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August 24, 2019
400th Anniversary of First Africans in Virginia

In August 1619, colonist John Rolfe recorded that “20 and odd” Africans arrived at Virginia’s Point Comfort - captives…
August 31, 2019
African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights

We visit the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond to look at their exhibit on 400 years of African…

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August 18, 2019
Woodstock Festival 50th Anniversary

American History TV and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal looked back at the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair, a three-day rock concert that…
August 20, 2019
Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

American History TV and “Washington Journal” marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Noon landing with three hours…

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Sunday
12:00AM EDTAmerican History TV
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jeff Guinn, "Manson"
9:04AM EDTRevolutionary War-Era Military
10:35AM EDTThe Civil War Battle of Fort Stevens 155th Anniversary
12:10PM EDTLectures in History 1960s & '70s Popular Music and Feminism
1:24PM EDTExtreme History of Bozeman, Montana
1:35PM EDTNational History Day - Story of Harriet Ann Jacobs
2:00PM EDTThe Idea of "Deep State" in American History
3:45PM EDTNational History Day - Alice Paul, The Fight for the 19th Amendment
4:00PM EDTReel America "The Negro Farmer" 1938 & Last Survivor of Transatlantic Slave Trade
4:33PM EDTReel America "Henry Browne, Farmer" - 1942
4:45PM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights
6:45PM EDTThe Civil War International Aspects of the Civil War
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
9:02PM EDTHolocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights
10:39PM EDTCorps of Discovery at the Missouri Headwaters
10:45PM EDTThe Civil War International Aspects of the Civil War
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
1:02AM EDTHolocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody
2:00AM EDTReel America "The Negro Farmer" 1938 & Last Survivor of Transatlantic Slave Trade
2:33AM EDTReel America "Henry Browne, Farmer" - 1942
2:45AM EDTEconomics of Slavery
3:00AM EDTRevolutionary War-Era Military
4:30AM EDT19th Amendment, Voting Rights & Foreign Relations
6:10AM EDTThe Idea of "Deep State" in American History
8:00AM EDTDeclaration of Independence Global Legacy
9:31AM EDTForeign Perspectives on America
10:30AM EDTThe Cuban Revolution Behind-the-Scenes
11:54AM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
2:00PM EDTDeclaration of Independence Global Legacy
3:31PM EDTForeign Perspectives on America
4:30PM EDTThe Cuban Revolution Behind-the-Scenes
5:54PM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
8:49PM EDTLectures in History Early English Missions in Colonial America
9:48PM EDTLectures in History California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
11:03PM EDTLectures in History AHTV - Native American History
Tuesday
12:25AM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
1:14AM EDTLectures in History Early English Missions in Colonial America
2:13AM EDTLectures in History California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
3:28AM EDTLectures in History AHTV - Native American History
4:44AM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
5:34AM EDTLectures in History Early English Missions in Colonial America
6:33AM EDTLectures in History California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
7:48AM EDTLectures in History AHTV - Native American History
8:00AM EDTWashington Journal Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
10:59AM EDTPresident Kennedy Speech on Space Effort
11:17AM EDTApollo 11 Astronaut Returns to the Launch Pad
11:43AM EDTOral Histories Gene Kranz , Part 1"
12:27PM EDTNational History Day - "Katherine Johnson, A Quiet Triumph in a White Man's World"
12:40PM EDTWashington Journal Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
3:40PM EDTPresident Kennedy Speech on Space Effort
3:58PM EDTApollo 11 Astronaut Returns to the Launch Pad
4:23PM EDTOral Histories Gene Kranz , Part 1"
5:08PM EDTNational History Day - "Katherine Johnson, A Quiet Triumph in a White Man's World"
8:00PM EDTLectures in History The Continental Army
9:05PM EDTLectures in History Colonial America Before the Revolution
10:11PM EDTLectures in History American Military in the Revolutionary War
Wednesday
12:23AM EDTLectures in History The American Revolution, 1775-76
1:28AM EDTLectures in History The Continental Army
2:33AM EDTLectures in History Colonial America Before the Revolution
3:40AM EDTLectures in History American Military in the Revolutionary War
4:49AM EDTLectures in History The American Revolution, 1775-76
8:00PM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
9:22PM EDTLectures in History World War II Amphibious Vehicles
