lou ah, the ku klux klan is the oldest terrorist group in united states. the white man have them that supreme rage with this secret society of white supremacists breeches, hatred of black people. and it s long history goes back decades. it is re, emerged again and again. it s crimes have caused bloodshed in america for more than 150 years. ah, 150 years of hatred, racism, and for 150 years of exclusion, violence and rage. this tale of cruelty still haunts the united states. mm mm. ah, in june 18, 65, the american civil war finally came to an end. after 4 years of deadly combat, claiming more than 700000 lives. the abolitionist north finally defeated the pro slavery southern states. ah, general robert e. lee surrendered to general ulysses s grant at appa maddox. and a few months later, the 13th constitutional amendment ended slavery. nearly 4000000 of the south s 9000000 inhabitants had been enslaved. and at last, they were free of their chains. for plantation owners, this rev
he also talks about the killing of lee harvey oswald and the warren commission, which was organized to investigate the assassination. it s a little over two hours. ralph: lovely thank you all for coming. it is never easy to get here. the metro is not working well today. second i would like to thank the smithsonian associates program. they do such a remarkable job. if you can t find something interesting in that catalog you are dead. there are so many fascinating programs in art and history and science. just on a nice job of putting the programs together. it is always a delight to be here. i am appreciative that c-span3 is filming this. i was able to watch as they had the first segment. the lincoln talk is this past saturday. it is now archived so if you want to watch it again it is now available and easy to find. i don t know when they are putting garfield or mckinley on. it would save us a lot of time. today s talk is quite different than the other three. a lot of us in this
relationship in his torso that historical significance of the artwork. the u.s. capital historical society hosted this 50 minute event. i d like to start today s final brownbag lunch of the season. i would like to welcome you on behalf of my colleagues. barbara has been a good friend for friend money one of the u.s. capital. is from harvard and the university wisconsin madison, all these wonderful academic institutions. she s taught at universities in the area, for the last 30 years she s been difference to anyone who needs to know almost anything about the u.s. capitol. i would like to introduce barbara woolen. thank you chuck, i am very pleased to be here. part of my job is to be liaison with the society. one of the things i m proudest of is the fellowship program we have collaborated on since 1986. the only documented friendship i for many years i had wanted to go there and see them. i handed up finding some additional paintings that i did not know about that i m reall
good afternoon, everyone. i would like to start today s final luncheon of the season. my name is william. i would like to welcome you on behalf of my colleagues and the rest of the u.s. capital historical society. our speaker today is barbara wolanin. at this point, people usually by sayingthe guests the person needs no introduction. and i will be introducing her, but truly, no one deserves that kind of honor more than barbara. she has been a good friend or everyone who cares about the everyone who cares about the u.s. capital. capitol. her background is from harvard lend harvard and the university of wisconsin madison, all these wonderful academic institutions. for the last 30 years, she has been good friends to anyone who needs to know almost anything about the u.s. capitol and its art. i would like to introduce barbara wolanin. [applause] ms. wolanin: thank you, chuck. part of my job has been liaison with the capitol historical society, and one of the things i m re
i m sad and disheartened at the same time. i just wanted to see some justice done for the family sake. for the city s s sake, so we can get some healing in a committee. now it is going to be discord, a separation again. was chicago enough thing going on with police shootings, nothing is going to come together. no justice. amy: as yet another police killing of an unarmed african-american goes unpunished and unprosecuted, we ll hear from tamir rice s cousin, a rice family attorney who accuses prosecutors of misconduct, and a member of black lives matter cleveland. then we look at the unfolding drama playing out after billionaire republican party donor sheldon adelson secretly bought the las vegas review-journal. the paper s top editor has resigned. but what happens in vegas doesn t stay in vegas. we will speak to a reporter who resigned from another paper tied to adelson, the bristol press in connecticut. we will find out why. all that and more, coming up. welcome to demo