staff cities tour recently traveled to winston-salem north carolina -- winston-salem, north carolina to learn more about its rich history. learn more about winston-salem and other stops on our tour at www.c-span.org/citiestour. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. fort cedar live at in washington dc for an all-day symposium on abraham lincoln's life and legacy. ,p next, michael burlingame author of "abraham lincoln: a life." [indiscernible conversations]

. >> c-span is in winston-salem, north carolina. join us as we tour old salem, originally founded -- >> winston-salem, north carolina is an exceptional place. that exceptionalism is tied directly to the history of the church. people of european and african dissent built winston-salem through time and history has revealed here at old scylla museums and gardens -- salem museums and gardens. we are located on the center square in old salem. this was the central point of the community, the public space. a it is the grid that established the community in 1766. this organization is directly tied to the history of the church. these were people of great as thatcale who valued expand function and revealed this in the communities they established and piedmont, north carolina in the 18th century. their origin goes way back to the 16th century to the martyrdom of a bohemian priest. he was burned at the stake in 1415. out of his martyrdom, his followers organized themselves in 1457 into the unity of the brethren. were arguably the oldest protestant denomination in the world

north carolina's winston-salem. are here at state phillips african moravian church in winston-salem, north carolina where c-span is learning about local history. we learn about the hidden town project in old salem. projectidden town really stems from early research at old salem, about the narrative of the enslaved. old salem is interesting because it was one of the first history sites in north america to start to interpret the african-american narrative, it started in the late 80's, took up steam in the 90's. there was a lot of research done about the enslaved population. in december of 2016 we started a project called, hidden town. the reason for hidden town, because, in the 1990's when they started to do restoration of illip's, here in old salem, they found under the steps, slave tombstones that were taken out of the burial ground and hidden under the steps. when they did for the restoration work, they found some of these tombstones had been stacked and were holding up rotten floor joists. this notion of being hidden is a dual concept. one is, literally the material viansre of the afro-mora was hidden under the floor but

we are at winston-salem north carolina salem college. the oldest all-female college institution in the south. join us as we go inside to learn more about the founding. >>

winston-salem, north carolina. >> c-span cities tour here in winston-salem north carolina learning about local history. rj reynolds, founder of the tobacco company which bears his name, moved here in 1917. we learn how he went from a public estate to a public art museum. reynolds was ah girl from mount airy, north carolina. she married rj reynolds in 1905. by 1906, from their home in downtown winston-salem, catherine begin imagining her family home, the one that she would create. she said out to purchase over 1000 acres and held the deeds in her own name which is fairly progressive in the early 20th century. her desire was to build a country home where she could raise her children as healthy and they could thrive together. of one ofng in front the salient features of this country estate. the design of the house is a bungalow. roof, thee low-slung hundred foot front porch. and each of the eight bedrooms have their own sleeping porch. the bungalow style was selected by reynolds because it was considered to be a healthy house. the bungalow style was the most popular home in america. maybe they were not as

winston-salem through time. that history is revealed here at old salem museum in winston-salem, north carolina. we are located right now on the center square. it is called salem square in old salem. this was the central point of the community, the public space. around it is the thread that established the community in 1766. this pattern, this organization, this aesthetic is directly decide -- is tied to the arabian church. these are people of great design skill who valued aesthetics and function and revealed this in the community they established in piedmont, north carolina in the 18th century. their origins go way back to the 15th century, to the martyrdom of a but he me increased -- of a bohemian priest burned at the stake and 1415. out of his martyrdom, his followers organized themselves in 1457 and the unity of the brethren. we know them as the moravians. they were christ centered. arguably the oldest protestant denomination of the world. their origins were taking place known asa and moravia, the czech republic today. they established bethlehem, pennsylvania, their first permanent settlement

. >> c-span cities tour here in weston salem, north carolina learning about local history. -- winston-salem, north carolina learning about local history. rj reynolds, founder of the tobacco company which bears his name, moved here in 1917. we learn how he went from a public estate to a public art museum. >> kathryn smith reynolds was a girl from mount airy, north carolina. she married rj reynolds in 1905. by 1906, from their home in

