The cspan cities tour travels the country exploring the american story as we c takec booktv and American History tv on the road with the support of local Cable Television provider we visited 24 cities in the last year and over the next two hours we will looknd at highlights frm some of these stops we began our special feature in milwaukee. So this is a photograph of the lynching that occurred august 7, 1930 in marion, indiana. James cameron to a 16 was supposed be the third person hanging from the tree but he survived the lynching. His friends, abe and tommy, were killed that day by a mob estimate between ten ten and 10 angry whites. Often misidentified as 1000 lynching. It it was a northcentral indiana when the lynching took place. So y we ended up writing a book that he called a time of he actually started to write those when he was in jail awaiting his trial and then when he is finally convicted and sent to prison he finished writing the book. James cameron was born in wisconsin in
The country exploring the american story as we take book to be an American History tv im the road. With the support of the local Cable Television provider, we visited only four cities in the last year. And over the next two hours, we will look and highlight from some of the stops. We begin our special feature in milwaukee. So this is the photograph of the lynching that occurred im august 7th, 1930, near indiana. James cameron was 16 at the time, was supposed to be the third person hanging from the tree. But he miraculously survived the lynching. His two friends abe and tommy, it was like 18 and 19 years old, they were killed that day. By mob. Between ten and 50000 angry white people. This was actually in North Central indiana. Join lynching took place. So you end up writing the book they called the time of the survivor story memoir of the memories of the surviving lynching. Actually started his life that when he was in jail. I was a mistrial that he was finally convicted and sentenced.
Coming up in the next hour and 15 minutes we will hear from authors about this gateway city to the black hills. Located in the western part of the state. We will take it to the State Game Lodge. He spent his Summer Vacation in 1927. Then, in about 15 minutes the story of life inside an Indian Mission boarding school. As he talks about his first book children left behind. We visit downtown rapid city for a look at the correction of lifesize statues. We begin our special feature with the story of Calvin Coolidge in the black hills. We are here in south dakotas black hills. And we are at the State Game Lodge. It was constructed several years before Calvin Coolidge made his summer lake house in 1927. With the first lady stayed here for nearly three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. They took office in 1923 when he was Vice President with warren harvey. They served out the last little bit of the term. And he was elected to his own term in 1924. He came to
Later we visit downtown rapid city for a look at their collection of lifesize statues of our nations past president s. We begin our special feature with the story of Calvin Coolidge in the black hills. We are here in south dakotas black hills in Custer State Park and we are at the State Game Lodge which is a 1920s era building that was constructed can several years before Calvin Coolidge made his summer white house here in 1927 and he and the first lady stayed here for three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. Calvin coolidge took office in 1923 when he was Vice President and Warren Harding died so he served as the last little bit of Warren Hardings term and was elected to his own term in 1924 and so he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculative would he or would he not run for another term in 1928 and it was widely expected that he would but he came here in 1927 because he was looking for a place to escape the oppressive summer
We are here in south dakotas black hills, Custer State Park and we are at the State Game Lodge, which is a 1920s era building that was constructed several years before president coolidge made summer white house here in 1927. So president Calvin Coolidge and the first lady and Grace Coolidge stayed here for nearly three months from june. Through september 1927, while they were on vacation that summer, Calvin Coolidge took office in 1923 when he was vice president. Warren harding died and, so he served out the last little bit of warren term, and then he was elected to his own term in 1924. And so he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculating would here, would he not run for another term in 1928 . And it was widely expected that he would. But he came here in 1927 because he was looking for place to kind of escape the oppressive summer in washington, d. C. , in the mosquitoes and bugs and attention of the white house coolidge had vetoed a farm bill and there was a f