to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. toledo, university of history lecturer chelsea griffis talks about how conservative women reacted to the introduction of equal rights amendment in the 1970's. c-span's american history tv interviewed ms. griffis at the meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 15 minutes. >> chelsea griffis, for those who have forgotten or never knew, what is the equal rights amendment? ms. griffis: a failed constitutional amendment that would have legally fought equality for men and women, regardless of sex. it was originally introduced in 1923 by alice paul. people might know her from the national woman's party, a radical suffrage group. during the 1910's especially, she brought it forth to greater stabilize political equality between men and women. for the 1920's, it was something unfathomable to most people. it was brought up again between the 1920's and 1970's, but never really got much credit. it did not go farther than any congressional committees. to a lot oftha

to join the conversation, like us on facebook.past tuesday, former secretary of state henry kissinger defended his role in the vietnam role to a gathering of policymakers, vietnamese, veterans and war protesters. some 40 years after the fall of withdrawalamerica's from vietnam, he called the 1970 five evacuation one of the saddest moments of his life.

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. the 60thear marks anniversary of john f. kennedy's courage."files in the 1957 pulitzer prize for biography. next, a panel of former kennedy administration officials marked a milestone by meeting at the historic decatur house in washington, d.c., to recount their white house experience. the program was hosted by an international auction house and is about an hour. >> this is an event that has been birthed from a number of sources and we are thrilled to have this distinctive panel joining us.

to join the conversation join us on facebook. bushe campaign 2016 continues on her and winners of the student competition. it stopped at cherry hill high school in new jersey to honor a student for her second prize video. madeline was honored in front of classmates, family and community members before having a chance to visit the bus. it then traveled to pennsylvania to honor its graders. -- eighth graders for their video, national immigration issues. during the ceremony, they donated $500 of their winnings to a local charity. following this event, the bus drove to clinton township in new jersey to celebrate a second prize winning video, the next big problem. teachers, classmates and elected officials, including a congressman, joined the ceremony for zachary. special thanks to comcast for coordinating these visits. to view all of the winning documentaries, you can go to studentcam.org. >> next we will hear from jean copal sent about -- gene kopelson on the behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the role that dwight d. ei

like us on facebook at c-span history. >> fisher, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to san bernardino, california. you're watching american history weekend,eekend, every on c-span3. >> the base started early on in the early 1940's. in the 1950's, it became norton air force base. named after an air force captain killed in france bombing mission. it became norton air force base. in the 1960's, just right at the vietnam era, starting with a base transition to the 63rd military airlift wing. 141 was introduced to the base. it became a major logistics supply hub. but their mission also encompassed worldwide. they were the fedex or ups of the early days on the military side. they couldn't deliver quite as quickly. but they could deliver it wherever there was a runway long enough to handle the airplane worldwide. it's interesting to have the norton air force base museum at the former air force base. it's right in the center of where things happened. it used to be a noncommissioned officers club. this little portion of it ha

to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> today's your day of celebration and you have earned it. voices crying for peace and light because your choices will make all the difference to you and to all of us. >> don't be afraid to take on cases are new jobs or new issues that really stretches your boundaries. >> you spend your summer abroad real ships rather than internships, and the specter of living in your parents basement after this graduation day is not likely to be your greatest concern. >> watch commencement speeches to the class of 2016 in their leaders,by business politicians, and white house officials, on c-span. next, we will hear from author gene kopelson on the behind-the-scenes mentoring of ronald reagan and the role that dwight d. eisenhower blade in the 1950's -- played in the 1960's. his book is, "reagan's 1968 dress rehearsal: ike, rfk, and reagan's emergence as a world statesman." the discovery institute hosted this program. >> we are joined by dr. gene kopelson. he is a cancer doctor by trade, but also an accomplished historian. he has written about theodore

to join the conversation, like us on facebook. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of hattiesburg, mississippi. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue now with our look at the history of hattiesburg. reason did anybody want to come and kill my daddy? it was a result of orders from the head of the klan, "go annihilate him." and they killed my whole family. -- they came to kill my whole family. he was a civil right activist in hattiesburg who worked to try to get african-americans registered to vote. at the shady grove thech, he was a teacher of sunday school and also sang in the choir. he owed a small grocery store, a sawmill, and he grew commercial cotton. 70 acres of cotton, a lot of cotton. dad was one of the of the naacp. it was nine men who established the naacp. at that time, they were definitely an underground organization. he felt that the opportunity to vote was the pathway to first-class citizenship. places

