and i date it from fort stedman onwards. some historians will date that from sheridan's move from the 29th. wherever you date it, there is an incredibly high drama. every single day is a fight. whether it is at fort stedman in the beginning with generally -- lee's first attempt breaking out on his own terms to the , courthouse obviously the five the union breakthrough. all of these skirmishes day to day. sailor's creek, cumberland church all of these dramatic to the lastt up morning with a brick got appomattox, or full of high drama. emotions are running very high. for blood,s out sensing that they have the endgame. , the army not quit was crumbling around them. we'll start with fort stedman, the attack on march 25. the winter has been hard. not a lot of snow in that winter of 1865. but it was a bitter winter. people are not starving but the troops are hungry and they are malnourished scurvy was a problem, i attended by various other diseases to read this should in army of northern virginia or up to a few hundred a night, co

if it is at fort stedman in the --inning with generally robert e. lee breaking out on his own terms. obviously theuse five forex. the union breakthrough. all of these skirmishes day today. sailor's creek, cumberland church, all of these dramatic fight right up to the last morning with a breakout attempt at appomattox. they are all high drama. emotions are running very high. the union is out for blood and they have a sense of the endgame. we will not quit. the army is crumbling around. stedman -- the attack on march 25. the winter has been hard. that winter snow in of 1865. a bitter winter. people are not starving but the troops are hungry and they are malnourished trade. scurvy is one of the many diseases. desertion is high in the army of virginia. if you hundred are coming over. they are hungry. strangely enough you also have union soldiers deserting to the confederacy and then running for the petersburg line at night. that i cannot figure out. except for the fact that they did not want to fight. when you get to fort stedman the back story is that

the way through their union, take fort stedman, pushed out, take the surrounding batteries, taking the flanking forts. everything is supposed to go right. but in war, nothing ever goes perfectly right. watch the entire program on the civil war tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern. this is american history tv, only on c-span 3. >> historian spencer crew discusses the great migration, when over 6 million african-americans moved after world war i from the rural south to urban areas in the north and west. he focuses on the early 20th-century and the desire for better education, housing, and jobs. this is sony and associates hosted this event. it is about an hour 20 minutes. rebecca: our speaker tonight is spencer crew. he is the former director of the mega history museum across the mall. he teaches at george mason. he teaches american, african-american, and public history. i'm delighted he's able to join us tonight. please welcome spencer crew. [applause] prof. crew: hello. can he

florida yeah who would you trade places with for a day i don't know sounds really crazy but maybe stedman. i love oprah so so it's a place i feel like i want to like know her and a personal level not be her because then i'd be spending time with him you know who's. this is us costar you trade places with for a day. many more this is us costar you trust with your deepest secrets. susan wilde as this is us close to our probably chris ellison something you wish you were better at math. what never fails to make you laugh weird noises like you can make as a dolphin those but also like weird creeks in noises that are like inappropriate at different times laughs i like can't help it always gets me. best compliment you ever got you've changed my life people said that all the time which is so wonderful great the strangest fan encounter. a woman came up and almost pulled me on the ground and i thought i was helping her cause i thought she was falling but she just was so excited to see me that she fell to her knees and i almost fell and she stood up and she kissed me and it was almost on my lips it

it was gayle, stedman, gayle's kids. we were all like, "did that just happen?" right.s-- it felt surreal. barack obama was the first african-american to be elected president. and now, we've had somebody elected president who was a media figure, you might argue. um, now-- [audience laughs] we've never had a woman elected president of the united states. so have you ever thought that, given the popularity you have, we haven't broken the glass ceiling yet for women, that you could actually run for president and actually be elected. [cheers, applause] i-- [audience laughs] i actually never thought that was-- i never considered the question. even a possibility. i just thought, "oh..." "oh." right, because it's clear that you don't need government experience to be elected president-- that's what i thought! i thought, "oh, gee, i don't have the experience, i don't know enough, i don't know--" and now, i'm thinking, "oh." right. [audience laughs, claps] "oh." well... now, speaking of o, that's the name of your magazine, right? yes, it is. [laughs] so a couple final questions be