Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement
American History TV visited the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to tour their “Rise Up” exhibit looking back at the Stonewall riots, six days of protests considered to be the catalyst for the m…
1,570 viewsAmerican History TV visited the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to tour their “Rise Up” exhibit looking back at the Stonewall riots, six days of protests considered to be the catalyst for the m…
1,570 viewsWe visited the Newseum in Washington, DC to tour an exhibit on the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive and the Battle of Hue, where some of the most intense fighting of the campaign took place. We s…
4,433 viewsAuthors Kenneth Ackerman and David O. Stewart talked about their contributions to C-SPAN’s book, The Presidents.
2,619 viewsThe Newseum celebrated its final program examining the First Amendment. Among the speakers were "Fox News Sunday"'s Chris Wallace, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and legal scholar Fl…
1,107 viewsFormer and current FBI agents discussed James Wormley Jones, who is thought to be the first African American special agent hired in 1919 by the forerunner of the FBI. The Newseum and FBI hos…
2,508 viewsHouse Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was presented with the 2019 Sunshine in Government Award from the News Media for Open Government coalition. This portion…
963 viewsIn this portion of the 21st annual National Freedom of Information (FOI) Day conference, experts talked about the legal concerns with new government surveillance technology such as face reco…
227 viewsGabe Roth, executive director of open information advocacy organization Fix the Court, spoke about efforts to gain more access for journalists and the public to the federal court system. …
67 viewsThe first panel of the annual National Freedom of Information (FOI) Day conference featured advocates who spoke about the importance of a free press and court cases challenging government ag…
141 viewsDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein talked about the rule of law. May 1 is celebrated by the American legal community as a day to to honor the principle of rule of law. Toward the end of …
9,651 viewsOne day before the student-led “March for Our Lives” rally in Washington, D.C, student journalists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, talked about their experien…
446 viewsThe Newseum hosted a discussion on students' First Amendment rights. Mary Beth Tinker was one of the featured speakers and talked to students about the importance of speaking out peacefully …
1,239 viewsLegal experts previewed Supreme Court oral argument in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, which the high court was to hear on March 20, 2018. The case concer…
656 viewsCarrie Chistofferson talked about the Newseum exhibit of New York Herald special editions published on April 14-15, 1865, which show how the news unfolded after President Lincoln was shot.
1,081 viewsThe Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive started 50 years ago on January 30, 1968, with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacking more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across a broad swath o…
2,992 viewsThe Newseum presented its annual awards at a ceremony recognizing those who have promoted free expression in areas of speech, the press, religious liberty, and arts and entertainment. One of…
344 viewsThe Newseum hosted a forum titled, “The President and the Press: The First Amendment and the First 100 Days.” The discussion focused on the relationship between the media and President Trump…
16,183 viewsThomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton re-enactors debated the need for a Bill of Rights. December 2016 marked the 225th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the first ten…
1,860 viewsDavid Rubenstein talked about the Newseum exhibit “1776 - Breaking News: Independence.” The exhibit features an original July 6, 1776, edition of the Pennsylvania Evening Post, the first new…
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