Events and a weekends, cspan3 is the home to American History tv with programs that tell our nations history. The civil wars 150 anniversary. Artifacts and touring museums and discover what artifacts reveal about americas past. Historybest known writers. The presidency looking at the pulses and legacies of our commanders in chief. Lecturers in history with top college professors. Americanew series, reel with educational films from the 1930s through the 1970s. Watch us in hd and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Next on the presidency, Political Science professor Michael Nelson explains how and why Richard Nixons victory came at a pivotal time in american politics. That year was marked by the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther king jr. Nelson describes how it nixon won over and alienated electorate. Hosted by the Southern Methodist University Center of president ial history, this event is about 50 minutes. The first thing the speaker wants to know when he i
University center of president ial history, this event is about 50 minutes. The first thing the speaker wants to know when he is invited to speak at a Different Institution like smu, who will be in the audience . Will it be 20yearolds . Or will it be people with a memory of that election . The answer was, itll be a mix of people which were no use at all. That is to make some general remarks about the election and specific remarks and give you this handout which is a kind of the menu, if i do not talk about them in my prepared remarks and you have an interest about pursuing, you will have the opportunity to do that and the question and answer. I would not try to give you a comprehensive summary of my book which is not only about the 1968 election but the years leading up and following the election. Rather, i will try to give you a high point and rely on you to decide what you want to hear. America coming apart, america coming apart has been the theme of most commentary of america in 196
That is to make some general remarks about the election and specific remarks and give you this handout which is a kind of the menu, if i do not talk about them in my prepared remarks and you have an interest about pursuing, you will have the opportunity to do that and the question and answer. I would not try to give you a comprehensive summary of my book which is not only about the 1968 election but the years leading up and following the election. Rather, i will try to give you a high point and rely on you to decide what you want to hear. America coming apart, america coming apart has been the theme of most commentary of america in 1968 and the nearly halfcentury since that year. The titles of the leading the books about this period in which the 1968 election occurs includes america coming apart. For example, a book titled america divided. A book titled the unraveling of america. The 1960s days, rage. The theme of my book is different. Not america coming apart but America Holding toget
Politics. That year was marked by the of robert f. Kennedy and Martin Luther king jr. Methodistthe Southern University center for history, this event is about 50 minutes. The first thing a speaker wants to know when theyre speak to smu is whos going be in the audience . The 20yearolds for whom 1968 election is as remote an event as the 1920 election was a college i was student . Or is it go doing be people with a living memory of that election . Its not anyone at all. It allows me to pitch this talk, if you will. Hats to make some general remarks about the election and specific remarks about the election. But also to give you this a kind of menu and i dont have in my prepared remarks. Im going to give you a summary to my book. I try to hit high points and ely on you to decide what you want to hear more about. Merica coming apart has been the theme of most commentary of 1968, both at the in the last half century of that year. Leading books about this period, the period in which the occu
End the Government Shutdown. Two of these democratic tricks were unveiled today. The first one they tried already and it didnt work. But the second one they are announcing. It its going to take a while but i suppose it might work. Heres how this goes. The guy on the right side of your screen here is a republican. His name is pete sessions. The woman on the left side of your screen is a democrat. Her name is Louise Slaughter. Shes the top democrat on the rules committee, and hes the Top Republican on that committee. Because the republicans are in charge in the house, that means that he is the chairman. But even though shes a democrat and doesnt chair the committee, Louise Slaughter makes the most of her time on the rules committee. Shes a bit of a schemer. Shes always coming up with something. So the first thing the democrats tried today was a Louise Slaughterbrokered trick, kind of an old trick, one that the republicans once pulled on tip oneill back in the early 1980s. Its basically a