. >> the c-span city's tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with time-warner cable to visit north carolina. >> after months and months of cleaning the house, charles was making one small walk-through and he saw an envelope with a green seal on it and walked over and noticed the date was 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trumping, books and portraits stuffed under the eves a there was this treasure of dolly madison's things. different items are displayed, but trying to include her life

the trail of events. that is tonight after 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span threes american history tv. the c-span cities tour takes to the road. this weekend, we partner with time warner cable for a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> in the 19th century, the federal government is very limited. they don't have many deployable resources. and so the army does a whole variety of things. there are discoverers, explores. army contracts are not an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the

. >> the c-span's cities to her -- tour -- next weekend, we partner with comcast to a visit to galveston, texas. >> the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships were almost built. with that opening of the canal coal fired ships had a shorter route to the far east, to india's, to all of those market. so sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living. so instead of high-value cargo, they started carrying lower valued cargoes. coal oil cotton, etc. they really found their niche in really carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a very fast pace. >> watch all of our adventure galveston saturday, march 7 at eastern on "booktv." and on sunday on "american history tv." up next on "american history tv ," former cia joanna mendez recounts the story of how to spice infiltrated the cia and gathered top-secret information through the use of sex in the 1970's. mendez reports that one popular d.c. swingers club, frequented by the couple, counted at least 10 study i -- 10 cia staffers and members -- as members.

>> the c-span cities tour travels to learn about history and literary life. we partnered with time warner cable for a trip to corpus christi, texas. >> the federal government does not have many deployable resources. the army does a variety of things. they are discoverers they are explorers. army contracts were an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent can burn's series on the development of american national parks it points out that he parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep as -- trespassers away. the army, because of the efforts of general sheridan, steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or for worse, the army did more than fight indians. the american people have historically had an antipathy of the regular army from our english and revolutionary war traditions. we fear a standing army as antithetical to liberty. it is hard for modern observers to realize. now, the military is one

the weekend, we are featuring corpus christi, texas. our city staff traveled there to learn about its history. learn about other stops on the c-span cities tour at c-span.org/local content. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 53 new democrats in the house and new republicans and democrats in the senate, there is also 108 women in congress, in thing the first african-american republican in the house and the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track of the members of congress using congressional chronicle. the page has lots of useful information, including voting results and statistics about each session of congress. new congress, best access. >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. each week, american history tv since then on a lecture. you can watch the classes here every saturday. next, paul mapp

the trail of events. that is tonight after 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span threes american history tv. the c-span cities tour takes to the road. this weekend, we partner with time warner cable for a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> in the 19th century, the federal government is very limited. they don't have many deployable resources. and so the army does a whole variety of things. there are discoverers, explores. army contracts are not an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent ken burns series on the development of national parks, he points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them, or preserve them. he trespasses to keep hunters off them. so the army, really because of the efforts of phil, the commanding general at the time the army steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. >> for better or worse, the army in the west did much more than just fight indians. the people have historically had a fear of the regular army. from our english traditions, really, and revolutionary wa

. >> monday night at 8 eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. the c-span cities tour takes book t.v. and american history t.v. on the road travel to go u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to compass christi texas. >> in the 19th century, the federal government was very limited. they don't have many deployable resources. and so the army does a whole variety of things. they are discoverers, explorers. army contracts are an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent ken burns series on the development of merge national parks, he points out that the parks were established in the 19th century, but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep trespassers away or keep hunters off of them. and so the army really because of the efforts of phil sher-dan the command can general at the time, the army steps in and literally saves the national parks until another organization can be created. for better or worse the army and the wes

and so i -- as i said for all of the other papers, i think mine >> the c-span cities tour travels to learn about history and literary life. we partnered with time warner cable for a trip to corpus christi, texas. >> the federal government does not have many deployable resources. the army does a variety of things. they are discoverers they are explorers. army contracts were an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent can burn's series on the development of american national parks it points out that he parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep as

the theory of everything." see all those events tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> most of the seats were empty. i remember when i got there except for college students, except for bennett college, most everybody else was like i'm not going down there because anything might happen. so, there are these empty seats. and it is quiet. and we go and sit down. and wait. to see what's going to happen. a waitress came by with a tray of knives. she was so nervous that the knives were readily. i was so nervous that i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. i could tell she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve, y'all. we do not serve colored. i'm going to have to ask you to leave. so, we had just -- this instruction that just don't say anything. just keep sitting. do

