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Past 12 months, helping us learn the history and literary life of cities around the country. For eight years we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits itiestour. Org c many think the selma to montgomery march just started up overnight and was a oneoff idea, but a Voting Rights movement had been brewing in selma since the 1930s. [gospel singer performing] here in selma and in many places throughout the south, africanamericans we...

Were assessed . Take the entire exhibit tour of rightfully hers american women and the vote. Sunday at 6 00 and 10 00 p. M. Eastern on american artifacts. You are watching American History tv. The cspan cities tour travels the country exploring the american story. Taking book tv and American History tv on the road every first and third weekend of the month. 20 next two hours, we will look at highlights from some of the stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Many people think that the selma, montgome...

Times. Join us on American History television as we learn more about this historic building. This synagogue is the oldest existing synagogue building in the United States of america. And it has a wonderful story. First of all, it is most important for you to understand that above all, the Touro Synagogue is a place of worship. We have this happening all year round, a fulltime rabbi, a congregation. There are about 120 members, and it is orthodox in its service. That is what we are doing today. T...

Peopled stand with those in the face of common danger. And when we would have to put up or shut up we would put up with there. We would watch the war 50 years later on watch the war 50 years later on American History tv. Back live to the world war i museum in Kansas City Missouri for the final two speakers in the symposium, looking at the u. S. Role in what was then called the great war. About thefrom michael war college. Up next is Jennifer King looking at u. S. Soldiers during the war. Welcome...

You wrote this back in january. The scandal of the married tsar and his 16yearold mistress revealed in the raunchiest love letters ever written by a head of state. [chuckles] i did not actually wrote that. Thats the headline by the daily mail. But it is the most outrageous and most explicit correspondents ever written by a head of state. I have to say the correspondence is so outrageous that they added edited the daily mail. They rang me up. They said were a tabloid newspaper. We cant print this...

This week marks a special anniversary. It was 100 years ago that archduke Francis Ferdinand was shot dead in sarajevo. The assassination sparked the First World War. Bosnia was part of the austriahungary a hungarian empire. A serb nationalist shot the archduke and his wife dead from up close. A short while later, austria declared war on serbia, and europe was plunged into a terrible war which was to last for long years and would enter history books as the First World War. Decades later in the 19...

Observers from the osce are finally free again. We start off here in europe where eu leaders meeting in brussels picked Jeanclaude Juncker as the new president of the european commission. But not all leaders were happy with the nomination of the former Prime Minister of luxembourg. His appointment was overshadowed by british Prime Minister David Camerons vocal opposition. Although tensions risk boiling over, nearly all Member States through their support behind the eu veteran. But the heated dis...

E. U. Commission president. Politicians and locals in sarajevo are marking the assassination of archduke Frantz Ferdinand of the austrohungarian empire that changed the course of the wanted century. He and his wife were shot in the center of sarajevo 100 years ago to this day. Be assassination triggered a chain of events that led to , whose repercussions are still being felt today. Going to bless we hope to talk to our correspondent in sarajevo to get more on the story and find out what is happe...

Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown connecticut. Some in congress advocated for tougher gun laws. In our first 45 minutes who would like to get your views on gun control. Have they changed since sandy hook and consequently other shootings, even as early as yesterday. Heres how you can reach out to us this morning you can participate on a pole on our facebook page. And you can send this email to journal cspan. Org. The connecticutbased papers play up the event of last year in this...

Our guest today, dr. Larry schweikart is a native of arizona. He earned his bachelor at Arizona State university received his doctorate from the university of california santa barbara. Throughout his high school and college, however, he spent most of his time playing drums in a variety of rock bands. As a rock drummer he was part of several groups, one of which open for steppenwolf among other performers for those old enough to remember them. This first film, rock in the world about rock music s...