The minors, and finally when it was all finished and they went to work in the mines, that was a different story and work in the mines for many years. But then the mines petered out and they came to spokane washington and seattle, portland, tacoma, places like that. They left rosalind and came there. Thats how i came here to spokane. My family anyway. Others came at that time, too. The name of the book is African Americans in spokane, and i decided to write it because of my daughter. She knew that i all of these pictures and things of that nature that weve gotten together for the spokane northwest black pioneer centennial in Washington State in 1989. And she said, mom has all these pictures and why doesnt she put into a book form . And so she came back and she told me and thats what we did and thats how we happened to write about spokane. And because ive been a lifelong member of the spokane community. We showed all these photos and were very, very grateful because most people had not s
Relationships between Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard taft and eugene debs. Welcome to viewers on cspans book tv. James chaces new book, 1912 wilson. Roosevelt, taft and debs the election that changed the country. It has just been published by simon and schuster. Woodrow Wilson Center is the memorial to our 28th president. Created in 1968 by an act of congress within the smithsonian institution. Because Woodrow Wilson headed Princeton University before becoming president the center memorializes his legacy as a bridge between the worlds of academia and public policy. It serves as a neutral forum for over 400 meetings a year where even the most contentious issues can be discussed. The center is nonadvocacy. It takes no position on policy issues. Rather the purpose of this Institutions Research and meetings is to contribute to the policy debate by providing Historical Context and an understanding of foreign cultures and perspectives. The results of these activities are
At the turn of the 20th century, a fivetime candidate for president on the socialist ticket and the nations most celebrated world war i protester. This december, 1921 footage captures debs on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president Warren Harding after a federal conviction stemming from those war protests. Tonight we are in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to one of our two guests, Ernest Freeberg, a debs biographer, whose book is called, dempseys prisoner. It has been 85 years since debs died, why do we care about him . He was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. More importantly, he was the central figure in a socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing, and important part of the american political culture. Is he interesting as a snapshot in time or does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many thirdparty candidates, he and his
The election that changed the country. It has just been published by simon and schuster. Woodrow Wilson Center is the official memorial to our 28th president. Created in 1968 by an act of congress within the smithsonian institution. Because Woodrow Wilson headed Princeton University before becoming president the center memorializes his legacy as a bridge between the worlds of academia and public policy. It fulfills this mission through a residential Fellows Program and by serving as neutral forum for over 400 meetings a year at which even the most contentious issues can be discussed. The center is nonadvocacy. It takes no position on policy issues. Rather the purpose of this Institutions Research and meetings is to contribute to the policy debate by providing Historical Context and an understanding of foreign cultures and perspectives. The results of these activities are widely disseminated through reports and books published by the centers own press, a website, wilsoncenter. Org a rad
Thanks to all of you for helping us put this program together from terre haute, indiana, the eugene v. Debs home and museum. Tomorrow night on American History tv in primetime, republican president ial candidate Charles Evans hughes. A look at his 1916 campaign against Woodrow Wilson. Foreign policy is a Campaign Issue in that election, and his latest tenure of supreme justice of the Supreme Court. Thats at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time part of American History tv in primetime on cspan3. On saturday, cspans issue spotlight looks at police and Race Relations. Well show president obama at the me roirl service for five Police Officers shot and killed in dallas. When the bullets started flying, the men and women of the dallas police, they did not flinch, and they did not react recklessly. And South Carolina republican senator tim scott giving a speech on the senate floor about his own interactions with police. But the vast majority of the time, i was pulled over for nothing more than driving a n