C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Documenting History Through Photography
1 hour, 50 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly talked with historian Jon Meacham about his more than 50 years-long photography career. Among the topics: Mr. Kennerly's time as President Gerald Ford's chief White House photographer and his most iconic photographs. The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona and Bank of America hosted this event.
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NASA Research Mathematician Katherine Johnson
10 minutesWest Virginia native and West Virginia State University alumnus Katherine Johnson played a pivotal role in NASA's missions to put men in space and on the moon. WVSU President Anthony Jenkins talked about Mrs. Johnson's contributions.
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History Bookshelf: Mary Elise Sarotte, "The Collapse"
1 hour, 5 minutesMary Elise Sarotte talked about her book, "The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall," about the collapse of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. In her book, the author reports that the opening of the wall was an accident, a combination of miscommunication by the East German government and the efforts of citizens from East and West Berlin. Mary Elise Sarotte spoke at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Controversial and Unconventional U.S. Army Leaders
50 minutesThe Association of the U.S. Army hosted a book forum with three authors titled "Controversial and Unconventional Leaders in the U.S. Army." The generals profiled in three recently published books are George Patton, Edward Almond, and John Shalikashvili.
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The Civil War: 1862 Battle of Secessionville
50 minutesDan Welch discussed the 1862 Battle of Secessionville, a Union attempt to wrest control of nearby Tower Battery from the Confederate Army. Controlling this area meant access to Charleston, South Carolina, an indispensable Confederate port city. Mr. Welch is a school teacher, and is the co-author of "The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863." This was part of the "Emerging Civil War" Blog symposium.
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Booker T. Washington
15 minutesFrom the age of nine until he left to attend Hampton Institute, Booker T. Washington lived just outside of Charleston, WV. In his book "Booker T. Washington's Boyhood American Dream," Larry Rowe recounted Washington's life in West Virginia and how this experience shaped him as a future leader in the African American community.
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1970 Kent State Photographs
49 minutesHoward Ruffner talked about the photos he took on May 4, 1970 when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio during an anti-Vietnam War protest. A student and photographer for the college newspaper at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of Life magazine. His book about his experience is titled, "Moments of Truth: A Photographer's Experience of Kent State 1970."
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NPR's Mountain Stage
6 minutesHeard every week on more than 240 NPR radio stations, "Mountain Stage" has become a nation-wide ambassador for Appalachian music. Longtime host Larry Groce talked about the show's founding and the ways in which the program has worked to change perceptions of West Virginia's live music scene.
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Ronald Reagan's Presidential Campaigns
2 hours, 4 minutesRonald Reagan's White House political affairs director, Frank Donatelli, sat down with historian Craig Shirley to go behind-the-scenes of the 40th president's campaigns for the White House. This conversation, which picked up with the 1976 Republican contest against incumbent Gerald Ford, took place as part of Mr. Shirley's University of Virginia course called "Reagan on Leadership." He is the author of "Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All."
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C-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Charleston, West Virginia
1 hour, 41 minutesThe C-SPAN Cities Tour visited Charleston, West Virginia to learn about the history of the city from local experts and historians.
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Invention of Rum
20 minutesWidener University history professor Jordan Smith talked about the invention of rum and its impact on the Atlantic world during the 17th and 18th centuries. This interview was recorded at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting in Philadelphia.
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Reel America: "Apollo 12, Pinpoint for Science" - 1969
30 minutesThis NASA documentary tells the story of Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the moon. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, command module pilot Richard Gordon, and lunar module pilot Alan Bean blasted off on November 14 and returned to earth on November 24, 1969. "Pinpoint" refers to the successful landing very close to a 1967 unmanned spacecraft in an area of high scientific interest.
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Defining the American West
1 hour, 30 minutesThe Western History Association hosted this panel on defining the American West geographically, culturally and politically. The five scholars also investigated the role of regions in understanding the past and present of the United States. This was part of the organization's 2019 annual meeting.
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American Artifacts: "Votes for Women" Exhibit, Part 2
34 minutesHistorian Kate Clarke Lemay gave American History TV a guided tour of a National Portrait Gallery exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment. Starting with the 1913 suffrage parade in Washington D.C., she talks about the tactics women used to get the vote including picketing the White House and publishing political cartoons. The exhibit also explores the period after ratification of the amendment up through the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This is the second of a two-part program.
