, "american history tv" is featuring hattiesburg, mississippi. hattiesburg was incorporated in 1884. he was known for its lumber and railroad industries. posted by the comcast table city tours-span's staff recently visited this. learn more all weekend here on "american history tv." >> there is an essay by shirley, age 14, that says -- what do i think about hattiesburg? hattiesburg is an unfit place to live because of the people that make up this town. the whites have their way, if they kill one of us, they get away with it. but if we kill one of them, they kill us. what are we going to do about this? nothing but take our stand for equal rights. today, we are in special collection at the university of southern mississippi. we are part of the library here. today i am featuring different collections from our civil rights materials. this manuscript material, you know oftentimes when you , have your presidents and governors and stuff, they all know to keep their papers. , kind of the normal everyday person like us who don't realize that what they have is so valuable and that people can learn

cities tour staff when we travel to hattiesburg, mississippi to explore its history. hattiesburg is home to cap shelby, the largest state owned shelby. site -- to camp learn more about hattie's work all weekend on american history tv. latoya: this building opened in home for historic african americans stationed at camp shelby at that time. at camp shelby is a training base located outside hattiesburg. in 1941, president franklin d. roosevelt wanted soldiers to have a home away from home. they were all over it. this was a place they could go and not think about the war they were training for or being out in war and combat. good,ould have some wholesome fun and relax. let's not think about world war ii. there were only a few african-american centers told worldwide, so it's really unique ar hattiesburg to have had uso that was specifically for african-americans. space houses the african american military history museum. as we enter, i like to start with this quote that we have -- there has been no war fought by -- by ord states within the united states in which african-americans did no

. >> welcome to hattiesburg, mississippi, on american history tv. it began as a lumber and railroad town, earning it the nickname pub city. today this south-central mississippi city is best known as the home of the university of southern minute -- southern mississippi and camp shelby, one of the country's largest training bases. with the help of our comcast training partners, over the next hour here how they became a center for the civil rights movement. instance, weg, for had registration. african-americans could not register. everything was still segregated. a lot of the businesses, restaurants, and hotels were still under these kind of old jim crow laws. >> later, the story of a hattiesburg washerwoman who saved her life's earnings and then gave it all away. >> she started out by boiling clothes and a big tub in the house. she would wash them, she would hang them up to dry, and when she ironed them she would put them out there as well. she started out by charging a dime, if you can believe that. from a dime i guess she went to a quarter and then maybe up to $.50 and a dollar. what was

tv." >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring hattiesburg, mississippi. hattiesburg was incorporated in 1884. the city was known for its lumber and wrote industries -- and railroad industries in the late 19th century. posted by our comcast partners, our c-span staff visited sites showcasing the city's rich history. learn more about hattiesburg all weekend here on american history tv. >> i get up early in the morning. i go to bed about 10:00, to 11:00. mel be honest, it keeps working and trying to make a living. our whole family were workers. i worked when i was able to. i worked all the time, night and day. i just worked and saved my money. i put it in the bank. i put so much in the bank. over, turned my business i didn't owe anybody anything. >> oseola mccarty was wonderful. she was a short lady about five feet. she probably weighed 85, 90 pounds. if i had to sum her up in a nutshell, she was amazing. she went to school. she only made it to the sixth grade. however she was a smart enough to start doing laundry. ironedhed clothes and clothes for the government people at

country exploring american history. next a look at how a recent visit to hattiesburg, mississippi. you're watching american history tv all week on cspan 3. >> this building opened march 22nd, 1942, as a historic u.s. store for african-american soldiers stationed at camp shelby during that time. camp shelby is a training base and it's located just a few miles outside of hattiesburg. in 1941 president franklin d. roosevelt wanted soldiers to have a home away from home, and so that was the purpose of the united service organization. they were all over, and this was a place where they could go and just not think about either the war that they were training for or being out in war in combat, when they would get a much-needed break have some good, whole some fun, relax, and not think about world war ii. there were only a few african-american centers built worldwide, so it's really unique for hattiesburg to have had a uso that was specifically for african-americans. today this base houses the african-american military history museum. as we enter i would like to start with this quote that

