C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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African American Women's Activism & Suffrage
1 hour, 1 minuteMartha Jones, author of "Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality For All" talked about the various ways African American women became involved in the women's suffrage movement and other political movements in the first half of the twentieth century. She focused on how they advocated for their communities in the face of voting restrictions by white state governments.
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Global History of the 19th Amendment
1 hour, 3 minutesHistorian Mona Siegel talked about her book, "Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women's Rights After the First World War." The Sacramento State history professor argued that a great diversity of women from around the world pushed for greater rights in the wake of the horrors of the Great War. Professor Siegel also argues that some of these women who were attending the 1919-1920 Paris Peace Conference helped push President Woodrow Wilson to support the 19th amendment. The National World War I Museum & Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.
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African American Women's Activism & Suffrage
1 hour, 0 minuteMartha Jones, author of "Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality For All" talked about the various ways African American women became involved in the women's suffrage movement and other political movements in the first half of the twentieth century. She focused on how they advocated for their communities in the face of voting restrictions by white state governments.
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First Lady Florence Harding
45 minutesCarl Sferrazza Anthony, author of "Florence Harding: The First Lady, the Jazz Age, and the Death of America's Most Scandalous President" discussed the life of President Warren G. Harding's wife, and dispelled some of the myths surrounding her time in the White House. The White House Historical Association hosted this event and provided the video.
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Southern White Women Slave Owners
1 hour, 2 minutesStephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave owners in some regions. The previous estimate had been 10 percent. She is the author of "They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South." This video is courtesy of the National Archives.
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"Suffrage - Women's Long Battle for the Vote"
59 minutesUCLA history professor emeritus Ellen Carol DuBois discussed her book, "Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote." Professor DuBois provided an overview of the movement from its beginnings in the 1840s to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The World Affairs Council of Dallas Fort Worth hosted this online event and provided the video.
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Global History of the 19th Amendment
1 hour, 3 minutesHistorian Mona Siegel talked about her book, "Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women's Rights After the First World War." The Sacramento State history professor argued that a great diversity of women from around the world pushed for greater rights in the wake of the horrors of the Great War. Professor Siegel also argues that some of these women who were attending the 1919-1920 Paris Peace Conference helped push President Woodrow Wilson to support the 19th amendment. The National World War I Museum & Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.
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African American Women's Activism & Suffrage
59 minutesMartha Jones, author of "Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality For All" talked about the various ways African American women became involved in the women's suffrage movement and other political movements in the first half of the twentieth century. She focused on how they advocated for their communities in the face of voting restrictions by white state governments.
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First Lady Florence Harding
45 minutesCarl Sferrazza Anthony, author of "Florence Harding: The First Lady, the Jazz Age, and the Death of America's Most Scandalous President" discussed the life of President Warren G. Harding's wife, and dispelled some of the myths surrounding her time in the White House. The White House Historical Association hosted this event and provided the video.
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Reel America: United Nations 1945 San Francisco Conference"
18 minutesThis Office of War Information film documents the founding United Nations conference of April to June 1945 in which the U.N. Charter was created, debated, and signed by all 50 participating nations. This documentary is directed by noted photographer and filmmaker Willard van Dyke.
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Southern White Women Slave Owners
1 hour, 2 minutesStephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave owners in some regions. The previous estimate had been 10 percent. She is the author of "They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South." This video is courtesy of the National Archives.
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Global History of the 19th Amendment
1 hour, 2 minutesHistorian Mona Siegel talked about her book, "Peace on Our Terms: The Global Battle for Women's Rights After the First World War." The Sacramento State history professor argued that a great diversity of women from around the world pushed for greater rights in the wake of the horrors of the Great War. Professor Siegel also argues that some of these women who were attending the 1919-1920 Paris Peace Conference helped push President Woodrow Wilson to support the 19th amendment. The National World War I Museum & Memorial hosted this event and provided the video.
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African American Women's Activism & Suffrage
1 hour, 0 minuteMartha Jones, author of "Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality For All" talked about the various ways African American women became involved in the women's suffrage movement and other political movements in the first half of the twentieth century. She focused on how they advocated for their communities in the face of voting restrictions by white state governments.
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Southern White Women Slave Owners
1 hour, 3 minutesStephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave owners in some regions. The previous estimate had been 10 percent. She is the author of "They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South." This video is courtesy of the National Archives.
