learn more about tuscaloosa all weekend on american history tv. ringing] >> we are standing right in the central heart of the original canvas at the university of alabama. -- original campu at the university of alabamas in. 1831 , when the store is opened, it would have been and i doesn't rotunda. -- a magnificent rotunda. up byrth end is taken what is now the library. we are standing in the quad, as it is known today. interestingly enough, the quad has been the central part of campus from its earliest how things. the rotunda was right behind me. you can imagine alongside either edge, east and west, where the university dormitories were. directly behind it was the lyceum. that was another classically inspired building where all the classrooms took place. on either side of the lyceum were the faculty houses. this was like an educational village right and the middle of what, at the time was considered by outsiders as the wilderness, the western country. so land was granted for the university in 1827. the university opened its doors in 1831. the camp

learn more about tuscaloosa all weekend on american history tv. >> welcome to historic tuscaloosa andhe van de graaff mansion. andas built between 1859 1862 by senator robert gemison junior. what we are looking at is a way to showcase his wealth but also the wealth of the region. he wanted to showcase that alabama was not a primitive backwater. he was trying to move the state forward as a senator would. there are 14 different kinds of wood. the home was designed by a philadelphia architect who built the state insane asylum. he was a major proponent for mental health to form -- reform and a proponent of the asylum in tuscaloosa. we are at the crosswalk of the mansion. you can see wide-open spaces. the house is built for entertaining. it is built to impress. we have a large arch. it's marrying the roman styles with the greek revival style. all this looks like wood but it is a popular decorative technique in the 19th century. we have an example of the original feaxgraining. that is plaster painted to look like wood. painted by william carol saunders. interesting to note we do have the ac

tuscaloosa is home to the university of alabama, rounded in 1831. learn more on american history tv. >> welcome to historic tuscaloosa and the historic jemison-van de graaff mansion. it was built between 1859 and 1862 by robert jeminson jr. we're looking at a way to showcase his wealth and the wealth of the region. he wanted to showcase that alabama was not a backwater. he was trying to move the state forward. all the different kinds of wood .ork comes from alabama it is an incredible show of the resources. designed by a philadelphia architects who was building the state insane asylum . he was a proponent of mental health reform and was a proponent of the asylum and the asylum in tuscaloosa. so we had him design a residence for him as well. spacescan see, wide-open . it is for entertaining and built to impress. that isa large arch marrying the roman-styles with the arches and the greek revival style with the columns. it was new and different. it looks wood, but this is faux-graining, very popular in the 19th century. we have the original faux-grai n

she was the principle of the old 20th street school here in tuscaloosa. so, back then, even though things were segregated, it was a very good living for them. the murphy's the house around 1923, and when he passed in 1943, his wife tried to hold on to the house. the house was wheeled to his -- willed to his nephew, who lived in mobile, and later he sold the house ms. collins. ms. collins on the house up until the city bought it in 1986. fell in love with the house, reading the material that was here, bringing in groups to two or the building, getting excited the building, getting excited by the artifacts, the items -- i did not know we had all the information. one of the things we talked about is bloody tuesday, which was one of the main things that happened during the civil rights movement in tuscaloosa. the church -- the first african baptist church -- at the time, the pastor, who was the ringleader of the civil rights movement here in tuscaloosa, and the first african have just isrch -- baptist church across the street from the murphy-collins house, so

she was the principle of the old 20th street school here in tuscaloosa. so, back then, even though things were segregated, it was a very good living for them. the murphy's the house around 1923, and when he passed in 1943, his wife tried to hold on to the house. the house was wheeled to his -- willed to his nephew, who lived in mobile, and later he sold the house ms. collins. ms. collins on the house up until the city bought it in 1986. i fell in love with the house, reading the material that was here, bringing in groups to two or the building, getting excited by the -- tour the building, getting excited by the artifacts, the items -- i did not know we had all the information. one of the things we talked about is bloody tuesday, which was one of the main things that happened during the civil rights movement in tuscaloosa. the church -- the first african baptist church -- at the time, the pastor, who was the ringleader of the civil rights movement here in tuscaloosa, and the first african have just church -- baptist church is across the street from the mur

