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Susan Crawford, Harvard law school professor and WIRED columnist, talked about her book Fiber. She contends that huge corporations are providing sub-par internet access to Americans while in…

The Old State Capitol served as Illinois fifth capitol building from 1840 to 1876. Troy Gilmore, with State Historic Sites, gave a tour of the building as well as where Abraham Lincoln gave his “House…

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Tom Perez delivered remarks at the DNC’s annual winter meeting in Washington, DC. While highlighting the accomplishments of Democrats from around…

In the early 1900s, James Edward Shepard founded North Carolina College in Durham, which evolved into what is now North Carolina Central University. Florida A&M professor Reginald Ellis is the…

Mary Todd Lincoln Interpreter Pam Brown gave a tour of the city of Springfield, Illinois, and highlighted locations that were important to the former first lady. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs)…

Historians Antony Beevor, Rick Atkinson, Douglas Brinkley, and Susan Eisenhower discussed D-Day at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor talked about her life and career during an event hosted by the Law Library of Congress in Washington, DC. She spent much of the program discussing the differences between…

Author and documentary filmmaker Tom Hansell reported on coal communities in central Appalachia and South Wales and their efforts to develop a sustainable economy as coal mining in the…

Brooklyn College Professor KC Johnson taught a class on Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon’s Supreme Court nominations. He described Johnson’s plan to fill the bench with liberal…

This documentary about the November 1943 Battle of Tarawa was filmed by U.S. Marine cameramen and won the 1944 Academy Award for best documentary short. About 18,000 Marines made an…

A memorial service was held in Dearborn, Michigan, for the late Representative John Dingell (D-MI), who died on February 7, 2019, at age 92. He the served in the House of Representatives from…

The casket carrying the body of John Dingell, the Democratic former U.S. Representative from Michigan and dean of the House, arrived at the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), the late…

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz discussed his life, career and presidential candidacy. He was joined in conversation by William Kristol, founder of The Weekly Standard.

Former President Bill Clinton, Representative John Lewis (D-GA), and former Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) were among the leaders and colleagues who eulogized former Representative John…

C-SPAN spoke with members of the 116th freshmen class.

On November 20, 1943, 18,000 U.S. Marines landed on the Pacific island of Tarawa, occupied by Japan. After three days of combat, more than 1,000 U.S. troops had died and about 2,000 were wounded.…

Directed by William Greaves for the National Park Service, this film portrays the life of Booker T. Washington through reenactments, archival photographs and interviews with actors portraying…

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson reported on the state of the news business with the influx of new technologies. She was interviewed by Vivian Schiller, former president…

In 1908, 5,000 white citizens stormed into black neighborhoods in Springfield, Illinois, resulting in the lynching of black citizens and the burning of businesses. Kathryn Harris recounted the events leading…

Journalist Helen Zia reported on the Chinese who fled Shanghai following the 1949 Communist Revolution.