historian ray smog on the history of the house and senate, its leaders characters and prominent events sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's c&a. >> the c-span citytore has been on the road throughout the year. tonight on american history tv, we are featuring historic sites in several cities. this hour topeka kansas, cox communication hosted our recent visit. >> we are standing in the kindergarten room of the monroe elementary school at brown v. board of education national historic site in topeka, kansas. this was one of the four african-american elementary schools that were operating in topeka in 1952 when the brown v. board of education case was filed in district court. the brown v. board of education case is really a small piece of a much larger case that started really, back in the late 1920s and early 1930s. which was part of the national association for the advancement of colored people's -- or the naacp's struggle to overturn segregation in public education. so they were attempting to file cases that would eventually lead to overturning a case called plessy versus ferguson. and that was a supreme court decision in 1896 that allowed the sta

. >> this weekend, the c-span city tour travels across the country with time warner. to learn more about the history of lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is the bright star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who will be governor or president, a lot of people would have said it printed -- ed pritchett of kentucky. he worked in the white house in his early 20's. he came back to kentucky in 1940's and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. he went to prison. so that incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of senator henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is unique. his original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. it fell into despair and couldn't be saved. so what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, with italian details and architecture. plus an added layer of detail by his granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington today on c-span3. >> each week, american history tv rings archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. ♪ the am

. >> the c-span cities tour partnering with our cable affiliates traveling across the united states, join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska, where one of america's first advocacy group fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that if you came in and were black, you needed to keep your

. >> the c-span cities tour partnering with our cable affiliates traveling across the united states, join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska, where one of america's first advocacy group fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that if you came in and were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants and hotels. when the depor res club began, they used the term civil justice, the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific, and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was

. >> find out where the c-span cities tours going next. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3 a. >> of next week traveled to philadelphia to learn about the museum of the american revolution, located two blocks from independence hall. the museum is scheduled to open in 2017. >> an incredible experience awaits every visitor who walks into this museum. they are going to see amazing artifacts, original witnesses to the american revolution, the men and women who achieved it. at the same time they are going to be experiencing the war and the era and utterly surprising and novel ways. there will be immersive environments and there will be films that bring the story to life energy will meet the people and you will really get to understand the importance of the revolution. where the drive came from to sustain this country through eight years of warfare. why the ideals of liberty, equality, of self-governance were so important. where these valleys came from. the finalists as americans today. the collection has re

the world. prophets could guess, wise men could warn, but no visionary of june could tell the city that were destined to write their names on future calendars. ♪ >> the c-spannering with our cable affiliates as they travel across the united states. join us in costs communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary native of omaha nebraska. >> omaha had a reputation in the african-american community in omaha and the united states as the city that when you came in if you were black you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you were not going to be served in restaurants and would not be able to stay in hotels. the idea and term of civil rights was not part of the national lexicon at that time. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united eights. they-- united states. they were not the support groups or prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> >> union pacific is one of the first railroad companies. it combines several rai

. >> the c-span cities tour partnering with our cable affiliates traveling across the united states, join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska, where one of america's first advocacy group fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that if you came in and were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants and hotels. when the depor res club began, they used the term civil justice, the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific, and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was

applause] i've just been told the book signings are going to happen right here. >> this weekend, the c-span city tour travels the country with time warner cable. to learn more about the lit erary life of lexington kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale, someone who was going to be governor, perhaps hesitant -- perhaps president. he was one of those

all tomorrow night on american history tv here on c-span 3. >>> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and lit rary life of omaha, nebraska where the club was one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial kwlts. >> they had a reputation as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants. you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. and when the de porres club began their operation, the term civil rights -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't part of the national lexicon at that time. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater city of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups that were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge r

. >> find out where the c-span cities tour is going next online at www.c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> each week on american history tv's american artifacts take you to museums and historic places. up next in the second of the museum of the american revolution, we visit the highland collection. >> i am scott stevenson. i'm in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. this is about a century or fish a century old print we have been working on the project since five years. we expect to open in 2017. we want a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. for a general view where looking at firearms, they tend to look alike that this is a significant fees, one that really speaks to the power of the ideas that were animating the men and women who made the country and particularly the men who served under arms. if you look at these pieces of continental currency, you will notice the designs. these have bee

