The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a discussion commemorating the upcoming 250th anniversary of America's 1776 Declaration of Independence. This conversation highlighted America's democratic origins and how those ideas have prevailed into the present.
Santa Clara religious studies professor Jim Bennett taught a class on the formation of cults and the history of notorious American cults. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in California.
Historian Edward Achorn talked about the 1860 Republican convention and how unlikely Abraham Lincoln was as a political nominee. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Over thirty-two hundred students from across the country participated in the 20-year anniversary of C-SPAN's Student Cam documentary competition. All this month, we featured our top 21 winning entries.
Author Diana Parsell discussed the life of Eliza Scidmore, the globe-traveling journalist who worked to bring Japanese cherry trees to Washington, DC, in the early 20th century. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Created for the Office of War Information by director William Wyler and a crew of photographers, this film documents several missions of the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber in 1943. In May of that year, Memphis Belle became one of the first B-17s to complete 25 missions in Europe and return from the war under its own power, where she and her crew toured the United States. The documentary was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
Author Michael Schoeppner discussed the some 20,000 free Black maritime workers who were imprisoned by officials in Southern port cities between 1822 and 1857. The subtitle of his book is "Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America." The Museum of Old Newbury in Newburyport, Massachusetts, hosted this event.
Author Michael Worden discussed the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis, an African American man hanged on accusation of assaulting a white woman in Port Jervis, New York. The D&H Canal Museum in High Falls, New York, hosted this event.
Santa Clara religious studies professor Jim Bennett taught a class on the formation of cults and the history of notorious American cults. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in California.
Historian Edward Achorn talked about the 1860 Republican convention and how unlikely Abraham Lincoln was as a political nominee. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Author Diana Parsell discussed the life of Eliza Scidmore, the globe-traveling journalist who worked to bring Japanese cherry trees to Washington, DC, in the early 20th century. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Created for the Office of War Information by director William Wyler and a crew of photographers, this film documents several missions of the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber in 1943. In May of that year, Memphis Belle became one of the first B-17s to complete 25 missions in Europe and return from the war under its own power, where she and her crew toured the United States. The documentary was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
Author Michael Schoeppner discussed the some 20,000 free Black maritime workers who were imprisoned by officials in Southern port cities between 1822 and 1857. The subtitle of his book is "Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America." The Museum of Old Newbury in Newburyport, Massachusetts, hosted this event.
Author Michael Worden discussed the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis, an African American man hanged on accusation of assaulting a white woman in Port Jervis, New York. The D&H Canal Museum in High Falls, New York, hosted this event.
Over thirty-two hundred students from across the country participated in the 20-year anniversary of C-SPAN's Student Cam documentary competition. All this month, we featured our top 21 winning entries.
Santa Clara religious studies professor Jim Bennett taught a class on the formation of cults and the history of notorious American cults. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in California.
Historian Edward Achorn talked about the 1860 Republican convention and how unlikely Abraham Lincoln was as a political nominee. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Author Diana Parsell discussed the life of Eliza Scidmore, the globe-traveling journalist who worked to bring Japanese cherry trees to Washington, DC, in the early 20th century. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Created for the Office of War Information by director William Wyler and a crew of photographers, this film documents several missions of the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber in 1943. In May of that year, Memphis Belle became one of the first B-17s to complete 25 missions in Europe and return from the war under its own power, where she and her crew toured the United States. The documentary was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
Author Michael Schoeppner discussed the some 20,000 free Black maritime workers who were imprisoned by officials in Southern port cities between 1822 and 1857. The subtitle of his book is "Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America." The Museum of Old Newbury in Newburyport, Massachusetts, hosted this event.
Author Michael Worden discussed the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis, an African American man hanged on accusation of assaulting a white woman in Port Jervis, New York. The D&H Canal Museum in High Falls, New York, hosted this event.
Santa Clara religious studies professor Jim Bennett taught a class on the formation of cults and the history of notorious American cults. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in California.
Historian Edward Achorn talked about the 1860 Republican convention and how unlikely Abraham Lincoln was as a political nominee. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Over thirty-two hundred students from across the country participated in the 20-year anniversary of C-SPAN's Student Cam documentary competition. All this month, we featured our top 21 winning entries.
Author Diana Parsell discussed the life of Eliza Scidmore, the globe-traveling journalist who worked to bring Japanese cherry trees to Washington, DC, in the early 20th century. Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Author Michael Schoeppner discussed the some 20,000 free Black maritime workers who were imprisoned by officials in Southern port cities between 1822 and 1857. The subtitle of his book is "Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America." The Museum of Old Newbury in Newburyport, Massachusetts, hosted this event.
Author Michael Worden discussed the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis, an African American man hanged on accusation of assaulting a white woman in Port Jervis, New York. The D&H Canal Museum in High Falls, New York, hosted this event.
