C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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African American Voting Rights
1 hour, 28 minutesA panel of public historians talked about the history of African American voting rights. They explained how their historic sites and organizations share this history in various ways. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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African American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
49 minutesAuthor Brandon Winford discussed his book "John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights" with a panel of scholars. They examined the role Wheeler played in the civil rights movement in North Carolina through his position as the president of Mechanics & Farmers Bank in the 1950s & 60s. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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20th Century African American Activism in Detroit
38 minutesA panel of scholars talked about Detriot's history of African American activism in the 20th century. They discussed in detail the work of longtime Detriot residents Rosa Parks and Representative John Conyers. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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Kenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
40 minutesA panel of scholars discussed the tenure and impact of Kenneth Gibson, elected in 1970 as Newark's first black mayor and the first black mayor of any major Northeastern city. The examined the impact this election had on the broader civil rights movement and how Gibson did and did not meet the expectations of the black voters who elected him. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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African Americans in World War I
1 hour, 50 minutesTo mark the 2018 centennial of World War I, a panel of historians met to reflect on African Americans in the Great War. They talked about the discrimination that black soldiers faced before, during and after the war, and the racial violence and killings that persisted on the home front despite their military service. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History hosted this event.
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African American Voting Rights
1 hour, 26 minutesA panel of public historians talked about the history of African American voting rights. They explained how their historic sites and organizations share this history in various ways. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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African American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
49 minutesAuthor Brandon Winford discussed his book "John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights" with a panel of scholars. They examined the role Wheeler played in the civil rights movement in North Carolina through his position as the president of Mechanics & Farmers Bank in the 1950s & 60s. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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20th Century African American Activism in Detroit
38 minutesA panel of scholars talked about Detriot's history of African American activism in the 20th century. They discussed in detail the work of longtime Detriot residents Rosa Parks and Representative John Conyers. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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Kenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
39 minutesA panel of scholars discussed the tenure and impact of Kenneth Gibson, elected in 1970 as Newark's first black mayor and the first black mayor of any major Northeastern city. The examined the impact this election had on the broader civil rights movement and how Gibson did and did not meet the expectations of the black voters who elected him. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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African Americans in World War I
1 hour, 48 minutesTo mark the 2018 centennial of World War I, a panel of historians met to reflect on African Americans in the Great War. They talked about the discrimination that black soldiers faced before, during and after the war, and the racial violence and killings that persisted on the home front despite their military service. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History hosted this event.
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Reel America: August 1945 Universal Newsreel
5 minutesThis 1945 Universal Newsreel includes stories about the Potsdam Declaration of Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and President Harry Truman, the science behind the atom bomb, and Truman's speech announcing the August 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
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African American Voting Rights
1 hour, 25 minutesA panel of public historians talked about the history of African American voting rights. They explained how their historic sites and organizations share this history in various ways. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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African American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
48 minutesAuthor Brandon Winford discussed his book "John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights" with a panel of scholars. They examined the role Wheeler played in the civil rights movement in North Carolina through his position as the president of Mechanics & Farmers Bank in the 1950s & 60s. This event was part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's annual conference and they provided the video.
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Settlement of San Antonio
14 minutesHistorian Lewis Fisher talked about the arrival of Spanish explorers and the settlement of San Antonio including how their cultural influences are still observed today.
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1918 Flu Pandemic
1 hour, 42 minutesThe 1918 flu pandemic altered American life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Conflicting information left people wary and fearful, college classes were held outside, sports were cancelled, masks were challenged as un-American and fines imposed on those who refused to wear them. Christopher McKnight Nichols recounted how the country experienced the events of a century ago and the lessons we might learn. He directs Oregon State University's Center for the Humanities. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event and provided the video.
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Leprosy Treatment & Stigma
1 hour, 3 minutesAuthor and National Public Radio correspondent Pam Fessler discussed her book, "Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice." It looks at the history of the residential hospital for Americans with leprosy in Carville, Louisiana which began operation in 1894 and closed in 1999. The Kansas City Library Public Library hosted the program and provided the video.
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Lectures in History: Polio Epidemic in the United States
1 hour, 8 minutesDavidson College professor Sally McMillen talked about the polio epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. Fear of contracting polio grew following a series of outbreaks, including one in 1916 that started in Brooklyn, New York, and eventually killed more than 6,000 people. She also spoke about the efforts of President Franklin Roosevelt to help find a cure, in part by starting the March of Dimes organization.
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Reel America: "We Heard the Bells, The Influenza of 1918"
59 minutesCommissioned by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, this 2010 documentary includes survivors of the 1918 flu telling their stories, a history of the pandemic, and a look at the science of flu and the genetic sequencing of the 1918 strain based on remnants of the virus extracted from frozen bodies under Alaskan permafrost. The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including more than 600,000 Americans.
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Historical Perspectives on Pandemics
1 hour, 7 minutesHistorians discussed previous global pandemics such as cholera, typhoid, and smallpox. They examined preventative measures, spread, and how the diseases affected different populations. This video was provided by the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research.
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1918 Flu Pandemic
1 hour, 43 minutesThe 1918 flu pandemic altered American life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Conflicting information left people wary and fearful, college classes were held outside, sports were cancelled, masks were challenged as un-American and fines imposed on those who refused to wear them. Christopher McKnight Nichols recounted how the country experienced the events of a century ago and the lessons we might learn. He directs Oregon State University's Center for the Humanities. The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas hosted this event and provided the video.
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Leprosy Treatment & Stigma
1 hour, 3 minutesAuthor and National Public Radio correspondent Pam Fessler discussed her book, "Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice." It looks at the history of the residential hospital for Americans with leprosy in Carville, Louisiana which began operation in 1894 and closed in 1999. The Kansas City Library Public Library hosted the program and provided the video.
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Lectures in History: Polio Epidemic in the United States
1 hour, 8 minutesDavidson College professor Sally McMillen talked about the polio epidemic in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. Fear of contracting polio grew following a series of outbreaks, including one in 1916 that started in Brooklyn, New York, and eventually killed more than 6,000 people. She also spoke about the efforts of President Franklin Roosevelt to help find a cure, in part by starting the March of Dimes organization.
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Reel America: "We Heard the Bells, The Influenza of 1918"
1 hour, 0 minuteCommissioned by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, this 2010 documentary includes survivors of the 1918 flu telling their stories, a history of the pandemic, and a look at the science of flu and the genetic sequencing of the 1918 strain based on remnants of the virus extracted from frozen bodies under Alaskan permafrost. The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, including more than 600,000 Americans.
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Historical Perspectives on Pandemics
1 hour, 7 minutesHistorians discussed previous global pandemics such as cholera, typhoid, and smallpox. They examined preventative measures, spread, and how the diseases affected different populations. This video was provided by the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research.