host: barbara winslow, thank you for your time. >> thank you. this was great. >> you are watching american history tv only on c-span3. the 70tharch anniversary of the founding of the state of israel and the creation of human rights. next on american history tv, james loeffler talks about his book "rooted cosmopolitans: jews and human rights in the 20th century." loeff talk professor ler profiles two jewish boys who assisted with the war crimes of nazi war criminals and founded -- the human rights.

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barbara winslow, founder of the shirley chisholm project talks about her early life, political career and legacy in this 15-minute interview recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting. >> professor barbara winslow, author of this book on shirley chisholm, who was she? >> she was, among many things, the first african-american woman elected to congress, from brooklyn, in 1968. and after the inauguration of the 116th congress, many of the women who had just been elected were photographed under her portrait which hangs in the capitol. >> what motivated her? why was she interested in politics? and why was she elect requested am. >> she was interested in politics beginning at college in brooklyn college, she was active in the naacp, she founded a black woman's so record, she supported a woman who was running for president at brooklyn college and she was active in the harriet tubman society. so she began her political activism as a college student. she got a job working in a day care center. but politics was her passion. and she got involved in brooklyn politics. which

. >>> meanwhile, the rape trial against former tight end kellen winslow jr. is set to gain march 19th. winslow and his attorneys went to a san diego county court, asking the judge to throw out many of the charges. he is accused of sexually assaulting at least two homeless women. his lawyers say they have to settle some legal matters before the trial starts. >> we filed motions to get substantial charges dismissed now. gotta be the next court date. >> and do you feel the preliminary hearings the way it worked out, things are changing. that are really being altered in this process? >> huge issues in this case that we're going to be litigating. >> kellen winslow jr., is also charged with suspicion of sexually assaulting a 17-year- old in 2003, when he was at the university of miami. he is out on bail. bail is set at $2 million. he denies the charges. he caused the accusations a money grab. >>> new york nicks are facing a game in london but the event is getting overshadowed by the saga of a nicks center who is being accused of a terror group. the player stayed in

winslow. it is no longer a bedroom for her. it cannot be considered a bedroom by fire code. >> today it is not considered a legally conformitying bedroom. it has an operable window on a property line. that is not complying with today's code. >> it is exceptional and extraordinary. i would think at that window you have to come back three feet and continue on to the entire length of the building toward the back, not just the light well if that is the only window. if you could bring up the plans, if you can show us the plans. thank you, ms. lopez. >> thank you. >> commissioner: these are revised plans? i think where you. that is ms. lopez's window where you do that light well? >> correct. >> how deep is that light well? >> that light well currently stands in roughly about two and-a-half feet. >> commissioner: that includes the foot? >> no. >> commissioner: three and-a-half feet to her window? >> roughly around three. currently with that foot. >> commissioner: i mean, i think that light well then has to continue to the entire lengt

host: barbara winslow, thank you for your time. >> thank you. this was great. announcer: interested in american history? visit our website. tv schedule,our preview programs and watch college lectures, chores, films, and more. american history tv at c-span.org/history. year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a visit to independence, missouri. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> come on. while in independence, we took a wet again tour of the city with historian ralph goldsmith of pioneer trails adventures. >> thank you so much. we are doing something a little different. tour, wef a driving are doing a covered wagon tour. what is the significance? >> this is the original motorhome right here, this is what pioneers traveled in. >> this is where the trail system began? >> right. stopped. the buck >> who do we have? >> frank and anne. >> what are we going to see? >> we are going to see a civil war battle and explain how frank james ended up in jail and explain how the border war

barbara winslow, founder of the shirley chisholm project, talks about her early life, political rearand legacy i-- political career and legacy in this 15 minute interview at the american historical association's annual meeting. >> professor winslow, author of this book on shirley chisholm, who was she? >> she was among many things, the first african-american woman elected to congress from brooklyn in 1968. and after the inauguration of the 116th, congress, many of the women who had just been elected were photographed under her portrait which hangs in the capitol. >> what motivated her? why was she elected? >> she was

barbara winslow talking about her early life, political career and legacy in this 15-minute interview recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting. >> professor barbara winslow, author of this book on shirley chisholm. who was she? >> she was among many things, the first african-american woman elected to congress from brooklyn in 1968. and after the inauguration of 116th congress, many of the woman who had just been elected were photographed under her portrait which hangs in the capitol. >> what motivated her? why was she interested in politics and why was she elected? >> she was interested in politics beginning in college at

>> huge issues in this case that we're going to be litigating. >> kellen winslow jr.h suspicion of sexually assaulting a 17-year- old in 2003, when he was at the university of miami. he's out on bail now. bail set at $2 million. and he denies the charges, calling the accusations a money grab. >>> the new york knicks are facing the washington wizards in a special nba game in london today. but the game, which is supposed to promote the league is overshadowed by the saga, involving the knicks' center, enes kantor. he was born this turkey and is an outspoken critic of the government. turkey accuses kkanter of being part of terrorist organization. kanter says he will continue to speak out. >> people understand that i am part of the nba i have a big platform. >> kanter met earlier this week with florida senator marco rubio. >>> our time is 5:45. actor steve carell is teaming up with the creator of "the office" again. they will team up to produce the netflix original seriesed " the comedy that focuses on the people in charge of creating the sixth branch of the armed service.

barbara winslow, founder of the shirley chisholm project, talks about her early life, political career, and legacy in this 15 minute interview at the american historical association's annual meeting. >> professor winslow, author of this book on shirley chisholm, who was she? >> she was among many things, the first african-american woman elected to congress from brooklyn in 1968. and, after the inauguration of the 116th congress, many of the women who had just been elected were photographed under her portrahi

barbara winslow, founder of the shirley chisholm project talks about her early life, political career legacy in this 15-minute interview recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting. >> professor barbara winslow, author of this book on shirley chisholm, who was she? >> she was, among many things, the first african-american woman elected to congress, from brooklyn, in 1968. and after the inauguration of the 116th congress, many

reporter plan winslow has the story. >> uitti to make sure the digital and electronic information is protected. >> reporter: craig call proposing a new bill a digital privacy simply put, gives you a legal expectation of privacy and electronic communications whether emails or instant messages.>> so many protections apply to physical communication and physical papers and now we live in this electronic world where so much of our information and munication is done electronically. we are simply applying the same protections we have the physical paper world and applying the protections, making sure the same protections apply the digital information electronic world. >> reporter: if government wants access to the online medications, they better get a warrant from a judge.>> we do not lose ownership interest or reasonable expectation just because it goes into a third party. >> reporter: representative hall says it has reported civil liberties organizations and enforce law cond is important t laws updated ves to update laws and make them more current to a people are using in today's world as

winslow is here and he can answer questions about it. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening. i am chris bigelow. i will submit a petition in support for your consideration. the petition has been signed by 28 neighbourhood residents who are in agreement that the issues delivered by the previous -- who represent the extraordinary and unusual circumstances of justifying a discretionary review of the project. how many copies should be provided >> as many as you like. >> additional comments? none. project sponsor. >> good evening. the project sponsors. jimmy and renee have been reviewing the property. the project we are discussing accommodate themselves and their families. the project is compliant and there are no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances that warrant the commission to -- the dr should be denied and the project approved as designed. the issue is the dr request claim that the amount of the eastern facade provides loss of privacy. that is reducing the ability to freely use the deck spaces. the property is over 100 feet from the dr. there will be 6 other properties

i am the southwest team leader filling in for david winslow, representing the department. the item before you is a public initiated discretionary review for building permit 216120545 to construct a third story vertical and horizontal rear addition to an existing 2600 square-foot square foot two story single-family residence. this lack of -- it was a stucco clad single-family house set back from the street with side setbacks. there is an extremely consistent alignment of buildings at the rear yard that creates a midblock open space. the proposed three-story edition extends from 10 feet with the adjacent neighbors to the south. the vertical addition is set back 18 feet from the front and 6 feet from the rear, 3 feet from the north side property line. the reasons for the discretionary review was the neighbor to the south had concerns on impacts to sunlight, the vertical addition was blocked would block sunlight to their roof, preventing full use of future plans. it impacted the privacy with the location of decks and windows for the proposed project and it would allow direct v

david winslow, staff architect. i'm here to amend the planning code to reference the polk pacific special area design guidelines and to adapt the guidelines. you may remember this effort came about as a result of public requests for guidelines that focused on the specific features and unique characteristics in their neighborhood commercial districts that may not have been captured in the urban design guidelines. sorry. technical difficulties. oh, come on. sorry. so, we started this process of creating the special area design guidelines by listening to and walking with community members who wanted more localized guidelines. that addressed specific qualities and values of the polk and pacific neighborhood commercial districts. a process that allowed us to see, reflect and document some of the unique neighborhood characteristics to be maintained and enhanced. staff worked closely with several community organizations including members of the middle polk neighborhood association. the lower polk neighbors, pacific neighbo

