C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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USAID Administrator on President's 2021 Budget Request
2 hours, 6 minutesU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green testified before the House Appropriations Committee on President Trump's 2021 budget request for his agency. Administrator Green fielded questions on the various foreign aid programs run by USAID as well as his agency's involvement in responding to the global coronavirus outbreak.
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Reel America: "Firm Alliance" - 1962
25 minutesThis U.S. Information Service film documents the April 11-13, 1962 official state visit of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Empress Farah, including welcoming ceremonies at Union Station in Washington, D.C. and a state dinner hosted by President John F. Kennedy and the first lady. It also shows visits to NASA's Cape Canaveral, military sites, the United Nations, and a New York City ticker tape parade, and speeches before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress and the National Press Club.
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The Oil Industry, Christianity & Politics
1 hour, 20 minutesUniversity of Notre Dame professor Darren Dochuk talked about the oil industry's impact on American religion and politics. He is the author of "Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America." The Southern Methodist University Center for Presidential History and Clements Center for Southwest Studies co-hosted this event.
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Breaking the German Enigma Code
1 hour, 46 minutesDermot Turning, nephew of British codebreaker Alan Turing, talked about his book, "X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken." He chronicled how French, British and Polish spies and mathematicians were able to decipher the German Enigma code during World War II. The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. hosted this event.
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Children in Colonial America
19 minutesAuthor Holly Brewer discussed the lives of children during the colonial period, including their legal status and treatment by the justice system. This interview was recorded at the annual American Historical Association meeting.
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Reel America: "Sniffles and Sneezes" - 1955
10 minutesThis educational film demonstrates how viruses are spread through carelessness, and how colds can be avoided and treated.
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Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
59 minutesAbraham Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer revisited the 16th president's second inaugural address - delivered on March 4th, 1865, just six weeks before his assassination, and generally considered to be one of the most iconic speeches in American history. The New-York Historical Society hosted the event.
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Magazine Portrayals of African Americans
1 hour, 6 minutesBrenna Greer talked about her book "Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship," which focuses on print media portrayals of middle-class black Americans during the 1940s and 50s. Emory University hosted this event.
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The Civil War: Confederate Veterans in Mississippi
1 hour, 0 minuteUniversity of Southern Mississippi professor Susannah Ural described the treatment of Confederate veterans after the Civil War and challenges preconceptions about the Mississippi state pension system. Professor Ural highlights the Jefferson Davis Soldiers' Home, which welcomed some African Americans as well as the wives and widows of veterans. The National Civil War Museum hosted this event.
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Black Cowboys in the American West
55 minutesHistorian Michael Searles talked about his book, "Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, Behind the Badge." Using images of black cowboys, Professor Searles discussed their experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Tesoro Cultural Center in Morrison, Colorado hosted this event.
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History Bookshelf: David and Jeanne Heidler, "The Rise of Andrew Jackson"
1 hour, 0 minuteHistorians David and Jeanne Heidler looked at how Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828.
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Q&A: Notable Speakers of the House
1 hour, 0 minuteMatthew Green looked back over history and into our own time to talk about notable Speakers of the House - including Henry Clay, Joe Cannon, Newt Gingrich, and current Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He is a Catholic University political science professor who teaches courses on the U.S. Congress and political leadership.
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The Civil War: Confederate Cavalryman Thomas Wallace Colley
52 minutesHistorian Michael Shaffer looked at the life of Thomas Wallace Colley, who served in the Confederate 1st Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. Using Colley's voluminous journal entries and letters, Mr. Shaffer discussed the trooper's experiences at key battles such as Bull Run and Antietam, as well as his severe wounding in 1863 and the amputation of his left foot a year later. Mr. Shaffer also examined Colley's post-war life and writings detailing his struggle with what we now call post-traumatic stress disorder. The Powhatan Civil War Roundtable hosted this event.
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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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Disaster Responses in Early America
1 hour, 1 minuteCynthia Kierner discussed her new book, "Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood," which examines the various ways early Americans responded to natural and man-made disasters. The Virginia Museum of History and Culture and Society for Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia co-hosted the lecture.
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Lectures in History: Economic Policies of the Confederacy
44 minutesUniversity of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Jamie Martinez taught a class about the Confederacy's economic policies during the Civil War. She explained how a pre-war focus on cotton exports over food production combined with wartime farm labor disruptions led to food shortages and riots in the South in 1863. This, she said, forced the Confederate government into developing more nationalized policies for food production and resource allocation that ran counter to their constitution's emphasis on a decentralized government.
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U.S. & Japanese Perspectives on World War II
1 hour, 16 minutesGrand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center hosted a discussion looking at U.S. and Japanese perspectives on World War II. Speakers included Pia White, whose father was a Japanese Ambassador with key roles in the 1940 alliance among Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan -- as well as negotiations in Washington, D.C. leading up to the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. We also heard from Brian Hauenstein, grandson of Col. Ralph Hauenstein, who served as intelligence chief under Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in the war's European Theater. The Hauenstein Center is named for Ralph Hauenstein.
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Reel America: "The Last Bomb - 1945"
35 minutesThe Last Bomb is a 1945 War Department film documenting the final months of the B-29 super fortress air campaign against Japan. It concludes with the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Congressman David Price D-4th
4 minutesRep. David Price (D-NC-4th District) discussed his district's history and economy.
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Politics of American Dueling
1 hour, 21 minutesHistorian Joanne Freeman talked about the logic behind the American dueling culture before and after the Civil War. She described the "Code of Honor" that led to dueling and explains the political strategies behind these confrontations. This talk was part of the William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series hosted by the University of Mary Washington.
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Lectures in History: Economic Policies of the Confederacy
40 minutesUniversity of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Jamie Martinez taught a class about the Confederacy's economic policies during the Civil War. She explained how a pre-war focus on cotton exports over food production combined with wartime farm labor disruptions led to food shortages and riots in the South in 1863. This, she said, forced the Confederate government into developing more nationalized policies for food production and resource allocation that ran counter to their constitution's emphasis on a decentralized government.
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Congressman David Price D-4th
5 minutesRep. David Price (D-NC-4th District) discussed his district's history and economy.
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U.S. & Japanese Perspectives on World War II
1 hour, 15 minutesGrand Valley State University's Hauenstein Center hosted a discussion looking at U.S. and Japanese perspectives on World War II. Speakers included Pia White, whose father was a Japanese Ambassador with key roles in the 1940 alliance among Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan -- as well as negotiations in Washington, D.C. leading up to the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. We also heard from Brian Hauenstein, grandson of Col. Ralph Hauenstein, who served as intelligence chief under Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in the war's European Theater. The Hauenstein Center is named for Ralph Hauenstein.
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History Bookshelf: David and Jeanne Heidler, "The Rise of Andrew Jackson"
53 minutesHistorians David and Jeanne Heidler looked at how Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828.
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Marion Cheek Jackson Center
7 minutesMembers of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center discussed Chapel Hill's Civil Rights history, including the Chapel Hill Nine sit-in on February 28, 1960.
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Q&A: Notable Speakers of the House
1 hour, 0 minuteMatthew Green looked back over history and into our own time to talk about notable Speakers of the House - including Henry Clay, Joe Cannon, Newt Gingrich, and current Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He is a Catholic University political science professor who teaches courses on the U.S. Congress and political leadership.
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The Civil War: Confederate Cavalryman Thomas Wallace Colley
55 minutesHistorian Michael Shaffer looked at the life of Thomas Wallace Colley, who served in the Confederate 1st Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War. Using Colley's voluminous journal entries and letters, Mr. Shaffer discussed the trooper's experiences at key battles such as Bull Run and Antietam, as well as his severe wounding in 1863 and the amputation of his left foot a year later. Mr. Shaffer also examined Colley's post-war life and writings detailing his struggle with what we now call post-traumatic stress disorder. The Powhatan Civil War Roundtable hosted this event.
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Black Cowboys in the American West
55 minutesHistorian Michael Searles talked about his book, "Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, Behind the Badge." Using images of black cowboys, Professor Searles discussed their experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Tesoro Cultural Center in Morrison, Colorado hosted this event.
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Disaster Responses in Early America
1 hour, 5 minutesCynthia Kierner discussed her new book, "Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood," which examines the various ways early Americans responded to natural and man-made disasters. The Virginia Museum of History and Culture and Society for Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia co-hosted the lecture.
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Magazine Portrayals of African Americans
1 hour, 5 minutesBrenna Greer talked about her book "Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship," which focuses on print media portrayals of middle-class black Americans during the 1940s and 50s. Emory University hosted this event.