our recent visit to hattiesburg, mississippi. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> we are here in hattiesburg, mississippi, in st. paul united methodist church. it is important because we were very active during the civil rights days it was home of freedom school during 1964. we are going downstairs to our fellowship hall. this is where we were. we were all here, and our teachers were. we spread out into small groups around the room. if you'll notice here is a class, where one of our teachers was working with us. that is me with my head turned. on any day, 20 or 30 children were here at this location. there were six locations in 1964. here at st. paul's, these are some of the original chairs that we sat in as students. for church, during the summer we would have vacation bible school, but this is different. we were not focusing on just church-related activities. it was a lot different. freedom school lasted the summer of 1964. it was a plan to get african-americans to register to vote. part of the freedom summer, the component was to e

history of hattiesburg, mississippi. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue now with our look at the history of hattiesburg. reason did anybody want to come and kill my daddy? it was a result of orders from the head of the klan, "go annihilate him." and they killed my whole family. -- they came to kill my whole family. he was a civil right activist in hattiesburg who worked to try to get african-americans registered to vote. at the shady grove thech, he was a teacher of sunday school and also sang in the choir. he owed a small grocery store, a sawmill, and he grew commercial cotton. 70 acres of cotton, a lot of cotton. dad was one of the of the naacp. it was nine men who established the naacp. at that time, they were definitely an underground organization. he felt that the opportunity to vote was the pathway to first-class citizenship. places the whites could go, the blacks could go. the courthouse was the only place where they had bathrooms for black people. white and colored doors. water fountains were even like that. they would be s

:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." weekend, american history tv is featuring hattiesburg, mississippi, home to the university of southern mississippi. was founded in 1910, originally as a teacher's training school called mississippi normal college. staff --cities for r staff recently visited many sites showcasing hattiesburg, mississippi. .earn about it here >> for what reason did anybody want to come and kill my daddy? it came as a result of orders from the head of the klan, "go annihilate him." and they came to kill a whole family. >> my husband was a civil rights activist in hattiesburg who worked to try to get african-americans registered to vote. he was a pastor at the shady grove church, he was a teacher of the sunday school and also sang in the choir. he owed a small grocery store, a sawmill, and he grew commercial cotton. we planted as much as 70 acres of cotton, a lot of cotton. >> my dad, vernon senior, was one of the founders of the naacp. it was nine men who established the naacp. at that time, it was definitely an underground organization. he felt having the

weekend, american history tv is featuring hattiesburg, mississippi. was founded by captain william harris hardy, a confederate railroad builder. the city was named after the captain's second wife hattie. about hattiesburg all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in special collections in hattiesburg, mississippi. his collection is very large. we have boxes of archival material related to theodore bilbo. signed photos his he would distribute to fans. he was a mississippi politician 20the first half of the century. he was a state congressman, and by the 1930's he had been elected governor, and he had put in two terms as governor. term at the end of the 1920's, and of the 1930's and then served a term for years later. then he was elected to the u.s. senate in the mid-1930's. he served until 1946 when he was removed from the senate. -- removed from the senate after being elected for a third term because of bribery charges and because of his views regarding race relations. very well-liked within the state by poor white residents. because he really took advantage of the new dea

, american history tv is featuring hattiesburg, mississippi. the city was founded by william cap did harris harding, a confederate and railroad builder. the city was named after the second wife of the captain, hattie. learn more about hattiesburg all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in special collections at the university of southern mississippi. today we are looking at the theodore bilbo papers. his collection is very large. [laughter] we have over 2500 boxes of archival material relating to theodore bilbo. his career and his life. theodore bilbo -- and this is one of his signed photos that he would distribute to fans -- was a mississippi politician in the first half of the 20th century. 's career started around 1910, when he was doing a state congressman race. by the 1930's he had been elected governor. at the time in mississippi, you cannot serve consecutive terms as governor. he served one term into the 1920's, early 1930's, then skipped a term, then stroked another four years later. --- then served another four years later. he was elected to the u.s. senate in the mid-19

