Highlights This Weekend on American History TV April 29 - May 1
C-SPAN3's American History TV
8am Saturday - 8am, Monday April 29 - May 1, 2017
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Saturday 8pm & midnight ET
Lectures in History: Victorian Culture
Towson University professor Akim Reinhardt teaches a class about Victorian era culture in the United States in the last half of the 19th century. He describes the societal customs of the upper and emerging middle class which drove movements such as Prohibition and established gender norms for the time. He talks about how these conventions created expectations that governed behavior, dress, work and home life.
Saturday 10pm & Sunday 4pm ET
Reel America: "Soviet Active Measures" - 1984
"Soviet Active Measures" is a 1984 United States Information Agency report on efforts by Soviet agents to use disinformation, forgery, bribery, and the spreading of "fake news" to further their Cold War agenda. The program includes interviews with journalists and with several defectors who engaged in these covert actions. The U.S. Information Agency directed public diplomacy from 1953 until it was disbanded in 1999, producing many films for overseas audiences.
Sunday 6:30pm & 10:30pm ET
Historians in the Court
Historians discuss their roles as expert witnesses for court cases on abortion, Native American treaties, gay rights, and affirmative action. They also examine how the courts value history and evaluate sources. The Organization of American Historians hosted this event at their annual meeting in New Orleans.
Sunday 8pm & midnight ET
The Presidency: Women & the White House
Presidential historians discuss some of the country's most influential first ladies, their relationships with their spouses, and the difficulties they faced in the White House. And they talk about the presidential daughters, sisters and nieces - women like Julie Nixon and Alice Roosevelt - who left their own mark on White House history. The New-York Historical Society hosted this event.
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