C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Robert Corn-Revere, "The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder"
35 minutesFirst Amendment lawyer Robert Corn-Revere, author of "The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder," talked about free speech in America and efforts to curtail it by the U.S. government going back to the 19th century. This interview was conducted at FreedomFest, an annual libertarian conference held in 2023 in Memphis.
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About Books: Goodreads and "Review-Bombing"
31 minutesNew York Times books reporter Elizabeth Harris discussed the review website Goodreads and how the platform can help and hurt sales, especially for lesser-known authors. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and current non-fiction books.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
59 minutesProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures.
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Reel America: Texas State Fair - 1963
15 minutesThis 1963 U.S. Information Department film captured the spirit of Americana at the Texas State Fair, with its amusements, competitions of agricultural products and cattle, and exhibits of new farm equipment. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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West Virginia State Museum
15 minutesWest Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum Director Charles Morris provided a tour of their exhibits which tell the story of early settlement in the area, how West Virginia became a state, and how development led to the growth of industry in the region.
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Gerald Ford & the 1970s
1 hour, 20 minutesHistorian H.W. Brands looked at Gerald Ford in the context of the 1970s - when he served as House Minority Leader, vice president and then president. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
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Reel America: News from 1935
10 minutesThis Better Housing News Flash video from 1935 showed short pieces on then-current event and lifestyle topics from that year, including the renovation of the Washington Monument, commercial real estate market news, home decorating tips, and residential fire prevention strategies. This video was produced by the Federal HousingAdinistration. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
1 hour, 0 minuteProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures.
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Reel America: Texas State Fair - 1963
15 minutesThis 1963 U.S. Information Department film captured the spirit of Americana at the Texas State Fair, with its amusements, competitions of agricultural products and cattle, and exhibits of new farm equipment. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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West Virginia State Museum
15 minutesWest Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum Director Charles Morris provided a tour of their exhibits which tell the story of early settlement in the area, how West Virginia became a state, and how development led to the growth of industry in the region.
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Gerald Ford & the 1970s
1 hour, 20 minutesHistorian H.W. Brands looked at Gerald Ford in the context of the 1970s - when he served as House Minority Leader, vice president and then president. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
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Reel America: News from 1935
10 minutesThis Better Housing News Flash video from 1935 showed short pieces on then-current event and lifestyle topics from that year, including the renovation of the Washington Monument, commercial real estate market news, home decorating tips, and residential fire prevention strategies. This video was produced by the Federal HousingAdinistration. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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The Civil War: 1863 Chattanooga Campaign
1 hour, 0 minuteHistorians discussed the Chattanooga Campaign, which took place in the fall of 1863, and resulted in Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant breaking through a Confederate siege. The Union victory opened the door for General William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign the following year. The New-York Historical Society, in New York City, hosted this discussion.
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Elizabeth Cobbs, "Fearless Women - Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé"
55 minutesElizabeth Cobbs talked about the history of women's rights through the stories of different women from the colonial era to the 21st century. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this program.
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Presidents & Native Americans
40 minutesWhat were the policies of presidents towards Native Americans? The White House Historical Association hosted a virtual program with Donald Fixico to find out. He's on the Arizona State University history department faculty - and is also Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Muscogee Creek and Seminole. His expertise is in American Indians and the West.
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Vietnam Prisoners of War 50th Reunion
1 hour, 25 minutesVietnam-era prisoners of war reunited at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum 50 years to the day after President and Mrs. Nixon hosted them at a 1973 White House dinner. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger addressed them by video, and the White House dinner was recreated in the library's replica East Room. The reunion dinner commemorated the 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Vietnam War, and which was followed by the POWs homecoming.
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President Truman 1948 U.S. Military Desegregation Executive Order
1 hour, 19 minutesLibrarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman's desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests were Rep. James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) and Judge Richard Gergel, author of "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring."
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President Biden Remarks on 1948 Military Desegregation
41 minutesPresident Biden delivered remarks at the Truman Civil Rights Symposium, hosted by the Truman Library Institute in Washington, DC. He touted the accomplishments of minorities in the military and applauded former President Harry S. Truman for passing Executive Order 9981, which prohibited discrimination in the military based on race, color, religion or national origin. In addition, President Biden criticized Senate Republicans and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) for their blockade of military promotions in the Senate over Pentagon abortion access policies.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
1 hour, 0 minuteProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures.
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Reel America: Texas State Fair - 1963
15 minutesThis 1963 U.S. Information Department film captured the spirit of Americana at the Texas State Fair, with its amusements, competitions of agricultural products and cattle, and exhibits of new farm equipment. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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West Virginia State Museum
15 minutesWest Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum Director Charles Morris provided a tour of their exhibits which tell the story of early settlement in the area, how West Virginia became a state, and how development led to the growth of industry in the region.
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Gerald Ford & the 1970s
1 hour, 20 minutesHistorian H.W. Brands looked at Gerald Ford in the context of the 1970s - when he served as House Minority Leader, vice president and then president. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
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Reel America: News from 1935
10 minutesThis Better Housing News Flash video from 1935 showed short pieces on then-current event and lifestyle topics from that year, including the renovation of the Washington Monument, commercial real estate market news, home decorating tips, and residential fire prevention strategies. This video was produced by the Federal HousingAdinistration. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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Lectures in History: U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
1 hour, 0 minuteProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures.
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Reel America: Texas State Fair - 1963
15 minutesThis 1963 U.S. Information Department film captured the spirit of Americana at the Texas State Fair, with its amusements, competitions of agricultural products and cattle, and exhibits of new farm equipment. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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West Virginia State Museum
15 minutesWest Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum Director Charles Morris provided a tour of their exhibits which tell the story of early settlement in the area, how West Virginia became a state, and how development led to the growth of industry in the region.
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Gerald Ford & the 1970s
1 hour, 20 minutesHistorian H.W. Brands looked at Gerald Ford in the context of the 1970s - when he served as House Minority Leader, vice president and then president. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
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Reel America: News from 1935
10 minutesThis Better Housing News Flash video from 1935 showed short pieces on then-current event and lifestyle topics from that year, including the renovation of the Washington Monument, commercial real estate market news, home decorating tips, and residential fire prevention strategies. This video was produced by the Federal HousingAdinistration. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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The Civil War: 1863 Chattanooga Campaign
1 hour, 0 minuteHistorians discussed the Chattanooga Campaign, which took place in the fall of 1863, and resulted in Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant breaking through a Confederate siege. The Union victory opened the door for General William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign the following year. The New-York Historical Society, in New York City, hosted this discussion.
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Elizabeth Cobbs, "Fearless Women - Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé"
50 minutesElizabeth Cobbs talked about the history of women's rights through the stories of different women from the colonial era to the 21st century. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this program.
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Presidents & Native Americans
45 minutesWhat were the policies of presidents towards Native Americans? The White House Historical Association hosted a virtual program with Donald Fixico to find out. He's on the Arizona State University history department faculty - and is also Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Muscogee Creek and Seminole. His expertise is in American Indians and the West.
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Vietnam Prisoners of War 50th Reunion
1 hour, 25 minutesVietnam-era prisoners of war reunited at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum 50 years to the day after President and Mrs. Nixon hosted them at a 1973 White House dinner. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger addressed them by video, and the White House dinner was recreated in the library's replica East Room. The reunion dinner commemorated the 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Vietnam War, and which was followed by the POWs homecoming.
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President Truman 1948 U.S. Military Desegregation Executive Order
1 hour, 19 minutesLibrarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman's desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests were Rep. James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) and Judge Richard Gergel, author of "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring."