Also, district maps, a foldout map of capitol hill, and a look at congressional committees, the president s cabinet, federal agencies and state governments. Order your copy today. It is 13. 95 plus shipping and handling through the cspan online store at www. Cspan. Org. Recently, American History tv with that organization of american historians annual meeting in st. Louis, missouri. We spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about the research this interview is about 20 minutes. You are an assistant professor at Michigan State university. First, tell us your research with japaneseamericans, who are for most whats of us. I am doing the historical restoration of japanese america. And korean americans as well who were born in the state but happened to be either in hiroshima and not a sake in 1945 when the bomb was dropped on cities. Hiroshima and not a sake. Nagasaki. The numbers are not huge but substantial. They are somewhere between 2040,000 asianamericans mostly japanese
William henry harrison. In the spring of 1841 he was informed to became the 10th president of the United States. Leticia tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and her husband goes into great morning. Mourning. And then he meets another young lovely in her 20s. Julia was the madonna of first ladies. She loved publicity. She had posed as a model at a time when that was frowned upon. By all accounts was bewitching. Petunia was flourished. She had almost 90 slaves. Julia was loving and supportive him tremendously and everything that she did. Untimely deaths, a secret marriage, and outside personalities are part of the stories of the three women featured in our program tonight. As the political system grapples with the first time a Vice President steps into the office of the presidency, and sectional differences continue to grow in the country. Good evening, and welcome to first tonight, the election of 1840, ringing William Henry harrison and to offi
Year and to wait how she did. She spent her last day in washington today. Call us at if you want to send this tweet, do so at cspanwj. We have had people responding to our question on facebook. Com c span as well. Senator kerrey will be sworn in later on today as well. Secretary of state clinton spent her last day as secretary of state. The Washington Post has this headline more analysis in the papers, taking a look at the secretary of state. In our time, we are interested in hearing from you. The numbers you can treat us cspanwj or on facebook. Weighing in Michael Hobbs saying want to join us on the phone . The numbers will be on the screen. Indiana, our independent line. Caller good morning. I think she did a pretty good job. She was a good secretary of state. I think she was one of the best we have ever had. Host what can you point to to back that up . Caller we are more respected now around the world and we were during the bush administration. Host go ahead. Caller our country is m
Forcing workers and their spouses out of the plans that they like. TaxesCompanies Say that and government mandates make it more difficult to hire, and doctors warned that the law does not come close to addressing the real problems in the health care system. This is not working as promised and the president knows this. Busy handing out waivers and delays. Protectans want to everyone from the Health Care Loss we can focus on stepby step reforms that actually lower costs. We think it is only clear only fair to give all americans the same breaks the president is giving big businesses. President obamas Energy Policies are not our concern. Republicans have in all of the above Energy Strategy that will lower prices and boost manufacturing, and improve National Security. Is blockingident chances to make energy more affordable, such as the Keystone Energy pipeline. Been five years since the keystone application was first filed. This has passed every environmental review. No taxpayer dollars inv
Most important trends for women, which was that american womens Labor Force Participation increased. Not only do they not go home after world war ii, they increasingly enter the labor market across the 19th the 1950s. A history of women in the workplace sunday at 1 p. M. Eastern. Next, highlights from season one of first ladies, influence and image. The 50thdiscussion on anniversary of the march on washington, and the legacy of Martin Luther king jr. Series, first ladies, influence and image. Over the next couple of hours, we will visit places with history curators. Away fighting the revolutionary war, Martha Washington ran their plantation. It is clear that martha arrived at mount vernon in 1859 and there was a lot of management that she had to do. When she married George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 housemates. That is really almost unimaginable luxury. These are slaves that are for the most part, not field labor, not producing crops, which is where your income