he was a building engineer, a graduate of talladega. and he was involved in directing the construction of savery library, and ultimately involved in creating this building where these great murals would be on display for many decades into the future. in fact, until just recently when they were taken down and restored and put on the current tour, which has brought them to our galleries here in washington at the smithsonian. the exhibition focuses on hale woodruff's other interests. he was very much a social activist in the sense that he , felt that art should be used to talk about issues of importance in terms of social justice. at the time this is done in the late 1930's, the situation for black people was not terrific, especially in the south. it is a period of lynchings and the ku klux klan and segregation was still in full flower. and so, to see these murals and become aware of the story was a big shot in the arm and also a way to remind people that one of the ways you move ahead is to collaborate, to move ahead together with others

-- at talladega college. founded in 1867. so the american missionary association that had been so active continued to be active. this time or in this earra in trying to establish educational institutions for the freed slaves. so the middle of the cycle the larger panel which corresponds to the trial panel in the other cycle shows the opening day at talladega college. and what i think woodruff wanted to communicate was, first of all, it was very much an interracial activity. and collaboration. and so, you see white figures and then you see various african-american individuals who are, who have determined that they want to be educated. now, no one has any money in that group. so, they are coming with payment in kind. so they are coming with grain fruit, animals that they can use to pay their way so they can become students at the college. and in the background, you see the first building at the college. the college evolved from that. i do not know if i mentioned but woodruff had studied mural painting with dieg

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>> his favorite movie is "talladega nights." which is terribly embarrassing.now -- he's a horrible dresser. the guy, he has polo shirts that are older than me probably. you know he's not focused on his looks, although mom takes care of him on that front, tried to dress him up make sure he looks i guess presentable. you know. hey, he's a total grinder, he loves to work it's what he does. >> reporter: and what he does as a bush is run for president. >> he will be running towards his record toward his accomplishments and maybe lessons learned from his failures. he will try and learn -- show people that he is his own man and has his own vision and views of how to move the country forward. >> reporter: i think that's what we saw jeb bush trying to do on issues like emigration and education. i think the only question he can't answer right now is whether his party is going to buy it. >> we will see if that is the case. "talladega nights," i love it. >> love that right? >> great report. thank you so much. we will talk 2016 politics with dana bash who is there on site

occasions why don't mind saying the sheer pleasure of hearing the story from her once again targeted at talladegat was a combination of those things. i will try and repeat the question. yes,. >> what you are doing after that began. >> you mean after a began to work in media? you know, i think my mother was proud. when my mother said i'm probably have become that was a part of it. i think it gave my mother some pleasure when people would say, say you know at some.she became scott simon's mother. but you know what command most wasted and carol. i mean,, there's a man named mark shulman in town. our families go back a long way. my mother didn't want to see anyone in the icu. marco come by with cheesecake treats for the nurses. please let me see mark. families go back a long way. my 14th birthday she took me to eli stays delicatessen and we had not budget correctly. to make a long story short we had run out of the check. which is you know, a story the shulman's love. marco marie the exemplary dollars. so mark but the cheesecake treats and came in to talk to my mother and they had a wonderful conversa

afghanistan, this after the department of defense announced today that 54-year-old chrissy davis of talladega, alabama was killed two days ago. this was during an indirect fire attack at bagram air force base. >>> i was out of town in new york i wake up on wednesday morning to text messages and facebook messages. >> that's john mecham, he said he's lucky to be alive after a fire destroyed a house where he rented a room. his two roommates didn't make it out. friends and family will gather to remember one of the victims of the fire. a memorial will be held for nina br mclaughlin was also a victim in that fire. he died. both victims rented rooms on the third floor. mecham told news4 he used to rent brecklesman's room before he moved downstairs. >> i visualize myself in that room after hearing what happened, and it's not a pleasant thought. >> now according to "the washington post," that fire was caused by an electrical fault in the house. the landlord remains in the hospital. he jumped out of the window to escape the flames. >>> delaware is looking into one of its state troopers who confronted a

and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> yesterday the house energy and commerce committee held a hearing on a bill that would reauthorize through 2041 the victims for september 11 2011 terror attacks and eliminate caps to payments of victims. fund. among them two police officers resulting with illnesses from the trade center site in 2001.amilies. pennsylvania republican chairs the committee.wo hours gene green of texas is ranking democrat. this is two hours 20 minutes. >> the hearing is about two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you will take your seats we will begin. like to ask all of our guests today to please take their seats.aring wi subcommittee will come to order. the chair will recognize himself for an opening statement. today's health subcommittee hearing will examine the world trade center wtc health program that was created in the james 9/11 health and compensation act enacted in 2011. the act allocated $4.2 billion to create the health program which provides monitori

