C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Discussion on American and Chinese Naval Power
1 hour, 25 minutesRear Admiral Michael McDevitt, Ret. ("China as a 21st Century Naval Power"), Brent Sadler ("U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century"), and Xiaobing Li ("China's New Navy") talked about the competition between the U.S. and Chinese navies. This event was hosted by the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Lydia Moland, "A Radical American Life"
1 hour, 26 minutesAuthor Lydia Moland discussed the life of abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. Best known for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood," Child was also an advocate for racial equality, women's suffrage, and Native American rights. The Medford Historical Society in Massachusetts hosted this event.
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Artifacts from NASA's Project Apollo 1961-75
59 minutesTeasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, examined the history of Project Apollo (1961-75) and how the NASA program impacted American society and politics. This event took place at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond, Virginia.
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Rachel Swarns, "The 272"
1 hour, 6 minutesAuthor Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: 1913-14 Ludlow Coal Miners' Strike and Massacre
55 minutesColorado State University-Pueblo professor Fawn-Amber Montoya teaches a class about the Ludlow coal miners' strike and massacre that took place in the early 20th century in Colorado. She follows the story of a few mining families, many of whom died when the Colorado National Guard burned the tent city where the strikers and their families were living. She also describes the modern memorial and how the event has been remembered.
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Gov. Kristi Noem on Calvin Coolidge
34 minutesGov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, reflected on Calvin Coolidge's presidency and the lessons she sees for contemporary politics. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of Mr. Coolidge's presidency.
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Caroline Janney, "Ends of War"
1 hour, 2 minutesUniversity of Virginia Center for Civil War History director Caroline Janney examined military and political uncertainty in the weeks following the end of the Civil War. The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago hosted this virtual program.
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Reel America: Extraterrestrial Life - 1975
29 minutesThis 1975 film from NASA included experts, including astronomer Carl Sagan, considering the implications of the possible existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Presidents in Comics & Cartoons
1 hour, 15 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how comics and cartoons have portrayed presidents. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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Reel America: "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
15 minutesThis is a 15 minute classroom film from 1946 that described how the three branches of government work. In "Meet Your Federal Government," high school senior Bill visits his Uncle Jim - who is also his congressman. He takes Bill to the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court, and finishes the day at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Chris Serb, "War Football - World War I and the Birth of the NFL"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Chris Serb traced the development of professional football from the Army, Navy and Marine teams that competed against each other during World War I. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted this event.
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Women Spies of D-Day
51 minutesFormer U.S. Army Historian Kim Holien discussed the role of female spies leading up to the June 6, 1944, D-Day operation. This event took place at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia.
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David Waldstreicher, "The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley"
57 minutesAuthor David Waldstreicher talked about the life and work of Phillis Wheatley, who was enslaved as a child but learned to read and write and went on to become a published poet in colonial America. Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Opium Use in the Civil War Era
1 hour, 7 minutesVirginia Military Institute professor Jonathan Jones talked about how opium and morphine -- common treatments used for wartime injuries -- grew into lifelong drug dependence for many in the Shenandoah Valley. This talk was part of a conference hosted by Shenandoah University's Civil War Institute.
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Lydia Moland, "A Radical American Life"
1 hour, 25 minutesAuthor Lydia Moland discussed the life of abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. Best known for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood," Child was also an advocate for racial equality, women's suffrage, and Native American rights. The Medford Historical Society in Massachusetts hosted this event.
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Artifacts from NASA's Project Apollo 1961-75
59 minutesTeasel Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, examined the history of Project Apollo (1961-75) and how the NASA program impacted American society and politics. This event took place at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond, Virginia.
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Rachel Swarns, "The 272"
1 hour, 5 minutesAuthor Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Lectures in History: 1913-14 Ludlow Coal Miners' Strike and Massacre
56 minutesColorado State University-Pueblo professor Fawn-Amber Montoya teaches a class about the Ludlow coal miners' strike and massacre that took place in the early 20th century in Colorado. She follows the story of a few mining families, many of whom died when the Colorado National Guard burned the tent city where the strikers and their families were living. She also describes the modern memorial and how the event has been remembered.
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Gov. Kristi Noem on Calvin Coolidge
36 minutesGov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, reflected on Calvin Coolidge's presidency and the lessons she sees for contemporary politics. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of Mr. Coolidge's presidency.
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Caroline Janney, "Ends of War"
1 hour, 1 minuteUniversity of Virginia Center for Civil War History director Caroline Janney examined military and political uncertainty in the weeks following the end of the Civil War. The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago hosted this virtual program.
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Reel America: Extraterrestrial Life - 1975
29 minutesThis 1975 film from NASA included experts, including astronomer Carl Sagan, considering the implications of the possible existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Presidents in Comics & Cartoons
1 hour, 15 minutesThe White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how comics and cartoons have portrayed presidents. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
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Reel America: "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
16 minutesThis is a 15 minute classroom film from 1946 that described how the three branches of government work. In "Meet Your Federal Government," high school senior Bill visits his Uncle Jim - who is also his congressman. He takes Bill to the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court, and finishes the day at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Chris Serb, "War Football - World War I and the Birth of the NFL"
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor Chris Serb traced the development of professional football from the Army, Navy and Marine teams that competed against each other during World War I. The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted this event.
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Women Spies of D-Day
53 minutesFormer U.S. Army Historian Kim Holien discussed the role of female spies leading up to the June 6, 1944, D-Day operation. This event took place at the Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia.
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David Waldstreicher, "The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley"
57 minutesAuthor David Waldstreicher talked about the life and work of Phillis Wheatley, who was enslaved as a child but learned to read and write and went on to become a published poet in colonial America. Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Opium Use in the Civil War Era
1 hour, 7 minutesVirginia Military Institute professor Jonathan Jones talked about how opium and morphine -- common treatments used for wartime injuries -- grew into lifelong drug dependence for many in the Shenandoah Valley. This talk was part of a conference hosted by Shenandoah University's Civil War Institute.