C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 2" - NBC News Report
50 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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History Bookshelf: David Davenport, "The New Deal and Modern American Conservatism"
45 minutesAuthor David Davenport talks about the book he wrote with Gordon Lloyd, "The New Deal and Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry," which argues that the debate over the New Deal in the 1930s laid the groundwork for today's conservative movement.
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Reel America: News Magazine of the Screen - 1950
15 minutesThis 1950 newsreel covers the 5th anniversary of the June, 1945 signing of the United Nations World Charter and shows scenes of UN meetings during the Korean conflict. Other stories include a premature 1950 declaration of victory in Korea, President Truman meeting Gen. MacArthur at Wake Island, Marshall Plan progress in Europe, and a look at historic U.S. Patent Office models.
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Reel America: "The American Revolution of '63 Part 1" - NBC News Report
1 hour, 14 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
50 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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Carolina Basketball Museum
10 minutesThe Carolina Basketball Museum chronicles the history of UNC Basketball. Steve Kirshner, Director of Athletic Communications at the University of North Carolina, toured the museum and discussed the storied history of UNC's Basketball program, which dates back to 1910.
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Lectures in History: Female Slaves and the Law
1 hour, 25 minutesProfessor Martha Jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. Topcis included what options Celia may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves and her master's white neighbors in her court case.
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Remembering George Washington
1 hour, 5 minutesMatthew Costello talked about his new book "The Property of the Nation: George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President." He discussed the ways that Americans remembered and celebrated George Washington in the 19th century. And he talked about how the freed and enslaved people on Washington's Mount Vernon estate helped shape the historical narrative about the first president. Mr. Costello is a historian at the White House Historical Association, which hosted this event.
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History of Documentary Filmmaking in America
1 hour, 25 minutesFilmmaker and author Jon Wilkman discussed his book "Screening Reality: How Documentary Filmmakers Reimagined America," which explores the history of American non-fiction films and television from the late nineteenth century to the present. The video was provided by The Burbank Channel.
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Reel America: July 1960 Universal Newsreel
5 minutesThis newsreel includes stories about Texas Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson's nomination at the Democratic National Convention as John Kennedy's running mate, and the Republican National Convention starting in Chicago.
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Reel America: The World I Never Made'
56 minutesJames Baldwin talked about the civil rights movement, the mistaken worship of innocence and immaturity, the interdependent connections of the world, the U.S. guilt from taking Native American lands, and other topics. He also responded to questions submitted by audience members.
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Reel America: Life and Career of Shirley Chisholm
58 minutesFormer Congresswoman Chisholm talked about her career as a politician, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a fighter for civil rights. She was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972.
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History of UNC
6 minutesUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill Archivist Nicholas Graham discussed the university's founding, as well as its role in the growth of the city of Chapel Hill.
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American Artifacts: History of Women in Congress Part 1
28 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and Curator Farar Elliott presented artifacts and photographs related to and talked about the history of women in the U.S. House of Representatives, beginning with the election of Jeannette Rankin in 1917 and ending with the story of Margaret Chase Smith.
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American Artifacts: History of Women in Congress Part 2
32 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and Curator Farar Elliott presented artifacts and photographs related to and talked about the history of women in the U.S. House of Representatives, from Clare Boothe Luce to Shirley Chisholm, and Lindy Boggs.
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Centennial Suffrage Commemoration
40 minutesThe Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission hosted a conversation on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, author Elaine Weiss, and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
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Tennessee & the Women's Suffrage Movement
20 minutesWomen's Suffrage Centennial Commission executive director Anna Laymon talks with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) about the state's involvement in the women's suffrage movement. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission provided the video.
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Historic Convention Speeches: George W. Bush - 2000
57 minutesTexas Governor George W. Bush accepted his party's nomination at the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Gov. Bush told delegates "I come from a different place, and it has made me a different leader."
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Road to the White House 2000: Al Gore 2000 Democratic National Convention
58 minutesVice President Al Gore accepted his party's presidential nomination at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.