. >>> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to cities to learn about their history and litter literary life. >> after months and months of cleaning the house, charles halpern was making one more walk through. he looked over and saw a envelope with a green seal on it. he noticed the date was an 1832 document. he removed a single nail from a panel in and upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk books, and portraits stuffed up under the eves and this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. but trying to include her life story from her birth to her death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on

. >>> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to cities to learn about their history and litter literary life. >> after months and months of cleaning the house, charles halpern was making one more walk through. he looked over and saw a envelope with a green seal on it. he noticed the date was an 1832 document. he removed a single nail from a panel in and upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk books, and portraits stuffed up under the eves and this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. but trying to include her life story from her birth to her death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display, a carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dolly's signature as well as that of her niece, anna. some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot and the two dresses are the reproductions of a silk, peach silk, gown that she wore earliest in life and a red velvet gown. there is now a legend that accompanies this dress. >> wat

the republican-led congress. and follow its new members through its first session. new congress best access, on c-span p c-span2. c-span radio and c-span.org. the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. next weekend we partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869 sailing ships really were almost dealt a death blow. with that opening of the canal coal fired ships had a shorter route to the far east, to india, to all of those markets so sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living. so they instead of high value cargo, they started carrying lower value cargo. coal, oil cotton et cetera, so she really found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a very fast pace. ellisa's connection to galveston is really unique. she sailed and arrived here in galveston probably about 100 yards from where we're standing right now back in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas. and she came again a second time later on in the 1880s, 1986, and it was real important

. >> the c-span city is tour, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> charles, who had been part of this he walked over and he noticed that this was in 1832 document. he was a single male and discovered books and portraits in this includes displaying different items from time to time and some of these accounted for her that. some of the items we currently have on display there was have a card enclosed with dolly signature and a pair of silk slippers that had tiny ribbons that tie across the arches of her foot. and the two dresses are the reproduction of a silk a peach soaked down that she wore early in life and a red velvet gown which has intrigued part of the collection and there is also a legend that is now part of the stress. >> want all of our evidence saturday new on booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock on american history tv on c-span3. >> george friedman is the founder of political intelligence firm and h

. >> the c-span's city tours take c-span on the road to another history and literary love. next weekend we partnered with comcast fortitude to galveston texas,. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869 sailing ships really were almost adult a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fired ships have a shorter route to the far east india all of those markets. the sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living so instead of high-value target they started tearing lower valued at cargoes coal oil, cotton, et cetera. so she found her niche in tearing any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a very fast pace. >> the connection to galveston is really unique in that she sails and arrived here in galveston probably about 100 yards from where we're standing right now back in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas. enchained again a second time it on in the 1880s, in 1886 and it was real important for galveston historical foundation to find a vessel that had a connection. and the fact that she was a sailing vessel was all the more important

conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the c-span citiesto work takes booktv and american history tv on the road travelling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> the special collections library in corpus christi, dr. garcia, this is the flagship collection we have here. he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican-americans learn to be more severely active and to get the benefits that they have coming to them as veterans which are sometimes very difficult for them to obtain. these items represent the case of felix longoria an incident that occurred early in the history of the forum private longoria served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper toward the end of the war. his widow arrange to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her home town of three rivers texas near corpus christi. they were willing to conduct the funeral but they not willing to allow his body to rem