. >> this year, the c-span is touring cities across the country. next hour look at omaha, nebraska. you are watching american history tv, all we can, every weekend on c-span three. >> the union station operated until 1971. the last train left here may 2 and it sat vacant for two years and union pacific gifted it to the city to become a museum. we made the station our home and now it's a museum preserving the omaha history. this exhibit focuses on the omaha livestock industry of very important industry for south omaha as a city and eventually for omaha as a whole. >> cattle marketing centers are strategically located in all must -- and omaha serves a large western area. it's holding pens of handle more than 100 million cattle since its founding over 80 years ago. there is hell lives jock -- here is the livestock train, right on time3. . >> the livestock industry starts in the 1870's as a fattening station, a place for cattle to get fed, they hit a feeding station before they go to a stockyard to be slaughtered. eventually, that turns into the stockyards as we know, the omaha stockyard

visit ncicap.org] >> the civil war airs every saturday here between 6:00 and 7:00 -- 10:00 p.m. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. the c-span city stewart is partnering with our cable affiliates. join us and coxe communications as we learn about the literary life of omaha, nebraska where the de porres club had a reputation. >> it had a reputation as a city that when you came in and if you are black you would not be served in restaurants or be able to stay in hotels. in the de porres club began their operation, the term civil rights wasn't even -- they used the term social justice. the idea was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. i say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union civic and how the construction of union station helped the economy. >> the union pacific was one of the premier railroad companies of america founded in 1862. it combines several railroad companies to make union

. >> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united statesjoin us and cox communications this week and as we learn about the history of literary life of omaha, nebraska where there was one of the first advocacy groups fighting for civil rights. >> omaha had a reputation as a city that when you came in when you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you would not be served in restaurants, you would not be able to stay in hotels. wendywhen the de porres club -- they do not even use the word civil rights, the use the term social justice -- civil rights was so far removed from the greater community of omaha or the united states, they were operating in a vacuum. i like to say that they were operating without a net. there were not support groups or experiences of prior groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look at th union pacific and how the construction of the railroad helped the omaha economy. >> union pacific was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act, signed into law by president lincol

. >> this weekend, the c-span city tour travels across the country with time warner. to learn more about the history of lexington, kentucky.

this weekend, the c-span cities tour travels the country with time warner cable. to learn more about the life of lexington, kentucky. edward prichard was a state hero with a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright shining star in american politics on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, perhaps president? a lot of people would've said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he was destined for great things. he came back to kentucky in the mid-1940's. he was indicted for stuffing the ballot box. he went to prison and that incredible from us -- promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland. the former home of speaker of the house and a secretary of state henry clay. >> clay's original home has to be torn down and rebuilt. it cannot be saved. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home, as henry clay had, with italian details and architectural elements. and an added layer of aest

. >> the c-span city's tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united statesout the history and literary life of omaha nebraska where they were one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> they had a reputation in omaha and the united states that you needed to be aware you weren't going to be able to be in restaurants. and when they began their operation the idea of -- in fact the term civil rights -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't part of the national lexicon at that time that the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha that they were operating in a vacuum. there were not support groups. there were not the prior experiences to challenge racial discrimination. >> u pacific is one of the premiere railroad companies of america. it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act signed into law by abraham lincoln. they combined several companies and they were charged with building the transcontinental railroad. so they started here and moving west and central paci

visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend the c-span city store travels across the country. this weekend we're are in lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright and shining star in american politics? on a national scale someone who will be senator or president, a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky and was indicted for stuffing the ballot box. he went to prison. the incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland. senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ackland is a unique story. it fell into disrepair and had to be torn down. he rebuilt on the original foundation. what we have is what is essentially a five-part federal style home with architectural elements that are italian and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clay's granddaughter and great-granddaughter. >> see all of our programs from lexington throughout the day. >> historian james m

join us for the c-span city tour at 8:00 eastern. tonight at 8:00 eastern, it's republican elise stefanik of new york, she talks about the experience of being a new member of congress. >> i pinch myself the first state of the union is an historic event to be sitting on the house floor when prime minister netanyahu delivered the joint session, i looked around and once again there was a moment i can't believe i'm here. in february i participated on a congressional delegation to afghanistan, iraq kuwait, jordan and for me i was able to visit with mountain soldiers delivered to afghanistan but one of the visits we had was with the newly elected president of afghanistan and it was four members of congress with the president. i pinched myself at that moment as well. so yes it's a very awe-inspiring experience. but you understand that the reason why you're put in office is to represent your friends and neighbors from back at home. when i stop pinching myself, i think it's time to go. >> our interview with republican elise stefanik of new yor

visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend the c-span city store travels across the country. this weekend we're are in lexington, kentucky. >> in the mid-1940's, if you had asked who is a bright and shining star in american politics? on a national scale someone who will be senator or president, a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who

all tomorrow night on american history tv here on c-span 3. >>> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and lit rary life of omaha, nebraska where the club was one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial kwlts. >> they had a reputation as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants. you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. and when the de porres club began their operation, the term civil rights -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't part of the national lexicon at that time. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater city of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups that were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge r