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recently traveled to tuscaloosa, alabama to learn about its rich history. learn more about tuscaloosa and other stops on our tour at /citiestour.rg you are watching american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >> madam secretary, we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states -- [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ >> to mark the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prizes, the pointer instituted -- pointer poynter institute focused on civil rights. >> good morning, everyone. mr. royext door to peter clark. [laughter] >> who is the best neighbor in the whole world. he told me to say that. [laughter] >> for tonight, you can call me scout. as a 10-year-old girl if you've read the novel "to kill a mockingbird." lee won therper pulitzer prize for fiction. go ahead, you can clap. [laughter] [applause] we were all sad to hear about her passing. but something strange happened last year. another book about me was published called "go set a watch man." finch, played by gregory peck? a lot of people love my daddy in mockingbird. he was kind,

the look in her recent visit to tuscaloosa. you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend. >> if there was ever a man that deserve recognition it was him. men and women that deserve the recognition don't receive it. to see him receive it was a wonderful thing. standing in the lobby of at the university of alabama. this is the first profile in courage award ever awarded at the john f. kennedy library. in 1990. the former alabama congressman carl elliott. he was a congressman from until 1964. 1948 carl elliott was born very poor. in northwest alabama. at the depths of the depression came to the university with two dollars and $.50 in his pocket. and a $25 check even given. when he arrived he presented himself to the president and said you said anybody can come to the university. the president said if you want it badly that we will find a place for you. he ended up as president of the student body. no law degree. he actually ran for a county judgeship and lost. then in 1948 he ran for congress. he authored two major bills. the library services and co

up next, a look at our recent visit to tuscaloosa, alabama. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. we are at the murphy column house which houses the murphy african-american museum. it is a historic house. it gets its name from the two owners. the murphys built the house and vivian colin bought the house from the murphys. this two-story, beautiful bungalow was by will murphy and his wife around 1923. as you know, the capital of alabama was here in tuscaloosa from 1826 through 1846. around 1923, the capital burned and that is when will murphy got material from the ruins of the capital to build this house. this particular area was the area where most of your professional african-americans lived. beautiful houses. where a district professional that had houses in this area had these white laced curtains and it was called the lace curtain community. you probably notice in this house, all the windows are done with lace curtains. he would license african-americans and he was a business and. he had about four diffe

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learn more about tuscaloosa all weekend on american history tv. ringing] >> we are standing right in the central heart of the original canvas at the university of alabama. -- original campu at the university of alabamas in. 1831 , when the store is opened, it would have been and i doesn't rotunda. -- a magnificent rotunda. up byrth end is taken what is now the library. we are standing in the quad, as it is known today. interestingly enough, the quad has been the central part of campus from its earliest how things. the rotunda was right behind me. you can imagine alongside either edge, east and west, where the university dormitories were. directly behind it was the lyceum. that was another classically inspired building where all the classrooms took place. on either side of the lyceum were the faculty houses. this was like an educational village right and the middle of what, at the time was considered by outsiders as the wilderness, the western country. so land was granted for the university in 1827. the university opened its doors in 1831. the camp

announcer: our cities to her staff recently traveled to tuscaloosa, alabama. learn more about tuscaloosa and other stops at www.c-span.org our.iesto he we proudlycretary, give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. during world war ii, the u.s. signal corps created a lot of training clips and videos. were created to inform officers and enlisted men about the terri developments. next, if activation of civilians, and 14-minute volatility -- detailing the procedure removing refugees and displaced people out of harms way, by relocating them to temporary housing until it is safe to return home. ♪ >> no school today, it says. no, no school today, tomorrow, or next week, or next month. or for a long time to come. no school in france or holland, belgium or italy, germany or burma. china, or the philippines. no food or water or medicine or clothing. no place to get warm. no place to sleep. for these are refugees, everywhere, a byproduct of war, and a problem for allied armies. as uncontrolled civilians, they inevitably interfere with our m