the national governor's association meeting and features speakers include jeh johnson and epa administrator. on c-span 2 saturday, book tv is on the road experiencing the literary life a greensboro north carolina, part of the c-span cities tour. on afterwords, retracing his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow to wall street banker to social onto for nor. -- entrepreneur. in american history tv, saturday night, just after 7:00, a 1963 interview of malcolm x discussing race relations and opposition to racial integration. and sunday, former cia chief of the skies tells the story of a husband and wife kgb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at -- e-mail us at -- or send is a tweet at -- joined the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> keep track of the republican-led congress and follow its new members. new congress, best access on c-span, c-span 2, c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> a look at loss on gender equality during the conference at boston university. marking the 50th anniversary of the 1964 civil rights act. g

the c-span city's tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with time-warner cable to visit north carolina. >> after months and months of cleaning the house, charles was making one small walk-through and he saw an envelope with a green seal on it and walked over and noticed the date was 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trumping, books and portraits stuffed under the eves a there was this treasure of dolly madison's things. different items are displayed, but trying to include her life story. some of the items that we have on display a calling case that has a card inclosed with her signature with her neice anna. small cut glass perfume bottles and silk slippers that have tiny ribbons that go across her foot. and the reproduction of a peach silk gown that she wore early in life and red velvet gown which has intrigued and lasted and was part of this collection and also a legend that is now accompanying this dress. >> w

you can see the meeting live tomorrow here on c-span 3 beginning at 10:30 a.m. eastern. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. next weekend, we've partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships were almost dealt a death blow. with that opening of the canal coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east to those markets, so sailing ships needed to make their own living. coal, oil, cotton, et cetera. alyssa found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. really unique in that she sailed and arrived here back in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas. it was real important to find a vessel with a connection. saturday march 7th on c-span 2's book tv and sunday march 8th at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> this task force on policing practices was created by the white house to examine the relationship between local law enforcement and the communities that they serv

. >>> the c-span cities tour takes book tv is and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s.in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk and books and portraits stuffed up under the eves and this was this treasure of dolley madison's things. we have had this story available to the public some displaying different items from time to time, but trying to include her life story from her birth in gilford county to her death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display a carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dolly's signature as well as that of her niece, anna. some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. and the two dresses are the reproductions of a silk -- peach silk gown that she wore earliest in life and a red velvet group which is intrigued both that it lasted and part of this collection and a legend that is now -- accompanies this dress. >> watch all of our events from greensboro, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon

c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> the c-span cities to her takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> host of the seats were empty when i got there, except for college students. most everybody else, you know, was like, i'm not going down there. anything might happen. there are these empty seats. it is quiet. we go and sit down and wait. you know? to see what is going to happen. a waitress came by with a tray of knives. she was so nervous, they were rattling. i was so nervous, i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve y'all, or, we don't serv e colored. going to have to ask y'all to leave. we had this instruction, just don't say anything. keep sitting. if they ask you what you would like, answer, cup of coffee. they never asked us what we wanted. >> watch all of our ev

tour. -- part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. on american history tv on c-span3, tonight after 7:00, the 1963 interview of former nation of islam minister malcolm x, discussing race relations. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, former cia chief of disguise jonna mendes tells the story of a husband and wife agb spy team that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. i'd our complete television schedule at c-span.org. -- find our complete television schedule. send us a tweet at. join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the guard towers are gone but the memories come flooding back for so many people who until today, have lost such a big part of their childhood. released after the war, some buried the memories, and with it , the history of this camp. now, more than 60 years later -- this sunday, on the only family internment camp during world war ii at crystal city, texas, at what she says is the real reason for this camp. >> the government comes and says we have a deal for you. we will reunite yo

these are the featured speakers -- on c-span two today at noon, both tv is on the road experiencing the literary life of greensboro, north carolina, part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern wes moore retraces his career choices from combat veteran to white house fellow, wall street rancor, to social entrepreneur to find his life's purpose. on american history tv on c-span three, tonight, just after 7:00, the 1963 interview of the former nation of islam minister malcolm x discussing race relations in opposition to racial integration. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern former cia chief of disguise, john amendez tells the story of a spiting that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970's. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. you can call us or e-mail us or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the barbed wire and guard towers are gone but the memories come flooding back for so many people who, until today, had lost such a big part of their childhood. fort many released after the war and some very here and wit

