Vehicles collection at the Henry Ford Museum in dearborn, michigan. Transportation curator Matt Anderson shows us cars used by president s truman, eisenhower, carter and reagan, and the Lincoln Continental that john f. Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. My name is Matt Anderson and im curator of transportation here at the henry ford. We are inside the Henry Ford Museum of american innovation. Just outside our driving america exhibit, where we look at the history of the automobile in the united states. Were actually standing in front of a series of president ial limousines, which tell the story of the development of president ial transportation over the last 117 years or so. Right behind me is a 1902 carriage used by president theodore roosevelt. It becomes a force of the united states, starting in 91890, but by the time of roosevelts administration, its a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. Roosevelt, interestingly enough, for all the reputation he has
Rulers. Sunday at 4 00 p. M. , on reel america, the 1956 film, a city decides about the Historic Supreme Court decision, brown v. Board of education. Delegates from all the high schools in st. Louis. Well, all i know is at our school, there are some kids who just dont like colored people. Some of the kids at our school dont like white people either. I think its the individual that counts. How are you going to get to know a person unless you meet them. When the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was illegal, these children were ready. And at 6 00 p. M. , on american artifacts, we look at a selection of clifford barrymans popular political cartoons for the early 20th century. And clifford barryman continued to draw for the washington evening star for the next 42 years. His cartoons appeared almost daily, usually on the front page of the paper, very prominently placed, and he had quite an ill lustrous career. Watch American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Since 2011, architect and H
And exhibits to learn about the life of escaped slave, abolitionist, civil war spy and suffragist Harriet Tubman. Welcome to Harriet Tubman underground state park. My name is ranger crenshaw. She was born three miles east of here in the town of madison and she spent time in this area as well as in bucktown a few miles west of here. It was in this area of Dorchester County she learned the skills that were vital to make her a successful conductor of the underground railroad such as reading the landscape, reading the stars, foraging for food, walking outdoors and being comfortable by herself. This building is lined in cedar which is a reference to her time in the timber fields with her father. The last three buildings are lined in zinc and the idea is that over time it will patina and weather like copper and it will begin to fade and the idea is that after you visit our come through our Visitor Center your ignorance about Harriet Tubmans life and the underground railroad will fade as well
And museum in west blank, iowa. Chaz fagen created the portraits for cspan in 1999 and recently added president trumps. The traveling exhibit created in conjunction with the White House Historical association was brought to the Hoover Library by cspan in partnership with media com. Curator marcus shows us the additional objects the museum borrowed to accompany each of the 44 portraits. Today were at the Hebert Hoover president ial library in west branch, iowa. We are in the museum portion of the building. And this is our temporary exhibit, which is cspans american president s life portraits. The idea for this came about from us thinking about bringing in the temporary exhibit from cspan. Then adding something personal from each man, at least at this point, each man to show Something Different about them not we think about them that this is about the president s. We want to show them as human beings as well. Some of these guys were very interesting. To borrow the objects, it was an exte
And exhibits to learn about the life of escaped slave, abolitionist, civil war spy and suffragist Harriet Tubman. Welcome to Harriet Tubman underground state park. My name is ranger crenshaw. She was born three miles east of here in the town of madison and she spent time in this area as well as in bucktown a few miles west of here. It was in this area of Dorchester County she learned the skills that were vital to make her a successful conductor of the underground railroad such as reading the landscape, reading the stars, foraging for food, walking outdoors and being comfortable by herself. This building is lined in cedar which is a reference to her time in the timber fields with her father. The last three buildings are lined in zinc and the idea is that over time it will patina and weather like copper and it will begin to fade and the idea is that after you visit our come through our Visitor Center your ignorance about Harriet Tubmans life and the underground railroad will fade as well