. >> welcome to tuscaloosa, alabama, on booktv. located on the black warrior river, it has a population of about 90,000 residents and is home to the university of alabama. with the help of our comcast cable partners, over the next 60 minutes we'll explore the history of the city and state with local authors including a look at what's nobody as the black belt -- known as the black belt. >> the black belt is really unique in the state of alabama. it's definitely different from anywhere else and, you know, anybody in alabama will tell you that, and anybody in the black belt will tell you that. it's become a little bit of a point of pride. >> later, we learn about the legal battles of aniston, alabama, residents as they fight monsanto. >> if i can prevent this from happening to one other community, i'm going to tell you what i know and what i experienced. >> but first, we speak with author earl tilford about the university of alabama in the 1960s. >> the name of my book is "turned the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960s." i wr

tuscaloosa took steps forward. >> "washington journal." rick shenkman is the history news network founder and author of " political animals: how our stone-age brain gets in the way of smart politics." henkman, do shark attacks affect elections? guest: 100 years ago in 1916, the worst fear of shark attacks struck southern new jersey. that everyones" had seen was based on the story of what happened then. weeks, four people were kill in shark attacks. what does that have to do with politics? woodrow wilson was up for reelection. but in thejersey, small beach towns devastated by the shark attacks, people heard "shark" and everyone went home. he was a devastating economic development for that area. , the peoplee vote in those towns voted against woodrow wilson in overwhelming numbers. in the same proportion that those people voted against herbert hoover at the height of the great depression. why? woodrow wilson could not have done anything to help those people solve their shark problem . that was beyond the powers of the president. people are i

we continue with our history of tuscaloosa. ms. melton: we are at the murphy-collins house, which houses the murphy african-american museum. it gets its name from the two owners. the murphy built the house, and ms. collins bought the house from the murphy's. the two-story bungalow was built by will murphy and his wife around 1923. as you know, the capital of alabama was located here in tuscaloosa, from 1826 until 1846, -- 1946. around 1923, the capital burned, and that is where will murphy got the material to build this house. this area was the area where most of your professional and american lives. beautiful houses. it was, sort o

the tuscaloosa police department could maybe muster 35 offices. the university made a dozen. he brought in hundreds of state troopers, prison guards, forest rangers to make sure that 800 people around this campus when desegregation happened on june 11, 1963. all that was planned. if you look at the student groups and look at the goals of the university of alabama in the early '60s, this was a football party school. most students were interested in football, parties, dating, and making at least a c. in getting by. the student government association was a bastion of the greek system. it's called a machine. atop fraternities on some of the top sororities and the of the greeks but most of the top four or five fraternities were running for student government association. it was people with young men who wanted to become lawyers or businessmen. but those who wanted to become lawyers, wanted to go to the alabama school of law and they would shape the future of the university. many of them were what you would call liberal or progressive. and john blackburn, that being of man recogniz

tuscaloosa is home to the university of alabama, rounded in 1831. learn more on american history tv. >> welcome to historic tuscaloosa and the historic jemison-van de graaff mansion. it was built between 1859 and 1862 by robert jeminson jr. we're looking at a way to showcase his wealth and the wealth of the region. he wanted to showcase that alabama was not a backwater. he was trying to move the state forward. all the different kinds of wood .ork comes from alabama it is an incredible show of the resources. designed by a

learn more about tuscaloosa here on american history tv. >> if there is a remand that ,eserve recognition, so often the men and women deserve recognition cannot receive it, and to see him receive it was a wonderful thing. standing in the main library in the center of campus of universe of alabama. this is the first courage award from the john f. kennedy library foundation. in 1990, the former congressman carl elliott came through. he was many things. he was a president. he was a congressman from 1948 until 1964. carl elliott was born very poor in northwest alabama. at the depths of the depression, he came to the university with two dollars $.60 and his property and a $25 check he had been given. when he arrived and presented himself to the president and said you said anybody could come here, the president looked at his finances and said not you. nightt out and spent the under a truck. they found him the next day and took him back to the president and the president said if you wanted that badly, we will find a way for you to get an education. president of the student body and got a law deg

