tennessee historical society. as i said, and education department. this topic for today really comes full circle in this building, because it was approximately 10 years ago when i was working on the second floor and adam walked into my office with a baseball in his hand. he set it down on my desk and had a slight grin on his face. i said what's this? he said this is what we are going to be doing next summer. i said oh, this is interesting. and adam pitched the idea that he was starting a vintage baseball club. he is in two clubs playing in the national area. i was excited because i always wanted to play baseball. for a number of reasons, i unfortunately never had the opportunity to play any baseball as a young man. so i was excited, this is great, i'll get to play baseball. and adam said well, not exactly. what you mean? and he says i was thinking about rather than playing baseball, you would be what they called the arbiter in vintage baseball. the umpire. and all the excitement drained from my face. being able to

, tennessee grow and progress. they don't fit the carpetbagging mythology, the myth, because that's one thing they did. they did recognize smart things. marrying southern daughters here, but also they didn't bring a radical social agenda. they did support emancipation. but these were more moderate who didn't necessary really advocate for greater civil and political rights for african-americans having done that, they were suitable stock to stay. now there were some radical republicans who showed up here got driven out real quick in knoxville, tennessee. but back to the whole and were these southern soldiers. they weren't really southern soldiers. they came from southern sympathizers and families on part. these were very young men on average about 22 years of age. one player, 14, the knoxville. knoxville is where an older that 25 and a half on average the whole distance were a mix. they had two union veterans and two confederate veterans and one of those union veterans was basically a medical cadet. he didn't see any

and tennessee grow and progress. they do not fit the carpetbagging mythology because , one thing they did recognize, the smart thing was marrying southern daughters, they also did not bring a radical social agenda. they did support emancipation. these were more moderate republicanss who did not necessarily advocate for greater civil and political rights for african americans. there were some radical republicans who showed up and they were driven out real quick in knoxville tennessee. back to the holston's. were they southern soldiers? they were not really southern soldiers. they came from southern sympathizing families. they were very young men on average about 22 years of age, one player was 14. the knoxville knoxville's were older about 25.5 on average. the holston's were a mix. they had two union veterans and two c confederate veterans and one of those union veterans was basically a medical conduct he did not see any action and one confederate veteran was a courier who passed messages. these were young men who wer

and so losing middle tennessee is disastrous. and so brad graham has a lot to answer for as he maneuvers through the tennessee mountains down chattanooga. but he gets there and begins to reposition and reinforce his army. and james longstreet is on his way from the army of northern virginia. but as longstreet's chief artillery supporter alexander points out in his memoirs, instead of waiting for longstreet's entire corps to arrive, bryan brings on a battle with rosecrans before long trades artillery is even off the train. five of longstreet's brigades remain out of range of the fight, but bragg brings on the fight. and alex ender was not upset at bragg for this. he was upset at early on it as polk, and we all know why because polk was told to launch his attacks at daylight during the battle and bragg wakes up and hears no sounds of gunfire, fighting or anything, and he dispatches an aide to figure out what's going on with lee on it as well. and the aide arrives to find polk eating breakfast completely unconcerned with the fact he

and he came back to tennessee. and he was heralded it wasn't drummed out of political he was welcomed here. so that's probably one of my more favorite ones. there's some obscure ones that we allude in the introduction. i did a heck of a amount of research newspapers dot com where i'm just literally searching like corruption or arrested lawmaker wrongdoing and finding things like you know a guy in 1920 name like cb claiborne or something like that who was suggested to do something, you know, like being bribed in in a committee, something like that. so those were those, were minor ones. but there laughable ones that i would encourage you to look at the introduction for, well, this is cheating a little bit because my mind happens just before the time frame that we that we selected maybe 55 years ago, not 50, but there's a senator, ed gillick, who was indicted, taking bribes to help out people to get electrical licenses in memphis. his lawyer was neal, who was a famous lawyer who had been a prosecutor in in the waterga

you represent a district in tennessee.r black population are not as high as some of the charles or talking about but. you have capitalized on the idea that a whole lot of people who moved to tennessee, including to nashville where you are. a lot of people from the north have decided lifestyles better there. they decide to go. they're a lot of non black people, why not black people? >> it is good to see you again, my friend. this book, and the documentary, offer a very powerful thesis. my family left west tennessee to go to chicago, fleeing the terrorism in the violence of jim crow. eventually moving to oakland, and san francisco. i came back here to attend a historically black college, siskiyou never say die, where now i teach. another thing that charles said -- so goes the south, as goes the nation. whether or not we see this large exodus of black people returning to the south, we know that the south will be pivotal in key in the future of this nation. this is a choice between mass enfranchisement and mass disenfranchisem

