Donald Rumsfeld talks about his early years in government as a member of the Nixon & Ford administrations, then the War on Terrorism from his time as Defense Secretary for President George W. Bush.  Mr. Rumsfeld is a guest lecturer at The Citadel Military College in Charleston, South Carolina in a course called "The Conservative Intellectual Tradition in America," taught by professor Mallory Factor.

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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began his career as a public servant as an administrative aide in Congress.  Almost fifty years later, the Nixon Foundation honored him with the Victory of Freedom Award for his commitment to government at the Nixon Library.

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C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of June 15-17 we feature the history of Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Author and professor Jonathan Gill talks about his book “Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America.” To illustrate the scope of the Harlem Renaissance, Professor Gill discusses James Weldon Johnson -- a poet, songwriter, author, educator, diplomat and civil rights activist. This event was hosted by the New York City Bar Association.

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The Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville was fought April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Many historians consider the battle to be Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory. Facing a Union Army more than twice the size of his own, Lee divided his forces, sending 27,000 men under “Stonewall” Jackson on a 12-mile march to deliver a flank attack. In this program, we follow two National Park Service historians on a tour as they walk the same ground exactly 150 years after Jackson launched his attack.

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