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.
district of columbia, with the hope that other cities would follow the example. ms. johnson: beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. to me, it describes the effort to bring the natural world and man-made world and harmony, into harmony, to bring youthfulness to life to our poll environment. hole in bierman. wholele in environment. narrator: after the presidential elections in 1964, mrs. lyndon johnson felt it would be most effective is the nation s first lady to concentrate her efforts in a few major areas of concern. during a meeting at the lbj ranch, mrs. johnson was urged by the secretary of the interior to share her lifelong interest in one of these areas con certification and beautification. putting this into practice would require organization and hard work. d to make herwante adopted hometown an example for others to follow. washington, d.c. would be a showcase for the nation. and so, the community for a more beautiful capital was
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
former chair of the pulitzer prize forum. [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 to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the tampa bay times company and of the itzer prize, and barnes 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. you to s also say thank joseph pulitzer who created these prizes. it is a very hard thing to when 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. spinteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and
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 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 win a pulitzer. it is hard even to become one of the 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 winnowing down the entries. the board members read every finalists entry and vote on a winner. it is with great pleasure then to presen