announcer: and in the weeks ahead, we will hear from nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch on c-span3. tonight on c-span, youth activists speaking at the youth conference of mayors. a discussion about brett kavanaugh with a panel of his former law clerks. and political commentator ben shapiro speaking at the national conservative student conference. this year's meeting at the u.s. conference of mayors in boston included speakers by youth activists who talked about their work on gun violence, the environment, and sexual harassment. this part of the meeting begins with mayor stephen benjamin. mayor

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennely and nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories, sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next we visit the henry ford in dearborn, michigan, to see the garage where ford built his first car, the quadricycle. historic structures curator jim johnson shows us ford's childhood home where he was born in 1863. both buildings were relocated to greenfield village, the living history section of the henry ford. >> my name is jim johnson and i'm the curator of the landscapes here at the henry ford and we're here at henry ford in greenfield village and here with a 1914 model t. and it was just one of the things you get to experience here in greenfield village. behind me is the bagley shed and this stood behind his house in detroit, a rented house where he developed his first gasoline engine and eventually his first car in 1896. and then we'll be having a look at his birthplace, which

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> every spring the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania, hosts a living history event featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench to hear from two u.s. army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning, i portray a first lieutenant in the 18th infantry regiment french army, circa 1917, 1918. we're sitting here at carlisle barracks at army educational historical center and we're giving presentations on the french army and its role in world war i and its links to the american forces. if you take a look here at this trench system, you'll see it's riveted with wood. this was actually taken off the u.s. army manual dated 1917 of how to build a trench system. it was copied from the british manual. but you can see that

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from elin bentley, barbara canali, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oriole histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next we continue our tour of the driving america exhibit at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curate or matt anderson shows us a 1931 car and describes how auto manufacturing changed during world war ii. we'll also learn how vehicles evolved based on customer preference and available technology. one of the last models we'll see is a 1983 honda accord, the first model built in the united states. >>> we're standing in front of what is probably our guests' favorite car, if we had to poll all the visitors who came through to ask which car they enjoyed seeing the most, i suspect it would be this car here, our bugati1931royale. he was a designer of race cars in the 1920s, but he had hopes in the early 19 #30s of building cars that were so luxurious that they would be favored b

. >> in the weeks ahead we are going to hear from helen bentley, barb mcanally, nancy johnson and lynn mobley. watch oral history at 10 am eastern on american history. >>> coming up next, real america. a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half hour ford motor company film from 1955. with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series. >>> i am henry ford the second. in recent years, there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel a great many of you may have wondered as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big? that is why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it, freedom of the american road. simply because we americans like plenty of elbowroom. freedom to come and go as we please and be in th

. >>> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barb racanelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> [ music ] >>> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i. and, american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. every spring, the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania hosts a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit with several reenactors, who specialize in betraying german soldiers of the great war. we will also go underground to see a reconstructed german bunker. this is about 20 minutes. >>> my name is hans. we are here at the army heritage center in carlisle. we are representing world war i soldiers today. we are representing the infantry regiment 52. i have learned pretty much the early war. 1910. 1910 trousers. and of course, the traditional jackboots. also, i have got the strap, and the brown petroleum pouches. i am wearing my

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. ♪ over there over there ♪ send the word send the word ♪ over there ♪ that the yanks are coming the yanks are coming ♪ ♪ the drums rum-iteming everywhere ♪ >> the 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i and american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. every spring the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania, hosts a living history event featuring several hundred re-enactors from all eras of american history. next on american artifacts we visit with several re-enactors who specialize in portraying german soldiers of the great war. we'll also go underground to see a reconstructed german bunker. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning. my name is hans and we're at the army heritage center in carlisle. today we're representing world war i soldiers. we're representing the regiment 52. i'm wearing pretty much the

