All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Leah wright rigeueur is the author of the loneliness of the black republican. Cspans American History tv interviewed the professor at this years annual meeting of the organization of american historians in providence, rhode island. This is about 10 minutes. The loneliness of the black republican, pragmatic politics and the pursuit of power toga what is power. What is this book about . Prof. Rigueur it looks at the black men and women who worked within the Publican Party from 1956 to present day. This spans a huge expanse of africanamericans. It has is as broad as a jackie robinson, but also includes figures like a Whitney Young of the National Urban league or a Jesse Jackson of the rainbow coalition. You focus on the role of women within the rePublican Party. In the time period we are looking at, 1936 to the present, how have africanamerican women tended to vote in president ial elections . Prof. Rigueur one might describe africanamerican women as
Nomination. The failure to do anything about high prices and the failure to do anything about housing. My duty as president requires that i use every means within my power to get the laws of that people need on matters of such importance and urgency. On american00 artifacts, we take a look at the new society and National Museum of African American history and culture with its director. The museum opens its doors to the public in september of this year. Were able to get amazing collections of movie posters such as the ones behind you. That is an early oscar poster from the 1920s and then this is part of our job is to help people relearn history they think they know. That movie posters from spencer williams. He is known by most people as playing amos and andy did he was one of the most important black film directors in the late 30s and 40s. And sunday night at 8 00 on the presidency, historian john talk about the process of writing a president ial biography. For our complete American His
Metro bus. This morning many of you may be asking will i be safe opt ride and will the driver be safe. That question once again front and Center Following frightening hijacking of metro bus in northeast d. C. The suspect keith love ago tacked a driver before jumping behind the wheel and driveing a bus through a gas station parking lot that struck and killed 40yearold anthony pai pain. While metro says tax against drivers is lower this year than last more needs to be done. Fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live in northeast now with more on this. Mel, good morning. Good morning steve and allison. Metro has been under a federal safety directive since last summer to do more to protect bus drivers and their passengers, you can see behind me here theyre kind of beginning process of putting things back together from just the calamity that happened here yesterday. Certainly, though, left a lasting impression on the metro metro tells us that it has done a lot of the things it was told to do in the safet
To say that the best way possible. I love it. What is your end point . All eyes are on sequestration and also on the church, were watching Pope Benedicts final hours. Who would you pick . This is a crapshoot at this point. Its all over the place. African, latin america. They could go outside europe, we see african or latin american or the real long shot would be an american but im not holding my breath on that one or theyre just going to circle the wagons and stay european and who knows . This is partly why i love watching all that happens. So its fascinating. Congresswoman . Good for marissa at yahoo . More power to her. Thats how shes ultimately judged, not the little things, did you make yahoo work . If you did, then youre a hero. Did the stock price go up. Thanks, guys, appreciate it. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com happening now in the newsroom, whiteout. Its been stop and go for some time now because of the constant snow that w