C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Unions and Labor History
28 minutesJoseph McCartin, Labor and Working-Class History Association president and Georgetown professor, talked about the history of working-class people, how unions started in the U.S., and the changing role of unions since their height in the 1950s.
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Brady Crytzer, "The Whiskey Rebellion"
58 minutesAuthor Brady Crytzer talked about the 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania in response to a government tax on liquor. Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
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Women's History in Historical Records
1 hour, 15 minutesThis discussion looked at the influx of women into the federal government from the time of the Nixon administration through the late 20th century and how women's history is documented in historical records - including the substantive role played by America's first ladies. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum hosted this event.
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Fred Kaplan, "His Masterly Pen"
1 hour, 21 minutesAuthor Fred Kaplan talked about Thomas Jefferson's writings, including his correspondence, his religious and scientific writings and his inaugural addresses. This program was hosted by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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Free to Choose: Milton Friedman on Consumer Protection
59 minutesNobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode seven was titled "Who Protects the Consumer?"
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Free to Choose: Milton Friedman on Worker Protection
59 minutesNobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode eight was titled "Who Protects the Worker?"
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Unions and Labor History
28 minutesJoseph McCartin, Labor and Working-Class History Association president and Georgetown professor, talked about the history of working-class people, how unions started in the U.S., and the changing role of unions since their height in the 1950s.
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Brady Crytzer, "The Whiskey Rebellion"
58 minutesAuthor Brady Crytzer talked about the 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania in response to a government tax on liquor. Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
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Women's History in Historical Records
1 hour, 16 minutesThis discussion looked at the influx of women into the federal government from the time of the Nixon administration through the late 20th century and how women's history is documented in historical records - including the substantive role played by America's first ladies. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum hosted this event.
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Fred Kaplan, "His Masterly Pen"
1 hour, 19 minutesAuthor Fred Kaplan talked about Thomas Jefferson's writings, including his correspondence, his religious and scientific writings and his inaugural addresses. This program was hosted by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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Free to Choose: Milton Friedman on Consumer Protection
1 hour, 0 minuteNobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode seven was titled "Who Protects the Consumer?"
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Free to Choose: Milton Friedman on Worker Protection
58 minutesNobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode eight was titled "Who Protects the Worker?"
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Unions and Labor History
29 minutesJoseph McCartin, Labor and Working-Class History Association president and Georgetown professor, talked about the history of working-class people, how unions started in the U.S., and the changing role of unions since their height in the 1950s.
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Brady Crytzer, "The Whiskey Rebellion"
59 minutesAuthor Brady Crytzer talked about the 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania in response to a government tax on liquor. Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
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Women's History in Historical Records
1 hour, 15 minutesThis discussion looked at the influx of women into the federal government from the time of the Nixon administration through the late 20th century and how women's history is documented in historical records - including the substantive role played by America's first ladies. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum hosted this event.
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Fred Kaplan, "His Masterly Pen"
1 hour, 20 minutesAuthor Fred Kaplan talked about Thomas Jefferson's writings, including his correspondence, his religious and scientific writings and his inaugural addresses. This program was hosted by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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Free to Choose: Milton Friedman on Consumer Protection
59 minutesNobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode seven was titled "Who Protects the Consumer?"
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Free to Choose: Milton Friedman on Worker Protection
58 minutesNobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode eight was titled "Who Protects the Worker?"
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Unions and Labor History
28 minutesJoseph McCartin, Labor and Working-Class History Association president and Georgetown professor, talked about the history of working-class people, how unions started in the U.S., and the changing role of unions since their height in the 1950s.
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Brady Crytzer, "The Whiskey Rebellion"
1 hour, 0 minuteAuthor Brady Crytzer talked about the 1794 uprising in western Pennsylvania in response to a government tax on liquor. Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
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Women's History in Historical Records
1 hour, 15 minutesThis discussion looked at the influx of women into the federal government from the time of the Nixon administration through the late 20th century and how women's history is documented in historical records - including the substantive role played by America's first ladies. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum hosted this event.
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Fred Kaplan, "His Masterly Pen"
1 hour, 20 minutesAuthor Fred Kaplan talked about Thomas Jefferson's writings, including his correspondence, his religious and scientific writings and his inaugural addresses. This program was hosted by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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Congressional Investigations Exhibit
38 minutesCapitol Visitor Center curator Christine Blackerby took us through an exhibit looking at congressional investigations through the years, from Titanic to Watergate. She explained the steps in an investigation and showed us artifacts including a decoding machine used before Pearl Harbor, subpoenas to bank presidents after the 1929 stock market crash, and a security log from the Watergate complex.
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Lectures in History: Watergate and the White House Tapes
1 hour, 7 minutesJohn Dean, former White House counsel to President Nixon and now Barry Goldwater Chair of American Institutions at Arizona State University, teaches a class on Watergate and the discovery of the Nixon White House taping system. In June 1973, during testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee, Mr. Dean implicated President Nixon and administration officials -- including himself -- in the Watergate cover-up. Mr. Dean later pleaded guilty of obstruction of justice for his role in Watergate and served four months in prison.
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Geoff Shepard, "The Nixon Conspiracy"
54 minutesGeoff Shepard was the youngest lawyer on President Nixon's White House staff and is the author of "The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President." He gave his account of the scandal that led to the 37th president's 1974 resignation. This event was held at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California.