this weekend we're in tuscaloosa, alabama, with the help of our local cable partner, comcast. next, we learn about the life of local author and artist lila quintero weaver growing up in the be deep south during the civil rights era. >> the name of my book is "darkroom: a memoir in black and white." here it is. it's a graphic memoir. and i decided to write it because the opportunity came my way to tell my story. it's an illustrated work, and because i'm primarily an artist and then later became a writer, it was just an excellent avenue for me to express some of my feelings about the way that i grew up, in the place that i grew up in. and it was just there. it presented itself, and i jumped into it. i had two artistic influences from my parents because -- so my dad did this photography, and he had a lot of cameras, and he was really devoted to it and very passionate. but also my mother was a visual artist. and she grew up in a home where art was really elevating discuss, and her own father drew very well and taught her and her sisters how to draw. and then so my parents turned a

this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partners takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama. the history and literary culture of this southern city which is home to the university of alabama. >> on american history tv we will visit the melville archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome to mount the archaeological park. in its heyday, melville was the largest city north of mexico. and contains the remains of about 30 flat top mounds. andre standing at mound be this is the largest mound in alabama. it contains about 112,000 cubic yards of third and this would have been with a structure for the highest ranking clan would have been. thoughtly, scientists that the mounds were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time, recent research indicates that the base of the mound, and possibly the sides of withwere initially built blocks which were then filled in with clay. this would give a lot more stability to the structure as they were building it. afterw that periodically the moundsville,

. ♪ announcer: this weekend, the ur, hostedies to by comcast, takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama to showcasehe city , which is home to the university of alabama. we will visit archaeological sites and learn how the native american culture lived from the 11th century to the 15th century. >> welcome to mount dale archaeological park. this was the largest city north of mexico and contains the flat-topf about 30 mounds. we are standing at mt. b, the largest amount in alabama, containing about 112,000 cubic years of dirt, and this would have been worthy structure for the highest-ranking leader of the highest-ranking klan would have been. clan would have been. research indicates that the base of the amount was initially hollowed rock, which was filled in with clay. this would give more stability to the structure as they were building it. we know that periodically, after the mound was built, it would be soered with different clade, when you sliced into the mound, it would resemble a layer cake. announcer: watch on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting citie

tuscaloosa hit very hard. where the university of alabama is located. in fact, it hit the dorms there. the storm system did cause more than $4 billion in damages. michelle: what was so tough, so many people had nowhere to go for shelter. there were so many that popped up. yes, they didn't have basements. doug we start off on the fifth anniversary with graphics designed. this was a track, ef4 tornado with 190-mile-per-hour winds tracking its way from tuscaloosa to birmingham across the campus of the university of alabama. what is interesting and staggering at the same time to look at, these were just the tornadoes on that day. jonathan: wow! doug there were four e.f.5's. 11 e.f. 4's. one of the e.f. 4's is one that went through the area south of the university. 19 ef-3's. the list goes on. it's an incredible amount of tornado activity. average ef-4/5 path was 66 miles on the ground. incredible. last year at this time or the same time -- april of last year, the 27 to 28th locally we had several tornadoes, too. in the maryland they were ef0. ef-1 reported