and just win winslow, miami heat player and somebody who's a houston native, he sent condolences to theerday. so many people want to be involved in this, want to help in some way. what kind of support is being offered to this family beyond that? >> right now we're really focused on the young women -- what's often missed, four other victims besides jazmine. her mom was shot, and there were three other girls, the 15-year-old, 13-year-old in the car, and they witnessed jazmine being slain in front of them. and they were victims of that -- those hails of bullets themselves. luckily the other girls were not struck. but the emotional damage that came from this is something they'll be living with for a long time. so members of the houston community from the clergy to just everyday people like one group led by a young woman named andrea odom is loving on this family, going shopping for them, checking on them. so the houston community has gathered around them, and it's gone not only from celebrities like shaquille o'neal but average everyday people. >> you mentioned the case in 2017 that you bel

the photographer here, winslow townsend via reuters. good for her. i'll see you later on.apchat, facebook, all of it. craig melvin, more on what is a busy day in washington. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> good morning. craig melvin on a morning morning in new york city. trump's putin problem. president trump on defense after two bombshell reports raising alarming, new questions about his ties with russia. the president declaring the questions about whether he'd work for russia a disgrace. >>> also, blame game. washington points fingers for the longest government shutdown in history. real americans, a lot of them across this country, are suffering. we'll take you live to florida and iowa, where people are hurting. >>> and racist remarks. the house republican leader vowing to take action following recent remarks many are calling racist from congressman steve king. given king's

. >> david winslow, staff architect. the item before you is a public initiated request for a review of the application 2018.11 --.01112, to construct a two-story addition that extends to the rear of a three-story family dwelling and maintains the existing side and setbacks and roof form of the existing building. this building is a historic resource category c. and the d.r. request is julie kelnar of 142 peralta, is concerned with three issues. the first is that the scale of the mid-block open space is not compatible with the surrounding properties. and number two, that the building is not articulated to minimize the impacts to light and air to the adjacent properties. and, third, that the privacy to the proposed side windows of the addition. and the d.r. requester had proposed changes that includes providing a 12-foot upper floor setback and reducing the overall length of the addition by five feet. and public comment to date, the department has received a letter from the review board in support of the d.r. request. and t

host: barbara winslow, thank you for your time. >> thank you. this was great. >> you are watching american history tv only on c-span3. the 70tharch anniversary of the founding of the state of israel and the creation of human rights. next on american history tv, james loeffler talks about his book "rooted cosmopolitans: jews and human rights in the 20th century." loeff talk professor ler profiles two jewish boys who assisted with the war crimes of nazi war criminals and founded -- the human rights. every university and the american jewish community of atlanta hosted this event. it is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> it's now my pleasure to introduce tonight speaker. a couple of years ago now i got in the mail from james loeffler at the university of virginia saying he was writing a book on jews and human rights and we had abram papers that emory. he wanted to do some research andher and was there a graduate student or someone who could help him do some of that research remotely? and so, one of our graduate students worked with him a little bit, a

. >> barbara winslow, thank you for your time. >> you're watching american history tv only on c-span 3. the association for the study of african-american life and history known as asalh recently held it's 103rd meeting in indianapolis. next we hear a history of the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture from walter will wins. they also recognized the service of african-american veterans. it's about 90 minutes. my name is sylvia cyrus. we are delighted to have you here today as we salute our veterans and our theme african-americans in times of war. that is the guidepost for this week's events. we are excited to share this day with those who have and are serving in our armed forces and in civilian roles. i want to take a moment to thank you for making this possible. our gold sponsor, the hutchins center for african and african-american research at harvard university. our silver sponsor, alpha phi alpha fraternity, there's been a lot of talk about different fraternity stuff up here in the past couple of days. so we do accept support from all members of the d

. >> barbara winslow, thank you for your time. >> thank you. this was great. >> you're watching american history tv only on c-span 3. >>> c-span was in memphis, tennessee, last april for coverage of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of dr. martin luther king jr.'s assassination in 1968. up next, a ceremony remembering what's known as reverend king's "mountaintop" speech given at the mason temple the night before he was killed. speakers include two of his children, bernice king and martin luther king iii as well as andrew young who was with the reverend king at the time of his shooting. church of god and christ and american federation of state, county and municipal employees co-host this event. >> sisters and brothers, the church of god and christ and was a afsme welcome you to the "mountaintop" commemoration with a musical performance we judith mcallister and the south wind high school choir. ♪ ♪ come on put your hands together with us ♪ ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome some day ♪ down in my heart ♪ i do belie