Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on the edge of the mountains that make upppalhia. It is about anof knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though t
Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on t appalachia. Tains that make it is about an hour north of knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though there
By moving into the cloud. Watched the communicators monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan two. This year, cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Next, a look at our recent visit to nashville, tennessee. You are watching american, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. The civil rights room is a sacred space that houses nashvilles role after the brown decision the year after kings assassination. The purpose of this space is to engage our community and highlight the pivotal role nashville played in crafting this path towards dismantling segregated institutions. When you walk in this space, you something sacred took place in the spot we are standing. It gives the narrative and puts nashville into this longer context of civil rights. I think nashville affairs differently than other cities in the south. During the 1960s, nashville had no loss of life during the sitins, during school desegregation, or protests. I think nashvilles story is unique because it was
Us, we would come under fire. They would let us go on right on by because we were too far away. They needed us to be in close. That made it very tough for us. Did i answer the question . It sounds a the entire area could be a kills him. In a kills them. Kill zone. There are not enough hand grenades to blow up the world. We had to stop doing that after a time. They did it well. Thanks very much. [applause] have a good weekend. Join is every saturday evening as we join students and College Classrooms to hear her ranging from the American Revolution to 9 11. Lectures and history are also available as podcasts. From itunes. You are watching American History tv. 48 hours every weekend on cspan3. All us on twitter at cspan history. Known as the center of the Country Music industry, this weekend the citys tour explores the history. David talks about this history. The Civil Rights Movement was very important in tennessee. They all did the lunch counter protest. They got arrested here and they
Operation chokepoint. If the administration does not like your business, it may be disrupted. We will keep you up on the news as it comes from back catastrophic plane crash. Here we go. Lets get right at it. A crash. 150 passengers. Early reports suggest a distress call. The airline cannot confirm any such distress call. That is important. The plane started a fairly rapid descent. Dropped off radar screens and crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff. Rescue crews try to reach the crash site. Very difficult terrain. They say that there are no survivors. Two babies and a class of schoolchildren were among the passengers. At this time, a cause is not known. The plane and a bus 320. It had been serviced and inspected for safety just yesterday. Tom sullivan is with us for the hour. I want to focus on the distress call or the absence thereof. There was some sort of purely catastrophic event. The pilot could not make a distress call. It is very troubling. It is the mystery now. You would expec