montpelier becomes a museum that is open to the public, and this is the first time the late 1980s are really the first time in american history when both black and white americans can walk through the home of this past president. we, the people, had come to include all americans. this program is one of a series featuring james madison s montpelier. you can view all american history tv programs online at cspan.org/history. this discussion is from a conference on the presidency and civil rights held at the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. among the topics, fdr s world war ii internment of japanese-americans. president truman s desegregation of the u.s. armed forces and president eisenhower s five appointments to the u.s. supreme court of justices in favor of desegregation. we also hear about attempts on first lady eleanor roosevelt s life because of her efforts toward integration and about the impact of return african-american world war ii veterans on civil ri
americans, president truman s desegregation of the armed forces and president eisenhower s supreme court justice appointments. and we hear about attempts on first lady eleanor roosevelt . d this program is about 1 hour and 20 minutes. good afternoon. i m david farrio, archivist of the united states. it s a pleasure to welcome up as you know, the national archives charged with preserving and providing access to our nation s most important documents. the records we safeguard are part of the backbone of our democracy. important pieces of the story of the american journey. they contain accounts of heroism and tragedy, of moments of pride and moments of shame. of sacrifices that men and women have made to defend our country and to extend basic human rights to all of our citizens. this library and 12 others like it around the country, contain the records of the presidents, dating back to 1929. when herbert hoofer lived in the white house. part of the national archives vast holdi
through the late 19th century into the 20th century. the train station here tells the story of the jim crow era, which takes us through the 1960s, and at the end of the 20th century, montpelier becomes a museum that is open to the public, and this is the first time the late 1980s are really the first time in american history when both black and white americans can walk through the home of this past president. we, the people, had come to include all americans. this program is one of a series featuring james madison s montpelier. you can view all american history tv programs online at cspan.org/history. this discussion is from a conference on the presidency and civil rights held at the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. among the topics, fdr s world war ii internment of japanese-americans. president truman s desegregation of the u.s. armed forces and president eisenhower s five appointments to the u.s. supreme court of justices in favor of desegregation. we also
after a huge explosion yesterday. a local fire chief says a ruptured gas line likely caused the blast that sent a giant fireball more than 1,000 feet into the air and sent residents fleeing for safety. now, a local disaster has been declared in the area. at least one person has been killed. dozens others taken to the hospital. more than 506 homes incinerated and at least 120 others damaged at this point. pacific gas and electric, the utility company that serves the bay area, has says it will take full responsibility if it s determined to be the cause of the fire. now, as of late last night, officials estimated the blaze was only 50% contained. we re going to stay on this story and bring you the very, very latest as it develops throughout the morning. this is a huge story out west. so we will keep our monitors on the video coming in to us and the live pictures and we will dip back in and out morning joe this morning. again, a huge explosion ripping through a san francisco ne