the crushing of the craft union. debs through defeat of the american railroad union. they drew two different conclusions. gompers drew the conclusion, you have to make a deal, so to speak. you can't fight the system. you have to work within it. debs went toward socialism. he was not a socialist in the 1890s. he became a socialist because the only way to confront the power of the corporations was to use political power against them. that was the only countervailing power in the society. use the power of the state to confront the power of the corporations. both of them in their own way reflect the exhaustion of the earlier types of radicalism. debs was a democrat. a genuine democrat with a small "d." a -- he was a leader. he believed he was a leader, but he says, i would not -- in one speech he says, i would not lead you to the promised land if i could, because if i could lead you in, someone else can lead you out. movements are not made by leaders. change is not made by leaders. it's made by mass organization, he says. and he's willing to be the spokesman for that. debs is sort of suspicious to -- of the a

the crushing of the craft union. debs through defeat of the american railroad union. they drew two different conclusions. gompers drew the conclusion, you have to make a deal, so to speak. you can't fight the system. you have to work within it. debs went toward socialism. he was not a socialist in the 1890s. he became a socialist because the only way to confront the power of the corporations was to use political power against them. that was the only countervailing power in the society. use the power of the state to confront the power of the corporations. both of them in their own way reflect the exhaustion of the earlier types of radicalism. debs was a democrat. a genuine democrat with a small "d." a -- he was a leader. he believed he was a leader, but he says, i would not -- in one speech he says, i would not lead you to the promised land if i could, because if i could lead you in, someone else can lead you out. movements are not made by leaders. change is not made by leaders. it's made by mass organization, he says. and he's willing to be the spokesman for that. debs is sort of suspicious to the america

the central pacific jupiter and they union pacific number 119. becomeocomotives have probably two of the most famous locomotives in american railroading. being able to let people see -era locomotives is kind of a cool way to commemorate that. after the ceremony, a lot of pictures were taken and the operation of the railroad became huge throughout the country because they were trying to increase the time and efficiency within these companies themselves, eventually the line passing through this area was bypassed and they built a trestle bridge and causeway across the great salt lake. on the nevada-utah border, straight across the point of the promontory mountains right behind us, straight into often. that cut extra time, travel, money, all of that of have the operation of the transcontinental line. hub. became a huge materials and supplies all across the country. we had trains every hour and it became a major city, major thoroughfare for moving across the country. >> to mark the centennial of the national park service, we are featuring historic sites and national parks from the c-span cities tour. for more information about our travels,

the underground railroad. learn more about port huron all begin here on american history tv. >> we are at lake park -- lakeport state park. back in june of 1962, this was owned by the united auto workers and union members would come up. in the summers and weekends with the families. time was theone site for the students of a democratic society. to write what has become known as the port huron statement. the students for a democratic society were a group formed in ann arbor michigan paper, tom hayden, and a few others. they wanted to bring about a more democratic society. they figure they needed a manifesto to bring that about. so they came here to write their manifesto. sds was a student group. they wanted to build a more democratic society. they looked at the problems the united states and said these come about because of a lack of democracy. so in order to fix them, we need more. and so they came together here working from an original draft by tom hayden and they broken up into pieces, gave it to about -- groups of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 people. they worked on each of the sections for four or five days. of whaten wrote a draft became the port huron statement. he brought it here, divided it up and each

>> he was the head of the american railway union which mounted a successful strike against the great northern railroad co. in 1893. the aru gained thousands of members with eugene debs as its head. many of those members were part of the palace car company in 1894. the petition for support when they decided to walk out against george pullman who dropped their wages by a 28%. it wanted to walk out and they asked for support. eugene debs was reluctant at first. he thought it was too risky. but the pullman workers had a lot of support not only within the town of pullman which is outside of chicago, but also had a lot of support from railray workers all the way to st. louis. it became national in scope. as a result of that, president aglow over cleveland and the clerks got involved and issued yen an injunction to stop them from stopping the transport of goods, especially the u.s. mail, along that corridor. grover cleveland got involved. he sent u.s. troops to open up the role re depots that had been shut down as a result of the strike that had been called by the aru. eugene debs ultimately did not call the

