1950s have received much researcher attention over the last two years, we have invited historians to speak about their work in these records. Several historians have spoken to us about the Senate Select committee on improper activities in labor and management. Better known as the mcclellan committee. Several have made presentations based on the hearings of the house unamerican activities committee. Historians have conducted Considerable Research on the Senate Special committee to investigate crime in interstate commerce, better known as the Kefauver Committee. For that reason we are pleased to have our guest today, tammy ingram, estes talk is titled kefauver and the anticrime crusade in the south. Tammy has researched at the center of the records of Estes Kefauvers famous investigation. She has also researched senator kefauvers personal papers at the university of tennessee. This Research Supports her book project, the wickedest city in america. Such a tantalizing title. Frome also eag
Lonnie bunch. Here is a preview. As derek says, this is the first time i have seen this. This is an interactive lunch counter that will allow the public to bring their own knowledge, put together their own stories around civil rights. Ovement it is capable of being used by individuals and classes so teachers can control how this would work. Thats not bad. A 12 inchn this on screen, so this looks much better. Im glad you like it. It cost enough. The point is that throughout the museum we are trying to find all the different ways, different platforms, to educate. This talks about the Civil Rights Movement itself, the struggles, challenges, but we also wanted to be able to have some artifacts that would really be dramatic and help people understand the power of discrimination. Entire program at 10 00 p. M. Eastern time on american artifacts here on American History tv, only on cspan3. 1 atarting monday, august 8 00 p. M. Eastern time, the contenders, cspans 14 part series which helps with
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
That hes not accommodated to the idea of who he is, the opposite of lincoln. When gerald ford became president , the next year, one of the things he said, again, contradicting nixon, he said none of our problems today are as severe as those facing lincoln. He quoted one of the things lincoln said in one of fords kind of natural spontaneous statements of humility. He said, oh, lincoln fords in a dispute with congress. He said, well, lincoln said the following. We of the congress in this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. Ford also said, of lincoln, that his compassion, lincolns compassion for others came from an understanding of himself. I think the kind of merging somewhat of the pragmatism and the strategic sense of what the country needs, excellent example of this is gerald ford. I remember it was september 1974. Ford had been president about one month. And he went on television. Some of you may remember this. And gave said he was giving nixon a full pardon for
Patriarchy. This is coming in a time in the 1960s and 1970s, when we dont have a lot of recognition and acknowledgment about Domestic Violence. We dont have a lot of acknowledgment and acceptance of criminal behaviors that are happening in the homes. We dont have an understanding of sexual assaults. Still, a lot of secrets, that are held within family homes. So, the opposition to the e. R. A. Is painting the house sold as a Perfect Place the household as a Perfect Place, as a place that is a positive haven. The opposition uses the word haven a lot to describe the homes. And painted the proe. R. A. People as antipeople , so they said that people who were in favor of the eagle rights amendment were antifamily best equal rights amendment were antifamily, antichildren, antihome, antimarriage. They really used the rhetoric of this negativity that was perceived in the larger general , and that general rhetoric that was negative was attached to a particular group of people. The stereotypes of