Cspan. Org history. And we would like to tell you about some of our other American History tv programs. Be with us every saturday 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. With lectures in history. Hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to the 9 11 terrorist attacks. Thats lectures in history, every saturday at 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Up next on American History tv, history professor Lea Vandervelde talking about the Supreme Court case of 1857. Dread scott was a slave attempted to sue his owner for his familys freedom after they were moved to a free state by their former master. The court ruled that slave or free blacks could not sue in federal court because they could not be u. S. Citizens. Professor is vandervelde talks about the repercussions of the decision and why its location in missouri was important. Here is the introduction. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this hourlong event. Good evening. I am glad to be he
There she cradles the president as other people tried to deal with the situation. Is this a mortal wound or not . There was a doctor in the theater. Dr. Leo. He releases a blood clot in the back his head. And realizes in a sense that while this eases the president sbreathing, this is a mortal wound and hes about to die. They take the present out of the theater across the street to the Peterson House where, early the next morning, he dies. Then the nation is in mourning. Its one of those times in American History where everything changes. You know the sense of incredible celebration and relief throws the nation into a state of mourning. A nd changes the course of the country. No one really knows how the end of the war what have resolved itself under lincolns leadership as opposed to johnsons, but clearly, the course of history at that one moment changed. One of the great treasures we have lent to the fords theatre exhibit, silent witnesses is Abraham Lincolns top hat. And this is really
Nbc news special report from 1975 communist saigon on American History tv on cspan3. Up next on American History tv, law professor Lea Vandervelde tells the stories of slaves who use the law as a pathway to freedom in the precivil war era. She describes how slaves contributed to building frontier communities and discusses several legal cases that illustrate the struggles of both enslaved and freed blacks in the antebellum west. This event from the National Archives is about 45 minutes. Dr. Vandervelde i should say good morning. It is still morning, right . A few minutes until noon. I want to thank the National Archives and doug watson for this opportunity to speak. It is particularly a pleasure for me since it is like history black History Month and because the stories im about to tell you about our heroes of are heroes of black history in my opinion. In the history of the United States Supreme Court, there is one and only one case where a slave challenged his master and thats the noto
We often, in public policy, end up making claims about what will happen if we do x or y. But it is constructive, among other things, to go back and see if the promises that were being made about its proponents actually occurred. We are secondly going to look at the way in which the Clean Air Act was fashioned within the executive branch and the proposal that was developed before president bush sent it to congress. Third, you are going to look at how the legislation actually got passed and, in particular, focus on the action in the senate with respect to securing this legislation. First, let us turn to bob grady, the chief speechwriter for president bush during his 1988 campaign. Bob was the one who came up with the wonderful line that the time for study has ended and the time for action has arrived. Once president bush got elected, bob served at the associate director of the office of management and budget for National Resources, energy, and science, and played a pivotal role i think i