at 10:30 from waterbury connecticut, they teach a class on the "n" world with a focus on "uncle tom's cabin" and "huckleberry finn." this is american tv on c-span 3. >>> next abraham lincoln harold holzer. as part of the talk, mr. holzer examines the reasoning behind imprisonment of newspaper editors during the civil war and suspension of habeas corpus. this was co-hosted by historical society of the courts of the state of new york and new york state archives' partnership trust. it's an hour and a half. >> i've never spoken to a crowd of so many attorneys in my entire life. there are several that i want to acknowledge. my daughter, meg, who is an attorney is here today. inspector state general ellen biben is here today. my old friend judge gene nardelli is here. we could go on forever. it's wonderful to see all of you. one other person i want to mention because the subject for this weekend is freedom of the press, as you know. someone in this room who is actually a living hero of the fight for freedom of the press. formally of "the new york times." i just want to introduce -- i know y

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 the fight for women's rights and she had come to georgia request the michigan art train, taking cars filled with art to rural communities across the country. jimmy was the gover

and at 10:30, from waterbury, connecticut, professor william foster teaches a class on the history of the n-word in american culture and a focus on "uncle tom's cabin" and mark twain's "huckleberry finn." 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 tora at anacostia high school. [ applause ] >> thank you all. thank you so much. first of all, thank you, charity. you did a great job on that introduction. >> love you! >> love you all too. so proud. i want to thank the anacostia senior high school choir for their amazing performances. [ applause ] i also want to thank brandon, annie, and, of course, your valedictorian jordan for their amazing remarks. let's give them a big old hand. i want to acknowledge a couple of other people, malik, donald, and all of the community leaders who have joined you all today to celebrate this morning. let's give them a round of applause as well. [ applause ] i have to t

we had a recent controversy here in waterbury where we had a high school play by august wilson that used the "n" word, i believe. and there was controversy about whether or not the play should be produced or not. there were modest changes. and they let the play go on. do we banish the work altogether or make modifications as we americans always do, compromise and see what we come up with? nice work, everyone. well, some of you more than others. but that's okay. nice work. >> i was just telling them all about "mona lisa smile" which we were talking about -- there was a scene with julia roberts and the whole class is dark. and she brings up a picture -- advertisement on the wall and she says, modern art -- and there's a student that says -- no, that's just an advertisement. and she says, quiet, everyone listen. what will the people 20 years from now say about you? how are they going to examine you? a girdle to suck you in to make you have a perfect figure? a lot of times the school wellesley -- the wellesley girls that was portrayed there, there were women there that did their husbands-to-

naugatuck community college is located in waterbury, connecticut. also please note some viewers may find language in this hour long program offensive. >> good afternoon, class. today we're in english 102, composition and literature. we're going to be talking about two different things. we're going to start off our discussion talking about the use of the n word in both harriet -- don't even try it, harriet beecher stowe's very famous american classic uncle tom's cabin" and mark twain's huckleberry fin is correct. there has been recent controversy, please excuse me, recent controversy talking about a publisher who is changing the "n" word to slave and changing the ininjun word to indian because obviously a number of native americans are offended by that. >> this is a controversy that's been going on since day one. these novels came out in the 1860s, and the idea is that since that point in time, there's been a little bit of controversy. so what we're going to do is start in the history because as i said many times in class, you have to have a sense of

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. we're marking this presidents' day weekend with the nation's first ladies. up next from our c-span's white house documentary, a tour with laura bush. >> where are we? >> this is what's called the west sitting hall. we're sitting right by the big fan window that i think people associate with the

we show you some pictures a moment ago from waterbury, connect wekt, with snow falling.hat's the same storm stretching out into the midwest. if you look at it on the satellite and radar picture, i'm talking about a thousand miles worth of a storm. for those of you who live in the snow belt of the country, this is not the biggest storm you've ever seen. but that's one huge system. again, this is all one. who is going to be picking up the most snow? let's pull up the totals map for you. again, it's been pretty much a snow drought this particular winter. but from just south of buffalo, want you to focus on this purple stripe from south of buffalo up into caribou maine. we're talking about 6 inches to a foot of snow out there. these are some towns that really could use that snow because so much of their economy based on the ski season during the winter and it's been a dry season this will help immensely. you heard how chicago is halfway where they should be. let's pull the chicago numbers if we have them. it's not just chicago. you look at any area, like milwaukee. they've p

we show you some pictures a moment ago from waterbury, connecticut, with some snow falling.hat's the same storm that stretches all the way out into the midwest. if you look at it on the satellite and the radar picture, i'm talking about 1,000 miles worth of a storm. for those of you who live in the snowbelt of the country, this is not the biggest storm you've ever seen, but that's one huge system. again, this is all one. who will be picking up most snow? let's pull up the snowfall totals. it's been a snow drought this particular winter, but from just south of buffalo, i want you to focus on this purple stripe from just south of buffalo through saranac up into carry bow, maine. we're talking six inches to a foot of snow. these are some towns that could use that snow because so much of their economy based on the ski season or the winter, it's been kind of a dry season. this will help immensely. when we go back to chicago, i'll show you numbers. they're halfway from where they should be. let's pull up the chicago numbers. it's not just chicago. you look at any area, milwaukee.