[applause] -- [indiscernible] [inaudible] >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to u.s. cities to learn about the history and literary life. we are partnered with time warner cable with a visit to greensboro, north carolina. most of the seats were empty when i got there except for college students. most everybody else was like, i am not going down there, because anything might happen. there are these empty seats. it is quiet. we go and sit down. and wait. to see what is going to happen. it would just came by with a tray of knives that -- she was so nervous the knives were rattling. i was so nervous that i did not know she -- i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. i could tell that she was as scared as i was. we sat down with our books trying to study. i.r. number her saying -- i remember her saying that we do not serve you colored, we will have to ask you to leave. we had this instruction do not say anything. just keep sitting. do not say anything and keep sitting. if they ask you what we would like or if there was a c

learn more about corpus christi and other stops on the c-span cities to work on c-span.org/localprojects. you are watching american history tv. >> join us on sunday as we visit the u.s. botanic gardens at the foot of capitol hill. the executive director discusses the history of the oldest botanic garden in north america originally proposed by president george washington in a 1796 letter. that is sunday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern time on american artifacts on american history tv on c-span3. historical interpreters and bill radcliffe describe what it would be like to be a female slave and a member of the u.s. college troops during the civil war. they discuss what they would have faced and what may have been factors. the speakers also talk about how they prepare talking about slavery in their research. this hour-long presentation is part of a series from the tennessee susquehanna chill civil war commission. >> welcome to the final chapter. i served as the dean for the campus for columbia state and i trust that like i, you have truly enjoyed your day today. i often tell people i was

the c-span cities tour takes tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about the history and literary life. we partnered with time warner cable for a grids it -- visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> after months of cleaning the house, charles was making one more walk-through and in the attic he saw an envelope with a green seal and walked over. noticed the date was 1832. he removed a single nail from a panel in an upstairs cattle and discovered a trunk, books and portraits. this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we have had it available to the public displaying different items from time to time but trying to include her life's story to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display -- a calling card ivory case with has -- which has her signature as well. some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot. the two dresses are the reproduction of a peach silk down that she wore early in life and a red velvet down lasted and was

the way in which we might see ourselves, in terms of ways in which we might see others. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. this year c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next a look at our recent visit to corpus christi, texas. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3. >> 70 miles of a barrier island with beach, bay, coastal prairie. we're located just about 25 minutes from the city of corpus christi, texas. this island traditionally started out being used by native-american tribes seasonally, and they would come here during nice weather. there was a bounty of fish in the area. there was lots of plants they would use on the island and leave when the weather was bad in the winter. what happened next was when the spanish arrow was happening, there was a man up the river last name obali who became a priest. and they called him padre, and the island is named after him. what happened is he got a spanish land grant and he got padre island split it with his nephew. they started doing over 200 years ago was cattle ran muching and that's how it started out with his name and it ac

the summit. president obama will deliver more remarks tomorrow morning. our coverage starts on c-span two. with john kerry at 8:45 in the morning. >> the c-span cities to her takes tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to cities to learn about their literary life. we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro north carolina. >> after months of cleaning the house, he was making one walk-through. he looked over and saw an envelope with a seal on it. he walked over. this was -- he sought a 1832 document. he discovered a trunk and books and portraits. this was this treasure. we have had the story available to the public, displaying different items from time to time. trying to include her life story from her birth to her death in 1849. some of the items on display and ivory comb case with a card inside. a small cut glass perfume bottle. a pair of silk slippers. with tiny little ribbons that tire across the arch -- tie across the arch of her foot. candy red velvet -- and a red velvet down. -- gown. there is also a legend that accompanies this dress. >> watch all of our events from greensboro. on american history tv on c-span3.

