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civil war as an american iliad. and by that, i mean to say, it is an episode in american history that we have certain stories that we tell ourselves that come out of the war, the -- they kind of have a mythic resonance for us. in the same way there are the details in homer. what it tells us about being a human being, and i think the people that are interested in the american civil war often approach it as a kind of american iliad. and i will give you an example of this. i started doing a column for civil war magazine called the american illiad. one of my first was on the relationship between american lincoln and maccallum. i am sure most of you know something about this relationship. it is passed into our culture, to such an extent that during the iraq war period there were over 100 references to the lincoln and maccallum relationship, usually in the course of condemning a general that was not doing very well. or extolling a general who was doing well, and so on. well, in my column, i talked about this relationship

unprecedented numbers of mobilizations of african-americans and mexican-americans. they threw itself completely into the black and brown civil rights movement. the supported demonstrations, they participated. they even demanded that the governor of texas call a special session of the legislature to address civil rights. they got into it as well. i don't have time to go into detail about all of these activities and its eventual disintegration, but stay tuned, the book will be out in august, available at a bookstore near you. but suffice to say now that these networks that were established between mexican-american activist and their like-minded counterparts remained robust throughout the decade into the 1970's. these are photos from la mancha. these are united farmworkers procession. this story looks rather different through this multiracial lens. the photo on the right shows the states most recognizable militant leader in the black civil rights movement, greeting chicano farmers. he had just led a group of african-american youth on a march through east texas and was

what is attractive to americans? washington is attractive to americans. so we have these objects that show washington both in a morning context -- both in a mourning context, but as a decorative motif on objects. further into the 19th century, we have what i think is one of the most trysting things about -- most interesting things about this time. period. the creation of imagery of the founding fathers relating to the revolution that continues to this day. when we think of george washington, we immediately get a picture in our heads. that picture was created at this point in time in the 19th century. when we are talking -- we have a section called the cult of the founders. after washington dies, and as the 19th century moves on, people are looking for images, personalities relating to the revolution, they are remembering people, people are starting to die who were directly involved. that includes the founders, but not just the founders. the men and the women who helped when the revolution -- they are starting to die. people are looking beyond washington f

and therefore accountable to the american people. putting uscis on appropriations ensures that unelected bureaucrats are held accountable and provides transparency for how the federal government is raising and spending your money. congress needs to reassert its power of the purse by making agency budgets subject to appropriations. but we cannot stop there, there's more congress has to do to restore congress' power to hold the executive branch accountable. the constitution still gives congress all its powers. it's up to congress to step up and start using them. i now yield back the remainder of my time. mr. yoho: i thank the gentleman for yielding back and the comments you said. at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to mr. king from the great state of iowa. mr. king: i thank the gentleman from florida for organizing this special order, for his leadership, for his constitutional convictions, and the opportunity to address you tonight, mr. speaker, here on the floor of the house of representative. i'm listening to this dialogue t

african americans and mexican americans were not natural allies or enemies. they were simply different. they practiced different religions sometimes spoke different languages. all sorts of different lines of different. in fact, they were so desperate that just getting them together for a meeting represented a monumental task. where do you hold such meeting in the segregated south? these activists understood that successful coalition depended upon them recognizing these differences. they would agree they would not always agree or get along. they understood what bernice later called the house and the coalition. the coalition is a place where you come together and work together even though you disagree. and in the democratic coalition of texas in the 1960's each of the groups remain separate. they each kept their own houses, their own feeders but they still worked together for a common cause. that's why i have this funnel diagram as the best representation rather than say a pyramid. it was a an acted contingent process or as one member of the coalition process c

mexican americans, african-americans, labor leaders and others were brought together. his remarks are about 20 minutes. >> is a pleasure to have them back. he is assistant professor of history at texas university. -- texas christian university. he received a phd in history from duke university. and he has a forthcoming book. he will discuss his just about to be released book. entitled "blue texas." to be published by the university of north carolina press. professor. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. and for having me here again today. it is a real honor. it is especially an honor since the book is not yet out. since -- like some of my esteemed colleagues, it got delayed, it will be out in august. although it deals with the chicano movement. it's a multi-relational study. it is also good to be here and that my work, is a relational multiethnic study. that is an important part of the field and i am glad to be here doing that part. there is my cover, new title. i'm excited about it. i'm going to give a quick overview of the book. focusing on the me