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Reel America: July 18, 1960 Universal Newsreel
5 minutesThis newsreel includes stories about the Congolese government demanding Belgium military withdrawal from their former colony, Presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kennedy returning to Massachusetts, an attempted assassination of the Japanese premier, and an air show in Germany.
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American Artifacts: History of Women in Congress Part 1
27 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and Curator Farar Elliott presented artifacts and photographs related to and talked about the history of women in the U.S. House of Representatives, beginning with the election of Jeannette Rankin in 1917 and ending with the story of Margaret Chase Smith.
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American Artifacts: History of Women in Congress Part 2
33 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and Curator Farar Elliott presented artifacts and photographs related to and talked about the history of women in the U.S. House of Representatives, from Clare Boothe Luce to Shirley Chisholm, and Lindy Boggs.
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Centennial Suffrage Commemoration
40 minutesThe Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission hosted a conversation on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, author Elaine Weiss, and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
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Tennessee & the Women's Suffrage Movement
20 minutesWomen's Suffrage Centennial Commission executive director Anna Laymon talks with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) about the state's involvement in the women's suffrage movement. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission provided the video.
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Historic Convention Speeches: George W. Bush - 2000
57 minutesTexas Governor George W. Bush accepted his party's nomination at the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Gov. Bush told delegates "I come from a different place, and it has made me a different leader."
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Road to the White House 2000: Al Gore 2000 Democratic National Convention
58 minutesVice President Al Gore accepted his party's presidential nomination at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.
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Bush Family Gravesite
5 minutesWarren Finch, Director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, took a walk to the burial site of President George H.W. Bush at his Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas. The 41st President was laid to rest next to his wife Barbara, and their daughter Robin.
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Reel America: The World I Never Made'
57 minutesJames Baldwin talked about the civil rights movement, the mistaken worship of innocence and immaturity, the interdependent connections of the world, the U.S. guilt from taking Native American lands, and other topics. He also responded to questions submitted by audience members.
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Reel America: Life and Career of Shirley Chisholm
58 minutesFormer Congresswoman Chisholm talked about her career as a politician, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and a fighter for civil rights. She was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972.
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Reel America: July 14, 1960 Universal Newsreel
5 minutesThis newsreel contains stories about the United Nations sending troops to the Congo, and a look back 25 years to the invention of flexible glass, a 1935 anti-nazi rally in New York City, and controversies over the depression era Works Progress Administration.
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American Artifacts: History of Women in Congress Part 1
28 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and Curator Farar Elliott presented artifacts and photographs related to and talked about the history of women in the U.S. House of Representatives, beginning with the election of Jeannette Rankin in 1917 and ending with the story of Margaret Chase Smith.
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American Artifacts: History of Women in Congress Part 2
32 minutesHouse of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and Curator Farar Elliott presented artifacts and photographs related to and talked about the history of women in the U.S. House of Representatives, from Clare Boothe Luce to Shirley Chisholm, and Lindy Boggs.
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Centennial Suffrage Commemoration
40 minutesThe Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission hosted a conversation on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, author Elaine Weiss, and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
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Tennessee & the Women's Suffrage Movement
20 minutesWomen's Suffrage Centennial Commission executive director Anna Laymon talks with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) about the state's involvement in the women's suffrage movement. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission provided the video.
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National Museum of American History Coronavirus Artifacts
20 minutesAlexandra Lord, Medicine & Science director and curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, talked about the museum's coronavirus pandemic artifacts collection.
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Reel America: News Magazine of the Screen - 1950
15 minutesThis 1950 newsreel covers the 5th anniversary of the June, 1945 signing of the United Nations World Charter and shows scenes of UN meetings during the Korean conflict. Other stories include a premature 1950 declaration of victory in Korea, President Truman meeting Gen. MacArthur at Wake Island, Marshall Plan progress in Europe, and a look at historic U.S. Patent Office models.
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History of Documentary Filmmaking in America
1 hour, 25 minutesFilmmaker and author Jon Wilkman discussed his book "Screening Reality: How Documentary Filmmakers Reimagined America," which explores the history of American non-fiction films and television from the late nineteenth century to the present. The video was provided by The Burbank Channel.