Home to the house and senate since 1800. It is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, former wisconsin governor and 1924 Progressive Party president ial bobdate, robert fighting lafalce. Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the era after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturer
I am from tennessee, chattanooga. And im thrilled to sit here today with the senator to discuss suffrage history. Let get started. Absolutely. Our first question. Tennessee has such a pivotal role in the story of womens fight for the revote. Do you have a favorite moment or suffragists from the story of tennessees battle for the 19th amendment . When you look at this battle you have to say the entire environment is the favorite moment. When you think about it as the war of the roses and the attitude the suffragists carried in, they were civil. We were gracious. They were polite. They met 40 at the Hermitage Hotel. Someone when they had who was prosuffrage they gave them a yellow rose to pin on their lapel. So when you talk about favorite moments you have to talk about that attitude that seems to permeate this. We are going to get it done. We are going to get it done right. We are going to get this job finished. Enough, tennessee had suffered clubs all across the state. Suffrage clubs a
Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Crated by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. Nearly a third of democratic president ial delegates will be chosen this super tuesday. 14 states, democrats abroad and america samoa will all be voting. Carl cannon, how decisive do you think super tuesday will be . You have one third of the delegates that will be at the Democratic Convention in milwaukee that will be chosen on tuesday. We will not know all of them. California is going to take a while to count. But you start to think about, in a crowded field, if one person can win most of those states, the advantage they have may be insurmountable. Im talking about a specific candidate now. Who are you talking about . Im talking about Bernie Sanders. This could be decisive. Maybe not. He saw on the debate stage every democratic candidate except Bernie Sanders would not commit to the idea that the person with the most elegant going into milwaukee would be the nomine
Ok. I want to welcome everybody to this press conference. Im bob woodson, the president and founder of the woodson center. Were sponsoring the 1776 gathering today. We also want to welcome our new partners, the Washington Examiner. They will be publishing our essays on their website. One a day for the next 12 days. They have a wonderful editorial today. Also, all of our essays are listed on our website 1776united s. Com. You can read the essays. I also want to thank our sponsors. , who couldnt be here, but he has a representative, also, mr. Lawrence, one of our great supporters, who helped us do this. The reason that we are gathered is to address the 1619 project, the good news is that it has stimulated a much needed debate within the black community. The quality of life in the black community has been served over the past two centuries with the quality of the debate within. During the 19th century, there were three areas. One, there were those who believed in recolonization, that we s
52 americans were held hostage in the u. S. Embassy in tehran. Next, the Wilson Center hosts a panel discussing how the iran hostage crisis has impacted. S. Foreign policy since then. Good morning. Welcome to the Wilson Center. My name is christian osterman, and i have the privilege to direct the history and Public Policy program here at the center. Thank you for joining us today for this Panel Discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iran hostage crisis. On november 4, 1979, 52 american diplomats and citizens were taken hostage by a crowd of iranian students who stormed the u. S. Embassy, the combination of worsening relations between this country and iran in the wake of the iranian revolution in february 1979. Even though the crisis ended with the release of the hostages in 1981, after an incredible ordeal that lasted some 444 days, it has had a lasting influence on the relationship between the two countries. Images of iranian students breaching the u. S. Embassy, shouting antiameri