AHTV Coming Soon

Previews of AHTV's July 11-13 Programming

by jgarrott

American History TV on C-SPAN3

Saturday 8am ET - Monday 8am ET, July 11-13, 2015

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Saturday 8pm & midnight ET

Lectures in History: FDR & the New Deal 

Flagler College professor Steve Voguit talks about the factors that led to the Great Depression and the actions that President Roosevelt took to help the American people and the economy. Flagler College is in St. Augustine, Florida.

Saturday 9 pm ET

The Founding Fathers & Political Ideologies

Georgia State history professor David Sehat talks about the founding fathers' differing political ideologies. Mr. Sehat discusses how presidents and politicians have interpreted these ideas and used them to further their own agendas. He's the author of "The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible." The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia hosted this event. 

Sunday 4pm ET

Reel America: Civil Rights Act of 1964 Panel Discussion - July 2, 1965

Panelists Roy Wilkins, Leroy Collins and Sterling Tucker discuss the status of civil rights on the one-year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Sunday 6:30pm & 10:30pm ET

Sherman & the End of the Civil War

Best-selling historical novelist Jeff Shaara discusses the latter half of the Civil War - focusing on General William Tecumseh Sherman's involvement in the burning of Atlanta, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina. Shaara argues against the popular depiction of Sherman as a villain in the burning of Columbia and also talks about how slaves reacted to his military victories. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this program. 

 

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