explore the history and literary life of hattiesburg, mississippi. on book tv, author susan yorel in her book "don't hurry me down to hades: the civil war in the words of those who lived it." the book draws on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through the eyes of both the soldiers and their families and how important keeping in touch was for those on the battlefield and their family members back home. >> because so many women were writing to their men at the front saying, i don't know exactly what you're fighting for but you need to come home because we've got about a fifth of the crop that we normally do, we just -- i just buried our youngest in the back, and we're not going to have anything left. you need to come home. >> and we'll examine the vietnam war. in the 1967 experiences of charlie company. with author andrew wiest discussing the battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to fight upon their return to the united states. >> vietnam veterans had been used as political footballs. they'd been used as part of a morality play. they'd been used

as they explore the history of hattiesburg, mississippi. states what i think about hattiesburg. it is an unfit place to live that make the people up this town. the whites have their way. if they kill one of us they get away with it, but if we kill one of them, they kill us. what are we going to do about this? nothing but take away our rights. part of the university libraries here. today, i am featuring rightsions of civil materials. you have your presidents and governors and they know to keep their papers. normal, everyday person like us who do not realize what we have is valuable and people can learn from it. because of the nature of the collection, we are the only institution in the world who has these. you had the white citizens council, which was the uptown klan. these are your prominent community members. in addition, you're not going to have the -- you are going to have the mississippi sovereign commission, whose sole purpose was to prevent integration. these organizations, along with and other groups had an impact on mississippi and others groups. hattiesburg, we have had vo

hattiesburg, mississippi. home to the university of mississippi. the school was found in 1910 as a teachers training school called mississippi normal college. tour staffties recently visited. learn more on "american history tv." hattiesburg,e in mississippi at st. paul united methodist church, which is a historically integrated church. it is important because very -- we were very active during the civil rights days, and it was home of freedom school during 1964. we are going downstairs into our fellowship hall. and this is where we were -- we were all here, and our teachers -- we were spread out into small groups around the room. you will notice here is a class here where one of our teachers was working with us. that is me with my head turned. 20ould say on any given day, to 30 children were here at this location. there were six locations in 1964 of the freedom school. here at st. paul's, some of the original chairs that we sat in as students. normally for us for church, , during the summer we would have vacation bible school, but this was different. we were not focusing on just ch

. >> welcome to hattiesburg, mississippi, on booktv. located in the southern part of the state, it has a population of nearly 50,000 and is home to the university of southern mississippi. with the help of our comcast cable partners, other the next 90 -- over the next 90 minutes, we'll talk with local authors as we learn about the history of the area including a look at the civil war through the eyes of both well known and ordinary families. >> i really had always wanted to write this kind of sweeping, almost like a saga of the civil war. and for me as a military historian, over the years what i've noticed is that as much as we're fascinated by what happens on the battlefield and, you know, this sweeping -- the sweeping changes that take place because of this campaign or that campaign, the soldiers are alwaysooking home. so i've really come to decide in all of my writing that you have to look at both. you have to look at the soldiers and the families, the battle front and the home front. if you're going to understand war. >> later, we'll take you to the university of southern mississippi'

. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> welcome to hattiesburg, mississippi, on booktv. located in the southern part of the state as apocalypse of nearly 80,000 is home to the university of southern mississippi. with the help of our comcast cable partners, over the next 90 minutes we'll talk with local authors as well as about the history of the area and the dakota clinic look at the civil war through the eyes of both well-known and ordinary families. >> i really had always wanted to write this kind of sweeping, i guess sauger of the civil war. and for me as a military historian over the years what i of those is that as much as was ousted by what happens on the battlefield and this sweeping changes that take place because of his campaign on that campaign, the soldiers are always looking older i really came to deciding on my writing that you have to look at both. you have to look at the soldier and the families, the battlefront and the homefront if you're going to understand war. >> later we'll take it to the university of southern mississippi's mccain library

the history and life of hattiesburg, mississippi. susannahv, author ural. her book draws on rare letters and diary entries from the civil keeping how important in touch was for those on the battlefield and their family members back home. toso many women were writing their man at the front saying, i don't know what you are fighting for, but you need to come home, because we have about 1/10 the crop we normally do, i just buried our youngest in the back, and we won't have anything left. announcer: and an examination of the vietnam war with author wiest, discussing the battlefields of vietnam, and what soldiers has to fight for upon their return to the united states. >> soldiers have been used as part of a morality play, as part of many things, but hardly anyone got to tell their story, who they were as young men before they went. the trauma they went through, it's great victories, it's funny times, it's horrible times. and what happened once they got home. announcer: in the slaying of vermin dollar at the hands of -- ku klux klan, held by anyonewhat reason did want to come and kill

