smithsonian -- the museum's founding director takes us through the -- at 8:30, the relationship between martin luther king jr. and his mentors, benjamin mays and howard thurmon. and we travel to the jfk museum. professor william foster teaches a class on the history of the n-word. and mark twain's hu huckleber media from facebook, youtube and four square. >>> you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on cspan3, the people and the events that tell the american story. on this presidents day weekend, we're talking about the nation's first ladies. up next actress holly hunter and liam neeson with the words of abraham lincoln. >>> abraham and mary lincoln. she was short, he, a skbrint. -giant. she went to college, he went to one-room schoolhouses, she spoke french and he spoke indiana. she liked the best clothes, he liked the same old clothes. he grew up admiring henry clay, she knew henry clay. the lincoln family hated slavery, the todd family owned slaves, they met in springfield, illinois. >> one d was good enough to spell god, the todds needed two. >> he told me, ms. todd, i want to dance

the storage facility to show the items that will be on display and on thursday, the relationship between martin luther king, jr. and his mentors. and then we will tour the national civil rights museum. and at 10:30 from waterbury connecticut, professor william foster will teach about the history of the "n" word. and a focus on "uncle tom's cabin," this is american history tv on c-span 3. >>> former first lady betty ford and roselyn carter became friends and partners after leaving the white house, as did their husbands. last summer, ms. carter traveled to california and delivered a eulogy for betty ford following her death in july. sitting in the front row was michelle obama, nancy reagan and former president george w. bush. >> betty ford was my friend and i'm honored to be here today to help celebrate the life of this truly remarkable woman. i never imagined when we first met 40 years ago that we would develop such a close personal friendship. at that time betty was the wife of the vice president of the united states. she had danced with the dance company and performed in carnegie hall. she was the leader in t

at 8:30 the relationship between martin luther king jr. and his mentors, benjamin mace. 10:00, to nashville, tennessee, the museum built on the cite where martin luther king jr. wass as is nated. at 10:30, professor william foster teaches a class on the history of the "n" world on american literature and culture with a focus on uncle tom's cabin and mark twain's huckleberry finn. this is american history tv on c-span 3. >>> you're joining us on c-span 3 american history tv every weekend, 48 hours of the people and the events that tell the american story. we're continuing our special look at the nation's first ladies on this president's day weekend. and we revisit nancy reagan's 1999 tour of the ronald reagan presidential library. >> mrs. reagan, for somebody who has not been to this library, how do you get here? where is it? >> it's? n. s it's in simi valley. it sits high on 100 acres. and it's not too far from los angeles. we can leave our house and be here in 45 minutes. it's beautiful, just beautiful. everybody how old coshould come it. >> one of the things that struc

bunch takes us through the storage facility to see artifacts on display. 8:30, the relationship between martin luther king, jr. and his mentors, benjamin mays and hour thurman. at 10:00 to memphis, tennessee as we toured the national civil rights museum built on the site where martin luther king, jr. was assassinated. and at 10:30 from connecticut, professor william foster teaches a class on the history of the n word in american culture with a focus on uncle tom's cabin and mark twain's huckberry fin. this is american history tv on c-span $3. >> on this president's day c-span3 american history tv we're featuring first ladies. up next first lady michelle obama talking about growing up, her life, and the value of education. she spoke to graduating seniors at anacostia high school. >> thank you all. thank you so much. first of all, thank you charity. you did a great job on that introduction. love you all, too. so proud. i want to thank the anacostia senior high school choir for their amazing performances. i also want to thank brandon, annie, and, of course, your valedictorian jordan for their amazing remarks. le

through the storage facility to see the artifacts that will be on display. 8:30 the relationship between martin luther king jr. and mentors, benjamin mays and howard thurmon. the national civil rights museum built on the site where martin luther king jr. was asashnated and 10:30, professor william foster teaches a class on the history of the "n" word in american literature and culture with a focus on uncle tom's cabin and twain's huckleberry fin. this is american history tv on c-span3. >> former first lady betty ford and rose lynn carter became friends and partners after leaving the white house as did their husbands, ford and carter. last summer rose lynn carter travelled to california and delivered a eulogy for betty ford following her death in july. sitting in the front row pew, michel michelle obama, nancy reagan and former president george w. bush. >> betty ford was my friend and i'm honored to be here today to help celebrate the life of this truly remarkable woman. i never imagined when we first met 40 years ago that we would develop such a close personal friendship. at that time, betty was the wife of t

