C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Robert Moffit, "Modernizing Medicare"
1 hour, 2 minutesHeritage Foundation senior fellow Robert Moffit, co-editor of "Modernizing Medicare," and contributors to the book discussed ways to reform Medicare so that recipients receive better and more affordable care in the future. This event was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.
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Beth Macy & Steven Thrasher
48 minutesJournalists Beth Macy ("Raising Lazarus") and Steven Thrasher ("The Viral Underclass") talked about health inequality and its consequences in the United States. This event was part of the annual Texas Book Festival held in Austin.
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Lectures in History: Coroners in the 19th Century South
1 hour, 14 minutesProfessor Stephen Berry talked about coroners in the 19th century South. He discussed the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talked about the records created from coroner inquests. He argued that coroners can shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society and reveal potential threats to public health such as diseases or a lack of industrial safety.
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Reel America: Atomic Bomb Tests - 1951
15 minutesThis 1951 Defense Department film showed how the Air Force supported the Atomic Energy Commission on continental atomic bomb tests. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies
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President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies
1 hour, 5 minutesMarc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy's Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was keeping his military options open. Mr. Selverstone is chair of the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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Reel America: St. Louis Tax Dollars at Work - 1956
25 minutesSponsored by the city of St. Louis, this 1956 film illustrated how tax dollars were spent on the police force, emergency services, trash collection, street and park maintenance. It was released as "The Big City." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Lectures in History: Coroners in the 19th Century South
1 hour, 14 minutesProfessor Stephen Berry talked about coroners in the 19th century South. He discussed the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talked about the records created from coroner inquests. He argued that coroners can shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society and reveal potential threats to public health such as diseases or a lack of industrial safety.
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Reel America: Atomic Bomb Tests - 1951
16 minutesThis 1951 Defense Department film showed how the Air Force supported the Atomic Energy Commission on continental atomic bomb tests. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies
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President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies
1 hour, 5 minutesMarc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy's Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was keeping his military options open. Mr. Selverstone is chair of the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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Reel America: St. Louis Tax Dollars at Work - 1956
24 minutesSponsored by the city of St. Louis, this 1956 film illustrated how tax dollars were spent on the police force, emergency services, trash collection, street and park maintenance. It was released as "The Big City." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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The Civil War: National Museum of the Civil War Soldier - 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor
1 hour, 0 minuteHistorian Gordon Rhea discussed the Civil War Battle of Cold Harbor, Confederate Gen. Lee's last major victory and a bloodbath for the Union army. The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia, hosted this event.
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60th Anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March
1 hour, 18 minutesThe Birmingham Civil Rights Institute marked the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March including a discussion with participants of the 1963 march. This washeld at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.
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1963 March on Washington
1 hour, 2 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Historian Taylor Branch, author of "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63," delivered the keynote address.
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1963 March on Washington & Kennedy Administration
1 hour, 8 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-Maryland) was among those talking about the march's impact on President Kennedy's administration. Then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was her father.
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Jonathan Eig, "King - A Life"
1 hour, 7 minutesAuthor and journalist Jonathan Eig discussed the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. in the first comprehensive biography of the civil rights leader in over 30 years. The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta hosted this event.
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Reel America: Martin Luther King Press Conference
31 minutesMartin Luther King, Jr. was interviewed in July 1963 by four international and domestic journalists for "Press Conference U.S.A.," a U.S. Information Agency series that was distributed internationally.
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Lectures in History: Coroners in the 19th Century South
1 hour, 11 minutesProfessor Stephen Berry talked about coroners in the 19th century South. He discussed the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talked about the records created from coroner inquests. He argued that coroners can shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society and reveal potential threats to public health such as diseases or a lack of industrial safety.
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Reel America: Atomic Bomb Tests - 1951
14 minutesThis 1951 Defense Department film showed how the Air Force supported the Atomic Energy Commission on continental atomic bomb tests. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies
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President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies
1 hour, 4 minutesMarc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy's Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was keeping his military options open. Mr. Selverstone is chair of the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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Reel America: St. Louis Tax Dollars at Work - 1956
25 minutesSponsored by the city of St. Louis, this 1956 film illustrated how tax dollars were spent on the police force, emergency services, trash collection, street and park maintenance. It was released as "The Big City." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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Lectures in History: Coroners in the 19th Century South
1 hour, 16 minutesProfessor Stephen Berry talked about coroners in the 19th century South. He discussed the role of a coroner as an agent of the state and talked about the records created from coroner inquests. He argued that coroners can shed light on the emerging patterns of death within a society and reveal potential threats to public health such as diseases or a lack of industrial safety.
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President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies
1 hour, 5 minutesMarc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy's Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was keeping his military options open. Mr. Selverstone is chair of the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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Reel America: St. Louis Tax Dollars at Work - 1956
25 minutesSponsored by the city of St. Louis, this 1956 film illustrated how tax dollars were spent on the police force, emergency services, trash collection, street and park maintenance. It was released as "The Big City." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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The Civil War: National Museum of the Civil War Soldier - 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor
1 hour, 5 minutesHistorian Gordon Rhea discussed the Civil War Battle of Cold Harbor, Confederate Gen. Lee's last major victory and a bloodbath for the Union army. The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia, hosted this event.
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60th Anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March
1 hour, 17 minutesThe Birmingham Civil Rights Institute marked the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March including a discussion with participants of the 1963 march. This washeld at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.
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1963 March on Washington
1 hour, 2 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Historian Taylor Branch, author of "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63," delivered the keynote address.
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1963 March on Washington & Kennedy Administration
1 hour, 8 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-Maryland) was among those talking about the march's impact on President Kennedy's administration. Then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was her father.
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Jonathan Eig, "King - A Life"
1 hour, 8 minutesAuthor and journalist Jonathan Eig discussed the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. in the first comprehensive biography of the civil rights leader in over 30 years. The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta hosted this event.