had a big impact in west tennessee. he served our community many years ago working for former congressman ed bryant. it was in west tennessee that justin met his wife, caroline. together they attended law school at the university of memphis. later, while working for encompass health, justin put his experience to work helping improve access to rehabilitation hospital care. justin hunter was a really strong and passionate advocate for rehabilitation hospitals. justin used his understanding of the laws governing compare -- medicare program to help improve the quality of health care available to americans across our nation. i know i just used the word passion, but justin was very passionate about everything he did and believed in. if he was in, he was in 100% on everything. justin hunter will be remembered not only to his dedication to health care and the law, but also as an avid hunter, as barbecue master, and for his tremendous devotion for his family. for both roberta and me, our thoughts are with justin's wife caroline,

so if you haven't heard about what happened in clinton, tennessee in 1956, do not feel alone. you are not the only one. but it was, in fact, the first court mandated school in america in 1956. in august of that year 12, black students walked into clinton high school. there were massive riots as a result. eventually, tennessee's governor called out the national guard, but he called out the national guard to enforce the court order instead of to prevent it. like orval faubus would a year later, the school was bombed and destroyed and rebuilt by an international fund raising headed up by billy graham. of course, there were journalists around the world, in town. cover it during those years. at one point there were five photographer for us from life magazine in there. the new york times had people there. the bbc was covering it. edward murrow did two award winning documentaries, town and must have. you've never heard of it. so that is what i set out to fix. here we go. the process forgetting an event as important as the desegregation of clinton high school sounds passive, but it re

it wasn't just in tennessee.than 100 severe weather reports impacting people all across the south, hitting kentucky, alabama, mississippi and florida. this storm system still on the move. 52 million people from d.c. to maine are under flood alerts this morning. nbc's marissa parra is standing by in hard-hit madison, tennessee. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is also with us tracking the forecast. marissa, people in tennessee are getting a better sense of the devastation from these deadly tornadoes. what are you seeing and what are you learning? >> reporter: you can imagine a lot of this is people trying to not only pick up the pieces, salvage what they can, but protect their very exposed homes. you can see one of those homes behind me, people trying to board up the window or put some sort of protection over the windows. as you can see, these homes took a heavy hit. this is nesbitt lane in madison, tennessee. this is just one of the communities in tennessee hit very hard. remember, this is multiple tornadoes.

al menos seis muertos dejÓ una catastrÓfica cadena de tornados que volviÓ al estado de tennessee, las desaparecidos y evalÚan la cantidad de los daÑos. >> muriÓ una hermanita tenÍa apenas cinco meses. fÉlix: los condados de venturas y riverside ordenan evacuaciones por los incendios forestales que se han propagando por con rapidez por los fuertes vientos que se presentan en la regiÓn. ajustando un duro ajuste econÓmico asumiÓ javier milei. >> tengo que decÍrselos de nuevo, no hay plata. felix: y la virgen de guadalupe se prepara para recibir este martes 12 de diciembre, en el dÍa de su cumpleaÑos, a mÁs de 13,000,000 de peregrinos. muy buenas tardes. una poderosa tormenta acompaÑada de una cadena de tornados golpeÓ el centro de tennessee, dejando al menos seis personas muertas y decenas de heridos. algunas de gravedad. el sistema daÑÓ ademÁs edificaciones, vuelco vehÍculos y afectÓ al servicio elÉctrico de miles de usuarios. nuestra compaÑera estÁ en la zona del desastre con toda la informaciÓn. sheila: asÍ es, nos encontramos en una de las Áreas que mÁs ha sufrido este embate de la n

you know him also as a federal commander here in tennessee, won several very victories here here in tennessee very present in the western theater of the war before he goes east in 64. and we tend to know him as a civil war hero more than we know as president, even though he served two terms. sure. well, grant, i want to say two things. i'm going to tell you a little bit about him. a, as an individual and then something about his his presidency. why his presidency is something different from what most of us received in our earlier education. i mean grant in the in his character he's very remarkable. he's extremely modest. very modest. his his his west point. very well-educated guy. his would later say he's was an idiot, isn't stupidity, you know, and it's not a not true at all. so very well educated west point was one of the best offered one of the best educations in the united states in his day. so west, a veteran of the mexican american war, leaves the army for a while before. the civil war rejoins and moves very up the ranks because he keeps. very successful general but very modest. as i sa

