C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Rachel Swarns, "The 272"
1 hour, 6 minutesAuthor Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Calvin Coolidge 1923 Oath Reenactment
46 minutesCalvin Coolidge's boyhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, was the scene of a reenactment of the 30th president's oath of office - to commemorate his 1923 ascension to the presidency. Then Vice President Coolidge was visiting family when he learned of President Warren Harding's sudden death. Mr. Coolidge's father swore in the new president at 2:47 a.m. on August 3 by lamp light.
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Mike Pence on Calvin Coolidge
46 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered a keynote address.
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Early 1900s Progressive Politics
1 hour, 16 minutesThis was a look at the early 1900s politics that shaped the future 30th president, Calvin Coolidge (1923-29). He was viewed as a "progressive" politician - but what did that mean then? The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of Mr. Coolidge's presidency.
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Mayor & Governor Calvin Coolidge
1 hour, 18 minutesWhat defined Calvin Coolidge as a local mayor and governor of Massachusetts before he went to the White House? And what impact did those offices have on his presidential career? The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of Mr. Coolidge's presidency.
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1920s Economic Growth
1 hour, 17 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. This session was a look at Mr. Coolidge's economic philosophy and policies, and the resulting economic growth in the 1920s.
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Ideas and Ideals that Made Calvin Coolidge
1 hour, 16 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. This discussion focused on the ideas and ideals that shaped Mr. Coolidge's political views.
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60th Anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March
1 hour, 20 minutesThe Birmingham Civil Rights Institute marked the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March including a discussion with participants of the 1963 march. This washeld at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.
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Reel America: Martin Luther King Press Conference
30 minutesMartin Luther King, Jr. was interviewed in July 1963 by four international and domestic journalists for "Press Conference U.S.A.," a U.S. Information Agency series that was distributed internationally.
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1963 March on Washington
1 hour, 5 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Historian Taylor Branch, author of "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63," delivered the keynote address.
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Groundbreaking Women in Science & Journalism
1 hour, 5 minutesBiographers Allison Gilbert and Kate Zernike talked about the subjects of their books, columnist Elsie Robinson and scientist Nancy Hopkins. Elsie Robinson was a nationally syndicated columnist in the 1920s and Nancy Hopkins was a cancer researcher at MIT who fought for equality for women in science. This program was hosted by the Coffee House Club at the Salmagundi Club in New York City.
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Reel America: Extraterrestrial Life - 1975
30 minutesThis 1975 film from NASA included experts, including astronomer Carl Sagan, considering the implications of the possible existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
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President Truman's 1948 Recognition of Israel
50 minutesIsraeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog was among those marking President Harry Truman's 1948 decision to recognize the newly created State of Israel. The Truman Library Institute hosted this event at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.
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Calvin Coolidge 1923 Oath Reenactment
46 minutesCalvin Coolidge's boyhood home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, was the scene of a reenactment of the 30th president's oath of office - to commemorate his 1923 ascension to the presidency. Then Vice President Coolidge was visiting family when he learned of President Warren Harding's sudden death. Mr. Coolidge's father swore in the new president at 2:47 a.m. on August 3 by lamp light.
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Mike Pence on Calvin Coolidge
44 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered a keynote address.
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Mayor & Governor Calvin Coolidge
1 hour, 18 minutesWhat defined Calvin Coolidge as a local mayor and governor of Massachusetts before he went to the White House? And what impact did those offices have on his presidential career? The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of Mr. Coolidge's presidency.
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Early 1900s Progressive Politics
1 hour, 16 minutesThis was a look at the early 1900s politics that shaped the future 30th president, Calvin Coolidge (1923-29). He was viewed as a "progressive" politician - but what did that mean then? The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of Mr. Coolidge's presidency.
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1920s Economic Growth
1 hour, 18 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. This session was a look at Mr. Coolidge's economic philosophy and policies, and the resulting economic growth in the 1920s.
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Ideas and Ideals that Made Calvin Coolidge
1 hour, 18 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. This discussion focused on the ideas and ideals that shaped Mr. Coolidge's political views.
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60th Anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March
1 hour, 20 minutesThe Birmingham Civil Rights Institute marked the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March including a discussion with participants of the 1963 march. This washeld at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.
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Reel America: Martin Luther King Press Conference
30 minutesMartin Luther King, Jr. was interviewed in July 1963 by four international and domestic journalists for "Press Conference U.S.A.," a U.S. Information Agency series that was distributed internationally.
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1963 March on Washington
1 hour, 5 minutesThe American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Historian Taylor Branch, author of "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63," delivered the keynote address.
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Groundbreaking Women in Science & Journalism
1 hour, 5 minutesBiographers Allison Gilbert and Kate Zernike talked about the subjects of their books, columnist Elsie Robinson and scientist Nancy Hopkins. Elsie Robinson was a nationally syndicated columnist in the 1920s and Nancy Hopkins was a cancer researcher at MIT who fought for equality for women in science. This program was hosted by the Coffee House Club at the Salmagundi Club in New York City.
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Reel America: Extraterrestrial Life - 1975
28 minutesThis 1975 film from NASA included experts, including astronomer Carl Sagan, considering the implications of the possible existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.