Communicators with Susan Crawford
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…
805 viewsSusan 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…
805 viewsThe 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…
57 viewsDemocratic 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…
200 viewsIn 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…
3 viewsMary 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)…
65 viewsHistorians Antony Beevor, Rick Atkinson, Douglas Brinkley, and Susan Eisenhower discussed D-Day at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.
376 viewsJustice 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…
326 viewsAuthor 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…
14 viewsBrooklyn 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…
19 viewsThis 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…
262 viewsA 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…
701 viewsThe 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…
399 viewsFormer Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz discussed his life, career and presidential candidacy. He was joined in conversation by William Kristol, founder of The Weekly Standard.
16 viewsFormer 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…
1,592 viewsC-SPAN spoke with members of the 116th freshmen class.
13 viewsOn 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.…
13 viewsDirected 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…
6 viewsFormer 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…
39 viewsIn 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…
33 viewsJournalist Helen Zia reported on the Chinese who fled Shanghai following the 1949 Communist Revolution.
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