Prime Time Schedule: April 12-15, 2019 on American History TV
American History TV Prime Time Schedule
April 15-19, 2019
Starts at 8pm Each Night on C-SPAN 3
Monday, April 15
Ford's Theatre Abraham Lincoln Symposium
The Abraham Lincoln Institute & Ford's Theatre Society hosted their annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium to highlight the 16th president's life & legacy. We'll show the full line-up of speakers including Richard Carwardine on Abraham Lincoln's sense of humor. The event took place at historic Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., site of Lincoln's assassination in 1865.
Tuesday, April 16
Exxon Valdez Alaska Oil Spill 30th Anniversary
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and spilled close to 11 million gallons of crude oil. American History TV marked the 30th anniversary of the incident with programs from C-SPAN's video archive, including: an interview with former Anchorage Daily News investigative reporter Stan Jones about his book "The Spill"; Senate Commerce Committee hearing from two weeks after the spill, with testimony by Exxon's chairman and statements by committee members, including Ted Stevens of Alaska; White House briefing by President George H.W. Bush and members of his cabinet providing details about the government response
Wednesday, April 17
Race & Politics
A discussion on television's impact on race and politics in the 1990s including the 1992 presidential election, Bill Clinton's relations with the African American community, and the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests. From the American Historical Association's annual meeting in Chicago.
Thursday, April 18
World War II Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific and took place from August 1942 to February 1943. Military historians focus on the battle at a symposium hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Friday, April 19
American Artifacts
A night of programs from our "American Artifacts" series, which take viewers to museums and historic sites around the country, beginning with a tour of the "Baseball Americana" exhibit at the Library of Congress to learn about the game's origins and early days. Curator Susan Reyburn shows us the earliest mentions of baseball in books and diaries from just after the American Revolution, as well as recently rediscovered pre-Civil War documents -- known as baseball's "Magna Carta" - that spell out the basic rules and organization of the game that we still play today.
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