you know him also as a federal commander here in tennessee, won several very victories here here in tennessee very present in the western theater of the war before he goes east in 64. and we tend to know him as a civil war hero more than we know as president, even though he served two terms. sure. well, grant, i want to say two things. i'm going to tell you a little bit about him. a, as an individual and then something about his his presidency. why his presidency is something different from what most of us received in our earlier education. i mean grant in the in his character he's very remarkable. he's extremely modest. very modest. his his his west point. very well-educated guy. his would later say he's was an idiot, isn't stupidity, you know, and it's not a not true at all. so very well educated west point was one of the best offered one of the best educations in the united states in his day. so west, a veteran of the mexican american war, leaves the army for a while before. the civil war rejoins and moves very up the ranks because he keeps. very successful general but very modest. as i sa

and before he actually was here in tennessee, where he worked at both the tennessee arts commission and tennessee, so formally in a past life, he was one of these people running the tense, doing other hospitality. but now he's on the other side as a published author himself. and so with that, i'll turn it to langston, and he's going to give us an introduction. hip hop in houston, thank thank you. yeah, i'm delighted to be here. like jennifer just said, maybe five years ago. yeah, i was running around working on and collaborating with the rest of the staff to produce this here event. it's really weird to be back here as an author, but again, i'm delighted to. be here. yeah. i'm an assistant professor of folklore and africa-american studies at the university of wisconsin, and those two areas kind of informed my first book. welcome to houston, hip hop, heritage and hustle town. i'll see, you know, i'm kind of switching into like author mode here i was planning to be the host but you know so, forgive me so book came out in august through university of illinois press. it's an ethnographic lo

and before he actually was here in tennessee, where he worked at both the tennessee arts commission and tennessee, so formally in a past life, he was one of these people running the tense, doing other hospitality. but now he's on the other side as a published author himself. and so with that, i'll turn it to langston, and he's going to give us an introduction. hip hop in houston, thank thank you. yeah, i'm delighted to be here. like jennifer just said, maybe five years ago. yeah, i was running around working on and collaborating with the rest of the staff to produce this here event. it's really weird to be back here as an author, but again, i'm delighted to. be here. yeah. i'm an assistant professor of folklore and africa-american studies at the university of wisconsin, and those two areas kind of informed my first book. welcome to houston, hip hop, heritage and hustle town. i'll see, you know, i'm kind of switching into like author mode here i was planning to be the host but you know so, forgive me so book came out in august through university of illinois press. it's an ethnographic lo

deadly tornadoes leave a trail of destruction in tennessee. >> oh, my god. >> at least six killed inrch for survivors under way amidst the devastation. >> i'm manuel bojorquez. in one hard-hit tennessee, in some cases there is very little that can be saved. >> tonight, that same storm system working its way up the east coast bringing blinding rain, damaging winds and snow. we'll have the complete forecast. >> also tonight, the santa ana winds fanning the flames of a wildfire in ventura county, california. authorities warning residents to get to safety. >>> call to surrender. >> i'm charlie d'agata in tel aviv with the fight raging across gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells hamas it's time to surrender and while the bombing of southern gaza intensifies, so does the desperation of the people left in the rubble. and later for you, beacons of the past. mark strassman shines a light on the push to save america's aging lighthouses. >> there is a lighthouse for days like this. >> exactly. >> right? ♪ ♪ >>> this is "the cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka dunk an. >> good

in miami they scored two touchdowns in the final 2 1/2 minutes, tennessee beat miami 28-17 >>> san jose firefighters got a break from the usual duties by collecting toys for children. people throughout santa clara county delete the gifts for children of all ages. electronics, legos, plush toys and a lot of other fun stuff. if you would like to donate just drop off an unwrapped toy at any fire station until 5:00 p.m. any day of the week. the toys will be distributed on saturday so kids will have a surprise underneath the christmas tree. >>> san francisco churches hard at work. glad foundation and its volunteers packing 5500 bags of groceries. each bag is filled with all the fixings for a holiday meal. supplies going out to the community on wednesday. this is part of the church's mission to provide for people living on the margins of property. -- poverty. it's not just a one for all. we also want you to be reminded that our nourishing neighbors program is going on until christmas day. donate $10 the next time you check out a safeway store. >> it's crunch time. we are almost at the big hol