. >> we will hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about u.s. army combat artists in world war i. the exhibit is a collaboration between the national air and space museum and the national museum of american history. >>> welcome to the flight and arts gallery here in washington, d.c. i'm peter jacob. artist soldiers artistic expression in the first world war. we are in the midst of observing the centenary. our exhibition focuses on the artistic work produced. the first was really the first industrial war where millions of people were mobilized. not only military people, but civilians were broadly effected. artistic expression was different in world war i. unlike previous war art where you would have heroic depictions of leaders long after the battle, far from the battlefield, these artists were embedded with th

barbara kennely, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> >> 2018 is the centennial year of u.s. participation in world war i and american history tv is marking the anniversary with a variety of programs. previously on american artifacts we visit the u.s. army heritage and education sister's living history event in carlisle, pennsylvania, to talk to reenactors who portray french and german world war i soldiers. we return to carlisle to learn what life was like for the 2 million american dough boys who served overseas. >> my name is michael mccloskey. i'm here to talk about what the american average soldier from the merp expeditionary soldier would have thought, felt, carried, that sort of thing. what we have here to start with, this is the 1910 haversack. this is what we would call a knapsack or backpack today, but this was the -- what all of the soldiers would have carried, everything they would have needed, at least according to the united states government's view. in the back here you have -- then to open the pack, you would unattach a buckle beneath the front flap. and then y

we will hear from eva clayton, helen bentley, barbie cannoli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral history, sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on c- span3. >>> next on american history tv. from our series 1968, america in turmoil, a look at liberal politics 50 years ago. lbj's great society and and liberal activist redefine the role of the federal government and challenge traditional values. the assassinations of martin luther king jr. and robert f kennedy

eastern. >> next week, book tv is in funt , nancy johnson, watch "oral time. book gaddy talks about his , the rise and fall of the voting rights act. thursday, from the freedom fe

. >> in the weeks ahead we would hear from barbara, nancy johnson and. watch oral history sunday link back to booktv continues now with another stop from the c. stands for these two are. the next visit from tyler texas includes lou anne smoot talks about the struggles of hiding her homosexuality in texas for 60 years. it's the topic of her memoir out a courageous woman's journey. >> i start off talking about my parents, because they had such an influence on the direction that my wife took. they were southern baptists. so, i was brought up in the baptist faith tradition. they were leaders in thehu

fromncer: we will hear robert canales, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: the franklin d. roosevelt residential library did your a unique film collection and joining us on the phone is library director paul sparrow. -- was an assistant to franco roosevelt starting in 1920 and was with him for more than 20 years and was a close friend of the family as well. she lived in the white house when he was president and she became intrigued with film cameras. she would film a number of these at formal pictures and events and luncheons. -- picnics and events and luncheons. movies to herme included in her collection. she had a stroke in 1941 and left the white house and took possessions with her and died several years later it did not become part of the initial library collects with the library was created. her grand nieces decided to donate these films to a library last year and since then we have been going back to the original film, had them transferred and restored and n

nancy johnson from connecticut talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out in the gym, members' gym, and the difference between the difference in the gym that the male members had and the difference in the women. the women's gym had just a rowing machine and nothing much at all. they talked about how they went to the member who was in charge of the committee that was overseeing the gyms and he talked about the exercise equipment, and he just couldn't understand. the quote that she said he used was, why would you want to have muscles? why would you want to build muscles? i think it was just some of those instances that seemed so comical now but that the male members, especially from a different generation, they just didn't understand some of the things that women take for granted now. >> that in a way answers my next question, which is how candid did you find these women? they're politicians, they're used to speaking carefully. how truthful were they? did you believe their stories? >> i think they were quite truthful. one of the interesting things, there

nancy johnson from connecticut talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out of the gym, and the difference between the -- with the male members had and the women. and then male members had machines. >> it was some of those instances that seem so comical now, that male members did not understand some of those things that women take for granted now. >> that anyway is my next question, which is how candid did you find these women? they are politicians and used to speaking carefully. how truthful were they? >> i think they were quite truthful. one of the interesting things, there was an oral history done in the 1970s to the former members association. they were maybe a dozen that were done with women at that time. we were amazed by how those interviews worked. because the women were outsiders looking in on the institution. i think maybe we went into this thinking we would get a different result. in a lot of ways, these women who served in the 70s, 80s, 90s, they were still outsiders. their perspective was quite sharp. >> some of the stories they told us were

nancy johnson talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out in the gym, the members gym, and the difference between the gym at the male members and the women's. the women's gym had an old rowing machine, nothing much at all. so they talked about how they went to the member in charge of the committee that was overseeing the gyms. and he talked about the exercise equipment, and he couldn't understand. he said why would you want to have muscles? why would you want to build muscles? i think it was some of those instances that seem so comical, but the male members really just didn't understand some of those things women take for granted now. >> that in a way answers my next question, which is how candid did you find these women? they are politicians, used to speaking carefully. how truthful were they? do you believe their stories? >> i think that they were quite truthful. one of the interesting things, there was the oral history in the 1970's. 100 interviews. and there were maybe a dozen done with women at that time. we were amazed by how good the interviews w

one time, we were together and some of the old women who had been here before, nancy johnson and some of the others, we were -- one of us said said, i have got to go because i take my work home and the other one said you do that to? the other one said you do that soto? -- too? we realized we went home at night and worked and the guys went out and had a good time. not all of them, but that is what happened. they would take off for they would go to a matinee sometimes. we were working all the time. we realized with women, that was a difference. >> and in the weeks ahead, we hear from barberton alley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. sunday at histories 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. joining us from columbus serves asas would who an assistant professor of political science coming here to talk to us about conspiracy theories and people directly associated to it. could you talk to us about your study of conspiracy theory? decade, my associate and i became very interested in what we suspected would be a fringe element of american public opinion and we started off as st

. >>> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from barb racanelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv. on c-span 3. >>> saturday at 10 am eastern on c-span. live coverage of the democratic national committee's summer meeting in chicago. to decide on changes to the parties residential nominating process, including the role of superdelegates. watch live on saturday at 10 am eastern on c-span, cspan.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app . >>> since 2011, architect and historic preservationist, joby hill, has been visiting and compiling a database of former suede -- slave dwellings in the united states. are interested was -- interdisciplinary work includes documentation, photography, interpretation and -- slave history. up next on american artifacts, we travel to southern virginia, near the north carolina border, to visit the former brandon plantation, with joby hill, and learn about her saving slave houses projects. she is joined by several archaeologists and preservationist, and a team from trumbull inc. who ca

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara canali, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday on c-span3. >>> each week american artifacts takes you to mu # see museums. next we take you to dearborn, michigan. transportation coordinator matt anderson shows us early vehicles made by henry ford, including the model t. we'll also see the sporty and stylized mustang and hear how and why the brand changed over time. >>> my name is matt anderson. i'm curate or of the museum in dearborn michigan taking a look at some of the vehicles in our driving america exhibit. the first one i want to look at is arguably the most significant one we have, where most of them came from. it is the quadricycle, the very first automobile built by henry ford. ford was fascinated right into early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time, he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get into it. he never had intentions of selling this car. instead it was something of a prototype, a way for him to wrap his mind ar

. >> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories. sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on cspan 3. >>> every spring, the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle pennsylvania hosts a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench, to hear from u.s. army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning. my name is carter bartel. i portray a first lieutenant and 18th infantry regiment french army, circa 1917, 1918. we are sitting here at carlisle backs at the army hysterical education center. and, we are giving presentations on the french army and its -- world war i and its link to american forces. if you look here at this trench system, you will see, it was fitted with wood. this was actually taken off the u.s. army manual, dated 1917, of how to build a trench system. it was copied from the british manual, but you can

. >> in the weeks ahead we are going to hear from helen bentley, barb mcanally, nancy johnson and lynn mobley. watch oral history at 10 am eastern on american history. >>> coming up next, real america. a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half hour ford motor company film from 1955. with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series.

johnson, from connecticut, talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out in the gym. and the difference between the gym that the male members had and the difference between the women. and the women's gym had an old rowing machine and nothing much at all. so they talked about how they went to the member who was in charge of the committee that was overseeing the gym and he talked about the exercise equipment and he just couldn't understand. the quote that he used was, why would you want to have muscle? why would you want to build muscles? i think it was those instances that seem so comical now. but the male members, especially from a different generation, they really didn't understand some of those things that women take for granted now. >> that in a way, is my question. how candid did you find these women? they are used to speaking carefully. how truthful were they? >> i think they were quite truthful. one of the interesting things, there was oral history done in the 1970s to the former member association. 100 interviews, maybe a dozen that were done with w