>> our cities tour staff recently traveled to hattiesburg, mississippi to learn about its rich history. learn more about hattiesburg and other stops on the tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> i am a history buff. i do enjoy a seeing the fabric of our country and things -- just how they work. like something i would really enjoy. >> with american history tv, it gives you that perspective. >> i am a c-span fan. >> each week, american history artifacts explores the history of the united states through objects. house ofspeak to the representatives historian and house curator about the history of african americans who served in congress and see a selection of artifacts from the collection. onehe story is not everybody is familiar with. we had 22 african-americans 19 -- etween 1970 and it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war, and the decade after. during the civil war, there was a group of radicals in congress, radicals because they believed in the equality of african-americans, and wanted to

, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to show kate they history of hattiesburg, mississippi. to learn more about the cities on our tour visit c-span.org/cities tour. we continue now with our look at the history of hattiesburg. st. paul united methodist becauseit is important very often during the civil rights days it was home of freedom school during 1964. we are going downstairs to our fellowship hall. where we were -- we were all here, and our teachers were. we spread out into small groups around the room. class, where one of our teachers was working with us. me with my head turn. , 20 or 30 children were here at this location. there were six locations in 1964. here at st. paul's, some of the original chairs that we sat in our here. for church, during the summer we would have vacation bible school , but this is different. we were not focusing on just church activities. freedom school lasted in the summer of 1964. it was a plan to get african-americans to register to vote. part of the previous summer of the component was to establish a school where children wou

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to hattiesburg, mississippi. hattiesburgbout that c-span.org/citiestour. he were watching american history tv. >> each week, american history tv's "american artifacts" explores the history of the united states through objects. next, we speak to the house of representatives historian and house curator about the history of african americans who served in congress and see a selection of artifacts from the collection. >> the story is not one everybody is familiar with. we had 22 african-americans serve. it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war, and the decade after. during the civil war, there was a group of radicals in congress, radicals because they believed in the equality of african-americans, and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. thaddeus stevens, the chairman of the ways and means committee. in the senate people like charles sumner. and they really drove the agenda and pushed the lincoln administration not only to prosecute the war more vigorously, but to have reconstruction after a war that was not so lenient

history and literary life of hattiesburg, mississippi. talking with the civil war and the words of those who lived it. the book draws on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of this of a war through the eyes of both the soldiers and their families. and how important keeping in touch was for those on the battlefield, and their family members back home. >> so many women were writing to their men on the front saying i don't know exactly what you're fighting for, but you need to go home because we have about a fifth of the crop that we normally do. inust buried our youngest the back, everyone have anything left. you need to come home. war, examine the vietnam the 1967 experiences of charlie company, with author andrew wiest, discussing the battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to deal with upon returning home. >> the nonveterans have been used as political footballs, and as part of a morality play. had anybody had gotten to tell their story, who they were in andman before they went, the trauma of whether they went through. it is funny times, it is verbal at times, a

table partners, we will explore hattiesburg, mississippi. "don't paris me down to hades," the book draws on rare diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through the eyes of the soldiers and their families, and how important keeping in touch was for those on the battlefield and family members at home. >> so many women were writing two men at first, saying -- to m en at first saying, we have1/5 fifth of the crops we normally do. i just buried our youngest in the back. we won't have anything left. you don't -- you need to come home. >> we examined the vietnam war and the 1967 experiences of charlie company. discussing the battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to find upon their return to the u.s. >> vietnam veterans have been used as political footballs. they have been used as a morality play. they have been used as many things. hardly anybody had gotten to tell their story, who they were as young men before they went. the trauma of war, both its great victories, it's funny times, it's horrible times. and what happened to them as a generation since they have been home