fÉlix: muerte y destrucciÓn dejÓ a su paso una cadena de tornados en tennessee. habÍa llegado recientemente al paÍs. con la promesa de recuperar a argentina, pero luego de pasar por un fuerte abuso econÓmico que anticipÓ que serÁ muy doloroso se posicionÓ como presidente, javier milei. >> desde entonces mi madre estÁ muerta en vida, no ha parado de buscar. >> habÍan testigos de los hechos, pero nuestra nada por mi. >> las autoridades no tienen ningÚn informaciÓn sobre mis paraderos. fÉlix: con inteligencia artificial se le dar voz a los desapareciÓ de mÉxico que pide que no se olviden de ellos. ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ fÉlix: buenas noches. a primeras horas de esta tarde falleciÓ en sinaloa, mÉxico marÍa consuelo rivera pÉrez, la madre del arco o traficante joaquÍn el chapo guzmÁn y la abuela de los chapitos, la sideral o verano veÍa suyo desde el aÑo 2015. el chapo guzmÁn esta una cÁrcel en los estados unidos cumpliendo una condena de cadena perpetua, sandra argüelles nos habla. sandra: muriÓ la mamÁ del arco traficante el chapo guzmÁn, doÑa consuelo o fue falleciÓ una clÍn

especially in tennessee. right? so, i would say if i can do and share our story, and what we are going through, in their backyard, to help sway and help them make that decision so they don't have regret later looking back at their tenure saying man i wish i could have passed that law or voted for that bill that could have protected or kept weapons out of people that are unwell and mentally unstable or that are only out to do harm or man, if i could create a little bit of friction or help pass a law that could help create a little friction around our second amendment right. and owning a weapon. perhaps more people would have a little bit more respect for their weapon. and lives could be saved. so i am very optimistic by nature. but i do think that we have a gross political game and we have to take into consideration when we are negotiating with these legislatures. >> mary joyce and nick hanson, thank you very much for sharing that with us. and, you know, i know that your families have been dealing with a lot in these

and i must say up front, i live in pulaski, tennessee. i actually grew up in a little small town next, it called louis lewisburg. and my first understanding of the ku klux klan came from my grandmother. and as you can tell, that's been quite a long time ago. and my played it ku klux klan was a really good group of people that. if her husband was on faithful, they would come down on him. so that was my first understand of ku klux klan. we had lots of stores. lewisburg, tennessee. we had one store that was all is the jewish store. so that was my childhood and now, as i said, i live pulaski, tennessee, and i belong to a group of people that try to recognize the people in jones county that are deserving of recognition. and so we have just recently the colored troops, that's the term used colored troops and foreign civil war because they turn the state out and sent the civil war to end, which probably saved a lot of lives so, so put into place in jails. daniels recognizing those people now and for the black people that are on my committee, the

and i must say up front, i live in pulaski, tennessee. i actually grew up in a little small town next, it called louis lewisburg. and my first understanding of the ku klux klan came from my grandmother. and as you can tell, that's been quite a long time ago. and my played it ku klux klan was a really good group of people that. if her husband was on faithful, they would come down on him. so that was my first understand of ku klux klan. we had lots of stores. lewisburg, tennessee. we had one store that was all is the jewish store. so that was my childhood and now, as i said, i live pulaski, tennessee, and i belong to a group of people that try to recognize the people in jones county that are deserving of recognition. and so we have just recently the colored troops, that's the term used colored troops and foreign civil war because they turn the state out and sent the civil war to end, which probably saved a lot of lives so, so put into place in jails. daniels recognizing those people now and for the black people that are on my committee, the

a "fox weather" alert, at least six people are dead after wearing two tornadoes popped a part of tennesseentucky and mississippi yesterday. >> the red cross is on the ground offering shelter to residents. >> nicole valdes is on the ground in nashville, tennessee with the latest. nicole what do you see. >> honestly unspeakable damage as we mourn the lives of six people across tennessee who lost their lives one of those a child in montgomery county and let me show you what were seen it is so horrific, you can take a look at this home, look to the left of it, that is somebody's bed completely in the open the sheer force of the tornado that moved through madison tennessee that ripped up the wall surrounding the bedroom. i will take a walk to show you it's not just isolated to one home, this entire street, each house has significant severe damage, roofs, unimaginably torn to pieces, using the power lines that are just laying on the driveway. take a look further that is another home, the second story most eviscerated in the force of the storm and were waiting for a lot more information on the si