[crowd noise] >> welcome to tuscaloosa, alabama.ocated on the western side of the state on the black warrior river, the city served as the state capital from 1826 to 1846. is the home of the university of alabama. with the help of our comcast cable partners, over the next 90 minutes here have the civil war changed tuscaloosa. >> this

week our city store takes you to tuscaloosa alabama. we willcan history tv, learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th to the 18th century. welcome to mount built ecologically park. it contains the remains of about flattop amounts. this is the largest mound in alabama. this would have been really structure for the highest-ranking clan would have been. originally, scientists thought that the mounds were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time, recent research indicates that the base of the mound and possibly the size of them were initially built with blocks, that were then filled in with clay. this would get a lot more stability to the structure as they were building it. we know that periodically after the mound was that, it would be cap over with different colors of clay. so if you sliced into the mound it would resemble a layer cake. watch the 2016 city store today he had a couple of meals and a shovel. i think it is one of the other ironies to be so antigovernment and oh your entire fortune to the go

weekend, american history tv is featuring tuscaloosa alabama. c-span city tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's rich history. theo liska's home to university of alabama founded in 1831. learn more about tuscaloosa here on american history tv. >> if there is a remand that ,eserve recognition, so often the men and women deserve recognition cannot receive it, and to see him receive it was a wonderful thing. standing in the main library in the center of campus of universe of alabama. this is the first courage award from the john f. kennedy library foundation.

the c-spankend cities tour posted by our comcast cable partners texas to tuscaloosa, alabama to explain the history and literary culture of the southern city which is home to the university of alabama. on book tv we will learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960's liberal till fort -- ealr till -- earl tllford. >> what they were trying to do above all was to get the university of alabama away from and getty school focus us heading in a new direction. institutiondemic first in the south and the nationally. it took a while to do that. first thing to do is hire a faculty. when he became president only one third of the faculty had experienced. by 1965 and two thirds at it in a never competitive. -- and then they were competitive. we also are attracting students today that could go to harvard and yale, places like that. we leave the country in the number of national merit scholars that come here. >> on american history tv will visit the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture live from the 11th through the 13th centuries. le was its heyday moundvi

we continue with a look at the history of tuscaloosa. >> the name of my book is "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960's." thes a student at university of alabama in the 1960's and i missed a lot of it because i was studying.

relationships and she fell in love with it if is like a box was kicked and she was in college and tuscaloosa but in 1972 want to go and work in these prisons is something she knew her parents wouldn't understand. she was an amazing person to talk to and so much serendipity the way she found her attorney and after college, while she was in college she applied to be a prison guard but she was told that she waited too little. she was below the week minimum. she was 5 pounds to light. you only get the job if you gain 5 pounds. [laughter] the arbitrary as she said ticked me off and she got her boyfriend to montgomery and filed the charge into the time went by but nothing happened so she took the job washing hair in montgomery and one day a lawyer from the center came in to get her hair washed and she was turned down for not meeting the weight requirement and she said come into my office i want to talk to you. so that is also someone who is so committed for the entire family around her she didn't want it and she was just bad. so that was inspiring. >> that case was important because it struck down

this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partners takes you to tuscaloosa, alabamaof the southern city which is home to the university of alabama. american history tv will visit the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome to mountville archaeological park. it was the largest city north of mexico and contains the 30 blacktopbout mounts. , thee standing at mound b largest in alabama. it contains about 11,000 cubic yards of dirt. this would have been where the structure for the highest ranking ruler of the highest-ranking clan would have been. thoughty, scientists they were built one basketball at a time. recent research indicates the base and possibly sides were blocks thatilt with were filled in with clay. this would give a lot more stability to the structure as they were building it. we know periodically after the mound was built, it would be capped over with different colors of clay so that if you slice into the mound, it would resemble a layer cake. >> what's the c-span cities t

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] tuscaloosa,explore alabama. tv, we willhistory visit the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome. in its heyday, melville was the largest city north of mexico and contains the remains of about 30 flat top mounds. .e are standing at mound b it contains about 12,000 cubic yards of dirt to this would have been where the structure for the highest ranking ruler for the highest-ranking clan would have been 10 originally, scientists thought they were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time. recent research indicates that the base of the mound and possibly the sides of them were initially built with blocks that were filled in with clay. give a lot more stability to the structure as they were building it. know that, periodically, after the mound was built, it would be capped over with different colors of clay. so if you slice into the mound, it would resemble a layer cake. tourncer: watch the cities . working with our ca