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, live coverage of the democratic national committee summer meeting in chicago to decide on changes to the party's presidential nominating process, including the role of superdelegates. watch live saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> since 2011 architect and historic preservationist jobie hill has been visiting and compiling former slave dwellings in the united states. her inner disciplinary work includes architectural documentation. up next, we travel to southern virginia near the north carolina border to visit the former brandon plantation with jobie hill and learn about her saving slave houses project. she's joined by several archaeologists and preservations and a team from trimble who came along with a series of 3-d laser scans. >> we're here to do laser scanning and documentation of a slav

johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to las cruces, new mexico. with the help of our comcast cable partners we will explore the life and history of las cruces located at the foot of the oregon mountains and along the banks of the rio grande. saturday at 12 noon eastern on book tv author john hunter explores the impact of the manhattan project on new mexico in his book. the cold war and the atomic west. >> when oppenheimer brought nuclear physics west, first to berkeley and to caltech, and then to new mexico, he changed particularly new mexico. it brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure, and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book out of the shadows, the women of southern new mexico. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american histo

johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories on sunday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3. >> announcer: this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to las cruces, new mexico. with the help of our comcast cable partners we'll explore the life of literacy in las cruces along the banks of the rio grande saturday on book tv. his book, j. robert oppenheimer, the cold war in the great west. >> when oppenheimer first brought history to cal tech and then to new mexico, he changed particularly new mexico. it brought this state that was poor, had very little infrastructure and put in the middle of it this federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> announcer: then author martha andrews discusses the roles of western frontier women in her book "out of the shadows: the women of southern mexico." we visit the white sands missile range museum. >> the testing that's been done out here, people think it's been mostly military testing, but it really -- it's involved a lot of civilian uses as well. a lot of the rock

nancy johnson, i hope you will talk to her. she's just a dear. she really paved the way for a lot of us. i will never forget that one of the first things that she told me was that this is one of the loneliest places in the world for a woman and she was right. you know that expression that it's lonely at the top? it really is a lonely place for women. going back to the same thing, the guys can play golf, go to the gym. women can go to a gym, too, don't get me wrong, but it's not the same. there is this camaraderie that has been built up and it's accepted where that happens, whereas women have to build their own. it's a different situation. nancy was very good to all of us. tillie fowler. she was a dear in mentoring. jennifer dunn was a very good mentor to so many people. they would sit down and talk to us about the history of things. how you got things done. as well as just personally being friends. that was important. barbara vucanovich was another one who was very good about reaching out and helping all of us in various ways. they would always o

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bemtly, nancy johnson and lynn wolsy. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> c-span was in memphis, tennessee for events commemorating the 50th anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s assassination on april 4th, 1968. you'll see remarks by religious and civil rights leaders, including andrew joining and jesse jackson, both of whom were with martin luther king. the commemoration ends with the tolling of a bell exactly 50 years after the assassination.

. >> in the weeks ahead we would hear from barbara, nancy johnson and. watch oral history sunday link back to booktv continues now with another stop from the c. stands for these two are. the next visit from tyler texas includes lou anne smoot talks about the struggles of hiding her homosexuality in texas for 60 years. it's the topic of her memoir out a courageous woman's journey. >> i start off talking about my parents, because they had such an influence on the direction that my wife took. they were southern baptists. so, i was brought up in the baptist faith tradition. they were leaders in the church. my dad was a deacon and those others talk about sunday school classes and it seemed like we were at the church every time the doors opened. i learned to take my religion very seriously, so much so that when it was time to choose a college to attend, i chose baylor university and it was there that i had to face the fact that i was different because i fell in love with a girl at baylor. when i had been in high school, i had what i called a strange feeling to