. >>> the deadly toll after more than 30 tornadoes swept through the southeast, six killed in tennessee, including a 2-year-old, and the incredible stories of survival, the father who saved his family with just moments to spare. >>> our nbc news exclusive, richard engel's interview with a released hostage, what she told us about the conditions inside the tunnels. plus, her concerns about those remaining, including her husband, as so many face starvation as fighting intensifies in gaza. >>> the special counsel asks the supreme court to decide if donald trump is immune from prosecution, or trying to overturn the 2020 election as our new poll finds him with an unprecedented lead in iowa, battling counterfeit drugs, undercover video of a crime in progress, and our exclusive inside look at how a major drug company is fighting back. >>> and the comeback kid, bronny james takes the court months after his health scare as his legendary father cheers him on >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, welcome, everyone, there are late breaking developments to repor

you can donate on the web at ww dark humanities, tennessee dawg the humanities tennessee at the tennessee headquarters or year via venmo at hq. m t n hum ten please also visit humanities tennessee's online literary publication, chapter 16, which i write for at chapter 16 dot org. so the way that we've structured this is that kat is going to read for us, we'll return for a conversation between kat and i and then we'll open it up for. q&a and also, as a reminder, we arrive at the q&a portion. please use the microphone upfront to make sure that everybody can hear you and that it correctly transmit to the folks watching via c-span. okay so take it away. kat well, thank you. i was just. kashif my grandmother was a librarian and i love librarians so i am so excited to be here with three amazing librarians and also you guys c-span booktv the best tv. i'm so this is book. it's pink, it's beautiful american identity and crisis notes from an accidental activist and i'm going to read i think just four short sections will help sort of orient us to what book is it's short so you can read it in a weeke

you can donate on the web at ww dark humanities, tennessee dawg the humanities tennessee at the tennessee headquarters or year via venmo at hq. m t n hum ten please also visit humanities tennessee's online literary publication, chapter 16, which i write for at chapter 16 dot org. so the way that we've structured this is that kat is going to read for us, we'll return for a conversation between kat and i and then we'll open it up for. q&a and also, as a reminder, we arrive at the q&a portion. please use the microphone upfront to make sure that everybody can hear you and that it correctly transmit to the folks watching via c-span. okay so take it away. kat well, thank you. i was just. kashif my grandmother was a librarian and i love librarians so i am so excited to be here with three amazing librarians and also you guys c-span booktv the best tv. i'm so this is book. it's pink, it's beautiful american identity and crisis notes from an accidental activist and i'm going to read i think just four short sections will help sort of orient us to what book is it's short so you can read it in a weeke

dozens are injured after tornadoes tear through parts of tennessee.dean is tracking all those storms. >> brian: plus another official admits the lab leak theory is possible. this time it's biden's excovid adviser. will we ever get the truth about the origins of covid? we're going to ask congressman carlos gimenez who sits on the china subcommittee, next. ♪ remember the things you loved... ...before asthma got in the way? fasenra is an add-on treatment for asthma driven by eosinophils. it's designed to target and remove them and helps prevent asthma attacks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems or other eosinophilic conditions. allergic reactions may occur. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may occur. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. get back to better breathing. ask your doctor about fasenra. as a way to say thank you this holiday season, bass pro shops and cabela's club members save even more while supporting conservation dur

cbs's manuel bojorquez leads us off tonight in nashville, tennessee.anuel, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, errol. in this neighborhood power lines and poles were toppled and homes are now missing entire sections. it's also in this area where three people were killed including a child. there was little doubt as the intense storm blew through middle tennessee. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: that these incredibly large funnel clouds near the heart of nashville -- >> oh, my god. >> reporter: -- would cause major damage. >> i hope nobody was in those houses. >> those are really bad. >> reporter: this is the rubble left in its wake. devastating. deadly. and widespread. >> this morning we have a lot of families who are suffering. >> it's going to take a lot of time, a lot of resources, and us coming together to get through this difficult time. >> reporter: the damage is heaviest in clarksville. and in hendersonville where little is left of this ant roantique mart where they rushed to the shelter below. >> we with got down to the basement just in time. w

en used to be able if you moved from tennessee to texas you take your tennessee i.d. and they would give you a texas i.d.. now every time you want and your i.d. for a new state you need all your documentation. a birth certificate, this, that and whatever. texas last year changed the law so that now because in most states you don't need your birth certificate if you are replacing your i.d. if it got onstolen or something in texas, now it requires a certificate, everything the time, even if you are replacing it. and so, part of why no one knows this is a problem, is that for probably everyone in this room when we got an idea it was a lot easier. and then sort of we have been renewing or revising since then. it also in america we don't recognize something as a problem until it's been at least 100 years. like 20 years, please. we just discovered there's police brutality four years ago. that's been happening for 500 years so we are very slow on the uptake. is so because of all those things made so much more difficult, the birth certificate, the types of s documents that ar