[applause] >> the c-span cities tour is partnering with cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us and talk communications this weekend as they learn about the history of omaha, nebraska, where the club was one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> a while had a reputation in the african-american community in omaha and the united states that if you came in and you were black you needed to keep your head down and be aware you would not be served at restaurants. when the club began operations the idea, the term civil rights was not -- they used several justice. -- the -- social justice. civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net, there were not the support groups or the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back at the union pacific and how the construction of union station help omaha's economy. >> union pacific is one of the premier companies in omaha founded in 1862 with the ac

[applause] >> the c-span cities tour visit cities across the country. we are joined by comcast to learn the literary life and history of augusta georgia. he was awarded the carnegie medal at the age of 19. he was also awarded the medal of honor posse for his actions in world war ii. >> we are sitting in the augustine museum of history and about 10 years ago, a decision was made to a permanent military display to honor jimmy dais. when i did my research on the book, i want to over 9000 carnegie medal recipients in the last 100 years. the 3500 or so metal on the -- medal of honor recipients in the civil war. he was the only person ever to earn both awards. he went almost for sure say he did not deserve it. he may point out to somebody else who was more deserving than he was. he was very humble. he never talked about the carnegie medal. when i interviewed people who knew him and i did the book a long time ago, people knew him well. i said, tell me about the carnegie medal that he earned when he was 19. they do not know anything about it. i know a lot of me

purportedly, she also served >> the c-span's city to her is partnering as we travel across the united states. the club is one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> when you came in, if you were black, you had to keep your head down and know that you would not be served in restaurants or stay in hotels. the terms civil rights -- they use the term social justice. it was not part of the national lexicon at that time. the idea that civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were operating in a vacuum without a net, there were not support groups, prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back at how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> one of the premier railroad companies of america. it combined several railroad companies. they started here, were moving west, and central pacific started on the west coast. it becomes one of the gateways to the west. >> american history tv's american artifacts takes you to museums and his

. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour travels across the country with time warner cable. to learn more about the literary life and history of lexington, kentucky. edward pritchard was a state hero who had a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid 1940s, if you had asked who was a bright shining star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who is going to be governor, perhaps president, a lot of people, car rin graham, ar they are slessinger would have said edward pritchard. he seemed destine for great things and then came back to kentucky and in the mid 1940s, was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. so that incredible promise just flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuild. it fell into disrepair and his son found that it could be be saved. what we have is a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had -- in detail and architectural elem

the nation. c-span3, coverage of congress and american history tv. the c-span cities attorney working with our cable affiliates visit cities across the country and this weekend we're joined by comcast to learn more about the literary history of augusta, georgia. >> we are sitting here in the augusta museum of history. about ten years ago, a decision was made to do a military display, a term military display to honor jim meemy dias. the 3500 or so melths medal of honor recipients since the civil war, it turns out he's the only person ever to have earned both award. he will almost for sure say that he did not deserve it. he might point out somebody else that was more heroic than he was. he never talked about the carnegie medal. when i interviewed people who knew him. when i did the book a long time ago, people knew him well. i said tell me what about the carnegie medal that he earned when he was 19. they didn't know anything about it. i know a lot of medal of honor recipients. most of them will tell you, i didn't deserve this medal. it should have been given to somebody

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] announcer: the c-span citiesstore is partnering with our cable affiliate as we travel across the united states. join us and cox communications this week and is about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska, and one of the first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation among the african-american community as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you were not going to be served in restaurants and stay in hotels. when the to forest club -- when the de porres club -- in fact, they use the term national justice because civil rights was not even in the lexicon at that time -- the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i always say they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation.