the u.s. international development agency. c-span3 will have live coverage of that. it gets under way at 2:30 eastern. the c-span cities tour takes "book tv" and "american history tv" on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. next weekend we partnered with comcast with a visit to galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869 sailing ships were really almost dealt a death blow. with theeping of the canal, coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east to india, to all of those markets. so sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living so instead of high-value cargo they started careowing lower-valued cargos, coal, oil cotton etc. so they found her niche carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a very fast pace. elissa's connection to galveston is really unique in that she sailed and arrived here in galveston probably about 100 yards from where we're standing right now back in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas and she came, again a second time later on in the 1880's and 1886 and it was real important for gal

c-span. a reminder, if you miss any of today's nga meeting, each in it -- you can view the entire thing on our website. this go to www.c-span.org. >> the c-span cities tour travels to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> most of the seats were empty. i remember when i got there. except for college students. most everybody else was like, i'm not going down there, because anything might happen. there are these empty seats and it is quiet and we go and sit down and wait. you know to see what was going to happen. a waitress came by the tray of knives. she was so nervous the knives were rattling. i was so nervous that i wasn't sure what she was going to do with those knives. but i could tell that she was scared. she was a scared as i was. we sat there with her textbooks, trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve you, we can't serve col ored. i'm going to have to ask you to leave. don't say anything just

eastern from the center for american progress here on c-span. >> c-span cities tour takes book tv andmerican history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we have partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> after months of cleaning the house of charles halpern, who had been given that task went on one more walk-through. in the attic he saw an envelope with a gray seal on it and walked over. it was in 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk and books and poetry stuffed under the eaves. this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we have had this store available to the public, different items from time to time, but try to include her life story from her birth in guilford county to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display are carved ivory calling card case that has a karting closed with dolly's signature, as well as that of her name, anna, a perfume bottle, and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny

the theory of everything. see all of those events at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history. this we can, we have partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro. >> most of the seats were empty. except for college students. most everybody else was like i'm not going down there because anything might happen. there were these empty seats and we went to sit down and wait. a waitress came by with a tray of knives. she was so nervous. i was nervous that i did not know what she might be doing. i could tell she was scared, as scared as i was. we sat down with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying, we cannot serve you all. or, we do not serve colored's. we will have to ask you to leave and we had these instructions do not to say anything and keep sitting. if they ask you what you would like, you can answer a cup of coffee. they never asked us what we wanted. >> watch all of our events from greensboro throughout the day on book tv and sunday afterno

a small trading post in the mid-19th century and has transformed into a modern city with the fifth largest seaport in america. posted by our time warner cable partners, c-span's cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about corpus christi all weekend here on american history tv. >> the naval station has a chairman is history that it's back even before 1941 when it was commissioned. in 1938, the navy did an investigation on the best suitable location for a naval air station. when the authorization came from congress to establish a naval air station, there were 12 in all, including corpus christi. this was the biggest and the best and it remains over these 75 years so vitally, critically important in the defense of the united states. >> paris, undefended, fell like a ripe plumb into the basket of conquest. >> world war ii having already begun, it just made clear the urgency of getting a naval air station. the funding was authorized to be $24 million. by the time they finished, it was well over $100 million. andrew bigger and bigger, and thus the need for additional auxiliary fields. eventually there would be five

. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> we are in the daniel kilgore reading room of the special selections at the library in corpus christi. dr. hector garcia papers are the flagship collection we have here in corpus. >> he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican americans learn to be more civically active and to get the benefits they had coming to them as veterans which were sometimes very difficult for them to obtain. this represents a case of private longoria which was an incident that occurred early in the g.i. forum. private longoria served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper toward the end of the war. his widow arranged to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her hometown of three rivers texas, which is near corpus christi. they were willing to conduct the funeral but not willing to allow his body to remain th

c-span. where you can logon to the video library at any time, go to c-span.org. >> the c-span cities to or takes book tv in american history tv on the road. traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro north carolina. >> after months and months of cleaning the house they were making one more walk-through and in the attic, he looked over and saw an envelope with kind of a green seal on it, and walked over. and noticed the date was in 1832 document. he removed a single mail from a panel in an upstairs attic room, and discovered a trunk and books and portraits stuck under the eaves, and this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. we've had the story available to the public, is playing different items from time to time. but trying to include her life story from her book -- from her birth to her death in 1849. some of the items we currently have on display -- a card, ivory calling card case, it has a card enclosed with her signature as well as that of her niece anna. so small cut glass perfum

later, the cost of any interior and narcotics control minister is in washington dc about -- for a discussion on antiterrorism efforts in his country. you can see that on c-span-two. the c-span cities tour takes of american history tv on the road, traveling to american cities to learn about their literary life. this week, we partnered to travel to greensboro, north carolina. >> a child's helper was making a walk-through and while he was added he saw an envelope with a green seal on it and walked over into noticed the date, in 18 32 document. he removed a single document from a panel in the upstairs attic room in discovered a trunk stuffed up under the eaves. this was the treasurer of dolly madison's things. we have had this story available to the public. we have had it different items on display from time-to-time. some of the items currently on display, and ivory calling card case with a card and closed with dolly's signature as well as that of her, anna. some small cut to-glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that to have tiny little ribbons to tie across the arch of the foot. and two dresses that are reproductions of a silk peach down that to she liked and a red velve

the senate. keep track using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. vogt ruts and statistics about each session of congress. new congress, best access on c-span, c-span 2 c-span radio and cspan.org. the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history on the road. traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and lit rarery life. we partnered with con cast for a visit to galveston texas. >> opening of the canal in 1869 sailing ships really were almost dealt a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal fired ships hat a shorter route to the far east and to india and all of those markets markets so sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own live something instead of high value cargo they started carrying lower valued cargo coal, oil, cotton. alyssa found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that do d. not require getting to market at a very fast pace. aslays' connection to galveston is unique in that she sailed and arrived near galveston probably about 100 yards from where we are standing back in 1883 with a cargo bull of bananas and came again a second time in the 1880's in 1886 and it was real important for galveston historical foundation to find a vessel that

the page has lots of useful information, including voting results and statistics about each session. new congress, best access, on c-span, c-span2, and c-span.org. >> this year, c-span is touring citiescross the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to corpus christi, texas. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> by chris and the -- christen thee lexington! >> lexington is known as an essex class naval carrier. the first ship of a group, the name of the first ship in the group sets the class. so the essex was the first aircraft carrier built of this type in world war ii. every ship of the same type afterward becomes an essex class. modern nuclear carriers are known as the nimitz class, because the first ship in the class was the uss nimitz. there were 24 essex class built, 19 in world war ii. they were designed to be the super carriers of the day. the only place the carriers fought was the pacific. the reason is because they had the kind of range -- they could carry enough bombs, fuel ammunition to travel the vast distances of the pacific. the atlantic ocean was mostly summary and war and land-based war, because

the newly formed freedom caucus. >> later a look at libertarian policies in 2015. we'll bring that to you starting at noon eastern and on c-span 3. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to texas. >> we are in the reading room of the reading selections. papers are the flagship collection we have here. he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican americans learn to be more civically active and get the benefits they had coming to them as veterans which were sometimes very difficult for them to obtain. these represent the case of a private which was an sneant occurred early in the history of the g.i. forum. he served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper towards the end of the war. his widow argued to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home near her home. they were willing to conduct the funeral but they were not willing to allow his body to remain in their funeral home over night for fear of offending the white citizens of the area. she appealed to dr. garcia and he co

