robinson and american civil war museum christie coleman. mesh history t.v. prime time friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cspan 3. >>> this sunday we continue our congress. >> when i first got it, i was in this really idealistic mode of this is wonderful. how long do you think it will be before half of the house is female. i asked the library of congress or somebody what they thought and they said follow me 300 years. [laughter] i don't think--because it has been very creptal credit incremental. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from sue, eva helen, nancy

christie coleman's remarks were remarkable and the work that she has been doing in richmond on behalf of the monuments commission there has been daunting and it was a very interesting to have her come and talk to us about everything she has been doing. john koski is a wealth of knowledge on many topics. if you ever get the chance to have lunch with him, i am sure he would wow you. if there is anybody that knows anything more about the confederate battle flag, i do not know who would be an thank you so much for being with us. it has been a wonderful day and it begs the question, why would the shenandoah valley battlefields foundation host this event? there are other battlefield preservation organizations, national and local organizations that are doing everything they can to run away from this issue. if they are not running away from the issue, they are at least doing everything they can to keep their heads down and keep themselves out of view, lest they become part of the public furor. a good friend of mine, bill brown, who is with us today, came up to me before the event and gave me

. >>> up next, american civil war museum ceo, christie coleman, looks at the controversy surrounding confederate monuments. she talks about her work as co-chair of richmond's monument avenue commission, and their process in determining the future of confederate statues located on that city's prominent thoroughfare. this hour-long talk was part of a conference on confederate icons, hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefields foundation. >> we're going to start the afternoon with answering a few questions that we've been hearing repetitively during the lunch time. we have gotten a lot of comments, and a lot of praise. so thank you very much. about the closing of this land deal. we've had people ask how they can get involved with the battle fields foundation. the best thing that you can do to help us save land here in the valley and help us preserve the memory of the american civil war and honor those people who lived through it here in the valley is to -- is to become a member of the battle fields foundation. please see any one of our staff and they can give you information on how to

christy coleman began her career. toast course of the 10-year career with cw, she had angriness responsibility. ms.coleman was named president and ceo of the charles h. write museum of american history in detroit n 2008, ms. coleman was named president and ceo of the american civil war center at historic tredeger and she helped to orchestrate the americaner of that center with the civil war confederacy museums to create the american civil war museums. she became the sole chief executive officer of that museum. mls coleman lectures extensively and she will be no stranger to many of you. she has written a number of scholarly and public history articles as well as served as a screen writer for several award- winning education television productions and she thought -- she is a sought after public his tore yap for national and international media outlets. ms.coleman served on the boards of the american alliance and museum and the american association for state and local history and she continues to be engaged with these an

i'm excited to introduce our speaker, christy coleman. she began her career as an interpreter at the williamsburg foundation. levels ofars, she had responsibility, finally serving as the director of historic programs. she was named president and ceo of the charles wright museum in detroit. she was named president and ceo of the american civil war center, and in 2013 she helped orchestrate the merger of museum ofr with the the confederacy to create the american civil war museum, serving as co-ceo and then named the chief executive officer of that museum. ms. coleman lectures extensively. she will be no stranger to many of you. she has written a number of articles as well as served as a screen writer for educational productions and she is a sought after historian for media outlets. the boards of on the american alliance of museums and for state and local history and continues to be engaged with these and other organizations, active in every community in which she works, her accolades business 40oit's under 40 list in 2000, the key to the ci

one of the co-chairs of the commission is christy coleman, an african american woman who's also the ceo of the civil war museum in richmond. christy: history has always been part of my world. my parents exposed us to it. we used to spend weekends at the smithsonian and we moved to williamsburg, virginia and history was all around us. one summer i auditioned for a street actor job at the historic area and that started this journey. realistically there aren't very many women that do civil war, and there certainly weren't women of color. years, but wheni first got here, that was one of the headlines. african-american woman takes over civil war museum. i said, ok here we go, here we go. we wanted to elicit a response, we wanted people to see something that would strike them to their core, whether that is anger, confusion or chaos, or rage, we wanted that in there. this war is not as simple as people would like to make it. and that is the part for me that has, that i have grown to appreciate in ways i did not when i first came through the doors. one of the narratives at the core, was the ide

