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American History TV Promotions: Weekend of November 19-21, 2016

by rlogan

C-SPAN3's American History TV

8am Saturday - 8am Monday November 19-21, 2016 

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Saturday 8pm & midnight ET

Lectures in History: World War II & Civil Rights

Gettysburg College professor Jill Ogline Titus teaches a class on World War II and its impact on civil rights. She talks about racial conflicts over housing, voting rights, and integrating work places and the military. 

Saturday 10pm & Sunday 4pm ET

Reel America: "Black Panther" - 1968

Fifty years ago, in October of 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, later known simply as the Black Panthers. This 1968 film produced by San Francisco Newsreel was originally released as "Off the Pig!" It features an interview with Newton while he was in prison on murder charges, Seale reciting the Panther's 10-point program, and scenes from "Free Huey" demonstrations in Oakland, California. 

Sunday 6pm & 10pm ET

American Artifacts: World War I Aircraft

Located in Virginia Beach, the Military Aviation Museum is home to one of the largest private collections of World War I and II aircraft, most of which are airworthy. We toured the World War I hangar with volunteer pilot Robert "Boom" Powell to learn about advances in aviation technology and pilot training during the war. This is the first of a two-part program. 

Saturday 10:25pm & Sunday 4:25pm ET

Archaeology & the 1777 Battle of Saratoga

In 1972, the Saratoga National Historical Park in New York hired archaeologist Dean Snow to conduct excavations at the Revolutionary War battlefield. Snow talks about his findings and how the work inspired his book, "1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga," at this event hosted by the New York Military Affairs Symposium. 

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