and the mf or can american african-american troops fought externally well. the troops themselves thought extremely well. , the3rd division provisional division had the three 69th, the harlem health ll fighters. they were in any more than than on the other unit in the war. he did keep the army segregated and i think that was a mistake. related to question the training of the officer corps and of the different units and of course the different branches of the army. or evenshing arrived before he arrived in france, that he realized there was a need for performing much of the army in terms of schooling and preparing these forces to be in places like france or an expert edition are force whereas the army had never been that large before. they were facing those unique challenges. in his mind was he working on that already when he arrived in france? because he really didn't know how long the word go. yes he absolutely was. in fact, he established schools almost like universities to train officers in various things such as intelligence and the just supplies, and so

americans. they carry that we on their shoulders for years. that was more important than the money, but sometimes you don't get the government's attention unless you talk about money. susan: your father continued his advocacy until the end of his life. he filed amicus briefs. the korematsu institute was formed. what do you do there? karen: we teach kids, we provide that for teachers for free. we have no elementary, middle -- we have elementary school, high school, middle school lesson plans. we established korematsu day in california. marty brock instituted a legislative bill that governor schwarzenegger later signed in 2010 establishing korematsu day for the state of california in perpetuity on my father's birthday of january 30. susan: do you get any legal advocacy? karen: i do, and on a personal side, especially on issues of civil rights, when i'm asked to support in amicus briefs, i do that as well. susan: we have 10 minutes left. we talked about the implications for today, but let us finish

to the american people. hole else can do that? only this bodies has this power. the house of representatives, the people's house, that's why our founders instilled that power, that authority, that oversight with this body. the american people can't hold anybody accountable. it's us, the legislature and i support his impeachment. i field the that his agency went off the rails and by doing so, to impeach support for high crimes and misdemeanor. this is something that is only been used 19 times. impeachment of a federal official. 200 years.in we don't agree with their political i'd oming. this has been used sparingly and a tool must be used when the time is right to be using it. the american people want to see this done. that resolution was introduced last year and we have yet to see it. what's the holdup? we know the white house will not liftal finger. this white house and administration will not hold anyone accountable why hasn't this house leadership bring this leadership to the house floor. why are you guys

this was the achilles' heel of americans. americans as hypocrits. here they are trying to bring democracy but they are a racist segregated country. the war department and the state department were not just there. they were trying to craft a positive message about the united states for german consumption. as brotherhood of man shows crafting that message was problematic. it wasn't obvious what that image of ourselves we wanted to project actually was. things have changed so much. when people tell me what lessons can be derived from the american occupation of germany and it is hard to know. but a very interesting topic and a topic i have been working on is can american occupation in germany teach us lessons as we go into the other military occupations, you know? when i started working on this project in the 1990s at the university of chicago where iigate my phd in the department of political science the reaction i got is this is a great project but it seems historical. military occupations. that is a thing of the past. since then american foreign poli

americans deserve better. they deserve to know their tax and personal information is protected and those handling it is held accountable. it's past time we hold the i.r.s. accountable. i want to thank chairman brady, congresswoman noem and meehan for their work in bringing these -- together these important reforms. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you. i want to thank the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins, for the customary 30 minutes. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . mr. mcgovern: i rise in very stropping opposition to this rule which provides for consideration of h.r. 4890 and h.r. 3724 under a completely closed process. these two pieces of legislation are part of the house majority's effort this week to micromanage the i.r.s. and undermine its ability to enforce our tax laws. thi

african-american men did the same. black men likewise look to cuba for another opportunity to prove their patriotism. to prove their masculinity. just as they had tied their civil war service to a demand for political rights, in 1890 8, many african-americans hoped their participation might help turn back the growing tide of disenfranchisement. turn back the growing tide of segregation. the iowa state bystander, a newspaper noted -- our fathers labored, fought, and died to perpetuate this country and leave a heritage for us. harking back to 1863, the paper continued, " let us be men and show loyalty and we will be rewarded." not everyone was on board with this. a number suggested that most of the 10,000 african-american men who did volunteer for the war were from northern states as opposed to southern states. much of that might be because of the effort of men like john mitchell. again, it right here in richmond, editor of the richmond planet. he insisted that black and should only fight if they did so under black offic

