i'm jason be minute and i am the chair of psychiatry at oklahoma state university's center for health sciences our oath is essentially 1st do no harm and i think that that's one of the biggest problems is that doctors don't realize that by prescribe opioids. that they could doing more harm than good and we've seen that in a lot a lot of cases what were they originally prescribed for well historically the uses been for what we call cancer pain cancer does a lot of horrible things street your body and can cause a lot of pain nowadays it's used for a lot of different things these pills hydrocodone. content are found to no other drugs that are legally sold on the market share the same component a powerful narcotic heroin and sometimes they are a 1000 times more concentrated. the opioid compound comes from a plant called the opium poppy and these plants are really grown mostly in asia and then they're imported by drug companies into the united states but what we do with the pills is we take the good parts of the flour that you would smoke and we concentrate them in a little pill. and so th

dollars on social media they've been able to be like hi i'm the so and so each other from the university of oklahoma here's my loci bracelet they're able to say that you can't be a football player from the year of the oklahoma and say hey i'm here to talk about animal crossing on twitch and make money because then you'll be so compliance issue so the future pockets you because you're seeing a lot of these chillers who are predominately girls who predominately white girls who probably come from very middle upper income families not have to deal with same issues at the players their. cheering for have to do in the end needs to realize that well and look maim him and i think we all have that kind of conversation to stable for we all feel that college acidly should get some kind of reimbursement or something for there for what's going on but mainly images like this but the forefront of the more recent more sordid recent months many cheerleaders actually think that other athletes should be able to make money off of brand sponsorship. or the perks that they're able to do does this give these athletes i me

he's the chair of history at the university of oklahoma. have inside information that he's soon to go to a fine place. all signed up. he was appointed in 2000 -- that was pretty good, wasn't it? >> it sounded a little like jesus. >> he's not going to that finest place yet. >> not yet. >> he was appointed in 2002 to the national council of the humanities, he's served as a senior scholar at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and the big thing, i have no friend who hasn't been intending to write a textbook of worth about the history of america, but i only have one who has done it, and it's recent and it's great and it's called land of hope, an invitation to the great american story. bill mcclay. >> thank you. good afternoon, everybody. it's wonderful to be here. i'm going to talk about abraham lincoln, amazingly. but i want to tell a story about him that i think illustrates a point that we can then expand on a little bit. we all know that lincoln was a reader. he got most of his sense of the english language from reading shak

jeffrey: kevin hayes is emeritus professor of english at the university of central oklahoma. he's the author of many books about american literature and culture, including most recently, "shakespeare and the making of america," and he is currently writing a book on the intellectual life of benjamin franklin. and lucas morel is john k. boardman professor of politics at washington and lee university. he is the author, most recently, of "lincoln and the american founding," and a frequent guest on national constitution center programs. kevin, it is wonderful to see you. kevin: thank you. jeffrey: and lucas, welcome back to the national constitution center. lucas: thanks for the invitation, jeffrey. jeffrey: barry, set the stage, as it were, for us. americans have turned to shakespeare during moments of crisis throughout american history. tell us how and why. barry: well, you know, jeffrey, it's really an extraordinary thing to trace, just how deep shakespeare runs in american political life and civic life. we think of shakespeare as the national writer of england, he sailed across

she's also a citizen of the muscogee creek nation in oklahoma and a professor at the university of kansas? it would be difficult to overstate but a significant moment this is, especially for native women and i think that a lot of folks have a perception that tribal governments are still operating in the past but the nomination ofa in the past but the nomination of a native person brings us into the present and visible. this high visibility appointment, it is just a profound move forward for a lot of us. you have met her, what kind of character issue and what will she bring to the role? she is very warm and thoughtful. they would be the first two words i would use. and i got a chance to visit her office in washington, dc, it felt more like a family room or a living room where she had discussions with people, not just a typical politician. what is in her in tray? what are you expecting from her in terms of policy? i think the bureau is only going to be one part of herjob. she oversees a number of sub agencies as well if she is to be confirmed but she will have authority over public land man

she has taught at the university of virginia, and now she is teaching at oklahoma state university. is that the sooners? i cannot remember. youifer: oh, pete, i think lost all of your fans. big 12 football. correct. we are the oklahoma state cowboys. you can imagine that my knowledge of the big ten is limited, and it takes all of the time and all of my patients -- patience to turn things around. they are not oklahoma state, but they are now watchable. important point here is an important book on a great murrary, andich jen you can add to my summary of the book, but it is the history of the evolution of the parks all of the way to the administration. we just had heart way, talking about all of the good deeds done while superintended here, but this is a book for those of you who think that the battlefield park is a timeless entity. it is not. it changes in terms of interpretation, in terms of the physical landscape. it is all right here. an important book. a valuable book. i think this book is signed by jen, as well. please talk to john and i about the partnership. so many academics cu