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American Artifacts: Warren Commission Records
55 minutesInvestigative Journalist Philip Shenon discusses lingering controversies surrounding the Warren Report, presented to President Lyndon Johnson on September, 24, 1964 & released to the public three days later. This interview examines phone calls, documents, and artifacts and was recorded in a conference room used by the Warren Commission at the Washington, DC office of the VFW. Mr. Shenon's book, "A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination" is the result of five years of work and details the Commission's nine month investigation.
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Reel America: "Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President, The Tragic Death of President Kennedy"
13 minutesThis U.S. Information Agency short film describes the death and funeral of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. It includes footage of President Lyndon B. Johnson's statement upon arriving in Washington, the funeral processions, mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral, and ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. It ends with President Johnson's meetings with world leaders who attended the funeral.
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The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
2 hours, 12 minutesRalph Nurnberger talked about the events of November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in his motorcade. Professor Nurnberger also spoke about the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald, President Kennedy's assassin, and the Warren Commission report on the investigation of the assassination. This program was hosted by the Smithsonian Associates.
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American Artifacts: JFK Assassination Records
32 minutesMartha Murphy, head of the Special Access and Freedom of Information Act staff at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland, talked about the collection of artifacts related to the President John F. Kennedy assassination and the Warren Commission. She spoke about how records are preserved, including the so-called "magic bullet," Lee Harvey Oswald's rifle, and the Zapruder film.
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Reel America: Candlelight Memorial Service for President Kennedy - 1963
13 minutesPresident Lyndon Johnson presides at the Lincoln Memorial over a candlelight ceremony in honor of the recently-assassinated President John F. Kennedy. We then see scenes of the National Christmas Tree lighting in this Navy film produced for the White House which is part of the LBJ Library and Museum collection.
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Personal Perspectives
1 hour, 27 minutesFour eyewitnesses recalled the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Sid Davis was the Westinghouse radio pool reporter on Air Force One when Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn into office as President. Julian Read, an aide to Texas Governor John Connally, was working with White House press and briefed reporters at Parkland Hospital. Larry Temple worked with the White House to plan the Texas trip. Ben Barnes helped organized the dinner planned in Austin that evening. Following the assassination, he organized a prayer service at the Capitol.
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American Artifacts: Warren Commission Records
55 minutesInvestigative Journalist Philip Shenon discusses lingering controversies surrounding the Warren Report, presented to President Lyndon Johnson on September, 24, 1964 & released to the public three days later. This interview examines phone calls, documents, and artifacts and was recorded in a conference room used by the Warren Commission at the Washington, DC office of the VFW. Mr. Shenon's book, "A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination" is the result of five years of work and details the Commission's nine month investigation.
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Reel America: "Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President, The Tragic Death of President Kennedy"
13 minutesThis U.S. Information Agency short film describes the death and funeral of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. It includes footage of President Lyndon B. Johnson's statement upon arriving in Washington, the funeral processions, mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral, and ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. It ends with President Johnson's meetings with world leaders who attended the funeral.
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The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
2 hours, 13 minutesRalph Nurnberger talked about the events of November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in his motorcade. Professor Nurnberger also spoke about the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald, President Kennedy's assassin, and the Warren Commission report on the investigation of the assassination. This program was hosted by the Smithsonian Associates.
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American Artifacts: JFK Assassination Records
32 minutesMartha Murphy, head of the Special Access and Freedom of Information Act staff at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland, talked about the collection of artifacts related to the President John F. Kennedy assassination and the Warren Commission. She spoke about how records are preserved, including the so-called "magic bullet," Lee Harvey Oswald's rifle, and the Zapruder film.
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Personal Perspectives
1 hour, 27 minutesFour eyewitnesses recalled the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Sid Davis was the Westinghouse radio pool reporter on Air Force One when Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn into office as President. Julian Read, an aide to Texas Governor John Connally, was working with White House press and briefed reporters at Parkland Hospital. Larry Temple worked with the White House to plan the Texas trip. Ben Barnes helped organized the dinner planned in Austin that evening. Following the assassination, he organized a prayer service at the Capitol.
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American Artifacts: Warren Commission Records
55 minutesInvestigative Journalist Philip Shenon discusses lingering controversies surrounding the Warren Report, presented to President Lyndon Johnson on September, 24, 1964 & released to the public three days later. This interview examines phone calls, documents, and artifacts and was recorded in a conference room used by the Warren Commission at the Washington, DC office of the VFW. Mr. Shenon's book, "A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination" is the result of five years of work and details the Commission's nine month investigation.