the features include james robinson and american civil war museum christie coleman. mesh history t.v. prime time friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cspan 3. >>> this sunday we continue our congress. >> when i first got it, i was in this really idealistic mode of this is wonderful. how long do you think it will be before half of the house is female. i asked the library of congress or somebody what they thought and they said follow me 300 years. [laughter] i don't think--because it has been very creptal credit incremental. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from sue, eva helen, nancy and watch history sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history t.v. on cspan 3. >>> this weekend the cspan city tour takes you to las cruces new mexico. with the help we'll explore the life and history of las cruces athe banks of the rio grande saturday at 12 eastern on book t.v. author john hunter explores the impact much the manhattan project his book the cold war and atomic west. >> when he brought nuclear west to berkeley and cal tech and then to new mexico he chappinged particularl

speakers include civil war historian james robertson and civil war christy coleman. american history tv in prime time friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >> this sunday, on oral histories. we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman pat schroeder. >> when i first got elected, i was in this really idealistic mode of isn't this wonderful? how long do you think it will be before almost half of the house is female. and so i asked the library ever congress what they thought. they said probably 300 years. well, i don't know -- i'm beginning to believe maybe they are right because it has been very incremental. very incremental. and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley and barbara kennelly and len woolsey, oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> in 1998, the academy award winning world war ii film saving private ryan was released in theaters. the movie portrayed the 1944 d-day invasion of norman day and mission to find a soldier behind enemy lines. next on american history

. >> christy coleman, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you for the invitation. >>> let's put the president's tweet back up this morning. this was his tweet about charlottesville. the riots in charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. we must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans. this is the president's statement this morning. we should put this into context and who is sending this out. this from the president who said that haitians, all haitians have aids. this from the president that said nigerians will never go back to their huts when they come and see america. this from the president that said african countries are shit holes. this from the president on the ban of muslims coming into the country. this from the man that went after the central park five for years after exonerated. this from the president that promulgated the birthism lie about barack obama, when he knew president obama was born in the united states. this also from the president who said mexicans are bringing

. >>> up next, american civil war museum ceo, christie coleman, looks at the controversy surrounding confederate monuments. she talks about her work as co-chair of richmond's monument avenue commission, and their process in determining the future of confederate statues located on that city's prominent thoroughfare. this hour-long talk was part of a conference on confederate icons, hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefields foundation. >> we're going to start the afternoon with answering a few questions that we've been hearing repetitively during the lunch time.

i'm not sure christy coleman is here yet. i will just hold this. but i want to commend her and her committee for their recommendations with the richmond monument avenue thing. i was on cbs sunday morning in october of last year and i said the same thing, that if one of those memorials has to come down it should be the centerpiece, the confederate state memorial of robert e lee. let me explain before you start frothing at the mouth. for once look at the confederate states of america for what it was, a giant evolutionary stage in the building of the greatest nation planet earth will ever know. view it as a stepping stone, a vital imperative stepping stone toward modern day. so on the monument itself i think when you find the alternative for what you're going to put in place of it, let it be something like from the confederate states or from the southern effort came our present united states. and now they're arguing over who is going to replace jefferson davis. davis was a great man who achieved greatness before the civil war in the senate and mexican

speakers include james robertson and american civil war museum ceo christy coleman. american history tv in primetime friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> this sunday on oral history s we continue our series on women in congress. >> when i first got elected i was in this really idealistic mode of this is wonderful. how long do you think it will be before almost half of the house is female? so i asked the library of congress or somebody what they thought. they said probably 300 years. i'm beginning to believe it. it has been very incremental, very incremental. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from sue myrick, eva clayton. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> in 1998 the academy award winning film "saving private ryan" was released in theaters. the movie portrays the 1944 d-day invasion of normandy france and the mission to find a soldier behind enemy lines. next on american history tv military adviser talks about training the actors in a mini boot camp prior to shooting the film and his role during the

speakers include historian james robertson and american civil war museum ceo christy coleman. american history tv in prime time friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >> sunday night on q and a. congressional historians richard baker and ronald richie and ray smog. >> one of the questions i hear people asking all the time is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's going to be close if you were to pick another period, certainly the years leading to the civil war when you know, a host member came over and came to senator in 1856 because he disappeared with what he said and there were senators who cheered on that host member. >> there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton, shot by the sitting vice president to the united states. that's pretty dramatic that we've had terrible times political times. >> there's one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else ye

speakers include james robertson and christy coleman. american history tv in prime time friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> sunday night on q & a congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock. >> one of the questions that i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's going to be close, if you were to pick another period certainly the years leading to the civil war, when, you know, a host member came over and caned a senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and there were a lot of senators who kind of cheered on that host member. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton, he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off duri