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of what's available every weekend. tonight the get yezburg college civil war institute hosts an evening with oklahoma state university professor jennifer murray discussing union general george mead and his wartime career including his experience as the union commander at gettysburg. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend. >>> use your mobile devices and go to c-span.org for the latest video. live and on demand. to follow the transition of power. president trump, president-elect biden, news conferences, and event coverage. at c-span.org. >>> this is a story of american constitutional law. in part it has to do with a motion picture made in italy, directed by roberto rosselini. a film that brought harsh controversy to new york. but our story also has to do with a quiet street in connecticut where a young man, a minister for jehovah's witnesses, went from door to door with a phonograph record, which he played for anyone who cared to listen. that phonograph record too caused controversy. two disputes, each of which went to the united states supreme court, and there these cas

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of what's available every weekend. tonight, the gettysburg college civil war institute hosts an evening with oklahoma state university professor jennifer murray discussing union general george mead and his wartime career and experience as the union commander at gettysburg. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend. ♪ >> down from canada, the mallard ducks. a school room window in nebraska. ♪ the view of a country, any country is harsh through iron bars. i'm joseph welsh. i'm a lawyer. a flight of birds in trouble and a white temple on a hill. this is the story i want to tell you. it's the story of the supreme court of the united states. you feel very small when you stand in the supreme court building in washington. the columns rise three stories high, great shafts of marble in the mountain state of vermont. inside, premium marble is afoot and all around you, in polished walls and columns under a coffered ceiling. in this room, historic meetings take place. with tourists of other days observing. a staircase of marble spirals upward. in the hallway, an open pedestal

of programs exploring our nation's past. >> tonight on the civil war, oklahoma state university history professor jennifer murray talks aboutnion general george meade. here is a preview. >> he certainly was, as you point out, known for his impatience, and the others around him write of that. thatver had any sense of until edward porter alexander's findings in the confederacy, which was edited by edward gallagher. to my knowledge, examples of composure, which makes a lot of sense. you are right, with him, there is an overstatement. >> sure. doesn't it similarly threatened the broad side of the store took two command orders of the artillery battery? you see this order from the officers to commend their man to do things we cannot understand. you cannot understand what it is like to hold their ground, or to attack across. >> yes, certainly. the line is broken. he is swearing at his men and using his sword as well. forman't expect the men to and calm themselves with the usual composure. what about the idea that george meade was an apolitical general? the politics of the army is so fascinating, so complex and so important. help u

just like calls family the whole country is in a state of awareness wanting to change things and contain the epidemic. at the oklahoma university and then seen an aggressive alliance was formed researcher andrew caught me lawyer ritchie with me and up to jason b. then they've all gathered to establish a common fight plan against every single laboratory. case. dr beaman has created the 1st college education program with the country on pain killers addiction. and also what provide education to all of the prescribers from dennis starkers about marriage right then and there. we think that there. more to the result you were describing than any of our other initiatives i think the overwhelming response has been that the doctors that are graduating now and going out into practice are not person writing these and we've seen over 20 percent decline in per script in oklahoma over the last 2 years and my medical students will never be involved in this over. behavior and there are definitely some doctors have knowingly contributed to this problem they saw an opportunity to make money and they went for it but that's that's a very small mino

she has taught at the university of virginia and now she is teaching at oklahoma state university. is that the sooners? i can't remember. >> oh, pete, i think you lost all your fans in still water. get your big 12 football correct. we are the oklahoma state cowboys. >> since i am an indiana state hoosier fan, my knowledge outside the big ten is limited and it takes all of my energy and all of my patience to follow the hoosiers, although they have turned things around. not oklahoma state, not even remotely close to that, but they're now watchable. one other important point here is jen's excellent important book in which jen murray, and you can complicate my summary if you like, jen, but it is a history of the evolution of the park from its very beginnings all the way and really to the john latcher administration, talking about all the good deeds he did while he was superintendent here. this is a book for those of you who think a battlefield park is a timeless entity. it is not. not just in terms of interpretation but the physical land shape and philosophies about historic presentati