i believe that most americans also believe that our economy works better for all americans when small businesses can focus on creating jobs rather than navigating meaningless bureaucratic red tape. the halos act provides an important fix for regulations so it will be easier for our small businesses to attract investments. again, mr. speaker so critical when entrepreneurship is at a generation aloe and our economy limps along at even less than 2% of economic growth. the halos act provides a clear path for startup businesses to connect with angel investors and allows investors to make their own informed decisions. angel investors play an incredibly act i role in helping small businesses open their doors so they can open their doors even wider and hire more workers. we should remember and many of our colleagues are now aware that companies like amazon, cost coe, google, facebook and starbuckses were all first funded by angel investors and now today not only the services they provide in our economy but approximately 600,000 employees earn their paychecks, provide for their families, worki

a symbol of american progress. the takeoff of the american economy. under the combined to drive of the jacksonians democracy and the extension of the franchise to working people and small farmers and the whig plan of henry clay. he was a man on the make. he becomes a corporation lawyer. he works for the railroads. the patents that he gets his particular interesting. i don't think it worked. this is the model that we have in the collection. the mississippi river was famous for its sandbars. lincoln invented in this combined borage was a way of walking the boat over sandbars. you would lower these posts and lift the boat up. they must've been like lincoln very strong. and shuffle the boat over the sandbars. it is metaphorical that the openness of lincoln. the river should be open. opportunities should exist. a rising tide would lift all boats. this fascinating mechanism would allow the man to be that rising tide, to carry it down the river. grant wins the battle at the siege of vicksburg. lincoln writes to him, the father of waters runs again unvexed to

americans. the bear river massacre was carried out not by u.s. army troops but by first california regiment, a volunteer regiment. the sand creek massacre in november of 1864 was carried out again not by a regular troops but by the third colorado cavalry, which was enlisted for 100 days only attacked the black kettle settlement in sand creek in its first and only engagement. slaughtered men, women, elderly, children. festooned with the genitalia of men and women on their uniforms. the american civil war was a hard war out of the west of nate i americans. i'll stop there and take whatever questions you have. what are the southern believes versus the western native american believes. >> i see what you mean, what you're getting at. it wasn't so much the spiritual practices that whites notice and objected to. you know, it's a sense of it being savages, is what they picked up on the most. there's a funny duelism in the way in which white americans have regarded nate i americans historical historicall

more than 200,000 african-americans served with the american expeditionary force is overseas. ,nfortunately, as you point out many of them who had experience fighting either with regular , the ninthhe u.s. and 10th cavalry or put into bases as a support role. many of them unloading ships of dock, or- at the laborers, building the roads, building army facilities. there were the two divisions, the 92nd as you mentioned, an entire division, and then the 93rd, which was a provisional division. you would have thought pershing would have commanded african-american troops on the have welcomed them. he did not. the answer is not entirely clear , other than the fact the military was segregated at the time. he followed the protocol of the military. how the african-american troops ended up with the french, the 92nd were attached to the french and actually brought to the left of the americans of the meuse-argonne. the 93rd fought in a different sector. that when the negotiations of the french were hammering pershing to get american troops, he said, ok, i am not going to give you some of m

weekend on american history tv. we will show extended segments of the 1975 hearings that investigated cia, fbi, irs and nsa intelligence activities. the church committee, 40 years later, next weekend, saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern time on the on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: coming up next, a panel discussion titled "worst president ever." it explores some of the least popular, at least successful and most forgotten presidents in american history. the three historians of first discuss what makes a president the worst and then they'd offer nominees for the title. this panel is part of the 2016 organization of american historians annual meeting held this year in providence, rhode island. it is 90 minutes. host: welcome to the oah 2016 , and welcome to the plenary panel, "worst president ever." i am claire potter, professor of history and director of the digital humanities initiative at the new school and i want to let those in the audience, who are tweeting know that the tag for o