said it just was like a box was ticked inside of me, and montgomery in -- she was in college in tuscaloosa, but in 1970, for a petite little blonde woman to want to go and work in these prisons is something she knew her parents wouldn't understand. anyway, she was just an amazing person to talk to, and so much serendipity the way she found her attorney was she had -- while she was in college she had tried to be a prison guard, which is what she wanted to do, and was told she weighed too much -- weighed too. she was five pounds below the weight minimum. she was tall enough. she was 5'3" but five pounds too light. kind of like a dream come true. you can gain five pounds. but the arbitrariness of it pissed me off, she said, and got her boyfriend to drive her to -- the eeoc office and she filed a charge, and nothing happened and she took a job washing hair at a kut above, in montgomery, and one day a young lawyer from the southern poverty law center came in to get her hair wash sped she started chatting with the shampoo girl, and found out about -- shat she'd been turned out for not meeting th

. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partners takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama, to explore the history and literary culture of this southern city. which is home to the university of alabama. on book tv, we'll learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 196s to, with the author of "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960's." >> had i think above all he was trying to get the university of alabama away from this party school, football school focus. and get us heading in a new direction to become a viable academic institution. first in the south and then nationally. it took a while to do that. first thing you had to do was to hire faculty. when he became president, only 1/3 of the faculty here had -- [inaudible] -- that was in 1958. by 1965, 2/3 of had them. that made us competitive. today we have our share of some of the finest faculty in the country. we also are attracting students today that could go to harvard, yale, places like that. in fact, we lead the country in the number of national merit scholars that come here. >>

this weekend we're in tuscaloosa, alabama, with the help of our local cable partner, comcast. next, we learn about the life of local author and artist lila quintero weaver growing up in the be deep south during the civil rights era. >> the name of my book is "darkroom: a memoir in black and white." here it is. it's a graphic memoir. and i decided to write it because the opportunity came my way to

this weekend, we go to tuscaloosa, alabama to explore this southern city, home to the university of alabama. on american history tv, we will visit the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived. city westthe largest of mexico. 30 -- we areout standing at mound b, the largest in alabama. 120,000 squareut yards of dirt. where the highest ranking clan would have been. originally, scientists thought they were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time. recent research indicates that the base of the mound was initially built with saud -- sod blocks. this would give stability to the structure as they were building it. periodically, it would be capped over with layers of clay, sliced into the mount. it would resemble a layer cake. tourtch the c-span cities on american history tv on c-span3. working with affiliates across the country. >> he had a couple of meals and a steam shovel. again, that is one of the other ironies to be so rapidly and o yourent, entire fortune to the governments largess. >> sally denton talks about her book, "the profiteers." it takes a lo

. >> this weekend the c-span city store posted by our comcast cable partners takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama. to explore the history and literary culture of the southern city which is home to the university of alabama. tv, wheren history the system unveiled the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11 15 centuries. heyday montville was the largest city north of mexico and contains the remains of about 30 flat top mounds. b and standing at mt. this is the largest mound in alabama. it contains about 112,000 two bourjos of dirt. this would have been by the structure for that highest ranking mover of the highest-ranking clan but it in. originally signed to spot the mounds were completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time. recent research is a case of the base of the mound and possibly the size of them were initially built with blocks which were then filled in with clay. this would give a lot more stability to the structure as they were building it. afterw that periodically the mound was built, it would be cap over with different color

. >> welcome to tuscaloosa, alabama, on booktv. located on the black warrior river it has a population of about 90,000 residents and is home to university of alabama. with help of our comcast cable partners, over the next 60 minutes will explore the history of the city and state with local authors including a look at what's known as a black belt. >> a black belt is unique in the state of alabama. it is different from anywhere else, anybody in alabama will to you that the anybody and a black belt will tell you that. it's come a point of pride. >> what about the legal battles as they fight this is to a local employer monsanto. >> if i can prevent this from happening to one of the community, i'm going to tell you what i know and what i experienced. >> but first we speak with other earl tilford about university of alabama in the 1960s. >> the name of my book is "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960s." i put this book because i was a student at the university of

