C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Oral Histories: Gloria Grinnell, Civil Rights History Project
1 hour, 6 minutesThis is an oral history interview with Gloria Grinnell, who talked about participating in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protests during her time as a student at Richmond's Virginia Union University. She described the culture shock she experienced as a Californian attending college in Virginia. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Oral Histories: Thomas Gaither
2 hours, 9 minutesThomas Gaither talked about attending Claflin College in South Carolina, participating in the desegregation sit-in movement, his work for the Congress of Racial Equality and helping to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Oral Histories: James Oscar Jones
2 hours, 3 minutesJames Oscar Jones talked about growing up in rural Arkansas, the influence of his parents' support for civil rights, and his work as the director of the Arkansas Project for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Oral Histories: Gloria Grinnell, Civil Rights History Project
1 hour, 6 minutesThis is an oral history interview with Gloria Grinnell, who talked about participating in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protests during her time as a student at Richmond's Virginia Union University. She described the culture shock she experienced as a Californian attending college in Virginia. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Oral Histories: Thomas Gaither
2 hours, 10 minutesThomas Gaither talked about attending Claflin College in South Carolina, participating in the desegregation sit-in movement, his work for the Congress of Racial Equality and helping to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Oral Histories: James Oscar Jones
2 hours, 2 minutesJames Oscar Jones talked about growing up in rural Arkansas, the influence of his parents' support for civil rights, and his work as the director of the Arkansas Project for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Oral Histories: Gloria Grinnell, Civil Rights History Project
1 hour, 5 minutesThis is an oral history interview with Gloria Grinnell, who talked about participating in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protests during her time as a student at Richmond's Virginia Union University. She described the culture shock she experienced as a Californian attending college in Virginia. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Historic Convention Speeches: Ronald Reagan - 1980
47 minutesFormer California Governor Ronald Reagan accepted his party's nomination at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit. He called on Americans to "recapture our destiny" and pledged to cut taxes and increase defense spending.
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Jimmy Carter 1980 Democratic National Convention
55 minutesPresident Jimmy Carter (D) accepted his party's presidential nomination for a second term at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City. In his speech, President Carter called the ideas of his opponent Ronald Reagan "fantasy America," and attacked Mr. Reagan's defense spending and tax cut plans.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 1" - NBC News Report
1 hour, 13 minutesOn September 2, 1963, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. Reporting from 75 locations throughout the United States, the broadcast is organized into three parts, with each attempting to answer a question: 1) How did the civil rights revolution begin? 2) What course is it following? 3) What are the effects of the revolution? This 70 minutes is the first part of the report and covers slavery and Jim Crow laws, protests and violent responses in Georgia, Alabama, and Maryland as well as in northern cities such as Chicago, New York and Englewood, New Jersey.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 2" - NBC News Report
49 minutesOn September 2, 1963, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. Reporting from 75 locations throughout the United States, it includes appearances by well-known activists, scenes from historic civil rights events, and comments from integration opponents. This 50-minute portion of the report covers the sit-in movement, the assassination of Medgar Evers, the Little Rock, Arkansas school integration crisis, and other events.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 3" - NBC News Report
46 minutesLess than one week after the August 28, 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. This concluding 45-minute segment of the sweeping report examines the question: what are the effects of the civil rights revolution? This broadcast uses NBC archival footage to cover early 1960s conflicts including school integration struggles in New Orleans, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Georgia, and concludes with a look at the March on Washington and arguments for and against President Kennedy's proposed civil rights bill.
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American Artifacts: History of African Americans in Congress - 19th Century
31 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski & House curator Farar Elliott use a selection of artifacts to tell the story of the first 22 black members of Congress who served between 1869 and 1901.
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American Artifacts: History of African Americans in Congress - 20th Century
45 minutesU.S. House of Representatives Historian Matthew Wasnieski and House Curator Farar Elliott use a selection of artifacts from their collections to tell the story of black members of congress between the 1920s and the 1970s. This program draws upon the House History publication "Black Americans in Congress."
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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 1
50 minutesAmerican History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the early history of Mobile, Alabama, and to visit Africatown, a National Historic Landmark neighborhood north of the city founded by former slaves who were captives on the ship Clotilda. Recently discovered under the mud of the Mobile River, the Clotilda smuggled approximately 110 kidnapped West Africans to Mobile in 1860. This is part one of a two-part tour.
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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 2
57 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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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 1" - NBC News Report
1 hour, 13 minutesOn September 2, 1963, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. Reporting from 75 locations throughout the United States, the broadcast is organized into three parts, with each attempting to answer a question: 1) How did the civil rights revolution begin? 2) What course is it following? 3) What are the effects of the revolution? This 70 minutes is the first part of the report and covers slavery and Jim Crow laws, protests and violent responses in Georgia, Alabama, and Maryland as well as in northern cities such as Chicago, New York and Englewood, New Jersey.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 2" - NBC News Report
49 minutesOn September 2, 1963, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. Reporting from 75 locations throughout the United States, it includes appearances by well-known activists, scenes from historic civil rights events, and comments from integration opponents. This 50-minute portion of the report covers the sit-in movement, the assassination of Medgar Evers, the Little Rock, Arkansas school integration crisis, and other events.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 3" - NBC News Report
47 minutesLess than one week after the August 28, 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, NBC News broadcast a three-hour program on the status of the civil rights movement. This concluding 45-minute segment of the sweeping report examines the question: what are the effects of the civil rights revolution? This broadcast uses NBC archival footage to cover early 1960s conflicts including school integration struggles in New Orleans, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Georgia, and concludes with a look at the March on Washington and arguments for and against President Kennedy's proposed civil rights bill.
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American Artifacts: History of African Americans in Congress - 19th Century
30 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski & House curator Farar Elliott use a selection of artifacts to tell the story of the first 22 black members of Congress who served between 1869 and 1901.
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American Artifacts: History of African Americans in Congress - 20th Century
45 minutesU.S. House of Representatives Historian Matthew Wasnieski and House Curator Farar Elliott use a selection of artifacts from their collections to tell the story of black members of congress between the 1920s and the 1970s. This program draws upon the House History publication "Black Americans in Congress."
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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 1
50 minutesAmerican History TV joined tour guide Eric Finley to learn about the early history of Mobile, Alabama, and to visit Africatown, a National Historic Landmark neighborhood north of the city founded by former slaves who were captives on the ship Clotilda. Recently discovered under the mud of the Mobile River, the Clotilda smuggled approximately 110 kidnapped West Africans to Mobile in 1860. This is part one of a two-part tour.
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American Artifacts: Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 2
56 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.