what made you choose spelman? she looked at me, and she said, well, dr. cole, i am going to be an ass re physicist. -- an astro physicist, and i didn't want to have any professor looking at me and saying, or implying, honey, are you sure you can do physics? that's what happens at a women's college. nobody looks -- well, if that person does, they need to leave . you don't say in any way, by words or by implication, you cannot do what you have set out to do. there is this expression. i thought about it a lot when senator kamala harris came into the spotlight of our country, on a women's campus, you see the truth in this expression, if you can see one, you can be one. when ruth simmons was the president of smith college, think about the number of young women, especially young black women who said, if i can see that in ruth simmons, i can see that in myself. suzanne: dr. simmons? dr. simmons: well, i can't say it any better than that. it is, for women in general, seeing other women performing at the highest level is the greatest source of inspiration in terms

. >> in an event hosted by spelman college president and by the prairie view a&m president discuss thes in education and the important of historically black colleges and universities. here's a preview. >> but it really did take a long time for us as black scholars to insist on the relevancy of our own experiences. and so, to do so in the 1960's as scholars was really a revolutionary moment. it became a revolutionary movement to say that the canon had to be questioned. now, of course, it is true that across time there had always been black scholars who had lifted up the black experience and i know we will all think of w.e.b. dubois. we think of cooper who insisted that when the black woman entered, the whole race comes with her. but the notion that black folk were inferior, which were what was the excuse for enslavement, and for long years systemic racism, that had not been systematically challenged in the academy. and black studies as a movement did that. >> watch the full program sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, 11 a.m. pacific on american history tv. >> you are watching american history tv,

i mean, beverly, you are doing that amazing work at spelman.nything you can share about what more we could be doing? beverly: well you know, i talk about the history makers project everywhere i go, in terms of oral history. the other thing i do wherever i go with black folk, particularly black women, is to say to them is you need to ask yourself, where are my papers going? i'm talking about important black women who have not thought about it. i get up in their faces and i say, have you decided where your papers are going to go? and most of them have not really thought about it. so i do that whenever i go give a talk somewhere, i say it is really important for us as black people to think that our papers are important. and also, this is another thing, and history makers know this, you can wait too late. we can name people whose papers got lost in their houses. they were going to wait until they were 80 years old to let them go. and so, one of the things i'm happy about with covid is that i got my personal archives out of my house and out of my of

eastern the history makers with the spelman college president and an and president.e history of african-americans in education and the importance of hbcus. at 4:00 p.m. eastern unreal america in light of the recent attacks on the u.s. capitol watch several films on the united states government and american democracy, which offers specific lessons on how the government works. at 6:30 eastern and other talks about his book the heart of the sea about the 1820's sinking of the ship following a spur well attack at the state of the ships crew. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency we look back at farewells and inaugurations of previous presidents bill clinton, george w. bush, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, and ronald reagan. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. announcer: coming up tonight on c-span, a three hour look at this week's inauguration of president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. we begin with arrivals at the u.s. capitol just before the swearing-in ceremony and speeches. gentlemen, the vice president elect of the united states, kamal

. >> in an event hosted by the history makers, former spelman college president johnetta cole and prairie view a&m president ruth simmons discuss the history of african-americans in education and the importance of historically black colleges and universities. the history makers provided the video for this program.

eastern the history makers with the spelman college president and an and president. on the history of african-americans in education and the importance of hbcus. at 4:00 p.m. eastern unreal america in light of the recent attacks on the u.s. capitol watch several films on the united states government and american democracy, which offers specific lessons on how the government works. at 6:30 eastern and other talks about his book the heart of the sea about the 1820's sinking of the ship following a spur well attack at the state of the ships crew. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency we look back at farewells and inaugurations of previous presidents bill clinton, george w. bush, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, and ronald reagan. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. announcer: coming up tonight on c-span, a three hour look at this week's inauguration of president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. we begin with arrivals at the u.s. capitol just before the swearing-in ceremony and speeches. gentlemen, the vice president elect of the united states,