he was -- headed the american railway union, which had mounded a successful strike against the great northern railroad company based in minneapolis in 1893. so the a.r.u., as a result of that strike, gained thousands and thousands of members with debs as the head. many of those members were part of the pullman palace car company in 1894. they petitioned, they asked the a.r.u. for support when they decided to walk out against george pullman who had dropped their wages as a result of the depression by 28%. once their wages were dropped, they wanted to walk out and asked the a.r.u., headed by debs at that point for support. debs was reluctant at first. he thought it was too risky. but the pullman workers had a lot of support, not only within pullman, the town of pullman, which is outside of chicago but also had a lot of support from railway workers all the way from there to st. louis. they staged what were some of the first boycott or sympathetic strikes along the railway lines. it became national in scope. as a result of that, president grover cleveland and the courts got involved and wanted to issue an

he was -- he was head of the american rail way union, who had mounted a successful strike against the great northern railroad company based in minneapolis in 1893. so the aru as a result of that strike gained thousands and thousands of members with debs as its head and not many of those members were part of the pull man pal lis car in 1894. so they asked for support when they decided to walk out against george pull man, who had dropped their wages as a result of the 1893 depression by 28%. so once their wages were dropped, way wanted to walk out and asked the aru for support and debs was reluctant at first. he thought it was too risky, but the pull man workers had a lot of support, not only within the town of pull man, but also had a lot of support from rail way workers all the way from there to st. louis. so they staged the first boycott of sympathetic strikes and it became national in scope. and as a result of that president grover cleveland got involved and wanted to issue an injunction to stop the power of asu along the rail ways throughout that kor do. to cleveland got involved and sent u.s. troops to o

the jupiter and they union pacific number 119. they are two of the most famous in american railroading. it is a cool way to commemorate that. after the ceremony, a lot of pictures were taken and the operation of the railroad became huge throughout the country because they were trying to increase the time and efficiency within these -- companies. the line passing through this area was bypassed and they built a trestle bridge and causeway across the great salt lake. it went straight across the point of the promontory mountain behind us and in. that cuts extra time and travel. ogden became a huge have for transporting troops and materials and supplies all across the country. it would have trains every hour unloading huge amounts of supplies of people and it became a major city, a major thoroughfare for moving across the country. announcer: president woodrow wilson signed legislation creating the national park service on august 25, 1916. american history tv is featuring national park service sites across country. we continue now with another stop on the c-span cities tour. >> a lot of times i ask myself why it is important to h

the underground railroad. learn more about port huron all begin here on american history tv. >> we are at lake park -- lakeport state park. back in june of 1962, this was owned by the united auto workers and union members would come up. in the summers and weekends with the families. time was theone site for the students of a democratic society. to write what has become known as the port huron statement. the students for a democratic society were a group formed in ann arbor

union battlegrounds, charles sumner also rose with the civil rights bill to end discrimination on streetcars and in railroad mines and schools and cemeteries, hotels and restaurants, opera houses and play houses, throughout american life. two years later, the legislature of massachusetts, understanding finally sumner's idealism and realizing what a cherished value he was, and knowing he was an ailing man, rescinded their vote of censure. a resolution was read in the senate on march 9, 1874. sumner was there to hear it when his colleagues did it. later in the afternoon, he complained of a tooth ache in his heart. that night, he was struck down on the floor of his library by a massive heart attack. he was a dying man, and everyone knew it. the next day people came to , visit and paid their last respects. his funeral would be the biggest since lincoln. but to everyone who came sumner , had the same plea. my bill my civil rights bill, , don't let it fail. reconciliation and civil rights were not incompatible. they were reconcilable with each other. in fact you could not have a , true reconciliation without those civil rights. that was sumner's warning. a warning not heeded. for those who wonder about keeping alive th