and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> director of clinical cardiology at women's hospital in boston. dr. patrick oguerra on the advances in heart surgery and the understanding of heart health. >> this actually is a valve that has been crimped on to this catheter that's being now positioned into the diseased valve. it will be deployed here in just a second with the balloon being inflated. a new valve will be inserted inside the old calcified stenotic volve stenotic valve. the delivery system is being withdrawn and then the wire will be withdrawn. and what we've just seen in this little pictorial display is replacement of a diseased aortic valve in a manner that does not require open heart surgery. we're trying to become smarter about predicting who will get disease, we're trying to become smarter as to identifying the most effective means to prevent or attenoutiate the disease. so we're currently in an era where we're trying to harness the promise of the human gegnome research pr

college and the founding of talladega college.get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> director of clinical cardiology at bringham and women's college on the advances of heart surgery and the progress being made in the understanding of heart health. >> this actually is a valve that has been crimped onto this catheter being now positioned into the disease valve and it will be deployed here with the balloon being inflated and a new valve will be inserted inside the old kalscalcified valve. what we've seen is replacement of a diseased aortic valve in a manner that does not require open heart surgery. so we're trying to become smarter about predicting who will get disease, as to identifying the most effective means to atenuate the disease and following up over a longer period of time. we're trying to harness the promise of the human genome research project in existence for more than a decade with everything that can be driven by the giants of the industry like google for example and information about sociology, see og geography, w

and the founding of talladega college. yet our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> wednesday in the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron gave a statement on the outcome of the recent g-7 summit in germany. following his remarks, he took questions on combating isis, i'm a change efforts, and trade with the united states. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> statements of the prime minister. david cameron: that -- at the summit, i believe we made progress. first, on economic security, we reached important agreements on trade, global, green growth and corruption. on trade, i was determined to progress the trade deal with other g-7 countries which together could be worth around 20 billion pounds to our economy every year. the g7 agrees to step up efforts on the japan deal anaccelerate all work on the eu u.s. trade deal. in has been 700 days since we launched and every day the deal is costing the global economy 630 million pounds. the agreement talks about finalizing the outline of an agreement ride e

college depicting the amistad slave revolt and the aftermath and the founding of talladega college.et our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here on c-span3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events and on weekends c-span3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites. history bookshelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and our new series real america featuring archival government and educational films from the 1930s through the '70s. c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us inh d, like us on facebook, and follow us on t

and the founding of talladega college. our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> british prime minister david cameron spoke to parliament about the recent g-7 summit in germany. following his remarks, the prime minister took questions on the militant group isis climate change and trade with the united states. from the british house of commons, this is just over an hour. >> statement the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. with permission, i'd like to make statement on the g-7 in germany earlier this week. i went to the summit with two clear aims to advance our economic security and to protect our national security. the two, of course are interlinked because you cannot have one without the other. and at the summit i believe we made some progress on both. first on economic security, we reached important agreement on trade, global poverty, green growth and corruption. on trade, i was determined to progress the eu's trade deal with other g-7 countries which together could be worth around 20 billion pounds to our economy

>> well, his favorite movie is talladega nights. >> absolutely, man. sign your baby. >> which is terribly embarrassing, but, you know, he is a horrible dresser. the guy has polo shirts that are older than me, probably. he is not focused on his looks, although mom takes care of him on that front trying to dress him up and make sure he looks, i guess, presentable. you know, he is a total gribder. he loves to work. that's what he does. >> and what he does as a bush is run for president. >> he is going to be running towards his record. he will be running towards his accomplishments and also maybe lessons learned from his failures, but he is going to try to learn -- show people that he is his own man and has his own vision and views of how to move this country forward. >> now, you know, if he does get the nomination, i mean, there are going to be a lot of republicans who he is running against who will say, look, if he gets the nomination, we lose -- republicans lose one of their greatest attacks against hillary clinton, that she's a throwback to the past, t

artifacts, we visit the national museum of american history to view the newly restored murals from talladega college, depicting the slavery and its aftermath and the founding of the college. get our complete schedule at cspan.org. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on cspan and senate, here, we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events and on weekends, cspan 3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's history, including six unique series. visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sights to discover what they reveal about america's past. history book shelf, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commander in chief. top college professors delving into america's past and our new series, real america, featuring archiveal government films. created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite proprovider. follow us on twitter. >>> the epa's waters of the u.s. or clean water rule was the focus of discu