eastern, the history maker series continues with spelman college resident and review a&m on the historyof americans in education and the importance of -- on 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america. in light of the recent attacks on the u.s. capitol watch several films of the united states government and american democracy that offer >> lessons on how the government works. at 6:30 p.m. eastern author nathaniel talks about his book in the heart of the sea, the tragedy of the whaleship about the 1820s sinking of the ship following the sperm whale attack in the state of the ships crew. 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency. george w. bush, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy and ronald reagan. watch american history tb, this weekend on c-span three. >> house speaker nancy pelosi held her weekly briefing with reporters of the capitol earlier today. this is 25 minutes.

was concerned if a movement has support among students his mother suggested he get the ladies from spelman involved and the men for more house would come they were always a part of the leadership of the movement. but there were a lot of women who made a difference. but the war black lives matter making them movement happen. and the friend of mine was one of the leaders of the r kelly movement and that is significant and i mentioned earlier the undocumented students with college education so if you walk up to them and get women involved and let them leave and get out of the way and genesis you were talking about conversation and the historian taylor branch says the difference between 60 years ago and now is they were so overt and offensive and evident and now they are subtle and quiet and insidious that's true even if a week and a half ago we saw a confederate flag in the middle of the capital of the united states. maybe it's not so subtle after all. there is a lot of heart opening we have to do. is not all about laws or justice but realization if we have this country for everyone or not. s

eastern, "the history makers," with the presidents of spelman college and prairie view a&m, on the history of african-americans in education and the importance of hbcu's. and in light of the recent attacks on the u.s. capitol capital, watch several films on the united states government and american democracy, which offers civics lessons on how the government works. at six: 30 p.m. eastern, author nathaniel silver talks about his book "in the heart of the sea," about the 1820 sinking of a ship following a spur in well attack and the state of the ship's crew. and we look back at farewells and inaugurations of previous presidents will clinton, george w. bush, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, and ronald reagan. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> you are watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. c-span3, created by american cable television companies and provided to americans as a service. >> each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings archival films that provides context for today's public affa

i have to mention she is an hbcu grad, spelman college. >> shout it out, michelle -- >> and a memberblack ceos. all of them are men in the fortune 500 ranking. >> it's a big deal. >> this is a big deal. >> very big deal. >> all right. i'm -- she had to do it. she had to -- i love it. i love it. i love it. i love it. all right. mine is actually something a little fun and a little sweet. easter is not complete without something we didn't have for most of 2020. we are talking about peeps marshmallow treats. >> ooh. >> you like peeps? >> no. >> exactly. so these colorful confections are coming back just in time for easter. production was halted last year during the pandemc to protect plant workers. a new specialty peep is also being released -- doesn't sound good. hot tamale peeps. it combines a spicy cinnamon flavor with a fluffy marshmallow. if you like your easter candy to be sweet and spicy -- i see the look on your face -- you want some. >> he looks like a spicy kind of guy. >> you know -- >> i was looking at those things and thinking, you know, they might be good as sorts of coaste

. >> but you're focusing on the hbcus, morehouse, spelman, morehouse school of medicine, clark universitycenter. >> what will they get there, tim? >> you're going to learn things about machine learning. you're going to learn things about coding. you're going to learn about entrepreneurship. a lot of the things that we do here will be in the curriculum there. >> were you a good student, tim, when you were in school? >> you know, gayle, i tried to be. >> i'm going to take that as a yes. but go ahead. >> i tried to be. >> before she came to apple in 2013, lisa jackson served as president obama's epa administrator. now she's running all of the tech giant's environmental and social policy efforts. >> hbcus have a history of turning out the leaders in our community. propel center will be a place for all hbcu students and the surrounding community. it is a place for apple and other companies to plug in to the hbcu talent pool. we know that the talent is already there. we know these students are trying to do what every student does, propel themselves to a better future, and a better life. >> i li