and american wounded became american dead. all of a sudden, -- the government regrets to inform -- >> oh! >> what's the matter? >> for every american cross driven into the foreign earth, a gold star on an american homes. our women learned in bitter tears and heartache that in war, there can be no such thing as a slight falling off in production, as there is no such thing as a slight death. by early 1944, they were falling behind. the need for young men was imperative. these young men had come largely from the deferred, fathers, those doing in central industrial work. reclassification was called for. this at a time when stories drifted in from the mountains, the jungles, the watery graves. women the country over begin to recognize war for what it was, a grim, unromantic battle to the death. in which every man, woman and child at a stake. if the american home is to be preserved, if the jetties of other families are not to be duplicated here, the axis must be brought to its knees. army drew fresh recruits. its ranks grew to nearl

the african-american press had been pressing. the radical press, including the organizer of the communist party in america, was pushing. a liberal republican mayor of new york was pushing. lots of stuff, and he was beginning to fear that this moment was going to lose him. jackie sort of fell into his lap. he dispatched the scout, who we interviewed. you know, he checked jackie out and brought him to this meeting. he never said more than -- just screamed at him about what he was going to face, tall things that people were going to yell at him that did come true. and he said, jackie, can you not, you know, fight back? and he said, he thought he could do it. >> he said, do you have a woman? >> he said, yes. >> and he said good >> good, you , need to marry her. it's true, without rachel i don't think jackie survives. i don't think he gets through it. i think it's too much. but they formed this partnership and this bond, and she carries that message, the dna from jackie to us to this day. it is very powerful and moving. charlie: do yo

i would like to thank the american people. by choosing me, you're have given me the highest honor i could ever receive. in closing, let me say this, i'd love this country, the american people. i love the principles on which this country was founded, and i do not like to see the principles violated and there are millions of people out there just like me that a second tired -- that are sick and tired of it. >> our vice president shall candidate, and his wife. jim stockdale is a hero's hero. recipient of the medal of honor of honor. in addition to that, he is a scholar. he is a retired admiral. suffered as a prisoner of war in vietnam as few people have. he provided leadership that caused our government to award him the medal of honor. in order to receive it, his fellow prisoners had to recommend the ultimate compliment. he is a man of steel. he has been hammered on the forge of brutality. he was able to reach outside himself to provide strength to others. i can't tell you how many pows told me when i came home that they would no

that completely changed american society and american ideas. after writing about jesse james which was very much civil war and reconstruction, the rise of the corporate economy and that transformation in the same period, i wanted to write about the idea of civil rights of racial equality as was written into the constitution by the civil war generation. i could come up with a book that would succeed in doing that. i began thinking about the larger expanse of the united states and begin thinking in terms of biography which i love to write, and how you can develop great things in biography. i went from think about how custer's life as a great travelogue of history, the rise of modern wall street at one end, the death of slavery in the south and east of preindustrial pneumatic people waiting sometimes successful campaigns of businesses in the great west. custer's life carries you back and forth. i realized the book, his life is not the temporal frontier, that in many ways including aspects of his military career his life was about the book under th

native american policy? >> native american population [ inaudible ] as we all know, living in oklahoma fighting for the confederacy owned slads. at the war's end, they accept them into cherokee society as equals. about ten years ago, cherokee society then kind of threw him back out. so i mean, the liberty policy is kind of the 1%. others speaking today will have better answers when it comes to discussing native american policy. . >> would you comment on the experience of the blacks in the far west? >> let me rephrase your question and my answer. because whether it's 1865 or 1945, middle class white guys want to go home when they have businesses and farms and jobs and woois to go back home to. before that 140,000 slaves might have spouses to go home to, but they don't have farms, they don't have jobs. and so disproportionately, they're the ones who stay in the military. the occupying force, both before and after the military construction act is disproportionately black. a lot of guys stay in the u.s. army. th

americans, iraqi americans, syrian americans, and many others. i personally witnessed a pakistani american community in boston is very different from a syrian community in houston, or a somali american community and minneapolis. so the american muslim communities in this country are as diverse as christianity. there is no one neighborhood or that one could encircle or surveil to surveil american muslims, contrary to some of the political rhetoric that is out there, some of the overheated political rhetoric out there. so, as we build bridges to communities, we have to recognize there is indeed an "s" at the end of that word -- communities. a a broad -- it encompasses broad set of communities across this country. observation number four. as we build bridges, we do indeed encounter suspicion among a lot of people, who suspect us of being law-enforcement undercover. it's not surprising we would encounter suspicion, but we keep at this. i believe in the 27 months i have been secretary, i have seen our efforts bring success. buto encounter suspicion, p