10:32PM EDTLectures in History Women During World War II
Thursday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Origins of World War II in Europe
1:20AM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
2:42AM EDTLectures in History World War II Amphibious Vehicles
3:53AM EDTLectures in History Women During World War II
5:14AM EDTLectures in History Origins of World War II in Europe
8:00PM EDTLectures in History 1970s Culture & Economics
9:13PM EDTLectures in History 1950s & 60s Counterculture
10:09PM EDTLectures in History Drug Addiction in 19th-Century America
10:56PM EDTLectures in History End of Life Care and Death Since the 1800s
Friday
12:55AM EDTLectures in History 1970s Culture & Economics
2:08AM EDTLectures in History 1950s & 60s Counterculture
3:04AM EDTLectures in History Drug Addiction in 19th-Century America
3:51AM EDTLectures in History End of Life Care and Death Since the 1800s
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
9:08PM EDTLectures in History Legal History of Abortion in the U.S.
10:21PM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
11:08PM EDTLectures in History Henry Wirz and Andersonville
Saturday
12:12AM EDTLectures in History Civil Rights Cold Cases
1:53AM EDTLectures in History Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
3:02AM EDTLectures in History Legal History of Abortion in the U.S.
4:15AM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
5:02AM EDTLectures in History Henry Wirz and Andersonville
6:00AM EDTLectures in History Civil Rights Cold Cases
8:00AM EDTReel America "The Negro Farmer" 1938 & Last Survivor of Transatlantic Slave Trade
8:34AM EDTReel America "Henry Browne, Farmer" - 1942
8:45AM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights
10:45AM EDTThe Civil War International Aspects of the Civil War
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
1:05PM EDTHolocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody
2:05PM EDTHistorian Carter G. Woodson
2:10PM EDTAfrican American Life Historical Interpretation
3:40PM EDT19th Amendment Legacies
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf
4:55PM EDTJournalist Randy Shilts & the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
5:30PM EDTNational History Day - "Dimes over Disease"
5:45PM EDTBlack Athletes' Activism
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Gen. James Longstreet at Gettysburg
6:55PM EDTThe Civil War Gettysburg National Military Park
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
8:55PM EDTLincoln Assassination Attending Doctors
10:00PM EDTReel America "Invasion of Southern France"
10:20PM EDTReel America "Battle for Paris" August 1944 United Newsreel
10:32PM EDTReel America "The Paris Story" August 1944 United Newsreel
10:50PM EDTHealth Care Policy Since World War I
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
12:55AM EDTLincoln Assassination Attending Doctors
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf
2:55AM EDTJournalist Randy Shilts & the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
3:30AM EDTNational History Day - "Dimes over Disease"
3:45AM EDTBlack Athletes' Activism
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Gen. James Longstreet at Gettysburg
4:55AM EDTThe Civil War Gettysburg National Military Park
6:00AM EDT1945 Black Women Army Corps Strike
6:10AM EDTAfrican American Life Historical Interpretation
7:40AM EDT19th Amendment Legacies
7:57AM EDTAmerican History TV

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August 25, 2019
"Deep State" in American History

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July 13, 2019
National History Day: Story of Harriet Ann Jacobs

Executive director Cathy Gorn described the National History Day contest. Then, three middle school students presented a 10-minute…
August 17, 2019
Extreme History of Bozeman, Montana

Crystal Alegria shared some of Bozeman’s lesser known history through the Extreme History Project, including a a visit to the defunct red…
August 28, 2014
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Indiana University history professor Michael McGerr talked about women and feminism in 1960-1970s popular music. This class was…

August 17, 2019
Battle of Fort Stevens 155th Anniversary

The Battle of Fort Stevens was fought in the northwest section of Washington, D.C., in July 1864, when Confederate forces under…
August 25, 2019
Revolutionary War-Era Military

A panel of historians looked at various aspects of the Revolutionary War-era military. Topics included military personnel in George…
August 25, 2013
Manson

Jeff Guinn talked about his book, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson, in which he recounts the life of cult leader…
August 25, 2019
Holocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody

Holocaust survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody recalled her family’s experiences after the Soviet Union’s 1939 invasion of Poland and…