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West Virginia Folklore
6 minutesThe West Virginia Humanities Council's state folklorist Emily Hilliard discussed the ways the West Virginia Folklife program is documenting traditional Appalachian culture in the Mountain State, and who gets included in the Appalachian identity.
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Lead-Up to 1783 Treaty of Paris
1 hour, 19 minutesUniversity of New Hampshire professor Eliga Gould delivered an address called "Making Peace in Britain, Ireland, and America: 1778 to 1783." He described the efforts of several peace commissions to end the Revolutionary War, and the events leading up to the 1783 Treaty of Paris. This keynote talk was part of a three-day conference co-hosted by the Museum of the American Revolution, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and Richard C. von Hess Foundation.
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
1 hour, 20 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant and his work were the subjects of discussion at the University of Virginia, which has just acquired his cartoon collection. We heard from presidential scholars, including Ken Hughes and Kent Germany from UVA's Miller Center. They focused on the presidencies from Lyndon B. Johnson to Ronald Reagan.
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U.S. Army Challenges, 1940s - Today
41 minutesThe Association of the U.S. Army hosted a panel of authors that looked at challenges faced by the Army from the 1940's through today. One of the topics they examined is the management of the expanded military presence in the Pacific after World War Two.
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American Artifacts: "Votes for Women" Exhibit, Part 2
32 minutesHistorian Kate Clarke Lemay gave American History TV a guided tour of a National Portrait Gallery exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment. Starting with the 1913 suffrage parade in Washington D.C., she talks about the tactics women used to get the vote including picketing the White House and publishing political cartoons. The exhibit also explores the period after ratification of the amendment up through the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This is the second of a two-part program.
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West Virginia State Capitol
8 minutesWest Virginia's capital moved back and forth from Wheeling to Charleston several times before Charleston became the permanent capital city in 1885. Tour guide Alexander Griffith explained the history of the state's fifth Capitol building, which was designed by Cass Gilbert and built in 1921.
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Lead-Up to 1783 Treaty of Paris
1 hour, 20 minutesUniversity of New Hampshire professor Eliga Gould delivered an address called "Making Peace in Britain, Ireland, and America: 1778 to 1783." He described the efforts of several peace commissions to end the Revolutionary War, and the events leading up to the 1783 Treaty of Paris. This keynote talk was part of a three-day conference co-hosted by the Museum of the American Revolution, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and Richard C. von Hess Foundation.
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Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - LBJ to Reagan
1 hour, 20 minutesPulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant and his work were the subjects of discussion at the University of Virginia, which has just acquired his cartoon collection. We heard from presidential scholars, including Ken Hughes and Kent Germany from UVA's Miller Center. They focused on the presidencies from Lyndon B. Johnson to Ronald Reagan.
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U.S. Army Challenges, 1940s - Today
40 minutesThe Association of the U.S. Army hosted a panel of authors that looked at challenges faced by the Army from the 1940's through today. One of the topics they examined is the management of the expanded military presence in the Pacific after World War Two.
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Reel America: "Apollo 12, Pinpoint for Science" - 1969
30 minutesThis NASA documentary tells the story of Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the moon. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, command module pilot Richard Gordon, and lunar module pilot Alan Bean blasted off on November 14 and returned to earth on November 24, 1969. "Pinpoint" refers to the successful landing very close to a 1967 unmanned spacecraft in an area of high scientific interest.
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Defining the American West
1 hour, 29 minutesThe Western History Association hosted this panel on defining the American West geographically, culturally and politically. The five scholars also investigated the role of regions in understanding the past and present of the United States. This was part of the organization's 2019 annual meeting.
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C-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Charleston, West Virginia
1 hour, 41 minutesThe C-SPAN Cities Tour visited Charleston, West Virginia to learn about the history of the city from local experts and historians.
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Invention of Rum
20 minutesWidener University history professor Jordan Smith talked about the invention of rum and its impact on the Atlantic world during the 17th and 18th centuries. This interview was recorded at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting in Philadelphia.
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Occupied Cities During the American Revolution
2 hours, 0 minuteHistorians Aaron Sullivan and Lauren Duval talked about life in occupied cities during the American Revolution. They examined British and American occupation and also discussed how this affected women and families. The Museum of the American Revolution, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and Richard C. von Hess Foundation co-hosted this event as part of a three-day international conference.