. >>> this weekend c-span's cities tour takes you to winston, salem, north carolina. we'll explore winston salem's literary scene and history. on saturday at noon eastern on book tv author and wake forest university dean michelle gillespie with her book katherine and r.j. reynolds. >> r.j. and katherine reynolds were a rather extraordinary couple in the early 20th century. r.j. reynolds was the founder of the r.j. reynolds tobacco company and he turned that tobacco factory into one of the top 100 or so corporations in america by the early 20th century. his wife katherine, 30 years his junior, had a lot of vision and was committed to a pretty progressive way of shaping society for the early 20th century american south. >> then see an extensive collection of memorabilia from louis carol, author of alice in wonderland. >> i found out he bought a typewriter in 1888 and i learned about what kind of typewriter it was. he didn't type books, he typed a few letters and documents and he mostly used it to entertain his young friends and when they came to visit him he would let them type volumes and volumes o

north and south carolina, georgia, and even tennessee and kentucky. our cities tour staff recently traveled to winston-salem, north carolina to learn about its history. learn more about winston-salem and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. this weekend, the debut of our series, 1968, america in turmoil. we will look back to that turbulent time, marked with war, political assassinations,lace, , a fractiouss presidential election and the rise of the political left and right. this sunday, the vietnam war from military, political and diplomatic developments, the undoing of lyndon johnson's formerncy, with guests virginia senator jim webb, author of fields of fire and pulitzer prize winning ,ournalist, author of the book "they marched into sunlight." 1968 -- america in turmoil. live sunday at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span's washington journal and on american history tv on c-span3. we are back live in washington, d.c. at ford's theater for its symposium on abraham lincoln's life and legacy. up next, walter star, author of stanton, lincoln's war secretary. this is american history tv on c-span3. >> w

north and south carolina, georgia, and even tennessee and kentucky. announcer: our cities for staff recently traveled to winston-salem, north carolina to learn about its rich history. learn more about winston-salem and other stops on the tour at the end.org/cities tour. -- c-span.org/cities tour. announcer: next on american history tv, university of talks aboutfessor the history of race and baseball in america. this was recorded at the american historical association annual meeting in washington dc. he is teaching history and a specialty that people may not think of as a historian subject. baseball. thank you for being with us. written -- i want to hear about both. first, make the case about the latino experience and how important we still -- baseball has been. cuba tocoming from puerto rico, venezuela, it goes

north carolina's winston-salem. >> we are here in the paintings gallery of the museum of early southern decorative art in winston-salem, north carolina. c-span is learning about local history. join us as we look at some of the objects in the museum created before the american revolution through the civil war. >> the museum of early southern decorative art, also a, has some important representations of american art in the south. we will look at a few of those things to help tell the story of the south, by the object made and used by the diverse people who called it home for over four centuries.

. >> winston-salem settled in 1776 by german protestants known as the moravians who were living in salem. so make sure that you catch c-span cities tours for winston-salem are, north carolina. we will be working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> it is stop 23 on the state capitols tour, and we are in sacramento, california. there is the c-span bus park ed in front of the state capitol finished in 1874, and on that bus is the california senate president protem kevin de leon, and thank you for being with us so early in sacramento, and how would you describe the state of the state in california? >> i would describe the state of the state as being very good in spite of the incessant attacks from the federal administration that seeks to undermine our economic prosperity, and progre progressive values as well as our people. as you know, and it is well written across the country, california has led the are resistance against this administration, but i can tell you this that with regards to cloomt change, and the environment, and with regards to high wage, and adding jobs to the economy, and with regards to immigrant families, i would say that the state of ur sta

announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to winston-salem, north carolina to learn about its history. learn more about winston-salem and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. historyatching american tv, all we can, every weekend, on c-span3 -- all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. next, presidential historian richard norton smith discusses how george washington's vision for the republic shape the role of president. talks about founding fathers john adams, thomas jefferson, james madison, and james monroe and their legacies as president. this talk was part of a series on the founders hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >> good morning. welcome. thatxcited and honored after twice turning me down, richard norton smith finally said yes. he is the foremost expert on the presidency and everything related to the presidency. we needed him to start the 2018 series. after graduating magna cum laude from harvard, he worked as a white house intern. one might conclude that is where his interest in the subject of the present -- presidents began. he told me he has been interested since he