>> in terms of how many americans died? history, in american the most lethal battle for americans? >> gettysburg? jennifer: gettysburg is a good example. >> people would generally say antietam. jennifer: the bloodiest day is antietam. anybody have a gas? euess. ? when you don't know something, where do you go? do not lie to me. i know what you go. [laughter] the most lethal american battle? i.ber one, world war i will bet nobody has heard of the offensive, i'm what you say that is a safe bet for most people right there. battle from september until the last day of the war, 47 days, 1.2 million men involved. killed, 100,000 stragglers on the field. this is the most lethal battle in american history. nobody knows about it. why is that? why is that? i think those are really good questions, right? it is why we remember certain things and why we do not remember other things. and i think for a lot of people even at the time, they did not want to dwell on this. because the questions you can ask, why did so many of these men have to die? it raises uncomfortable questions about american lead

americans, iraqi americans, syrian americans, and many others. i personally witnessed a pakistani american community in boston is very different from a syrian community in houston, or a somali american community and minneapolis. so the american muslim communities in this country are as diverse as christianity. there is no one neighborhood or ghetto or city that one could encircle or surveil to surveil american muslims, contrary to some of the political rhetoric that is out there, some of the overheated political rhetoric out there. so, as we build bridges to communities, we have to recognize there is indeed an "s" at the end of that word -- communities. it a broad -- it encompasses a broad set of communities across this country. observation number four. as we build bridges, we do indeed encounter suspicion among a lot of people, who suspect us of being law-enforcement undercover. it's not surprising we would encounter suspicion, but we keep at this. i believe in the 27 months i have been secretary, i have seen our efforts bring success. we do enc

that's what the american people want. they want republicans to stop counting the most extreme forces within their party and do just their job. that's all we're asking. it is as simple as that. would the chair announce are what we're scheduled to do the rest of the day? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is lessed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 636, which the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 5, h.r. 636, an act to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations and for other purposes. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: mr. president, there is an old verse that reads, if i remember it correctly, as follows: "while i was going up the stair, i met a man who wasn't there. he wasn't there again today. i wish that man would go away." that man in the united states senate is merrick garland, a p

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you were supposed to give it to american soldiers and american soldiers only. john later said, i just could not simply let that baby die. and so he gave their son an injection. six weeks later, the couple came to visit john at his aid station. now very, very far away from where he had originally met them. and thanked him for curing their son. in exchange they offered him a bag of chestnuts and he gladly accepted. i tell you this story, a simple story, because i think it illustrates what we admire in the borinqueneers. they showed us that time again, courage does not know color. decency does not pick sides. these men did not fight to preserve the status quo. they fought to make their country better. and they succeeded. their decency was so plain, their courage very obvious, that now the whole country has honored them for their valor. the story of the 65th infantry regiment is full of heroism and sacrifice. and with this medal, the borinqueneers, we are weaving that story into this fabric of american history. and now that history is so the much brighter for it. t

inter-american affairs. in the end i think the abolitionists fails to recruit a large number of irish emigrants into their cause, but not for the lack of trying. there were others who actually rejected the irish leaders, political leaders have rejected this connection with the abolition movement, and elected robert time it was the site of the slaveholding john tyler as the president of the irish repeal association. asked daniel o'connor to denounce the american abolitionists, and he was brilliant. he told, part of it of course is americanization and sort of hyper nationalism demonstrate loyalty to your adopted country, not criticizing its institution, especially those that threatened the union. but daniel o'connell issued a wonderful letter before his death he told it was not in ireland we learned of this cruelty, not his exact words. so the project of sort of recruiting immigrant amongst the irish failed. with the germans they were a little more successful because a lot of them were freethinking refugees fr