. >> this weekend, tuscaloosa, alabama.explore the history and literary colter of the southern city. on american history tv we will the native american culture from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome. in its heyday they were the largest city north of mexico. 30contains the remains of flattop mounds. we are standing at mound be. yards.ains 112,000 cubic this would have been where the structure from the highest-ranking mover of the highest-ranking plan would have been. originally sciences thought they were completely built by one basket load at a time. mound and thee size of them were initially built with odd blocks that were filled in with clay. stability in more the structure. periodically after it was built it would be capped over with different colors. it would resemble a layer cake. tour.ch the c-span cities tour workingties with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. he had a couple of meals and a steam shovel. ironiese of the other to be so antigovernment and know your entire fo

country. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour, hosted by our comcast cable partners, takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama, to explore the history and hit area culture of this southern city which is home to the university of alabama. on booktv we'll learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960s with earl tilford author of "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960s." >> what frank rose was trying to do i think above all was to get the university of alabama away from this party school/football school focus and get us heading in a new direction to become a viable academic institution first in the south, and then nationally. .. >> welcome. in its heyday, melville was the largest city north of mexico and contains the remains of about 30 flat top mounds. >> we are standing at the largest amount in alabama. it contains about 112,000 to the chart of dirt and this would've been where the structure for the highest ranking member of the highest ranking plan would've been. originally scientists thought that are completely built by one basket load of dirt at a time. recent r

and we travel to tuscaloosa, alabama. among the locations, a famous the north declared one of the winners in the civil war. here is a preview. house is such a fascinating microcosm of what is going on in the deep south. you have the plantar class hurtling forward. jemison cannot fathom a world where he cannot own other people. his wealth is built on this and he is constructing this house at the beginning of the war, he had northern workman who had been foremen over the house. they end up finishing the house by correspondence and jemison's workman here finished the house. there was -- there would have been thermoplastic work. there are a couple of missing details. all in all, the house was completed by 1862. the civil war was a very difficult time for the jemison family. at tuscaloosa, alabama 2 and c-span 3 american history tv. of fox news and author of "we, the people." being with us. guest: good morning. thank you for having me. talk about the book and campaign but the modern day figures it reshaped and the founding fat

a development over which the university of alabama, the people of this state, and the people of tuscaloosaould be ashamed and more than a little afraid. every person who witnessed the detachment speaks with the nearness with which the university became associated with murder. her crime,was lucy, she was born black and issues moving against southern custom and tradition, but with the loss all the way to the supreme court w all the way- la to the supreme court on her side. what does it mean today to have the law on your side? the answer has to be nothing. mob disagrees with you and the court. was this on the university campus this morning. what price has been paid? in response to his work, buford boone and his family was threatened. his phone would ring, keeping his family awake through the night. his windows would be broken and if boone was away, his wife would call to tell him that he was in trouble. boone up to all of this, was awarded the pulitzer prize for editorial writing. [applause] and as for ms. lucy, in april 1988, her expulsion was an old by the university of alabama and she enro

[chatter] [indiscernible] [chatter] this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes you to tuscaloosa, literaryo explore the culture of the city. when at the" history of alabama in the 1960's with the author of "turning the tide." >> what the supreme court was was toto do above all get the university of alabama away from this party school heading in a it new direction to become a viable , academic institution. it took a while to do that. the first thing he had to do was hire faculty. when he became president, only a third of them had degrees. a few years later, two thirds had them. that made them competitive. we also are attracting students today that could go to harvard, yale, places like that. we lead the country in the number of national merit scholars that come here. >> on "american history tv," we will visit the amount fill archaeological site -- will visit the mountville archaeological site. eyday, it was the largest archaeological site north of mexico. it contains 30, flattopped mounds. we are standing at hill b. is the largest mound in alabama. this would have been with a structure for t

