to build it. -- teske -- from that, it morphed into 5000 schools. they are all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern time. c-span2 monday. >> washington journal continues. host: kenneth smiley, 10 years ago, the covenant with black america. this is 10 years later. what are you trying to get at 10 years ago? guest: first of all, happy new year, good to see. 10 years ago, we are the middle of the bush administration. hit005 hurricane katrina and kanye west said george bush doesn't care about black people. whatever they think that he did or did not do, it was black people who lost most of their lives in new orleans. in 2006 black people had basically had enough.

. >> sunday night, aviva kempner talks about "rosenwald" and the partnership of the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. >> so first he said, oh, you know, sears puts together the kit houses. why don't we just use the kit houses? and the best thing booker. the washington ever did was sa, i want, just like we do, i want the communities to build it. so first these six schools were built. and that's amazing. but from that it morphed into 5,000 schools, all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> monday is martin luther king jr. day. with congress not in session we have featured programs on all three c-span networks. live coverage of the british house of commons debate on whether to ban donald trump from their country. that debate is expected to last three hours. coverage will reair at 8:00 eastern. university of wisconsin professor william p. jones and his book "the march on washington." jobs, freedom and forgotten history of civil rights. >> when rando

night, a documentary filmmaker talks about her latest and about julius rosenwald his experience with booker t. washington and in the south to bring schools to those in rural america. >> he said, sears together these it houses. why don't we just make those? , i want us to do it. it was probably the best thing he did. it morphed into a thousand schools all over the south including maryland. that is sunday night on c-span's q&a. announcer: sometime soon, president and mrs. obama will leave at the white house for their brief ride to the capital. where shortly after 9 p.m. president obama will make his final report before a joint session of congress. we will set the stage historically and politically and our cameras will show you what is happening inside the capitol as the congress, supreme court, the our military leaders, and the diplomatic corps gather in the house chambers. here to help us understand some of the history of tonight's event is the u.s. senate's historian. let's set the stage for why this event has become such an important night. was it always so? betty: president sent th

. >> sunday night on q and a, a documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington to build schools and childrencation to s in rural america. >> he puts together these houses with what we just use the houses? the best thing booker t. washington said was, no. do with teske gi, i want the communities to build it. first, six schools were built. into 5000 it morphed schools all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in his annual state of the state address, new york governor an agendamo outlined including spending on transportation, the minimum ine, and improvements education. this is 1.5 hours from albany. pleasure to call the legislature to order. in our five years, we have accomplished much. after many bad years, the arrows are finally pointing in the right direction. ultimately about results, and you delivered. you made this state a better state, and that's what government is all about, and congratulations to each and every one of you. but with all that we've done, we are not immune to t

q&a, documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education -- elementary school education. together these houses. why don't we use the kit houses. the best thing booker t. did was tosaid -- say no. he wanted the communities to build them. into 5000, it morphed schools all over the south including merrill lynch. tonight at 8:00 eastern, on q&a. the u.s. announced yesterday that it is lifting sanctions against iran after the un's international atomic energy agency confirmed that obligations have been met under the nuclear agreement reached in july. the news coincided with the release of five americans who were being held in iran. it were let go in exchange for seven iranians who were in u.s. custody. kerryary of state john talked about both of those topics yesterday while attending meetings indiana. -- all attending meetings in vienna. secretary. kerry: we are operating under tight constraints. result, i need to get to the airp

sunday night on q&a aviva kempner has a book called "rosenwald," about the african-american communitiesn the south to build scols and bring elementary education to children in rural area. >> so first he said, you know, puts together these kid houses, why don't we use the kid houses? and the best thing booker t. washington ever said was, no, i just want like we did at tuskegee, i want the communities to build it. first these six schools were built and it was amazing. from that it morphed into 5,000 schools all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> former intelligence and diplomatic officials testified before the house armed services committee this week on combating the islamic state in iraq and syria. other witnesses included former u.s. ambassador to sear yarks robert ford, and former defense undersecretary, michael vickers, who urged the administration to step up air strikes without increasing collateral damage. this is 2 1/2 hours. >> the committee will come to order. the committee is very pleased today to welcome three distinguished