life of hattiesburg, mississippi. on book tv, a book about the civil war and the words of those who lived it. the book draws on rare letters and diary entries to tell the total war through both the eyes of civil war families. and for those on the battlefields and the family members back home. >> because so many women were writing to the men, front, say you need to come home. we have about a fifth of the crops we normally do. i just buried our youngest in the back. we will not have anything left. you need to come home. announcer: and we will examine the vietnam war and these 1967 experiences of the charlie company, discussing the battlefields of vietnam. and what soldiers had to fight upon return to the u.s. >> veterans have been used as political footballs, as part of a morality play, but hardly anybody had gotten to tell the story. who they were as young men before they went. the trauma of war they went through, both great victories, the funny times, the horrible times, and then what happened is a generation since they came home. slayingr: and the 1966 of a civil rights activist at

partners, we will explore the literary life of hattiesburg, mississippi. her book, don't hurry me down to hades. the book draws on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through both the eyes of the civil war soldiers and their families. and how tough it was on the battlefield and for family members back home. >> so many women were saying i do not know exactly what you are fighting for, but you have to come back home. we have a fifth of the crop we normally do. i just buried our youngest in the back, and we do not have anything left. you need to come home. announcer: and we examine the vietnam war and the 1967 experiences of the charlie company. discussing the battlefield of vietnam and what soldiers and the fight upon their return home to the u.s. >> they've been used as political footballs, as part of a morality play, for many things. but hardly anybody had gone to tell their story. they were as young men before they went, the trauma of war, both as great victories, the funny times, the world times, and then what happened since they had been home. anno

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on the c-span cities tour we'll look at the history of hattiesburg, mississippi. the book, don't hurry me down to haiti. the civil war and those who lived it. it draws on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through the eyes of both soldiers and their family and how important keeping in touch was for those on the battle fiend and those family members back home. >> some women were writing to the men on the front, i don't know what you're fighting for but you need to come home. we have 1/5 of a crop and we just buried our youngest and we won't have anything left. you need to come home. >> we'll examine the vietnam war and 1967 experiences of charlie company with author and drew weist, discussing battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to fight upon the you return to the united states. >> vietnam veterans have been used as political footballs, as part of a morality play and used as many things, but hardly anybody got to tell their story, who they were as young men before they went, the trauma of war they went through, both as great victories, its f

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announcer: this weekend, we will discover hattiesburg. diary entries to tell the story in the civil war through the eyes of the soldiers and families and how important keeping in touch was for those on the battlefield and their family members back home. >> because so many women were writing to their women at the front saying, i don't know exactly what you are fighting for my but you need to come home because we have about a fifth of the crop that we normally do. youngest ind our the back and we are not going to have anything left. to home. announcer: and we will examine the vietnam war in the 1967 experiences of charlie company, discussing the battlefields of vietnam. >> the nonveterans have been used as political footballs, as part of a morality play. they have been used as many things. the hardly anybody has gotten to tell their story. who they were as young men before they went. the trauma of war they went through. it's funny times, it's horrible times. and what happened to them as a generation since they've been home. announcer: in american history tv, the 19 city six flying up

life of hattiesburg, mississippi. on "booktv," "don't hurry me down to hades: the civil war and the words of those who lived it." it draws on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through the eyes of both the soldiers and their families and how important keeping in touch was for those on the battlefield and their family members back home. >> because so many women were writing to their men at the front, saying, i don't know exactly what you're fighting for, but you need to come home because we've got about a fifth of the crop that we normally do. i just buried our youngest in the back. and we're not going to have anything left, you know. you need to come home. >> and we'll examine the vietnam war in the 1967 experiences of charlie company with author andrew weast, discussing the battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to fight upon their return to the united states. >> vietnam veterans have been used as political foobltballs, they've been used as a part of a morality play, for many things, but hardly anybody had got to tell their story, who they were

