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CSPAN3 Booknotes John Seigenthaler James K. Polk July 13, 2024

Series of books on the president s and i said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. And he said i want you to do one thing. Allen evans have done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him. I knew he was a tennesseean and im a tennesseean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old homeplace in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. His reputation was the result of what was to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war. Left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger. And the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the att ....

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CSPAN3 Booknotes John Seigenthaler James K. Polk July 13, 2024

Biography for the series of books on the president. I said arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. And he said i want you to do one thing. Allen evans have done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him. I knew he was a tennesseean and im a tennesseean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old homeplace in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. His reputation was the result of what was to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war. Left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger. And the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great dea ....

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CSPAN3 Booknotes John Seigenthaler James K. Polk July 13, 2024

John seigenthaler, author of james k. Polk, howd they talk you into doing a biography on this president . John seigenthaler sr. Arthur schlesinger called me on the phone and said, youre a tennessean. Polk was a tennessean. Why dont you write a biography for this series that times books is doing on the president s . And i said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. He said, i want you to do one thing. He said, alan nevins ph has done a paperback that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary, and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him before you started on this . You know, i knew he was a tennessean. Im a tennessean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville, except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved, and id been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtual ....

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CSPAN3 Military Service Of Howard University Students July 14, 2024

Military before and after the founding of the university. Our namesake was a civil war general. Eight other founders of the university were civil war generals, so they instilled a support for the military just in their presence on the campus. Howard students have been a part of the military Service Since the beginning of the university. Host what role do they actively take part was they decided to join the military . Africanamericans were infantrymen, but the students really wanted africanamericans to be able to move higher in the military. So they stopped for the establishment of the first africanamerican Officers Training camp in des moines, iowa, in 1917, and they continued their support of the military in the years that followed. Talk to me about their willingness to participate within the government how it was received. Lopez the government was tentative, because they ....

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CSPAN3 Post-Civil July 5, 2024

He completed his ph. D. In history. And we know that dr. Hardy is a man of good sense because hes stayed is now an east tennessean, and its even rumored that he wears the color throughout the year save basketball season. After all, no man is perfect. Oh, what, dr. Hardy continues to perfect, though, is is of the past. He and i first met when he was working here for the east Tennessee Historical society and the Education Department. And he, alongside lisa oakley, whos with us today, worked tirelessly to build a network of teachers throughout the region who understood the power local history in the classroom. They also worked tirelessly to create a network of students in high school and middle school who are competing at the highest levels in the National History day competitions. Despite that workload, dr. H ....

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