C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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American Artifacts: African American History, 1619 Through the Civil War
38 minutesWe visited the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond to look at their exhibit on 400 years of African American history. Curator Karen Sherry focused on the period between 1619 and the Civil War, sharing stories about individuals who led slave revolts, educated fellow freed people, and participated in abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. This was the first of a two-part tour.
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American Artifacts: African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights
42 minutesWe visited the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond to look at their exhibit on 400 years of African American history. Curator Karen Sherry focused on the period between Reconstruction and the civil rights movement, sharing stories about individuals who were elected to Congress, served as Tuskegee Airmen and fought for desegregation.
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Reel America: "American Illustrator" - 1962
25 minutesThis 1962 U.S. Information Agency film profiles illlustrator Norman Rockwell. Folk singer and songwriter Tom Glazer, who provides the soundtrack, visits Rockwell at his Stockbridge, Massachusetts home and studio to learn about his working methods, influences, and career. The documentary focuses primarily on the artist's work for the Saturday Evening Post, which over the course of 47 years featured more than 300 of his paintings on the magazine cover beginning in 1916.
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American Artifacts: "Rockwell, Roosevelt, & the Four Freedoms" Exhibit
50 minutesIn his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined what became known as the "Four Freedoms": freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. To represent these ideals, Norman Rockwell created paintings which became highly successful promotional posters for World War II war bonds. George Washington University Museum director and art historian John Wetenhall led us on tour of a Norman Rockwell Museum traveling exhibit which explores these paintings, Rockwell's career, the 75th anniversary of World War II, and contemporary works by artists reinterpreting the Four Freedoms.
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American Artifacts: Sex & Marriage During the Civil War
16 minutesAt the annual Gettysburg Civil War Battle Reenactment, we visited a camp brothel in the living history village and spoke to reenactors about Victorian-era marriage expectations and Civil War camp life.
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch
9 minutesIndiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch (R) discussed the state's history, economy, and what Indiana voters want to hear from candidates in Campaign 2020.
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First African American FBI Agent
1 hour, 20 minutesFormer and current FBI agents discussed James Wormley Jones, who is thought to be the first African American special agent hired in 1919 by the forerunner of the FBI. The Newseum and FBI hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
1 hour, 0 minuteJohn Marszalek, editor of an annotated edition of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs, discussed Grant's process for writing, his relationship with Abraham Lincoln and why he focused on the Civil War and excluded his presidency. This program is from the annual Lincoln Forum symposium.
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President Bill Clinton Impeachment - Senate Trial
1 hour, 57 minutesIn the third of a three-part program, we looked back to the 1998-99 impeachment of President Bill Clinton with Alexis Simendinger. She covered the impeachment for National Journal, and is now national political correspondent for The Hill newspaper. We then showed portions of the U.S. Senate trial, which took place over five weeks in January and February 1999. President Clinton was tried on two articles of impeachment and acquitted of both. A two-thirds vote of "guilty" was necessary to convict.
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Madame C.J. Walker
7 minutesOnce the wealthiest African American businesswoman in America, Madame C.J. Walker was an Indianapolis entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political activist. Susan Hall Dotson, Indianapolis Historical Society Coordinator of African American History, highlighted the Madame C.J. Walker exhibit to share the story of her life and work.
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Honoring U.S. Veterans Since the Revolutionary War
1 hour, 56 minutesThe American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati hosted a panel discussion that examined the experiences of U.S. veterans since the Revolutionary War era. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie delivered the opening remarks.
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History Bookshelf: Susan Cheever, "Drinking in America"
45 minutesSusan Cheever talked about her book, "Drinking in America: Our Secret History," in which she provides a history of alcohol consumption in America. In her book, she describes the Pilgrims who imbibed on the Mayflower and Paul Revere's decision to stop for a drink during his famed ride, as well as the temperance movement and the Prohibition era.
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World War II U.S. Navy Women Code Breakers
1 hour, 15 minutesJournalist Liza Mundy talked about her book "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II." She discussed the once clandestine role of women who were recruited by the U.S. Navy to help decipher intelligence codes. Her remarks were part of a conference hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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The Civil War: 1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap
1 hour, 0 minutePamplin Historical Park executive director Jerry Desmond explored the 1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap, a small engagement in northern Georgia following the Union victory at Chattanooga, Tennessee. This event was part of Pamplin Historical Park's "Small Battles, Big Results" symposium.
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Using Photographs to Study Western History
59 minutesOutgoing Western History Association president Martha Sandweiss gave an illustrated talk about how historians can use photographs, and the stories behind the photographs, to study and understand the American west. Professor Sandweiss has been studying and writing about photographs for forty years and argued that more historians should use photographic archives in their work. This was the 2019 Presidential Address at the Western History Association's annual meeting.
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Lectures in History: Preamble of the Declaration of Independence
1 hour, 31 minutesClemson University professor C. Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. Examining it line by line, he talks about the "self-evident" truths enumerated by the Founding Fathers and explores what the they may have intended by their word choices.
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American Artifacts: 1876 Synagogue in Washington, DC
29 minutesWe see artifacts related to Jewish history, tour the interior of the oldest synagogue in Washington, D.C. and learn how the 1876 building was moved 800 feet to be incorporated into a soon-to-be-built Capital Jewish Museum.
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Reel America: "The Panama Deception" - 1992
1 hour, 33 minutesThis 1993 Academy Award-winning documentary takes a critical look at Operation Just Cause, the December 20, 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. The film details the consequences for civilians of using military force in a densely populated urban area, and argues that U.S. media coverage of the invasion accepted the Pentagon's version of events.
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Madame C.J. Walker
8 minutesOnce the wealthiest African American businesswoman in America, Madame C.J. Walker was an Indianapolis entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political activist. Susan Hall Dotson, Indianapolis Historical Society Coordinator of African American History, highlighted the Madame C.J. Walker exhibit to share the story of her life and work.
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American Artifacts: Women's History
20 minutesEfforts to build a National Women's History Museum in Washington, D.C. have been underway for more than 20 years. It currently exists as an online museum and offers local walking tours focused on women's history. We visited Alexandria, Virginia to see Civil War-related sites where women worked as nurses, sold goods to soldiers, and aided communities of newly freed slaves.
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Lectures in History: Preamble of the Declaration of Independence
1 hour, 30 minutesClemson University professor C. Bradley Thompson teaches a class about the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. Examining it line by line, he talks about the "self-evident" truths enumerated by the Founding Fathers and explores what the they may have intended by their word choices.
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American Artifacts: 1876 Synagogue in Washington, DC
30 minutesWe see artifacts related to Jewish history, tour the interior of the oldest synagogue in Washington, D.C. and learn how the 1876 building was moved 800 feet to be incorporated into a soon-to-be-built Capital Jewish Museum.
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History Bookshelf: Susan Cheever, "Drinking in America"
45 minutesSusan Cheever talked about her book, "Drinking in America: Our Secret History," in which she provides a history of alcohol consumption in America. In her book, she describes the Pilgrims who imbibed on the Mayflower and Paul Revere's decision to stop for a drink during his famed ride, as well as the temperance movement and the Prohibition era.
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U.S.-Soviet Relations & Ambassador Dobrynin
1 hour, 25 minutesScholars and diplomats discussed the legacy of former Soviet ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Mr. Dobrynin served in Washington from 1962 to 1986, and played a vital role in U.S. & Soviet relations during the Cold War. The Wilson Center hosted this event.
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The Civil War: 1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap
1 hour, 5 minutesPamplin Historical Park executive director Jerry Desmond explored the 1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap, a small engagement in northern Georgia following the Union victory at Chattanooga, Tennessee. This event was part of Pamplin Historical Park's "Small Battles, Big Results" symposium.
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American Artifacts: "Rightfully Hers, American Women & the Vote" Exhibit
50 minutesCurator Corinne Porter gave American History TV a guided tour of a National Archives exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment.
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Honoring U.S. Veterans Since the Revolutionary War
1 hour, 50 minutesThe American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati hosted a panel discussion that examined the experiences of U.S. veterans since the Revolutionary War era. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie delivered the opening remarks.