of what's available every weekend. tonight the gettysburg college civil war institute hosts an evening with oklahoma state university professor jennifer murray discussing union general george meade and his wartime year including his experience as the union commander at gettysburg. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend. ♪ >>> in the summer of 1839 a foreign scooter accidentally sailed along the shores of the united states and transformed the federal courts into a forum for an explosive national deb e debate. the drama that began when the enslaved africans on the amistad revolted and took control of the vessel off the coast of cuba would culminate in the supreme court of the united states. with a former president arguing on behalf of the africans' appeal for freedom. the amistad case forced the federal courts and the nation to consider the legal foundations of slavery. for several weeks in the summer of 1839 newspapers along the atlantic coast reported sightings of a mysterious schooner supposedly commanded by african pirates. late in august the crew of the navy brig wa

of what's available every weekend. tonight the gettysburg college civil war institute hosts an evening with oklahoma state university professorennifer murray discussing union general george meade and his wartime career, including his experience as union commander at gettysburg. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend. >>> every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3, go inside a different college classroom and hear about topics ranging from the american revolution, civil rights and u.s. presidents to 9/11. >> thanks for your patience and for logging into class. >> with most college campuses closed due to the impact of the coronavirus, watch professors transfer teaching to a virtual setting to engage with their students. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we'll get to later, i should just mention, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press, and it is, indeed, pr freedom to print things and publish thi

of what's available every weekend. tonight the get yezburg college civil war institute hosts an evening with oklahoma state university professorfer murray discussing union general george mead and his wartime career including his experience as the union commander at gettysburg. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend. >>> use your mobile devices and go to c-span.org for the latest video. live and on demand. to follow the transiti

of guest is the african-american studies at princeton university. eddie glaude, also the author of the book, "begin again: james baldwin's america and its urgent lessons for our own." vanessa in oklahoma. you are on. caller: good morning. i am calling from tulsa, oklahoma. of course that is the infamous place of the massacre from 1921. with thentimes struck inability for us to really grapple with the true relationship, the disrespectful nature that white supremacy gives us. in that vein, the word reconciliation is stirred up all always say that it's kind of like a cuss word ,ere, because of the community the black, white and native american community. there is not a relationship to understand who to reconcile with, but that relationship of violence. any thoughts on that, professor glaude? guest: thank you so much for that question. at the end of "begin again," i travel to montgomery, alabama. the purpose of that trip is to visit the legacy museum and the national memorial for peace and justice, what is known as the lynching memorial. what is so fascinating about what brian stevenson has done in montgomery, in the cradle of the confederacy, is that it is not a monument or museum to cel

of his daughters went to fisk university. in his son became a teacher texas and oklahoma. so there were more than a few who did that. kevin: excellent. next one. either come across newark valley, african-american community near aven's -- adams, and how common was it for enlistees who are black assigned to all white regiments, as in in roles of subservient labor? >> that is where the valentine family lived, in newark valley, adams county. so the two sons went into that u.s. color trips. and one of the grandsons and listed a wisconsin regiment along with three or four people from that community. the regiment was recruited locally in adams county and these dyes were taken into that regiment. but they were listed officially as privates. but they were also listed as cooks. they were in white regiments, that was fairly late in the war. there was another earlier in the war somebody from adams county , who attempted to enlist and was refused. he attempted to volunteer for wisconsin regiment and was refused, and that was probably 1863, 1864. they they were at that point accepting them. document account but the valentine fami

of what's available every weekend. tonight, the gettysburg college civil war institute hosts an evening with oklahoma state university professorennifer murray discussing union general george mead and his wartime career and experience as the union commander at gettysburg. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend.

of us at american history tv. waruncer: next on the civil gettysburg college civil war institute hosts an online discussion with oklahoma state universityry professor jennifer murray, currently writing a book on a union general. she talked about his wartime career and his experience at gettysburg. the gettysburg college institute provided the video. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, former radio broadcaster donna halter, inocial history of women american broadcasting, tells the story of women in early broadcast radio. pacific in 1965 film produced by the communicable disease center in atlanta tells the story of a group of cdc doctors who travel -- to immunize the population against smallpox using a new injector gun. once again,ing ladies and gentlemen. i have to do a different intro, pete. it is getting old. speaking as someone who never gets old, my cohost, the man with the best hair in gettysburg, the director of the civil war institute, pete, good to see you. john, you know me well enough that i believe i am easy going guy. there is one thing. i appreciate the fact that u