it took about five years before the whole process was through. >>> c-span's 2015 cities tour takes american history tv on the road to explore the rich history of cities across america. learn more about other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citytour. you're watching c-span history tv every weekend all weekend on c-span3. historians, and eyewitness accounts of events that define nation. c-span 3, coverage of congress and american history tv. >>> american history tv has been on the road all this year exploring the rich history of cities across the country. tonight we're highlighting four cities, key west, florida, tulsa, oklahoma st. augustine, florida and topeka, kansas. we begin now with our look at historic sites in key west. our comcast cable partners hosted our recent visit. ♪ >> the little white house got its name partly through an accident. partly through just the fact that franklin roosevelt had a little white house. in our particular case president truman was at everglade city dedicating the everglade national park in december of 1947 and the press corps started yelling at the preside

>> the c-span's city tour visits cities across the country.his weekend we are joined by comcast to learn about the history of agusta, georgia -- augusta -- >> we were sitting here in the augus augus augusta museum of history. a decision was made to do a permanent display to honor jimmy dias. i went through over 9,000 medal recipients and he is the only person ever to have earned both awards. he would almost for sure say he did not deserve it and might point out someone who was more of a hero. he was very humble. when i interviewed people that knew him, i said tell me about the carnegie award and they didn't know anything about it. most recipients say i didn't deserve this. it a piece of humility many have. >> we visited the home of president wilson as well. >> president wilson moved to augusta at just a year old and moved to this house when he was three. president wilson's very first memory was in november of 1860 before he was four years old. he was standing on the front gate out in front of the house and two men came by in a hurry with very

the iranian nuclear agreement. plus your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour travels across the country with time warner cable to learn more about the literary life and history of accident and, kentucky. -- of lexington, kentucky. edward prichard had a tumultuous political career. >> in the mid-1940's if you had asked who was the bright shining star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who would be governor, senator or president, a lot of people would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house when he was in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things and then came back to kentucky and in the 1940's was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. went to prison. and so that incredible promise just falmed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house, senator and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. caly's original -- clay's original home had to be torn down. it fell into disrepair. his son built on the original foundation. wha

the city of lexington, kentucky. home to kentucky senator chuck hope, it's only one of three remaining designs by benjamin latrobe. his more notable designs include the white house and the capital. c-span'stours staff visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about lexington all weekend, here on american history tv. >> welcome to the mary todd lincoln house. we have the distinction of being the first historic site in the nation to honor a first lady. mary todd went on to marry one of our greatest presidents, abraham lincoln. mary todd was born in lexington in 1818, the fourth of seven children. unfortunately, when she was just six years old, her mother died after complications during the birth of her seventh child. she passed away after childbirth. a year and have later, he had been scouting for a second wife to help care for his large young family. he married a woman named betsy humphrey and she became stepmother to the six young todd children who were alive at that time. in addition to caring for them and raising them she had more. this house is almost 5500 square feet. it is a brick home, georgian style home. it is quite large but was originally built as then in, no

for old circus flagons and the circus world museums efforts to restore them in time for a july 4 parade in milwaukee. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. the c-span citiesto her is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us and coxe communications this weekend as we learn about the life of omaha nebraska where the decorous club was one of america's first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in the united states as a city, that when you came in, if you are black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants. you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. when the do for his club began their operation, the idea that civil rights -- they used the term "social justice" the-- -- the idea of civil rights was so far removed. they were kind of operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not those support groups. there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and the construction of the union station contributed to omaha'

mainly for preserving the heritage and history behind strategic air command, cold war, and all those that were part of that. >> find out where c-span citiest online at c-span.org/cities tour. your are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> next week in on c-span's road to the white house, two major political agents from iowa, and we are the only place were you can watch or listen to these in their entirety. friday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, live in cedar rapids for the hall of fame dinner. all five democratic presidential candidates share the same stage. all day saturday beginning 11:00 a.m. eastern, or live for the family leadership summit, where nine leading republican candidates are scheduled to speak. on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. c-span's road to the white house, 2016, we take you there. >> each week, american history tv's real america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> a circus parade. ♪ >> this was a spectacular, today you would call it a commercial to let everyone know that the big top was being a raise. the everyday world would be transformed int

the subcommittee stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations] >> energy secretary joins martin dempsey. watch coverage on c-span3. the c-span citytour is at cities across the country. this weekend we're joined by comcast. he was also awarded a metal of honor. >> about ten years ago a decision was made to do a military display to honor jimmy when i did my research on the book, i went through over nine thousand it turns out he's the only person ever to have earned both awards. he would almost for sure said he did not deserve it. he was very humble. when i interviewed people who knew him when i did the book a long time ago, people knew him well. most of them will tell you, i didn't deserve this metal. it should have been given to someone else. it's a piece of human ill -- >> president wilson moved to this house when he was three. he was standing on the front gate and two men came by in a hurry and they said abraham lincoln has been elected president and there's going to be a war so young tommy ran inside to ask his father what was war what did that mean, why were they so excited. i think it's remarkable that his very first memory w

