But obviously this is aha. Were going to keep focused on for those whom have a greater husband torical perspective. Then she asked another interesting question. She said, well, all president s are disliked. How do you decide which ones to focus on . I said well thats really what were going to be exploring. That, you know, obviously even in the best of cases almost half the country probably didnt vote for you. But that doesnt mean that we dont have the special cases where we have particular elements of the country who, shall we say, hate and despise more than simply dislike. Were going to explore what the difference is between president s who simply are opposed and president s who are against the american way of life according to their critics. Were going to proceed in Chronological Order. The president s were discussing today are Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. And were going to begin with Thomas Jefferson by starting out with ou
the case that can change the course of the election. nine justices are ironing their robes, as we speak. tonight on laura coates live. and just a few short hours from now, the supreme court of the united states will hear arguments in a historic effort to ban former president trump on the ballot for his alleged role in the january six insurrection. we ll be able to listen i tomorrow morning. let me make it easy for you to follow their conversation tomorrow. you ve been hearing a lot about the 14th amendment. it s not the center of the case before the supreme court tomorrow. now, it has five sections. of the five, you may only know section one, the one about due process, attention to laws, that one. that is not what we are talking about tonight. it s the other white me, section three. that s what s so important. the so-called insurrectionists clause. at its core, it says, you can t hold office if you engaged in insurrection. if it were that easy, i would not have to explain, it
museum in terre haute, indiana. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. our featured contend their week is eugene v. debs. at the turn of the 20th century, a fife-time contender on the socialist ticket and the nation s most celebrated world war i protester. this footage captures debs on his return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana, following his release from prison by president warren harding after a federal conviction stemming from those war protests. tonight we are in terre haute in the debs home and museum. let me introduce you to earnest freeburg, who is a debs biographer. his book is called democracy s prisoner. . eugene v. debs, the great war and the right to dissent. it s been 85 years since debs died. why do we care about him? debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time and conflict between labor and. when it was a viable, growing and important part of the american political culture. is he interesting as a snapshot in time
institute at gettysburg college, also a professor of history, also here at gettysburg. it is my pleasure to introduce mark summers. mark summers is the thomas d. clark professor of history at the university of kentucky where he teaches courses in 19th century u.s. history and political history. he is the author of numerous books including rum, romanticism and rebellion, the making of a president in 1884, as well as a dangerous stir, fear, paranoia and the making of reconstruction. this book was a groundbreaking monograph, one that examined the overlooked role of fear and emotions in reconstruction politics. most recently, dr. summers published this book, the ordeal of reunion and it is already sold out in our bookstore, just behind you. there will be more copies coming. this volume, which is part of the university of north carolina little field series, it is, what i think, a volume that needs to stand alongside eric foner s classic reconstruction. it is that important of a
also here at gettysburg. it is my pleasure to introduce mark summers. mark summers is the thomas d. clark professor of history at the university of kentucky where he teaches courses in 19th century u.s. history and political history. he is the author of numerous books including rum, romanticism and rebellion, the making of a president in 1884, as well as a dangerous stir, fear, paranoia and the making of reconstruction. this book was a groundbreaking monograph. it was one that examined the overlooked role of fear and emotions in reconstruction politics. most recently, dr. summers published this book, the ordeal of reunion and it is already sold out in our bookstore, just behind you. there will be more copies coming. this volume, which is part of the university of north carolina littlefield series, it is, what i think, a volume that needs to stand alongside eric foner s classic reconstruction. it s that important of a book. mark summers, this evening, he has the task to fram