more than 12 million americans out of work. the highest rate of unemployment since the great depression of the 1930s. the tax cut did not give the economy the supply side kick that had been promised. business got steadily worse. factories closed. layoffs, bankruptcies. the federal deficit skyrocketed. >> inflation had been brought under control and quickly a remarkable accomplishment but at a terrible cost. >> reagan was trying hard to kill inflation as fast as he could. that was working. the problem was interest rates were going up to 18%. it's like chemotherapy for the economy. it kills a lot of other things along the way. >> the government can live with high unemployment to curb inflation. that seems to be a very high price for us to have to pay. >> supposed to be the land of opportunity. it's not anymore. it's the land for the rich and the poor can go to hell. >> i think we're going to have some hard times for the next few months while we had predicted as you know a stagnant economy none of us had predicted the stepping ove

it is taking place in an american territory. it impacts the people of puerto rico, who are american citizens. and the impact will not be contained on the island. it will spread to cities like jacksonville and to other communities throughout the mainland united states. so we need to take the irresponsible leadership in puerto rico seriously. we need to urge them to get their affairs in order, but we should also look closely at what we can do here in the united states senate, which may mean taking up some of the ideas currently being worked on by house leadership. we can also help puerto rico by doing the same things necessary to help the rest of the american economy. this means passing pro-growth policies at the federal level, including tax and regulatory reform. it means we need to stop spending more money than we take in. and in closing, the leadership in san juan must view the deadline this sunday as a wake-up call. they must show their willingness to get their fiscal house in order. if they don't, our options in washington wi

it's american islands. the commission will allow a platform for meaningful dialogue along the virgin islands' history with the united states, the genesis of issues affecting the territory as well as how we solve them. this is an opportunity to engage lawmakers and our nation around the challenges and enormous opportunities present in the virgin islands. opportunities like our ports and position, our broadband capacity, our intellectual and artistic pursuits, our university, which serves as the only hbcu in the caribbean, and most important, our people. yes, the people still waiting to be recognized and made whole in that transfer nearly a century ago. as the virgin islands enters this next century under the united states jurisdiction, it will continue relevance in the region as far as investment, commerce, technology grow in the caribbean. it's my hope, it's my dream that its people will have greater relevance in this great nation and that this commission will show all the importance of that. i'd like to th

they feel cheated out of the american dream. it's if you worked hard and you played by the roles, you would have a better life than your parents. and this pre-dates 2008, i'll give you that, it goes back, 2000 and then all the way through president obama's term where people feel like okay, identify worked hard and i played by the rules, but the only way to break out of the household income which stays exactly the same is to get a college degree, but getting a college degree means taking on enormous debt. success in this country is reserved for bankers and tech geniuses, and i'm not one of those. they're mad on both sides, they're scared, and that's not going to go away. they are not easy, but we need to restore for people for the anger to go away. >> jonas, recovery should have been stronger, period. >> the recovery was strong were it just hasn't been strong for about three fifths of the country, and that's really i think the issue and people are looking to blame politicians for it or look for solutions for their politician to s

americans are a key factor. custis, also known as martha washington dramatically expanding his home in -- holdings in human property. of time of his death, 300 slaves remained at mount vernon. ashington fancied himself kind of slave owner. expressing shock and dismay when he saw bondage. there is no account to whether he was or not. some believed he was excessively stern. while some visitors to his plantation suggested he held a very gentle approach to slavery. but, it was washington's relationship with a few slaves that provided significant insight. he fled and was recaptured. she would die slave. other slaves were more successful. , one enslavedfate man named kerry washington ran away to the british army to fight against the national. despite the promises of a liberty and freedom promoted by the declaration of independence, harry knew what many of his counterparts understood. it was not for him. harry would eventually join black loyalists in canada prior to sailing to the british colony. although he would be e

far more portly, it is about being americans and it hearing to the values that make us americans, the constitution and bill of rights. i'm not suggesting we read the miranda rights to prisoners of war or we give them constitutional rights that we absolutely are obligated to treat them humanely. amy: abu ghraib, what it meant to iraqis and the fact you are doing this there. the wordested that "alcatraz" has a similar meaning to americans. americans think of a difficult prison when they hear the word. over the last two years, i recognize that is not true. we don't really have a word in the english language that sounds the same way as abu ghraib for iraqis. many iraqis i spoke to, interrogated at abu ghraib, had been there under saddam hussein. there?d been imprisoned >> either for being shia or fled during the iran-iraq war, for any reason, or for no reason at all. would empty out that prison and turn it back into a prisoner of war cap was the very definition of foolish. nermeen: do you recall when you first saw the images -- the first images that were released "the newghraib and yorker