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join us on facebook. piece this morning in the "new get times" and i went to your reaction to the headline -- the president had to vietnam -- the president heads to vietnam, current needs much beside old antagonism. misunderstanding, violence and wearing a snow had the chance to create a partnership that seemed unlikely, even three years ago. explain. if you think about it, the first president to travel to the war since the war was bill clinton. host: what an irony that he protested against the war. guest: that was an extraordinary trip and amazing moments, but it was the first step in a long journey and the feeling at the it vietnam would really be willing to open the door to closed relationships with the united states, but their economy is now booming and they do welcome foreign investments. that kind of marxist economic document has faded and they are open to foreign investment. to u.s. now has military military exchanges of vietnam. u.s. naval officers meet with and work with the enemies naval officer

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on global 3000. do write to us at -- or visit us on facebook. steves: while dedicating a month of your life to walk the camino may be admirable, it doesn't work for everyone. but any traveler can use this route as a sightseeing spine and as an opportunity to appreciate some of the joys and lessons that come with being a pilgrim. just 5 miles before the spanish border stands the french basque town of st. jean-pied-de-port. traditionally, santiago-bound pilgrims would gather here to cross the pyrenees and continue their march through spain. visitors to this popular town are a mix of tourists and pilgrims. at the camino office, pilgrims check in before their long journey to santiago. they pick up a kind of pilgrim's passport. they'll get it stamped at each stop to prove they walked the whole way and earned their compostela certificate. walking the entire 500-mile-long route takes about five weeks. that's about 15 miles a day, with an occasional day of rest. the route is well-marked with yellow arrows and scallop shells. the scallop shell is the symb

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some of you are sharing the story on our facebook page. be sure to like us on facebook. >>> look at this picture. spotsylvania county police are asking for help to find this man. his name is robert jackson. he's 81 years old and last seen 10:30 this morning. he has alzheimer's and he was driving the family car. the car is a 2009 silver ford escape with virginia plates kv-1666. please call 911 or local police if you have seen him or if you have seen that vehicle. >>> ntsb investigators are trying to figure out what caused yesterday's bus crash that killed eight people and injured dozens more. they are in laredo, texas, right now and that's where we find sara, who shows how a trip to a casino ended in tragedy. we're told the majority of victims are in their 60s and one as old as 83. they were traveling to a casino on the texas-mexico border. they were on a charter bus when it rolled just before noon. the county medical examiner describing it as the worst commercial vehicle accident she's seen in ten years. the ntsb is on scene. they have launched their own inv

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we're on facebook live right now, join in on the conversation with us live on facebook. outside this is the view from the tower looking down to the parking lot, which you can barely see. so visibility is quite low here early this morning. no thick fog, no advisory level fog, but a lot of low clouds and parts of the eastern shore. there's more where that came from. the clusters of showers in central and west virginia now will scoop in our direction for later on. so rain chances will increase with time even if it's not raining at your house now, likely to be raining by lunchtime. and all the unsettled weather across the great lakes are coming in tomorrow and for friday. so today, tomorrow, friday, all clouds, all the time. probably not going to get the breaks of sunshine in the midday hours like the last few days. heading to saturday and sunday, i'm optimistic saturday will have enough dry hours to call it a dry day. so there could be some showers saturday night into early sunday. future weather then, a cloudy start this morning, here comes that pocket of rain by 10:00 to

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