host: tune in this weekend as we travel to winston-salem, north carolina, and to watch video of winston-salemto see all the cities we have visited, go to c-span.org/ citiestour. you can see it there. a couple minutes left in our conversation on your view about the trump administration's russia policy. we talked about h.r. mcmaster and the rumor that he could be replaced by john bolton. yesterday, he gave a speech in washington at the holocaust museum, where he said russia was complicit in what is going on in syria. here is the latest from that country. with this picture in the washington post this morning, a child sleeping in a bag in -- in an eastern suburb of damascus. saidursday, the government 10,000 people have fled to government held territory, and an equal number of people had moved in the other direction. it was said that the people fleeing in the other direction raced across fields to remain behind rebel lines because they bye afraid of being detained the federal government. this event came as syria marked the seventh anniversary of the uprising against the side, which started with p

salem. settled in 1766 by a german products and hear about the hidden town project which explores the history of afro more abans living in salem. watch the cities tour of winston-salem, north carolina, saturday at noon eastern on c-span and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >>> monday on c-span land mark cases. we'll explore the 1896 case of plessy versus ferguson where homer plessy, an african-american was arrested in new orleans for taking a seat on a train reserved for whites. the supreme court seven to one decision established the separate by equal doctrine for the 20th century. the narrow interpretation of the 14th amendment wasn't over turned until brown desegregated the rule. and from director of the civil rights ted shaw at north carolina and president of the naacp legal defense and educational fund and michael collarman, historian and constitutional law professor at harvard law school and author of the 2004 book from jim crow to civil rights. watch landmark cases live on monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app and for background on each case, order y

winston-salem, north carolina, where c-span is learning more. we speak with the author frank elliott on his book "from tobacco to technology." >> winston-salem has its ojennies 1776 when settle found the town of salem. in their early years it had -- they had 15 people. all men and boys because they were building a town out of the woods. in the years to come it grew to well over 100 people. it became the center of commerce not only for the district but for all of northwestern north carolina but all they were very enterprising people. they knew they had to be self-sufficient so they had brought settlers down from pennsylvania with them who knew gun smithing, knew black smithing, who could heave, who knew pottery, and they knew they would have to create all these thing for themselves. so they started these businesses and of course the trades -- the goods they were making were bind settlers in north carolina and the wild back then, and so pretty much this became a very prominent manufacturing settlement and an important settlement in the life of northwestern north carolina during colonial days. salem grew and it initially was theocracy. governorred

salem. here about the hidden town project. watch cspan city tours at winston-salem north carolina saturday at noon eastern on cspan to book tv. working with our cable affiliate as they explore america. monday on landmark cases we will explore the case of an african-american man arrested for taking a seat on the train reserved for widespread the 7 - 1 decision established the separate but equal doctrine. this narrow interpretation wasn't overturned until brown versus board of education. examine this case from high courts ruling with ted shaw. they. [inaudible] watch landmark cases live monda monday. it's available 895 for shipping and handling. explore the internet active constitution created by the national constitution center. there is a link on our website. >> the senate is in recess as members receive a briefing on yemen. they have been working on a bill that uses financial restriction on small banks. rallies were held today to protest them violence in schools. next, senator patrick leahy on gun policy. we have been talking about what has happened over and over again on shooting deaths in this country.

winston-salem north carolina. we are learning about local history. we went about the hidden town project in old salem. >> the hidden town project really stems from early research at old salem, about the narrative of the enslaved. old salem is interesting because it was one of the first history sites in north america to start to interpret the african-american narrative, it started in the late 80's, took up steam in the 90's. there was a lot of research done about the enslaved population.