announcer: documentary filmmakers talk about the latest and about julius rosenwald his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to bring elementary education in rural america. he puts together these houses, why do we use the kit houses. and the best thing booker t. washington did was say no. i want to do it like tuskegee. the community will build it. six schools were built. that is amazing. from then, it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south, including maryland. announcer: sunday night on c-span. announcer: the congressional internet caucus posted a discussion about freedom of speech online, and the right for consumers to write reviews for private businesses. they heard from attorneys representing trip advisor and the federal trade commission. congress is considering legislation that would prevent customers from writing views online. this is about one hour. >> welcome. hi, happy new year. i am the congressional -- the executive director of the internet foundation, which has a few projects. this is the beginning of our 2016 season, th

documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film, "rosen "rosenwald." have he said oh, they these kid houses. why don't we use it? and the best thing booker t. washington said no, i want just like we do is here. i want the communities to build it. so first, these six schools were built. and it's fully amazing and from then, it modified into 5,000 schools, all over the south, including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partners explores the history and literary culture of hartford, connecticut. n book tv, author ann farrow discusses about her books, "the logbooks" and the significance the books had. >> in these logbooks, we have these extraordinary opportunity to see day-by-day, how life was lived aboard new england's slave ships. two of which were from connecticut. i came to the realization that these logbooks were not maintained as i have earlier thought by the son of an obscure connecticut farmer but by a son of an aristocrat from ew london. >> throughout this moment

. >> sunday night on q&a, talks about latest film about julius rosenwald to build schools and elementary education to children in rural america. >> first, puts together kid houses, why don't we use the kid houses, and the best thing booker. washington said was no, i want the communities to build it. first the six schools were built. that's really amazing, from that it morphed into 5,000 schools all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. [inaudible conversations] >> white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough answered questions about last night's state of address union. the syrian civil war, this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> okay, here we go. thanks for coming after we know it was a long time covering president obama's state of the union address. we welcome white house chiefs of staff range -- [laughter] >> we are happy to have our first record -- it's true, it's true. we are specially pleased to have our first breakfast of 2016 with denis mcdonough. our guest is a minnesota native, graduated from st. john's university with an

filmmaker talks about her latest film about julius rosenwald and the african-american communities in south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in role america. why don't we just use the kit houses? the best thing booker t. washington ever said was "no." i want the communities to build it. six goals were built. that was amazing. morphed into 5000 schools. all over the south, including merrill lynch. >> sunday night at 80 stern on c-span's q&a. this week and american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 8:00 eastern, arizona state university .rofessor brooks simpson it is the president's job to educate. and a you don't understand this. there is no reason you should understood this. it's was in a place far, far away with people who speak a different language. i am going to explain to you what american interests are in the congress respond to that. i will let opinion makers respond to that and members of my administration. i will educate you and you can help make a decision. to explain to you why this is a course of action to pursue. 10:00, theorning at 1996 c

. >> sunday night on q&a, documentary filmmaker aviva kemptner talks about her film "rosenwald" about the partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. >> so first he said, oh, you know, sears puts together these kit houses. why don't we just use the kit houses? and the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no, i want, just like we do at tuskegee, i want the communities to build it. so first these six schools were built and it's amazing but from that it morphed into 5,000 schools all over the south including maryland. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> today the american association of university women hosts a forum on preventing campus sexual assaults. they'll outline findings of an education department study on the subject and look at potential legislative action this year. it's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> new jersey governor and republican presidential candidate chris christie delivered his annual state of the stat

. >> tonight, on "q&a," a film about julius rosenwald and his partnership with booker t.ashington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. first, they put together these houses and why don't we use these houses? the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no. i want the communities to build these six were built and that is amazing. from that, in moved to 5000 all over the south, including maryland. monday night on "the communicators," republican fcc commissioner discusses key topics being considered by the fcc, including the speed of broadband equipment across the u.s. he is joined by "the washington post" technology reporter. is a key driver of economic growth. one of the things i found striking is that in the 21st century, there has been entrepreneurship and everything falls to those in montana. broadband are using a connection to build businesses in the previous era, it would have had to migrate to the coast or it would with it on the fine, but because of that connection, t