the professor discusses the relationship between anglo-americans and mexican americans. and accident -- texas representative's does improvement of the she can't a movement. prof. garcia: the professor has-- welcome him back, my good friend and colleague. professor montejano is one of the most distinguished scholars and historians in the country. it is an honor to have him as the keynote speaker for the conference. histive texan, he received phd in social of the from yale. he also chairs the center for social change at uc berkeley. prior to teaching at berkeley, he was associate professor at texas, also a director for the center of mexican-american studies. his research on borderlands history, comparative history, and recent ethnic relations. inhas been published widely and books. he won numerous awards, including the frederick jackson turner prize in american history. his book on the chicano movement includes a local history of the chicano movement 1966-1981, which also won numerous awards. he was awarded the best book association. it was followed by another book, explor

sanders: that we are strong , black and white and latino and asian-american and native american. when all of our people come together. and coming together is always more important and always trumps dividing us up. the american people understand that when we support each other, youri have their for family and you were there for my family, that supporting each other always trumps selfishness. [cheers and applause] sanders: and the american people understand, maybe most profoundly, the lesson of every major religion on earth. whether it is christianity, judaism, islam, or buddhism, or whatever it may be, and that is that at the end of the day, love trumps hatred. [cheers and applause] >> chanting "bernie." sen. sanders: on tuesday there is going to be an enormously important democratic primary here in new york. what this campaign has taught me is that we win caucuses and primaries when the voter turnout is high. we lose them when the voter turnout is low. let us have a record-breaking turnout! [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: new york state , help lead this country into the polit

we have taken the whole continent of africa, so were not swedish americans or spanish americans or italian-americans, yes they have their own ethnic group but there a particular place. so when you're taking africa which is a continent not a country, that's where we get lost. i have friends whose families are here and they have met the white people of their family and some of those meetings have gone well and some of them have not gone well. so that's where you're talking about the kinds of conversations that people need to have. for me and my family right now i'm the one that's going to push to find that where were from. were not really, really looking from anybody else, where we from, so that's where this reconciliation is for me and my family,. >> thank you. i will offer a few observations. one i would say i've worked with a small group of people in london and the surrounding areas who had participated in an early documentary on the bbc called mother land that runs occasionally here on the africa channel but really receives all of the shows in the united states on genetic ancestry testing. it's a

americans say or do. the thing he was really concerned about and the thing that he knew was that america had just undergone this massive wave of immigration. he knew we had people from all parts of the world, all parts of europe, here in the in the united states, and he did not want the war to tear people apart. he was right to realize different places where americans came from would influence their reactions to the war. we can see this through humanitarian efforts as well. this is the map they come from a friend of mine who did some research into the jewish-american humanitarian aid effort and realize we had massive immigration coming from russia. if you take a look at this map, which shows you the eastern front, not the western front, but the eastern front, you can see actually a lot of the places that were caught up in the heaviest fighting and therefore had the biggest refugee crisis were places that were heavily populated by jews. the eastern front did a lot of movement back and forth. whenever the a

man and -- by american men and american woman, and by american government. slahi is a mauritanian text specialist who, arizona the book explains, was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong acquaintances, and after nearly 14 years, of torture, suffering, the humiliation in guantanamo no one proved otherwise. mark danner's piece makes clear of the futility of torture and the damage it does to a society that condones it. i'm going to just very briefly cite the review in "the guardian." guantanamo diary reveals mow vividly than any book in the previous decade of shock and offer -- and awe ferocity. and the -- his captors tried to re-establish their full spectrum dominance in a variety of ways. there is among them the permissive libertarian who announces today we're going to teach you about great american sex. as two topless woman rub anywhere bodies against him and handle this penis and then to send him to prison. more thoughtful prim spes believes there's two kind of people in the world, white americans and the rest of the world. white americans ar

