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Impact on the legal and political world. She was a champion of human rights, womens rights in particular, throughout her long and shatterbarring career. I had three strikes against me. One, i was jewish, two, i was a woman, but the killer was that i was the mother of a 4yearold child. Reporter so how did she rise to the highest court in the country . Coming up this sunday morning, the notorious r. B. G. , Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Pauley from that sad night, it is on to raising the curtain on the new...

Also successfully taken place the summer opera is back on stage but outdoors like last week in naples with soprano on another trip coming tosca the orchestra members were seated far apart and there was no stage set. In for rona to the approach was less opulent with fewer people in the audience. Their ideas have audiences in their own cars like at this drive in concert in switzerland so theres a lot to recommend outdoor performances. So from the street from not produce street we are back. Into hi...

The cspan cities tour travels the country exploring the american story as we c takec booktv and American History tv on the road with the support of local Cable Television provider we visited 24 cities in the last year and over the next two hours we will looknd at highlights frm some of these stops we began our special feature in milwaukee. So this is a photograph of the lynching that occurred august 7, 1930 in marion, indiana. James cameron to a 16 was supposed be the third person hanging from t...

President ial library, down in the stacks. We are in the most secure area in our facility. This is the vaults. More thanere we keep 1600 documents written by Abraham Lincoln as well as many of the pieces he owned, objects he owned that he and directed with during his lifetime. I want to show you some books that we have in our collection that were very special to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln whenraham he was elected president in 1860, its not as if he was entirely unknown. He was a four term member o...

Hi. Pleasure to introduce Rachelle Friedman who is going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is rachelles second year coming to the conference, she was here last year, we are really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. So please join me in welcoming rachelle. [ applause ] good morning and thank you, everybody. Its a real pleasure to be here. Last year you heard i was sitting in your spot and it was a really profitable conferenc...

Her presentation on art. Please join me in welcoming rachelle. Good morning. Thank you, everybody. Its a real pleasure to be here. Last year, you heard, i was sitting in your spot. After the profitable conference. When the call came out to talk about innovations in world war ii, i was happy to answer the call. I thought it was interesting in my mind, at least, and something predictable, but i learned that its a very, very wide subject. I wont cover all of it by any means and ive learned a lot. S...

War ii memorial, this is close to an hour. My pleasure to introduce Rochelle Friedman whos going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is rochelles second year coming to the conference. She was here last year. Really excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation on art. Please join me in welcoming rochelle. Good morning. And thank you, everybody. Its a real pleasure to be here. Last year you heard, i was sitting in your skpot and it po. I was hap...

American history tv continues now with a discussion on innovations in art, during world war ii. We heard about propaganda cartoons, Norman Rockwell paintings, and abstract expressionist art. A 1940s and 50s movement, that included american painters, jackson and mark. Held by friends of the National World war ii memorial, this is close to an hour. My pleasure to introduce Rachelle Friedman who is going to be talking to you about innovations in art during world war ii. This is her second year comi...

Would be something, very interesting in my mind at least, and some thing predictable. But i learned it is a very wide subjects. I wont cover all of it by any means. I have learned a lot. I hope you will profit as well. Living in new york, im very fortunate to be living close to the museum of modern art and also to the whitney. I take full advantage and so to my students. I think art can be a really profitable way to teach history, and i would be curious, how many of you use art or artistry in yo...

A rescue ship with dozens of migrants from docking on the countrys southern most violent as the captain accuses rome of doing nothing to help those on board. Live from moscow whats your the international 8 pm here in the russian capital. Thanks for joining us president Vladimir Putin and donald trump held a closed door meeting on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit in japan on friday it was the 1st time the 2 leaders had met since the publication of the report on interference in the 2016 u. S. Pre...