President lincolns assassination. This was recorded at the Philadelphia Free library in 2011. Its about an hour. Thank you very much. Its wonderful to be here again. I love this venue. Get lots of good questions which we will save time for at the end. This is an interesting occasion for me. This is actually the first time ive been up in front of an audience talking about Andrew Johnson. Forgive me if i say jefferson occasionally. I had to write that when i was writing, i did a spell check in there. Because it was the temptation was quite great. If somebody had told me a number of years ago or any point in my life that i would have written a book about Andrew Johnson, i would have told them they were crazy. Its not that i dont think hes an interesting person. He is an interesting person. For most of my career as a historian ive tried to avoid the period of reconstruction. It sounds strange for someone who writes about slavery which is a difficult topic to write about. But i find it easi
Birmingham helped shatter that apathy. Sometime or other, we are going to have to stand and be on the receiving end of a fire hose. Leaders of all three states decided they must do something, not to say something. Soon, many white clergymen were stepping from behind their pulpits and joining the ranks of pickets. Until then, Church Action have been limited to a few fronts. Among them, new orleans. It was three years ago that desegregation came to the deep south. It happened in new orleans. The battle developed within the White Community, those who saw desegregation as an eventuality with which to reach an accommodation, personified by most members of the new Orleans School board. On the other side, those who shouted never, many of them members of the rural dominated state legislature. For a time, the second force prevailed largely because the city leadership shrank from the fight. As frequently happens in leadership vacuums, even in the streets of a city so sophisticated as this one, v
Here is a look at our recent visit to chapel hill, North Carolina. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story. As we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With the support of our cable partners, we traveled to chapel hill, North Carolina. Over the next hour, we will go to notable locations, speak with experts about the citys history and talk with some history makers themselves. In a moment, the story of the university of North Carolinas planetarium and the role it played in early nasa missions. Following that, in ten minutes, a conversation with howard lee, chapel hills first africanamerican mayor and the first africanamerican mayor elected in a majority white southern city. Then in 30 minlutes, the histor of uncs basketball tour as we tour the Basketball Museum. We will speak with an author on the academic scandal that involved the universitys athletic department. We will end our special with local lawyer rufus edmonston talking about delivering a subpoena to pr
Now at 11 00 p. M. A struggling Bay Area Hospital kept open to treat coronavirus patients. But tonight, concerns it is not equipped for battle. Workers are tired of the excuses. If we get sick, who takes care of the patient . Millions of californias urged to wear protective masks. Coyotes are common in the parks but a rare attack as a coyote malls a little girl. The latest on the girls condition. New tonight at 11 00 p. M. , bay area medical workers in need of supplies. Good evening. A hospital on the verge of shutting its doors stayed open to treat coronavirus patients but workers say they are not prepared for what is to come. Kpix 5s joe vazquez on why some are describing the situation as a potential disaster. Reporter the Medical Center was on the verge of being shut down but now the state is leasing the hospital to treat covid19 patients but there is one problem, not enough protective equipment. We are very, very upset and apwe need the supplies. Reporter she said covid19 patients
Equipped for battle. Workers are tired of the excuses. If we get sick, who takes care of the patient . Millions of californias urged to wear protective masks. Coyotes are common in the parks but a rare attack as a coyote malls a little girl. The latest on the girls condition. New tonight at 11 00 p. M. , bay area medical workers in need of supplies. Good evening. A hospital on the verge of shutting its doors stayed open to treat coronavirus patients but workers say they are not prepared for what is to come. Kpix 5s joe vazquez on why some are describing the situation as a potential disaster. Reporter the Medical Center was on the verge of being shut down but now the state is leasing the hospital to treat covid19 patients but there is one problem, not enough protective equipment. We are very, very upset and apaid for. Desperate. We need the supplies. Reporter she said covid19 patients have already begun arriving. The hospital has 177 beds and the wave of covid19 patients is expected to