she'll be introduced by the attorney general eric holder and that's live on c-span. >>> the c-span cities tour takes booktv and american history tv on road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we've partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> and after months and months of cleaning the house charles halpern -- who had been given that task -- was making one more walk-through. and in the attic, he looked over, and he saw an envelope with kind of a green seal on it and walked over. he noticed the date was an 1832 document. he removed a single nail from a panel in an upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk and books and portraited stuffed up under eaves, and this was this treasure of dolley madison's things. we've had this story available to the public displaying different items from time to time, but trying to include her life story from her birth in gilford county to her death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display, are card i'vely calling card case -- ivory calling card case that ha

the american revolutionary war. hosted by time warner cable partners, c-span's city tours visited many sites. learn more about greensboro all weekend here on american history tv. >> the international civil rights center and museum opened in greensboro february 1, 2010. the museum tells the story of the citizens that happened in the story -- and the city which launched a wave of -- >> what happened here in 1960, february 1, four young men from north carolina, n. c. state university chose that day to make a stand, really to take a seat so that the rest of us would be able to do that. so they took a stand against jim crow, against segregation, against whites-only access to public accommodations and to being seen as a first-class citizen. they came here to this woolworth building and this lunch counter to sit down and be treated like a first-class citizen and be served against their policies and practices. this is the actual lunch counter area that's been preserved. some seats have been taken out in other areas that are at thing smithsonian and other musics. -- and other museums. the four young me

the "theory of everything." see all though events tomorrow 12:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the c-span city's tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s.sys it to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with time warner cable. >> most of the seats were empty. i remember when i got there except for college students. except most everybody else was like i'm not going down there because anything might happen. so there's these empty seats and it's quiet and we go and sit down and wait, you know, to see what's going to happen. a waitress came by with a tray of knives -- she was so nervous that the knives were rattling. i was so nervous i didn't know what she might be doing with those knives, but i could tell that she was scared. she was as scared as i was, you know. we sat there with our text books trying to study. i remember her saying we can't serve y'all or we don't serve colored. i'm going to have to ask y'all to leave. we had this instruction that don't say anything, just keep sitting. don't say anything. just -- if they ask you what you were like

. >>> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. next weekend, we've partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> see ya at home! >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships were almost dealt a blow. with that opening of the canal coal fired ships had a shorter route to the far east to india, to all of those markets. so sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living. so instead of high value cargo, they started carrying lower valued cargoes coal, oil, cotton, et cetera. so alyssa really found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a very fast pace. the connection to galveston is really unique in that she sailed and arrived here in galveston, probably about 100 yards from where we're standing right now back in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas. and came a second time in 1886 and it was real important for galveston historical foundation to find a vessel that had a connection. the fact she

. >> the c-span cities tour takes book t.v. and american history t.v. on the road travel to go u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with time warner cable with a visit to corpus christi, texas. >> we are in the daniel kilgore reading room of the special elections at the mary and jess library. hector p garcia, papers are the flagship collection we have here in corpus. he made it his life to help local and beyond mexican americans lirp to be more civ civically active and get benefits they had coming to them as veterans which were sometimes difficult for them to obtain. this represents a case of felix longoria, which was an incidence that occurred only in the history of thegy gi forum. private longoria served the united states during world war ii and was killed by a japanese sniper toward the end of the war. his widow arranged to have his funeral conducted by the only funeral home in her hometown of three rivers, texas, which is near corpus cristhristichristi. they were willing to conduct the funeral, but they were not willing to allow

. >>> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to cities to learn about their history and litter literary life. >> after months and months of cleaning the house, charles halpern was making one more walk through. he looked over and saw a envelope with a green seal on it. he noticed the date was an 1832 document. he removed a single nail from a panel in and upstairs attic room and discovered a trunk books, and portraits stuffed up under the eves and this was this treasure of dolly madison's things. but trying to include her life story from her birth to her death in 1849. some of the items that we currently have on display, a carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dolly's signature as well as that of her niece, anna. some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot and the two dresses are the reproductions of a silk, peach silk, gown that she wore earliest in life and a red velvet gown. there is now a legend that accompanies this dress. >> wat

