that he s not accommodated to the idea of who he is, the opposite of lincoln. when gerald ford became president, the next year, one of the things he said, again, contradicting nixon, he said none of our problems today are as severe as those facing lincoln. he quoted one of the things lincoln said in one of ford s kind of natural spontaneous statements of humility. he said, oh, lincoln ford s in a dispute with congress. he said, well, lincoln said the following. we of the congress in this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. ford also said, of lincoln, that his compassion, lincoln s compassion for others came from an understanding of himself. i think the kind of merging somewhat of the pragmatism and the strategic sense of what the country needs, excellent example of this is gerald ford. i remember it was september 1974. ford had been president about one month. and he went on television. some of you may remember this. and gave said he was giving nix
they think they know. movie posters from spencer williams. he is most bonus famous for playing in a mess and anti-. dy.amos and an they talk about the process of writing a presidential biography. for a complete schedule, go to the span.org go to www.c-span.org. this sunday night on q&a, journalist and author joshua kendall discusses his book. looking at fathering is trying to capture the complex idiot human beings. and fathering is a way into character. we tend to think this is a bad guy or a good guy. to see that a lot of these men that had been president had different parts. they were compartmentalized and some of them could be laudable and do amazing things. and some could be really disappointing and horrify us. c-span s q&a.t on each week, american history tv, the real america, brings you films that provide context for today s public affairs issues. statistics show a frightening increase in the number of law is meant officers killed by handguns at extremely cl
nomination. the failure to do anything about high prices and the failure to do anything about housing. my duty as president requires that i use every means within my power to get the laws of that people need on matters of such importance and urgency. on american00 artifacts, we take a look at the new society and national museum of african american history and culture with its director. the museum opens its doors to the public in september of this year. were able to get amazing collections of movie posters such as the ones behind you. that is an early oscar poster from the 1920 s and then this is part of our job is to help people relearn history they think they know. that movie posters from spencer williams. he is known by most people as playing amos and andy did he was one of the most important black film directors in the late 30 s and 40 s. and sunday night at 8:00 on the presidency, historian john talk about the process of writing a presidential biography. for our complet
lonnie bunch. here is a preview. as derek says, this is the first time i have seen this. this is an interactive lunch counter that will allow the public to bring their own knowledge, put together their own stories around civil rights .ovement it is capable of being used by individuals and classes so teachers can control how this would work. that s not bad. a 12 inchn this on screen, so this looks much better. i m glad you like it. it cost enough. the point is that throughout the museum we are trying to find all the different ways, different platforms, to educate. this talks about the civil rights movement itself, the struggles, challenges, but we also wanted to be able to have some artifacts that would really be dramatic and help people understand the power of discrimination. entire program at 10:00 p.m. eastern time on american artifacts here on american history tv, only on c-span3. 1 atarting monday, august 8:00 p.m. eastern time, the contenders, c-span s 14 part series
patriarchy. this is coming in a time in the 1960 s and 1970 s, when we don t have a lot of recognition and acknowledgment about domestic violence. we don t have a lot of acknowledgment and acceptance of criminal behaviors that are happening in the homes. we don t have an understanding of sexual assaults. still, a lot of secrets, that are held within family homes. so, the opposition to the e.r.a. is painting the house sold as a perfect place the household as a perfect place, as a place that is a positive haven. the opposition uses the word haven a lot to describe the homes. and painted the pro-e.r.a. people as anti-people , so they said that people who were in favor of the eagle rights amendment were anti-family best equal rights amendment were anti-family, anti-children, anti-home, anti-marriage. they really used the rhetoric of this negativity that was perceived in the larger general , and that general rhetoric that was negative was attached to a particular group of people