influencenot just journalism at his time. he is such a powerful force. sensationalism is the one word that is possibly linked to joseph pulitzer. asthink of sensationalism tabloid journalism, but he was using it to rights wrongs. at 6:30, we continue with the 100th anniversary of pulitzer prizes in st. petersburg, florida. keynote speaker georgia democratic representative john lewis. [indiscernible] you must not give up. you must hold on. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of tuscaloosa, alabama. /citiestour-span.org . we continue with a look at the history of tuscaloosa. the name of my book is turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960 s. thes a student at university of alabama in the 1960 s and i missed a lot of it because i was studying. i wanted to take the story of beyond the desegregation that occurred in 1963.
where professionals who had houses had white linked curtains to the window, and you will recall the latest community. they are all gone laced curtains. he was the first licensee african-american optician. he was also a businessman. he had four different. his wife businesses. his wife also had a career. she was the principle of the old 20th street school here in tuscaloosa. so, back then, even though things were segregated, it was a very good living for them. the murphy s the house around 1923, and when he passed in 1943, his wife tried to hold on to the house. the house was wheeled to his willed to his nephew, who lived in mobile, and later he sold the house ms. collins. ms. collins on the house up until the city bought it in 1986. i fell in love with the house, reading the material that was here, bringing in groups to two or the building, getting excited by the tour the building, getting excited by the artifacts, the items i did not know we had all the information. o
fascinating microcosm of what is going on in the deep south. you have the planter class hurtling forward. someone like senator james and cannot jameson cannot fathom the world what he where he will not own another person. the national defense education act was a comprehensive act. the heart of it was scholarships and loans for college students americans0 million receiving college education through a loan or a grant. to if youaid take the college men of the students, it may be the most significant piece of legislation ever passed by congress. moundsville, ait thriving needed community dating back to 1080 ad.000 welcome the mound the archaeological park. in its heyday it was the largest city north of mexico. it contains the remains of about 30 flattopped mounds. b, one ofing on mount the larger mounds on the site. it would have had the house of one of the clan chiefs on top of it. when people first started to build the city there were valleys and ridges that dotted
board. [applause] thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the pulitzer prizes tonight. let me take a moment of personal privilege to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the pulitzer prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the pulitzer prizes. they turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. so, let s also say thank you to joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the three finalists. hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. volunteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries down to a final three. these are submitted to the thetzer