history to visit the newly restored murals depicted the ammistad slave revolt and the founding of talladegallege. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> this summer book tv will cover book festivals from around the country and top nonfiction authors and books. near the end of june watch for the roosevelt reading festival from the presidential library. in the middle of july we're live at the harlem book flare with author interviews and panel discussions. and at the beginning of september we are live from the nation's capitol for the national book festival. and that is a few of the event this is year on c-span's book tv. >>> housing andush ban development secretary julian castro testified before the house committee yesterday on a number of topics related to the housing agenda. secretary updated the committee on the priorities and programs, including what they are doing to ensure responsible buyers have access to credit. hud is celebrating the 50th anniversary this year. jeb hencer ling chairs the committee and markine waters is the ranking member. this portion is about 90 minutes. >> th

occasions why don't mind saying the sheer pleasure of hearing the story from her once again targeted at talladegat was a combination of those things. i will try and repeat the question. yes,. >> what you are doing after that began. >> you mean after a began to work in media? you know, i think my mother was proud. when my mother said i'm probably have become that was a part of it. i think it gave my mother some pleasure when people would say, say you know at some.she became scott simon's mother. but you know what command most wasted and carol. i mean,, there's a man named mark shulman in town. our families go back a long way. my mother didn't want to see anyone in the icu. marco come by with cheesecake treats for the nurses. please let me see mark. families go back a long way. my 14th birthday she took me to eli stays delicatessen and we had not budget correctly. to make a long story short we had run out of the check. which is you know, a story the shulman's love. marco marie the exemplary dollars. so mark but the cheesecake treats and came in to talk to my mother and they had a wonderful conversa

and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> texas governor greg abbott recently gave the commencement address at the university of north texas in denton. he talked about the importance of responding to life's challenges while discussing his own experience of becoming partially paralyzed at age 26. he was elected in november. this is 15 minutes. >>> thank you, all and thank you, president. the university of north texas is fortunate to have you at the helm of this remarkable university. as you begin the next 125 years for the university of north texas. i'm deeply honored to get to participate in this celebration for this commencement of the north texas mean green. now, i know first-hand the caliber of the students who attend the university of north texas. my nephew, ryan abbott graduated from north texas five years ago. in 2010, with a degree in emergency administration and planning. he now works with the philadelphia office of emergency management. and the university of north texas wo

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american museum of history to visit the newly restored murals depicting the amistad and the founding of talladega college. get our full schedule at c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with congressman david price democrat of north carolina, the ranking member on the appropriations subcommittee. he gives 1.5 billion to transportation housing programs. what is that mean in terms of dollars compared to last year and the agencies and programs that run? guest: both housing and transportation are areas that are born to brought as a result of the republican strategy budget strategy. the tax expenditures are not addressed, in tandem with spending is not addressed but it certainly devastates our domestic investment. this is a bill where that comes home to roost. we are looking at a state of need in this country. something like $78 billion in capital backlog for transit systems. $25 billion backlog for maintaining public housing. it is a dire situation. this bill attempts to address it. we have a new chairman from florida. and has been a pleasure to work with him. he has done the

the murals come from a historically black college in talladega, alabama. in 1938, the college petition well-known artist at the time to produce these murals that would commemorate the amistad mutiny and also provide a very concise history of the college. they commission him in 1938 so it was quite smith get for him to be able to do the project in a year, but he did. there are some people who find it a little violent. i mean, they are wielding the cane knives that were used in the sugarcane fields and so on, and clearly, there are people who are not going to escape entirely intact and a live but there is no blood. what i like about the picture is the activism, the movement, the extraordinary way he uses color and space. i think the murals are important because they tell an important story that many people are unaware of. we hear so many negative stories about the period of slavery, and of course, it's a very negative subject, but there were some moments of triumph. there are situations, cases in which african americans were able to take their destiny into t

the smithsonian's national museum of american history to see an exhibit of 6 murals from alabama's talladega college. recently restored, the murals depict the amistad slave revolt , trial, and aftermath and the , founding of the talladega college.

i come from a historically black college in talladega alabama. in renting 38, -- in 1938, the college commissioned a well-known artist to create these murals that would show it -- unity and provide a precise history of the college. it was quite a feat for him to be able to do this huge project in a year. he managed to do it, and here, telling the story of the amistad mutiny -- there are some who find a little violent. they are wielding these cane knives used in the sugarcane fields and there are people who are not going to escape entirely intact and alive, but there is no blood. what i like about the picture is the activism, the movement, the extraordinary way that he uses color and space -- i think these murals are important because they tell an important story that many people are unaware of. we hear some of the negative stories about the period of slavery. of course it is a very negative subject but there were some moments of triumph and there were some situations, cases in which african-americans were able to take their destiny into their own