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For his wonderful remarks. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] you are watching American History tv. Like us on facebook. Welcome to Grand Junction, situated on the Colorado River on the high desert of western colorado. This city of 59,000 season average of 200 85 days of sun per year. Making it ideal for outdoor enthusiasts as ...

Federation of labor has been interested in the political scene for many years because of the fact that to a large extent, the conditions under which we work can be determined by legislation. Whats the difference between 1952 and 1948, for instance . Why was this particular year . Because of the passage of the taft hartley act followed by the establishment of a official political arm of the American Federation of labor that year. And then entry into the Political Campaign of 1948. Since then in a...

Mobile experience wherever you want to go. At not just tv. It is video. Tonight on the communicators on cspan two. Visitscspan cities tour cities across the nation every other week and on cspan2s book tv and cspan3s American History tv. This month with congress on summer recess, the cities tour is on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. Welcome to topeka on American History tv. With help from our Cox Communications cable partners, and the next hour we will explore the history of kansass capital...

Party appeared in the journal of womens history radical teachers and many collections of essays on the 1960s. She is completing a book on gender and organizational evolution of the black Panther Party in oakland, rebuking the risk the press and starting a second book product on the intersection of the movement for black liberation and the anti vietnam war movement. Next to her is barbara winslow, professor in the womens and gender studies program, the department of secondary education at Brookly...

Native oklahomans writings and songs. Woody guthrie i got started in oklahoma. That is where i was born. The population is one third indian, one third negro, and one third white people. I hit the road when i was 12 years old traveling and working odd jobs. That is where i picked up these songs. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island from the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me Woody Guthrie is most famous for his ...

The men who stare at goats. Join the conversation. Get the complete schedule at www. Cspan. Org. All weekend, American History tv is featuring the city of topeka, kansas. Newspaper editor William Allen white advocated for the eradication of the ku klux klan and early 1900s. Hosted by our Cox Communications cable partner, cspans city tours recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about the call weekend here on american is about topeka a weekend here on American History...

From fords theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years ago. James this is an interesting house that has a great history even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. This house was built in the early 1850s by a german immigrant to america, William Petersen, and he used the house as a boardinghouse. Up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boardinghouses, congressmen, senators, even Vice ...

She was considered a little too permissible u. S. For the state of kansas, so she was not chosen. But it is an iconic tribute to the original people here first. So there was a big ceremony when he was placed on top of the building. It is a little tie in for the old and new. All weekend long, American History tv is figuring featuring topeka, kansas. Charles was the first person with significant acknowledged native american ancestry to become Vice President. He served in the Hoover Administration ...

Lincoln i think that what i saw if i could just back up a little bit i do not consider myself a courageous man. If i were out on the battlefield with bullets whizzing past my head, i probably would develop a pair of cowardly legs quite quickly, and they would carry my noble head away. But nonetheless, what i saw was very grave. Right after the close of the mexican war, if you divided this country into four parts, only the southeast was given to slavery. The territory from mexico and the northeas...

The andersons officially opened their home for entertaining when 120 years ago. Their home was described as a Florentine Villa in the midst of american independence, with an interior that will be a dream of beauty and good taste. Tonight, dr. Wilson will investigate the architecture of the Anderson House and other extravagant mansions mdc m newport mentions mansions in d. C. And newport built between the civil war and world war i. He specializes in the architecture, design, and art of the 18th t...