the city of omaha, nebraska. gerald ford was born in omaha, nebraska in 1913. ford became president following the resignation of richard nixon in 1974. c-spanrecently visited the city showcasing their history. learn more on american history tv. >> in the late 1890's, omaha is deciding to show its health to being more than a front tier town -- front tier town. it is going to be the trans-mississippi international exposition that is going to be happening in omaha from june 1 until october 31st of 1898. this is omaha's ability to unveil itself and to say, we have no -- we have arrived, we are no longer a backwater. we are able to showcase the invention of the western region. we have a very large exhibit dedicated to the trans-miss, and it shows the kinds of dignitaries that represent a countries that were coming to visit and some of the souvenirs you would find. there is a model of the grand court. you get a feel of what it would be like to be in omaha at that time. as for artifacts, there are things that were entered, and so some of those things are on display as well, so in really just gives a flavor of what it would like to be there in that

this weekend the c-span cities to her travels across the country with time warner cable. to learn more about lexington, kentucky, edward pictured -- richard was a state hero. >> in the mid-1940's if you had asked who was the bright shining star in american politics, a lot of people catherine graham, would have said ed prichard of kentucky. he was one of those people who worked in the white house in his early 20's. he seemed destined for great things, and then came back to kentucky in the 1940's. he was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. that incredible promise just flamed out. announcer: we also visit ashland, the former home of henry clay. >> the mansion at ashland is a unique situation. clay pots of an -- original home had to be torn down. he rebuilt on the original foundation. we have a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as henry clay had with italian details and an added layer of aesthetic details added by clay's granddaughter. announcer: see all of our programs from lexington saturday evening and sunday afternoon on c-span3. anno

. >> tonight on the communicators on c span 2. the c span cities tour work ing with our cable affiliates visits cities across the country. this weekend we're joined bide comcast to learn more about the life and history of augusta georgia. jimmy dietwas awarded the medal for hair ow. and the medal of honor for his actions in the world war 2. >> about two years ago a decision was made to do a military display a permanent military display to honor jimmy dais. when i did my research on the book i went through over 9,000 carnegie medal recipients and the 3,500 or so medal of honor recipients. he's the only person ever to have earned both awards. he would almost for sure say he did not deserve it. he might point out to somebody else who was more heroic than he was. he was very humble. he never talked about the carnegie medal when i interviewed people who knew him when i did the book a long time ago, people knew him well. i said tell me what about the carnegie medal, he hernedearned when he was 19. i have known a lot of medal honor recipients most of them

road to thes who on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates visits cities across the country. we're joined by comcast to learn more about augusta, georgia. jimmy dias was awarded the medal of honor posthumously for actions in world war ii. >> we're in the augusta museum of history. about ten years ago a decision was made to do a permanent military display to honor jimmy dias. when i did my research i went through over 9,000 carnegie medal recipients and the medal of honor recipients since the civil war and he's the only one to have earned both awards. >> he'd almost for sure say he doesn't deserve it. he might point out someone more heroic than he was. he was very humble. he never talked about the carnegie medal. when i interviewed people that knew him people knew him well. i said what about the carnegie medal that he earned when he was 19. they never knew about it. most of them will tell you i didn't deserve this medal. it should have been given to somebody else. it's a piece of humility we all can learn from and i think he w

. >> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates is going to the literary life and history of augusta, georgia. awarded the carnegie mellon -- metal for heroism, he was awarded the medal of honor for his actions in world war ii. >> we sit here in the augusta museum of history. about 10 years ago, a decision was made to do a military display, a permanent display, to honor ginny -- jimmy dyess. i went through over 9000 medal recipients, and the 3500 or so medal of honor recipients. he is the only person ever to have earned both awards. he would say that he didn't deserve it, he might point out that someone else that was more heroic. he was so humble. he never talked about the carnegie medal. people knew him well. when i wrote the book, i asked what about the carnegie medal? they didn't know anything about it. i have known a lot of recipients from my years in the medal of honor foundation. most of them will say, i didn't deserve this. it should've been given to somebody else. it is a piece of humility we can learn from. i think he would have been in that category. >> we visit

it took about five years before the whole process was through. >>> c-span's 2015 cities tour takes american history tv on the road to explore the rich history of cities across america.

. >> the c-span city tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us in this week and as we learned about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska where the club was one of america's first advocacy groups fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in the african-american community, in omaha and in the united states as a city as when he came and if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you need to be aware that you are not going to be served in restaurants and you would not be able to stay in hotels. when the club began their operation, the idea and the term civil rights was not but they used civil justice because civil rights was not part of the concept at that time but the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. they were not support groups there were not prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we

the seat c-span networks. on boot cd, saturday morning beginning at 11:00 eastern, we are live from new york city. sunday night at 10:00 political commentator ann coulter says the greatest issue facing the u.s. is immigration. we are live with the warren g. harding symposium on modern first ladies. and a little after 9:00, the national archives of kansas city shows how the u.s. government used propaganda during world war ii to persuade citizens to join the military and keep national secrets. get our complete schedule a c-span.org. tomorrow on washington journal. your phone calls on washington journal live saturday. this sunday on q and a an artist on her use of drawings. >> around the country, you can lend in solitary for your art readings, sexual orientations, or your friends. very often when you have a big camera, it puts a big distance between you and the person. you are taking these images. they cannot see what you are taking. when you draw, it is a vulnerable thing. they can see exactly what you are doing. it is more of an interchange. most people have not been drawn before. a lot of times i j

. >> this weekend the c-span cities tour travels across the country with time warner cable to learn morebout the literary life and history of lexington, kentucky. edward prichard was a state hero who had a to monstrous political -- tumultuous political career. >> if you had asked who was a bright star in american politics , on a national scale, someone who will be governor, senator, perhaps president, a lot of people, katharine graham arthur/injured list said ed prichard of kentucky. one of those people who work in the white house in his early 20's, seemed destined for great things, and then came back to kentucky in the mid 1940's, and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box, went to prison. that incredible promise flamed out. >> we also visit ashland, the former home of speaker of the house senator, and secretary of state henry clay. >> the mansion is a unique situation, clay's original home had to be torn down and rebuilt come it fell into disrepair and it could not be saved. his son built on the original foundation. we have a home that is essentially a five-part federal style home as h

the ability to communicate using that technology happened to coincide. >> you can watch chairman wheeler's full remarks tonight at 8:00 eastern as c-span brings you conversations from this year's tech crunch conference in new york city. the event provides an insiders view of the business deals and trends shaping the internet. >>> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha, nebraska where the deporres club was one of america's first advocacy groups. >> omaha had a reputation in the african-american community in omaha and the united states as a city if you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and you needed to be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants. you weren't going to be able to stay in hotels. when the de porres club began their operation, the idea of -- in fact the term civil rights wasn't even -- they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't part of the national lexicon at that time. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that

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the personal stories and reflections on being a member of the house of representatives tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates. join us this weekend as we learn about the history of omaha nebraska where the depores club was the first group fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in omaha and the united states as a city that when you came in, if you were black you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants and stay in hotels and when the depores club began their operation the idea of the -- and the term civil rights -- they used the term social justice because it wasn't part of the lexicon and the idea of civil rights was so far removes from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i always like to say they were operating without a net. there were not the support groups, there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the constructi

the ruling. you can see it at 1:05 this afternoon on c-span3. the c-span city tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we tour across the united states. join us with cox communications this weekend as we learn about omaha, nebraska. when is the first advocacy groups fighting for equality. >> in omaha and the united states as the city is when you came and if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware that he would not be served in restaurants or stay in hotels. when the forest club began their operation, civil rights wasn't even about. they used civil justice. the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were operating in a vacuum. they were operating without a net. there were not the groups, the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial discrimination and segregation. >> we look back to the union pacific and how the construction of union station helped omaha's economy. >> it was founded in 1862 with the pacific railway act. it combined several ra

the ability to communicate using that technology happened to coincide. >> you can watch chairman wheeler's full remarks tonight at 8:00 eastern as c-span brings you conversations from this year's tech crunch conference in new york city. the event provides an in cider view of business deals and trends shaping the internet. >>> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us this weekend as we learn about the literary life of omaha, nebraska. >> omaha had a reputation in the african-american community in omaha and the united states as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and needed to be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants and going to be able to stay in hotels and when depor depores, they used the term social justice because the term civil rights wasn't part of the lexicon and the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states, that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i like to say they were operating without a net. there were not the support groups there were not the prior experiences of other groups to challenge racial disc