history and literary life of hattiesburg, mississippi. on book tv, the book "don't hurry me down to hades: the civil war and those who lived it." it calls on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through the eyes of the soldiers and their families and how important keeping in touch with for those on the battlefield and their family members back home. >> because so many women were writing to their men at the front, say iing, i don't know exactly what you're fighting for, but you need to come home because we've got about a fifth of the crop we normally do, i just buried our youngest in the back, and we're not going to have anything left, you know. you need to come home. >> and we'll examine the vietnam war and the 1967 experiences of charlie company with author andrew weast, discussing the battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to fight upon their return to the united states. >> vietnam veterans have been used as political footballs, they've been used as part of a morality play. they've been used as many things, but hardly anybody had gotten to tell their

hattiesburg, mississippi saturday at 5:30 eastern on c-span two's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span3. >> the u.s. house got rowdy and the floor got chaotic in the v.a. spending bill. covering it for the hill, christina marcus. tell us about the provisions, first of all, the provisions in the defense authorization bill which passed late wednesday. what is that all about? cristina marcos: two years ago, president obama issued an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against members of the lgbt community. but house republicans inserted an amendment into this year's defense bill that states religious organizations and other contractors for the federal government cannot be discriminated against on the basis of religion, and the lgbt community and democrats interpreted that as a potential opportunity that would open up discrimination against the lgbt community. host: that came up in the motion to recommit again late wednesday in this defense authorization bill that was shot down, the authorization bill passed and then again, it came up as an amen

literary life of hattiesburg, mississippi. on book tv, author susan yorel in her book "don't hurry me down to hades: the civil war in the words of those who lived it." the book draws on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through the eyes of both the soldiers and their families and how important keeping in touch was for those on the battlefield and their family members back home. >> because so many women were writing to their men at the front saying, i don't know exactly what you're fighting for but you need to come home because we've got about a fifth of the crop that we normally do, we just -- i just buried our youngest in the back, and we're not going to have anything left. you need to come home. >> and we'll examine the vietnam war. in the 1967 experiences of charlie company. with author andrew wiest discussing the battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to fight upon their return to the united states. >> vietnam veterans had been used as political footballs. they'd been used as part of a morality play. they'd been used as many things. but hardl

vote. >> this weekend watch c-span's cities tour to hattiesburg, mississippi. saturday. on c-span 2's book tv. and saturday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv. on c-span 3. >>> next, treasury secretary jack lew. with reporters on the domestic and global economies and his upcoming trip to the g-7 summit. the event was hosted by the washington bureau of the christian science monitor. it's 50 minutes. >> tv reporter from boston. >> good to see you. >> just retired this year. [ room noise ] >> you're going to be right here, sir. >>> we're going to start right on time this morning. i'm dave cook from the monitor. thanks for coming. our guest is treasury secretary jacob lew. his last visit was in july 2015 and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then the g-7 foreign ministers meeting in japan. our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was editor of the forest hills high school beacon. he evidently thought better of it and while in college caught the washington bug, working for representative bella abzug and joe moakley, earned a bachelo

storm and those kinds of fights or trainthose people came to in hattiesburg, the largest mobilization camp in the united states. during the second world war, that was a major stopping point for troops going overseas. they were trained and mobilized their. we had certain senators who served in the senate who went .hrough there peter it was the place to be. it made hattiesburg one of the places to come to. museums, african american museums, in the united states like that. shelby still is one of stool weee legs of the have during the afghan and iraq wars. we had hundreds of thousands of troops coming through here to be trained and moved on to the war zone. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us is john wonderlich, the policy director of the sunlight foundation, here to talk about fundraising in campaign 2016, especially with the general election looming on the presidential side. the news this past week of the joint deal between the r.n.c. and trump campaign. they finalize a joint fundraising deal. what do we know of the deal? how unusual is it for a campaign and party

literary life of hattiesburg, mississippi. we'll take a look at the life of a slain civil rights leader. we talked with his son and wife about what happened in january 1966 when the kkk came to their home and killed their husband and father. ere's a portion. >> for what reason? did anybody want to come and kill my dad? they came in as a result of the orders from the head of the clan and said go anile late him. and they came to kill the whole family. >> my husband was a civil rights activist here in hattiesburg who worked to try to get african americans registered to vote. first of all, he belonged to shady grove church. at that time he was the superintendent of the sunday school and he also sang in the choir. e owned a small grocery store. and he grew commercial cotton. we planted as much as seven acres of cotton. that's a lot. >> my dad was one of the founders of the branch of naacp. but it was nine men who established naacp. and at that time they were definitely an underground organization. he felt having the opportunity to vote -- because couldn't vote -- was the pathway to ho

