James G. Basker

James G. Basker

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James G. Basker is a President for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History with 20 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Forum. The year with the most videos was 2004 with four videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2015 with an average of 5,390 views per program. Most appearances with Lewis E. Lehrman (3), David Brion Davis (3), Eric Foner (3). Most common tags: African Americans, Lincoln, Abraham, Early American History (1600-1850).

Appearances by Title:c. January 7, 2000 - Present President, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History


Videos: 17 c. July 14, 2004 - Present Director, Alexander Hamilton Project, New York Historical Society


Videos: 3

Recent Appearances

  • 2022 George Washington Book Prize

    2022 George Washington Book Prize

    The 2022 winner of the George Washington Book Prize, Bruce Ragsdale, for Washington at the Plow, was honored at a ceremony he…

  • 2021 Lincoln Prize

    2021 Lincoln Prize

    The 2021 Lincoln Prize, for “the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or a su…

  • <em>The Second Founding</em>

    The Second Founding

    Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner looked at the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments added to the U.S. Constitution duri…

  • Frederick Douglass Book Prize

    Frederick Douglass Book Prize

    Book TV presented coverage of the 20th annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize awarded by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of Americ…

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