American History TV toured the CIA Museum at the agency's Langley, Virginia, headquarters. Director and curator Robert Byer highlighted covert action tools of the trade in the CIA's collection, dating from the Cold War to 21st century terrorism. The museum was created primarily for CIA employees - as a resource for their ongoing work - and is not open to the general public.
"Manhunt" author James Swanson talked about the Apple TV+ series based on his account of the 12-day search for President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. American History TV interviewed Mr. Swanson at the Surratt House Museum in Maryland, where the assassin made a hurried stop for supplies after shooting Mr. Lincoln during an April 14, 1865, performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
University of Kansas rhetoric and political communication professor Robert Rowland taught a class on President Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence, Kansas.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina which rescued over 700 former slaves. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historians Edward Achorn, Joseph Fornieri, Ronald White, Harold Holzer, and Erin Carlson Mast discussed President Abraham Lincoln as a communicator and shaper of public opinion. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode one was titled "The Power of the Market."
Historian Jonathan White talked about how even though the slave trade was outlawed, it persisted through the 1860s. He describes some of the slave traders who were prosecuted during Abraham Lincoln's presidency. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
This 1938 New York Port Authority film entitled "Conquest of the Hudson" covered the planning, construction and operation of the Lincoln Tunnel, which connected New York to New Jersey and opened in December 1937. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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.
University of Kansas rhetoric and political communication professor Robert Rowland taught a class on President Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence, Kansas.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina which rescued over 700 former slaves. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historians Edward Achorn, Joseph Fornieri, Ronald White, Harold Holzer, and Erin Carlson Mast discussed President Abraham Lincoln as a communicator and shaper of public opinion. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode one was titled "The Power of the Market."
Historian Jonathan White talked about how even though the slave trade was outlawed, it persisted through the 1860s. He describes some of the slave traders who were prosecuted during Abraham Lincoln's presidency. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
This 1938 New York Port Authority film entitled "Conquest of the Hudson" covered the planning, construction and operation of the Lincoln Tunnel, which connected New York to New Jersey and opened in December 1937. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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.
University of Kansas rhetoric and political communication professor Robert Rowland taught a class on President Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence, Kansas.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina which rescued over 700 former slaves. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historians Edward Achorn, Joseph Fornieri, Ronald White, Harold Holzer, and Erin Carlson Mast discussed President Abraham Lincoln as a communicator and shaper of public opinion. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode one was titled "The Power of the Market."
Historian Jonathan White talked about how even though the slave trade was outlawed, it persisted through the 1860s. He describes some of the slave traders who were prosecuted during Abraham Lincoln's presidency. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
This 1938 New York Port Authority film entitled "Conquest of the Hudson" covered the planning, construction and operation of the Lincoln Tunnel, which connected New York to New Jersey and opened in December 1937. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
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.
University of Kansas rhetoric and political communication professor Robert Rowland taught a class on President Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence, Kansas.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina which rescued over 700 former slaves. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historians Edward Achorn, Joseph Fornieri, Ronald White, Harold Holzer, and Erin Carlson Mast discussed President Abraham Lincoln as a communicator and shaper of public opinion. This event was part the 2023 Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