, had plunged the united states needilessly into the spanish american war. not many historians think that any more. and some even think that the modern presidency has its origins in some of the initiatives that mckinley takes. i wouldn't go that far. >> you wouldn't go that far. >> i wouldn't go that far. >> so thee door roosevelt bursts on to the scene unexpectedly. >> yeah. >> well, perhaps not. given his past. but what did he do in your estimation than to define the modern president see z. >> in foreign affairs, there was probably never an american president who loved war more. and yet no one ever dies in a war started by teddy roosevelt. everybody is surprised he's the first american to win the nobel peace prize. but he does greatly expand the imperial reach of the united states. and much of the america today as a world power starts in the teddy roosevelt years. in domestic policy, he is the first president to intervene on behalf of workers to resolve a strike. he defies the house of morgan by launching an antitrust suit against a major railroad combine.

on on american -- black eye american history. calling it human trafficking places thomas jefferson and george washington into an uncomfortable human memory. next, from a recent abraham lincoln symposium on his life, career and legacy, the author of lincoln and emancipation. the talk took place at ford's theater in washington dc. it is about 50 minutes. >> i am here for an important function. i have the honor of introducing edna green medford. medford is the author of lincoln and emancipation. i have to begin by saying she is receiving an award this afternoon and will be unable to participate in the panel discussion during the afternoon session. therefore, it is important to get your questions in early because she is going off to receive the women's history award from the northern virginia district of columbia maryland affiliate of the national association of negro business and professional women. [applause] >> i came to know dr. medford through a predecessor of hers at howard, lorraine williams, who wrote a book about -- wrote an

we examine whether immigration is affecting core political decisions of white americans, white americans make up the majority of the public, and the majority of the voting public so it is especially important to look at how immigration influences their partisanship, voting behavior and policy positions. and not the way these political behaviors, we are one of the first to look at the central role immigration can play in core political decisions, so our theory is pretty straightforward. first argue immigration is just something too big to miss. immigration is 20% of the population, immigration is a key issue in politics today. we only have to look at what has been happening in the presidential race to know that nearly every conversation in nearly all of the debates immigration played a central role in all these conversations and on top of the fact that immigration is becoming more and more relevant to everyday life there is a prevalent threat narrative that exists in the country, largely felt by media as well as political elites. this emphasizes negative aspects of immigration, not so muc

despite the presence of african-american troops, the spanish-american war seemed to confirm the national unity of southern and northern white people uniting for imperialistic ambitions. the war and the colonial expansion that followed in the philippines and puerto rico seemed to confirm the backward characteristics of nonwhite people and the superiority of anglo-saxons. so to return to our starting point, white unionists had not forgotten that african-americans or slavery had been part of the war and is just one of many, many examples i could get of this. this is the soldiers and sailors monument in indianapolis outside of the lincoln memorial. this is the largest civil war monument in the country dedicated in 1902 and dedicated to all hoosiers in every war they fought. this did not mean, however, that most white union veterans or white northerners in general sought civil and political rights for african-americans. in recent years, historians seem to have forgotten that racism and remembering that slavery was part of the war did in fact go hand in hand for many union veterans. slavery an

so it's only money from foreign nations that go to help terrorists who kill americans on american soil. >> that's correct. >> i think overwhelmingly the americans would support that law, the consequences be damned. >> well, bill, i think politically speaking you are right. philosophically, absolutely, the notions of justice would seem to echo what you are saying. >> we can't have north korea funding terrorism and we have to have some way, other than military, to go back at them. >> i want to just go for a moment here. let's play the history around, this right? this has been going through the court since 2005 judicially. am seeing competing branches of government here. >> don't get too complicated now. >> also president bush saying there is a reason why. >> bush classified the 28 pages. he didn't want that stuff to get out. >> it was in our best interest national terrorism. >> looking at the bigger picture but i want to see what saudi arabia did. i want to see it? >> look. >> i'm not saying i support the law, but i want to see what they did. >> maybe we should trust, bill. i think maybe

native american radio anddcasting's -- broadcast nonmainstream productions. this is part of a national conference posted by the library of congress in conducting with the radio preservation task force. it is about an hour and a half. >> all right, i think we are ready to start. so good morning. ,my name