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [inaudible chatter] >> the c-span city tour traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partnered with time warner cable free visit to greensboro, north carolina. caller:>> except for at&t and bennett college, most everyone else was like, i am not going down there because anything might happen. there are these mdc to and it is quiet, and we go and sit down and wait. to see what is going to happen. a waitress came by with a try of knives that where, she was so nervous that the knives were rattling. i was so nervous that i did not know what she might be doing with those knives, but i could tell she was scared. she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve you all or we do not serve collards. i'm -- we do not serve col oreds. if they ask you what you would like, a cup of coffee, but they never ask us because they knew they were not going to service. >> today at 2:00 eastern on c-span three. >> guard tellers are gone, but the m

c-span.org. the page has lots of useful information including voting results in each session of congress. new congress, best access on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span.org. the c-span cityr textbook tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. next weekend, we partnered with comcast to a visit to galveston, texas. [indiscernible] >> with the opening of the suez canal, sailing ships were almost dealt a death blow with the opening of the canal, coal fire ships have a shorter route to the far east and to india. the sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living, so instead of high-value cargo, they started carrying lower value cargoes like cold oil, cotton, etc.. they really found a niche in carrying cargo that did not required heading into the market at a very fast pace. the connection to galveston is really unique in that she sailed and arrived here in galveston about 100 years from where we are standing right now back in 1883 with a cargo full of bananas. she came again a second time later on in the 1880's and 1886. it was real important for galveston historical foundation to have a c

. >> this is part of the 2015 c-span cities tour. and then on "after words", rossmoor retraces his steps to combat fellow, social entrepreneur, to find his life's purpose. then on american history tv on c-span3, does that are 7:00 o'clock on a 1963 interview of malcolm ask discussing race relations and opposition to race relations opposition. and then the former cia chief of the guys mendez talks about a kgb spy that infiltrated the cia through the use of sex in the 1970s. find out complete television schedules at c-span.org and let us know about the programs you're watching. e-mail us at comments at least do not work. or send us a tweet join the conversation, follow us on twitter. >> former arkansas governor mike huckabee is the author of "god, guns, grits, and gravy" about political and cultural divisions in america. in this age of you interview, he discusses the book and the 2016 presidential race with our cnn host. this is one hour. >> governor, i think it is worth pointing out the irony that you are sitting there in new york are

. >>> the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities.xt weekend we partner with comcast for a visit to comcast for a visit to galvaston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships were almost dealt a death blow. coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the northeast, to india, to all of those markets. so sailing ships had to find a way to make their own living. instead of high-value cargo, they started carrying lower-valued cargoes. coal, oil, cotton, et cetera. so elisa really found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not get to market at a fast pace. >> we return now to the tech freedom forum on the fcc's open internet rules. this panel is discussing internet service providers from blocking or discriminating against legal content moving through their networks. this runs an hour and twenty-five minutes. >>> well again, thank you so much for coming to this joint-type freedom international krepter for law economics. as always when we do these panels, we try to present both sides. you heard from one sid

will be questioned on the state department's 2016 budget request and challenges abroad including isis russia, and iran. that is live at 2:30 eastern on c-span three. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv in american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. cities to learn about history and literary life read we partner with comcast or a visit to galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, bailing ships were really a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east, to india to all of those markets. sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living. instead of high-value cargo, they started carrying lower val go cargo. coal oil cotton, etc.. alyssa found her niche in carrying any cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. alyssa's connection to galveston is unique. she sailed and arrived here in galveston probably about 100 years from where we are standing right now, in 1883, with a cargo full of bananas. she came again a second time later on in 1880's, in 1886. it was important for galveston to find a vessel that had a connection. the fact that she was a sailing ve