Instagram at book underscore tv, or poster tour facebook page, facebook. Com book tv. Book tv on cspan2, television for serious readers. And book tv is on location on the campus of ucla. Were talking to professors who are also authors and history professor is our guests. She is the coauthor of this book the american war, the history of the civil war era. Joan, 1850, give us a snapshot of the United States. Guest 1850 was the first year of the decade that brought on the secession crisis led to the civil war. 1850 was the year that california came in to the union. 1850 was also the year that a compromise was forged, it was the last great compromise, they did not know it then, but we know it now that save the union. It was a compromise forged by the north and the south. That involved a number of major changes to the way territories would come into the United States and involved the passage of the new fugitive law act. Another compromises that neither side, north or south, pro free labor o
How important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. Almost tore it down. And we saved it, renovated it and it is now one of the jewels of the city of col
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Musical guest Little Big Town, and featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 630 illinois, yeah steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy all right. Theyre ready. Its a great show tonight. Welcome, welcome, welcome, everyone. Welcome to the tonight show. This is it, baby [ cheers and applause ] this is it. Come on welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Hey, one of the big stories everyones talking about is the immigration debate. And get this. I saw that pope francis has actually been tweeting bible references that opposed president trumps travel ban. You know youre doing something wrong when youre getting cyber bullied by the pope. You know [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] steve hit stop. Jimmy meanwhile, House Speaker paul ryan just got back from a tour of the u. S. mexico border and while he was there he actually rode a horse. [ laughter ] when he saw ryan wearing a a shirt, one guy said, you are doing it wrong. [ laughter and applause ] b