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsley. >>> up next on american history tv's reel america, a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half-hour ford motor company film from 1955, with opening remarks by henry ford ii, who introduces a ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it's narrated by westbrook van advis vorhees. ♪ >> i am henry ford ii. in recent years there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel sure a great many of you must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. that's why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it "freedom of the american road." simply because we americans always have plenty of elbow room. freedom to come and go as we please in this big country of ours. the first thing we found was that you can't talk about highways

met in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara canelo, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey, watch oral history sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on c- span three. >>> c-span was in memphis tennessee for events commemorating the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s assassination on april 4, 1968. that is the outdoor ceremony from the national civil rights museum plaza in front of the motel where the reverend king was shot. you will see remarks by religious and civil rights leaders including andrew young and jesse jackson. both of whom were with martin luther king. nearly 3 our commemoration and with the tolling of the bill is exactly 50 years after the assassination. >>>

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennely and nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv "reel america," give yourself the green light. a 1954 general motors film encouraging citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. the film begins by depicting traffic jams, unsafe roads and city congestion and then documents the results of a nationwide gm contest seeking road system ideas, infrastructure advocacy such as this film helped result in the passage of the $25 billion federal aid highway act of 1956. this is about 25 minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this is the american dream. a freedom on wheels. an automotive age traveling on time-saving super highways. future free flowing channels of concrete and steel. but these wide lanes of reality actually measure out to just a few miles scattered far apart across the friendly face of our land. we have become the nation on wheels. with more motorized mobility than ever dreamed of before. though we ha

. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about stone carvings created by world war i soldiers and recently rediscovered. >> my name is dr. jeff. i am a physician, explorer, and television host. welcome to the smithsonian national air and space museum and to artist soldiers which is an exhibit on world war i commemorating the anniversary of world war i. the space that i'm standing in front of is a large underground city. we are seeing a small segment of this vast space. the french took it back and then the americans. in this place soldiers from the main national guard which were part of the yankee division lived underground for almost two months. what is remarkable about this particular place -- and you can see this in the smithsonian channel documentary called ameri

announcer: in the weeks ahead, we will hear from heaven bentley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. america's 30 third president estates life in washington, d.c. by visiting what he calls the little white house in key west, florida. we take you there as we hear the stories of how president truman spends his time at this historic retreat. ♪ >> the little white house got its name partly through an accident. partly through just the fact that franklin roosevelt had had a little white house. in our particular case, president truman was at everglades city dedicating the everglades national park in december 1947, and the press corps started yelling at the president, are you going to return to florida? he responded by saying, of course, i have a little white house in key west. the house at that time was painted gray. the navy took this as a clear indication the president was returning so they painted the building all white. it is no longer navy grey, it is all white for the little white house. i would like t

one time, we were together and some of the them and who had been here before, nancy johnson, and some of the others, we were talking. said, i've gotus to go because i have to take my work on. the other one said, you do that too? someone else said, you do that too? work,lized we took our and went home and worked. the guys went out and had a good time. not all of them. but that is really what happened. they played golf or sometimes in the afternoon they would go to a matinee. we are working overtime. we realized as women, that was the difference. announcer: in the weeks ahead we will hear from eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara kennerly, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. , sunday, atistories 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. the white house did not release a presidential addresses we can. bobby scott spoke about the cost of higher education and highlighted the democrats aim higher act. i'm congressman bobby scott, representative of virginia's third congressional district. today, i want to talk to you about democrats vision for the future of higher education. in 1965,

. >> in the weeks ahead we hear from bentley, nancy johnson, and lindsay. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> nikola tesla was a scientist and inventor known for his development in electrical engineering including alternating current, radio and the induction motor. richard munson talked about his book "tesla: inventor of the modern". >> good morning. welcome to the science and technology center at the museum of science office. my name is eric. this is a special guest event. we have a guest speaker, richard munson, here to talk about his book "tesla: inventor of the modern". who has heard of nikola tesla? will hear about his life and abolishment. please join me in welcoming richard munson. >> appreciate everybody coming today. tesla has become sort, there has been a modern revival of him. larry page, google's cofounder referred to tesla as a hero. most people when they think about tesla they think about elon musk's car and batteries and solar equipment but i want to talk more about the man. we have some insight

in the weeks ahead, we will hear from arbor kennerly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. ♪ washington journal is live every day with news and issues that affect you. sunday morning, christian science monitor and white house will discuss the future of the trump presidency. the banner corporation's defense policy researcher rebecca zimmerman discusses the future of afghanistan. watch washington journal live at seven eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. ♪ next on american history tv, military historian edward l'engle talks about the experiences of american soldiers on the western front in world war i. he is the author of never in finer company. conquer hell, the muse argonne, 1918. national -- in gettysburg posted this event. >>

. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kannelly, nancy johnson and lynn watch watch oral sundays sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo and the concerns of white working-class voters in the 1970s are the topic of the interview coming up next. american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in sacramento, california, where we spoke with professor tim tythy lombardo. he he compares pennsylvania politics in the '70s to today's political climate. this is about 20 minutes. >>im

. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral history, sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv on c-span three -- 3 . >>> cspan, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, cspan was created as a public service by america's cable television company. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public- policy event in washington dc and around the country. cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo, and the concerns of white working-class voters in the 1970s on the topic of the interview coming up next, american history tv was at the organization in california where we spoke with professor timothy lombardo. he compares pennsylvania politics in the 70s to today's political department. this is about 20 minutes.

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. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kannelly, nancy johnson and lynn watch watch oral sundays sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo and the concerns of white working-class voters in the 1970s are the topic of the interview coming up next. american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in sacramento, california, where we spoke with professor tim tythy lombardo. he he compares pennsylvania politics in the '70s to today's political climate. this is about 20 minutes. >> timothy lombardo is a philadelphia native and now professor of history at the university of south alabama. your book coming out in september "blue collar conservatism "frank rizzo philadelphia and populous politics" what's the premise of the book? >> the premise of the book is a way to look at changes in white working and middle class politics in the 1960s and '70s. i use frank rizzo, a key figure in the city, in that era, as sort of a gateway to look at his supporters. these these people who l

n nancy johnson. i hope you're going to talk to nancy. she's just a dear. it's a very lonely place. you moe thknow that expression, lonely at the top. the guys can play golf and go to the gym. women can go to the gym too. it's not the same. there's this camaraderie that's been built up and it's accepted that's what happens . women have to build their own. it's a different situation. nap nancy was very good to all of us. she was dear. jennifer dunn. she was a very good mentor to so many people. that was important. it was just more of the day-to-day. you could go to them if you had a question about how can i work this bill through. whatever it may be. they could tell you from experience what they had done which almost always is very, very helpful. there was a lot of that back then. today i don't know. before i left, it didn't really seem the same. it was hard just getting women together. everybody is so busy though. i don't know if you've noticed that. assignments like life is a lot more hectic and busier than it used to be. technology was supposed to change that but i think it's made

someone like nancy johnson, a very senior committee member. >> it's important for women to be at the table because we look at things differently, we bring a different perspective to it. i think it's extremely helpful with the discussions because a lot of times you would be sitting at the table and somebody would bring up something that was totally never thought of before, i guess you would say, because it wasn't in the realm of how you usually do things and that somebody would say -- and it was usually a woman -- well, why don't you consider doing this. it made a difference. women, though, in leadership always had a hard time. i mean, it's not easy because, you know, even though they are women in leadership and, yes, nancy pelosi has been the leader and a speaker, it's been difficult for women to have their voice heard, even if they are in leadership. i don't know why that is, quite frankly, but i know that all the women who have been there in the past -- i don't know about today because i'm not here -- but in the past complained about that. you know, they don't listen to me. and, yo

. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. women in congress sunday on american history tv on c-span3. >>> rolling thunder is the name of an annual motorcycle ride to washington, d.c., but originally it was a vietnam war air campaign. up next douglas kennedy of the u.s. air force academy describes the goals of the campaign such as destroying north vietnam's transportation system, plus the limitations put in place. this is from our weekly "lectures in history" series. it's about 50 minutes. >>> sir, passport is ready for instruction. >> thank you, officer. take a seat. good to see you all here today. appreciate you coming here. we did reading out of thompson book, two big chapters discussing rolling thunder. those two chapters focusing on the latter part of rolling thunder. we're establish some good context and then discuss air power in this operation. again, last time we talked about vietnam, this is our second of four lessons talking about air power in vietnam. last time reading our text, we discussed air power in the south.