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at 8:30, the relationship between martin luther king jr. and his mentors, benjamin mays and howard therman. as we travel the civil rights museum built on the site where martin luther king jr. was assassinated. and at 10:30, professor william foster teaches a class on the history of the "n" word on american literature and culture, with a focus on "uncle tom's cabin" and mark twain's "huckleberry fin." >>> this week on "american artifacts," we visit the center for education and leadership across the street from ford's theatre where john wilkes booth shot president lincoln as he enjoyed "our american cousin," it's the newest addition where visitors can learn about the life, death, and legacy of abraham lincoln. ford's theatre society director talks about the center's purpose and goals. >> we are in the center of education and leadership. directly across the street from historic ford's theatre on 10th street in washington, d.c. behind me is the tower of books, which is a concept that really started about five years ago to visualize and showcase

at 8:30, the relationship between martin luther king jr. and his mentors benjamin mace and howard thursday min. at 10:00 as we tour the national civil rights museum built on the site where martin luther king jr. was assassinated and at 10:30 we're taught the use of the "n" word in american culture c-span3. news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow it all weekend every weekend online. >>> all day monday american history tv is featuring america's first ladies. who do you think was our most influential first lady? vote and join the conversation with us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. >>> this week on american artifacts we visit the center for education and leadership across the street from ford's theater where john wilkes booth shot president lincoln as he enjoyed the play "our american cousin." the center is the newest addition where visitors can learn about the life, death, and legacy of bray con. paul tetro talks about the center's purpose and goals and kur yater tracythexhibits. >> we are in the center

at 8:30, the relationship between martin luther king jr. and his mentors, benjamin maze and howard thurman. at 10:00, to memphis, tennessee, as we tour the national civil rights museum, built on the site where martin luther king jr. was assassinated. and at 10:30 from waterbury, connecticut, professor william foster teaches a class on the history of the "next" word in american literature and culture, with a focus on "uncle tom's cabin" and mark twain's "huckleberry finn." this is american history tv on c-span3. >>> there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from our regular weekly series, as well as access our history tweets, history in the news, and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter, and foursquare. follow american history tv every weekend on c-span3 and online at c-span.org/history. >> welcome to american history tv on c-span3, where all weekend, everywhere weekend, we're featuring the people and the events that tell the american story. w

then the relationship between mart martin luther king jr. and his mentors, heys and thurmon. and later a tour of the national civil rights museum in memphis, tennessee. >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture will open a new building on the national mall in 2015. american history tv spoke with loni bunch the museum's founding director about the new facility. we travel with mr. bunch to the storage site in the washington, d.c., suburb where he shows us artifacts on display in the new building. >> right now we are the nas sum museum of history. this is where my staff will be until the museum opens 2015. six years ago i started waite staff of two, no place to know whether the museum would be, no sense of what the building would look like. today we have a wonderful architect who has created this wonderful model that i'm standing next to. this is the model that gives a sense of what the building will look like when it's erected next to the was

martin luther king, jr., was one of mr. mays' students. up next, a discussion on the relationship between thurman, mays and king. morehouse college hosted this hour and a half long discussion. >> good afternoon. >> i'm willis, interim vice president for academic affairs here at morehouse college. it's my great pleasure to bring greetings on behalf of our president, robert michael franklin. his schedule has him traveling today but if you know robert, you know that the public intellectual that he is would prefer to be here for this discussion. i want to thank our distinguished panelists for their participation in what promises to be a spirited discussion of inner faith pione pioneers, all morehouse icons as well as giants in the larger world house. i also want to thank you, the members of the audience, for braving the threatening weather to hear and interact with our panelists. finally, let me extend a special thanks to dean larry kraf terry support staffs for putting together another outstanding testament to the college's commitment to advancing inner faith dialogues. once again, welcome all and enjoy your aftern