Representative Carl Elliott and Profiles in Courage

Julian Butler talked about Representative Carl Elliott (D-AL), the first recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage award. Representative Elliot received the honor in 1990 for his role in passing the National Defense Education Act. Mr. Butler was one of two colleagues who nominated Representative Elliott

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2016 LCV Cities Tour” in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, from March 19-24 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close