winston-salem, north carolina. with the help of our cable partners, we will explore winston-salem's literary scene and history. author and wake forest university dean michelle gillespie with her book "katherine and r.j. reynolds." >> i think they were an extraordinary couple in the early 20th century. r.j. reynolds was the founder of the r.j. reynolds tobacco company. he turned that tobacco factory into one of the top 100 or so corporations in america by the early 20th century. his wife katherine, 30 years, his junior, had a lot of vision and was committed to a pretty progressive way of shaping society for the early 20th century american style. >> seeing an extensive collection of memorabilia from lewis carol, author of "alice in wonderland." >> i found out he bought a typewriter in 1888. i learned about what kind of typewriter it was. he didn't type books on this. he typed a few letters and documents, but mostly used it to entertain his young friends when they would come to visit him. he would let them type volumes of poetry, but they would type things on it. it is quite a novemberty in 1888 to be -- quite a

winston-salem, north carolina. located 80 miles north of charlotte. it has a population of about 240,000. it is home to wake forest university. in 1753, the town of salem was founded by a small group of settlers. a neighboring town called winston followed in 1851 and the two joined to become one city in 1913. with the help of our spectrum cable partners, for the next 90 minutes, we will learn about the cities history and literary community. including the connection maya angelou had to wake forest university. >> doctor maya angelou visited with students and i think was really inspired by that and so is our first african-american faculty, some of our african-american students in addition to others. and finally in 1980 teacher's name the reynolds professor here at the university and she taught and did many other things for nearly 40 years at wake forest.>> later, we visit charlie levitt as he showcases items found in his lewis carroll collection. >> this is lewis carroll's 1888 typewriter. he did not type books on this peak type a few letters and documents but he mostly use it to entertain his young friends. when they will come to visit him he will let th

we are at winston-salem north carolina salem college. the oldest all-female college institution in the south. join us as we go inside to learn more about the founding. known for being the oldest educational institution for girls and women in the united states. on salemarted here square in 1772 in what was known as the girls school. it added high, school classes, more rigorous classes, college classes and is still going strong 250 years later. the school was founded by the town of salem, a more avian congregation town and the moravians who originally came from europe and established churches in pennsylvania and came down here in the 1750's to north carolina, believed in education not just for boys but for girls. school wasirl devoted to teaching the girls how to read and write, understand the bible and the first teachers were girls in their late teens who had come down from bethlehem, pennsylvania to help start the town. they had come a few years before the school was established so when the school was looking for teachers, they chose old

winston-salem, north carolina. >> c-span cities tour here in winston-salem north carolina learning about local history. rj reynolds, founder of the tobacco company which bears his name, moved here in 1917. we learn how he went from a public estate to a public art museum. reynolds was ah girl from mount airy, north carolina. she married rj reynolds in 1905. by 1906, from their home in downtown winston-salem, catherine begin imagining her family home, the one that she would create. she said out to

north carolina's winston-salem. >> we are here in the paintings gallery of the museum of early southern decorative art in winston-salem, north carolina. c-span is learning about local history. join us as we look at some of the objects in the museum created before the american revolution through the civil war. >> the museum of early southern decorative art, also a, has some important representations of american art in the south. we will look at a few of those things to help tell the story of the south, by the object made and used by the diverse people who called it home for over four centuries. the south is an absolutely fascinating place because it is so diverse. we think of the south being made in three regions. chesapeake bay, the maryland area, this area through charleston and savannah, and the back country. even beyond those three big regions, or the southern states that are part of them, just go a few miles in the south, and everything changes. from the style of furniture to the kind of textile people are making to the food they are eating. we are standing in the mcnamara masterworks gallery, what our three self-

. >> our cities to her staff travel to winston-salem north carolina to learn about its rich history. learn more about winston-salem and other stops at c-span.org /citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. we are back live in washington dc at ford's theatre for a symposium on abraham lincoln's life and legacy. up next, william harris. >> our

winston-salem, north carolina. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit www.c-span.org. we continue now with our look at the history of winston-salem. >> there is a real sense of history in this town, for lots of people who have been here a while.

salem,er: a visit to old settled in 1776. hear about the hidden town project that explores the history. of winston-salem, north carolina on c-span twos book tv and on american history tv. announcer: washington journal continues. greta: