C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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The Civil War: Coffee and the Civil War
1 hour, 0 minuteThe National Museum of Civil War Medicine hosted an online conversation about soldiers' use and access to coffee during the war. Museum employees Jake Wynn and Kyle Dalton compared the experience of Union and Confederate soldiers and took viewer questions via chat. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine provided this video.
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The Civil War: Gettysburg & Vicksburg as Turning Points
55 minutesMatt Atkinson has worked as a ranger at both the Gettysburg and Vicksburg national military parks. He compared those two 1863 campaigns as turning points in the Civil War and explored why Gettysburg looms larger in historical memory than western theater battles such as Vicksburg. This talk was part of a symposium hosted by the "Emerging Civil War" blog.
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History Bookshelf: Sheila Tate, "Lady in Red"
1 hour, 0 minuteSheila Tate, former press secretary for first lady Nancy Reagan, recalled the personal and public life of Mrs. Reagan.
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The Civil War: U.S. Constitution and Secession
1 hour, 0 minuteDwight Pitcaithley is a former National Park Service chief historian and editor of "The U.S. Constitution and Secession." He offered an analysis of the 67 Constitutional amendments considered by Congress right before the outbreak of the the Civil War that sought to address the secession crisis. The Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in St. Louis hosted this talk.
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The Civil War: Civil War Origins of Frontier Outlaws
54 minutesAmerican Civil War Museum intepretation specialist Karissa Marken talked about Civil War guerrilla fighters who later became outlaws in the West including Jesse James, his brother Frank, and their gang. This event was recorded by the American Civil War Museum in June 2016.
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Tracy Walder, "The Unexpected Spy"
1 hour, 11 minutesTracy Walder is co-author of "The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists." She sat down for an interview about her time as a CIA special operations officer at the time of the September 11 terrorist attacks. She also discussed her decision to leave the CIA to become an FBI special agent focusing on Chinese counterintelligence. The International Spy Museum recorded this event in February.
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Lectures in History: Spanish-American War
1 hour, 11 minutesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Joseph Glatthaar taught a class on the 1898 Spanish-American War. He described the military engagements in Cuba and the Philippines, but also outlined the United States' imperialist aims and the acquisition of Guam and Puerto Rico at the end of the war. This class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provided the video.
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Crispus Attucks in American Memory
1 hour, 12 minutesHistorian and author Mitch Kachun talked about his book, "First Martyr of Liberty: Crispus Attucks in American Memory." Professor Kachun explored how and why Attucks, a former slave who was killed at the Boston Massacre, has sometimes been celebrated and other times forgotten or vilified by Americans. The American Antiquarian Society hosted this event to mark the 250th anniversary of the March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre.
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Violence in U.S. Politics
1 hour, 32 minutesHistorians analyzed the correlation between violence and U.S. political change, from the time of the American Revolution to present day. This talk was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called "Remaking American Political History."
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Reel America: "Education '57"
31 minutesIn cooperation with Westinghouse Broadcasting, the U.S. Commissioner of Education presents a report on the status of schools in 1957. That same year, the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, which brought increased attention to improving science education. In 1957, prior to the 1979 creation of the Department of Education, the commissioner headed an office within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The report argues that teachers deserve higher pay, school construction needs to increase, parents must show more interest in education, and children should be encouraged to stay in school longer.
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Reel America: "And So They Live" - 1940
25 minutesFilmed in the mountains of Kentucky, this documentary funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation was produced to show the educational and economic needs of rural, working class Americans. It features a struggling, undernourished farm family, and scenes in the nearby one-room schoolhouse.
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Reel America: "Education for Excellence" - 1964
27 minutesThis City of New York Board of Education film promotes a program for gifted elementary school students by showing how they are selected and visiting classrooms to observe students and teachers at work. The film argues that future leaders in government, science, and business need to be identified and challenged early in their lives in order to reach their full potential.
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American Artifacts: Seminole Nation Museum
37 minutesIn the capital city of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Wewoka, we met Assistant Chief Lewis Johnson, who showed us artifacts and told the story of his people during a tour of the tribe's museum.
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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 2
1 hour, 0 minuteAmerican History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the history of Mobile, Alabama from the Jim Crow era through the civil rights movement. The tour features stories of churches, businesses, leaders and entrepreneurs who thrived despite segregation and racial tensions. This is the second of a two-part tour.
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The Civil War: Emancipation in Washington, DC
59 minutesOberlin College history professor Tamkia Nunley talked about the experiences of newly freed African Americans, particularly women, in the Washington, D.C area following the 1862 District of Columbia Emancipation Act. This talk was part of a symposium held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.
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President Reagan's First Press Conference
31 minutesRonald Reagan gave his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981. Questions about the recently resolved Iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath dominated a discussion that ranged from domestic affairs to the new administration's foreign policy priorities. President Reagan met with the press in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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1919 Paris Peace Conference
1 hour, 30 minutesHistorian Margaret MacMillan, author of "Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World", examined the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, which sought to hammer out a peace treaty for World War I. She discussed the difficulties in reaching an agreement that satisfied all participating nations in regards to territorial claims and adequately punishing Germany for its wartime actions. The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri taped this talk as part of their annual symposium last November.
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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 2
55 minutesAmerican History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the history of Mobile, Alabama from the Jim Crow era through the civil rights movement. The tour features stories of churches, businesses, leaders and entrepreneurs who thrived despite segregation and racial tensions. This is the second of a two-part tour.
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George and Barbara Bush Honeymoon Film
5 minutesWarren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, showed never seen film of George and Barbara Bush on their honeymoon at the Cloister Hotel in Sea Island, Georgia in 1945.
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The Civil War: Emancipation in Washington, DC
1 hour, 0 minuteOberlin College history professor Tamkia Nunley talked about the experiences of newly freed African Americans, particularly women, in the Washington, D.C area following the 1862 District of Columbia Emancipation Act. This talk was part of a symposium held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.
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President Reagan's First Press Conference
35 minutesRonald Reagan gave his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981. Questions about the recently resolved Iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath dominated a discussion that ranged from domestic affairs to the new administration's foreign policy priorities. President Reagan met with the press in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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1919 Paris Peace Conference
1 hour, 25 minutesHistorian Margaret MacMillan, author of "Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World", examined the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, which sought to hammer out a peace treaty for World War I. She discussed the difficulties in reaching an agreement that satisfied all participating nations in regards to territorial claims and adequately punishing Germany for its wartime actions. The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri taped this talk as part of their annual symposium last November.
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Reel America: "Education '57"
30 minutesIn cooperation with Westinghouse Broadcasting, the U.S. Commissioner of Education presents a report on the status of schools in 1957. That same year, the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, which brought increased attention to improving science education. In 1957, prior to the 1979 creation of the Department of Education, the commissioner headed an office within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The report argues that teachers deserve higher pay, school construction needs to increase, parents must show more interest in education, and children should be encouraged to stay in school longer.
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Reel America: "And So They Live" - 1940
26 minutesFilmed in the mountains of Kentucky, this documentary funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation was produced to show the educational and economic needs of rural, working class Americans. It features a struggling, undernourished farm family, and scenes in the nearby one-room schoolhouse.
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Reel America: "Education for Excellence" - 1964
29 minutesThis City of New York Board of Education film promotes a program for gifted elementary school students by showing how they are selected and visiting classrooms to observe students and teachers at work. The film argues that future leaders in government, science, and business need to be identified and challenged early in their lives in order to reach their full potential.
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American Artifacts: Seminole Nation Museum
37 minutesIn the capital city of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Wewoka, we met Assistant Chief Lewis Johnson, who showed us artifacts and told the story of his people during a tour of the tribe's museum.
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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 2
58 minutesAmerican History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the history of Mobile, Alabama from the Jim Crow era through the civil rights movement. The tour features stories of churches, businesses, leaders and entrepreneurs who thrived despite segregation and racial tensions. This is the second of a two-part tour.
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The Civil War: Emancipation in Washington, DC
1 hour, 0 minuteOberlin College history professor Tamkia Nunley talked about the experiences of newly freed African Americans, particularly women, in the Washington, D.C area following the 1862 District of Columbia Emancipation Act. This talk was part of a symposium held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond.
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President Reagan's First Press Conference
35 minutesRonald Reagan gave his first press conference nine days after taking the oath of office on January 20, 1981. Questions about the recently resolved Iranian hostage crisis and its aftermath dominated a discussion that ranged from domestic affairs to the new administration's foreign policy priorities. President Reagan met with the press in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House. This video is courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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1919 Paris Peace Conference
1 hour, 25 minutesHistorian Margaret MacMillan, author of "Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World", examined the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, which sought to hammer out a peace treaty for World War I. She discussed the difficulties in reaching an agreement that satisfied all participating nations in regards to territorial claims and adequately punishing Germany for its wartime actions. The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri taped this talk as part of their annual symposium last November.