, mississippi. -- hattiesburg, mississippi. lawmakers heard from the acting deputy epa administrator about the agency's response to cases involving sexual misconduct, theft, and other allegations. there's also testimony from the assistant epa inspector general, who spoke about some of policy changes that were being and lamented. this hang was held by the house oversight committee. his just under two hours. >> the chairs authorize to the current recession anytime. today's hearing is entitled examining appointment misconduct and epa. we've addressed this a few times. it doesn't seem to be getting better. we will continue to highlight this as long as a tank. in my opinion, the epa is one of the most toxic places in the feller government tort. if you don't get rid of the employees, wee are doing a great disservice to this country. most of them are good, hard working people. you have some bad apples at the epa, and they are not being dealt with. they are not being addressed. i look for to talking about this. the inspector general has done some good, quality work. he and his team. will con

rights and getting ready to register to vote. >> this weekend want the city chose to hattiesburg, mississippi, saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at two on american history tv on c-span3. >> farm credit administration chair ken spearman was on capitol hill yesterday briefing members of the senate agriculture community. he told them his agency a strong and prepared to weather the economic slowdown and agriculture. the economy has been weakened in recent years due to improving crop yields and lower demands. this is about two and a half hours. >> i call this hearing of the senate committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. thank you all for coming. today's hearing will examine the overall climate of credit in the world america, the health of ag lending for both the commercial bank and the farm credit system perspectives, and what the impact to corporate about is having on our nation's farmers. we will also examine whether the farm credit administration is exercising appropriate oversight of the farm credit system. farmers and ranche

hattiesburg, mississippi. all of our segments will air together in one block, including a book looking at the role women played in the vietnam war. >> american women who serve in vietnam found that the way they were treated depended on who they were interacting with. many of the women i interviewed said the enlisted men treated that much better than the officers. there were some officers who assumed that, even though these are american women who are enlisted in the military or coming with major organizations like the red cross, they are somehow there to be available to officers. to be invited to officers parties and be there and be pretty and be an example of a pretty american woman. or, something more insidious. they are sexually available to officers. whereas almost everyone i combatewed from beyond said the men they worked with treated them as a sister come a loved one and somebody they wanted to protect and take care of. because they felt a closeness and developed bonds with the enlisted men, it made them feel like their job was more valuable. congratulations to the class of 2016. tod

partners we will explore the history of hattiesburg, mississippi. on book tv, author susan yural, her book tells the story of the civil war through the eyes of the soldiers and their families. >> so many women were writing to their men at the front saying i don't know what you are fighting for, but you need to come home because we have about one-fifth of the crop we normally do and i buried our youngest in the back and we are not going to have anything left, you need to come home. >> we will examine the vietnam war, and the experiences of charlie company, discussing the battlefields of vietnam and what soldiers had to fight upon their return of the united states. >> they were used as political footballs and part of a morality play and many things but hardly anybody had gotten to tell their story, who they were as young men before they went, and the trauma they went through, and great victories, and it's funny times and horrible times and what happened to them as a generation since they have been home. >> on american history tv, the 1966 slaying of domer at the hands of the ku klu

true meanings of freedom and liberty. whatever's travels brought to my hometown of hattiesburg mississippi, i received a phone call asking, had you want to go snag a bite to eat. the conversations that we had planted the seeds that would eventually grow into my understanding of what it means to truly be free. it is guaranteed that after each of these encounters that would give -- get my car, watched any driveway, then the conversation with myself would begin. i would tell myself he is wrong. he ist know quite how wrong, but damage he has to be wrong. damnit, he has to be wrong. i had to know more about these radical notion that he gets speaking about. delve into the readings that danny would suggest. these are my quintessential "ah-ha" moments. it was the method in which he framed the message. both in words and delivery. who may not be familiar, framing a message is a political science term that refers to the matter in which you convey their intended points to others so they can understand at a generally good -- agreeable discourse. i compared this to witnessing the gospel. tha