tour takesan cities you to tuscaloosa, alabama, to explore the history and literary culture of the southern city. on book tv, we will learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960's. get the university of alabama away from this party school, football school focus and heading it in a new direction to become a viable academic institution. it took a while to do that. he had to hire faculty. --n he became president, today, we have our share of sound the finest faculty in the country. we are attracting students today that could go to harvard, yell ale. we leave the country in the number of merit scholars. thee will visit archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through 15th century. >> in its heyday, it was the largest city north of mexico and 30tains the remains of about mounds. we are standing at mount b. 112,000 cubicout yards of dirt and this would have been where the structure for the highest ranking clan would have been. scientists that the amounts were built by one basket load of dirt and time. research indicates the base o

> this weekend, this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partners takes tuscaloosa, alabama to explore the culture of this southern city come home to the university of alabama. we will learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960's with the author of "turning the tide." toabove all, he was trying get the university of alabama away from being a party school or a football school and get its focus to head in a new direction academice a viable institution in the south and nationally. it took a while to do that. the first thing he had to do was to hire faculty. only a third of the faculty had degrees. that made us competitive. share of some our of the finest faculty in the country. we were also attracting students today that could go to harvard, yelp, and places like that. we've lead the country in the number of national merit scholars that come here. >> on american history tv come we will visit the mount hill archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome. in its heyday, it was

. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama to explore the history and literary culture of this southern city, home to the university of alabama. on book tv we'll speak with earl tilford. >> what he was trying to do above all was to get the university of alabama away from this party school, football school focus and get it headed in a new direction to become a viable academic institution, first in the south and then nationally. and it took a while to do that. the first thing he had to do was hire faculty. when he became president, only a third of the faculty had terminal degrees. that was in 1958. by 1965, two-thirds had them. that made us competitive. today we have our share of some of the finest faculty in the country. we also are attracting students today that could go to harvard, yale, places like that. we lead the country in the number of national merritt scholars that come here. >> and on american history tv, we'll history the mound hill archeological site and learn about how the american indians lived here in the 11th century. >> it contains the r

this weekend, the c-span cities to tuscaloosa, alabama. home of the university of alabama. history andure the literary life of the city. writer a clip of a local talking about growing up as a during thehe south civil rights era. [video clip] >> we do talk about the culture class that my family experience. argentina has a very rich culture, and my parents embraced a lot of it. coming to the u.s., you realize you are in a foreign land, you have different customs, and they were, to a great degree, resistant to many things. they wanted to keep the spanish-language alive for us, as kids, and yet, we were resisting because once we learned english, we did not really want to go round speaking spanish, and has everybody stare at us because we sound funny to their years. that was one portion of it. host: jim is on the line. what do you think? caller: hello? host: good morning. caller: how are you? host: i am good. what is your thought on simplifying the tax code? caller: i freely believe from what i have read, since eisenhower left office, the tax o

. >> we take you to tuscaloosa, alabama to study the culture of the study home to the university of alabamawe will learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960s with the author of turning the tide, the university of alabama in the 1960s. >> what he is trying to do above all was to get -- and a viable institution in the south and then nationally. it took a while to do that. the first thing you had to do was hire a faculty. only a third had terminal degrees. that was in 1958. by 1965, 2/3 had it. that was competitive. we have our share of the finest faculty in the country. we are attracting students today that could go to harvard and yale and places like that. we lead the country in the number of national married scholars that come here. >> and on american history tv, we will visit the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome to the archaeological park. in the hay day, it was the largest city north of mexico and contains the remains of about 30 flattoped mounds. we ared standing at mound

. >> welcome to tuscaloosa, alabama, on booktv.cated on the black warrior river, it has a population of about 90,000 residents and is home to the university of alabama. with the help of our comcast cable partners, over the next 60 minutes we'll explore the history of the city and state with local authors including a look at what's nobody as the black belt -- known as the black belt. >> the black belt is really unique in the state of alabama. it's definitely different from anywhere else and, you know, anybody in alabama will tell you that, and anybody in the black belt will tell you that. it's become tt

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