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  • The Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence

    Historian John Ferling describes the events leading up to America’s declaration of independence from Britain in July 1776.

    C-SPAN clip by JKoning
    • 7 minutes
    • 27,385 views
  • Foreign Policy and the SpanishAmerican War

    Foreign Policy and the Spanish-American War

    Stephen Kinzer talked about his book The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire, in which he recounts the public debate over American foreign policy duri…

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 2 minutes
    • 6,200 views
  • User Clip George HW Letter to His Mother 57 or 58

    User Clip: George HW Letter to His Mother '57 or '58

    Read by John Meacham autobiographer to Bush. Letter was written to his mother a few years after his daughter died of Leukemia.

    • 4 minutes
    • 5,984 views
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Author Michael Golay talked about the effects of the Great Depression in New York city during the periods of 1931-1933, including a first person account of life as an unemployed person durin…

    C-SPAN clip by cmcandrew
    • 6 minutes
    • 5,160 views
  • Civil Rights Movement and SitIns

    Civil Rights Movement and Sit-Ins

    Author Christopher Schmidt talks about the Greensboro, NC sit-in and how it inspired future demonstrations.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 3 minutes
    • 4,366 views
  • Slavery and the MexicanAmerican War

    Slavery and the Mexican-American War

    Author Joseph Wheelan explored the role that the Mexican-American War played on the future of slavery and the Civil War.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 58 seconds
    • 4,257 views
  • James Monroe and the Louisiana Purchase

    James Monroe and the Louisiana Purchase

    Author Harlow Unger discussed the role that James Monroe played during the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 2 minutes
    • 3,703 views
  • Jesse Owens

    Jesse Owens

    Author and ESPN host Jeremy Schaap reads a passage from his book, Trimuph, about Jesse Owens' personal refelction on his warmest memories from his athletic career.

    C-SPAN clip by cmcandrew
    • 3 minutes
    • 3,247 views
  • President Reagan and the Berlin Wall

    President Reagan and the Berlin Wall

    President Reagan and the Berlin Wall

    C-SPAN clip by JKoning
    • 9 minutes
    • 3,160 views
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin on Presidential Leadership

    Doris Kearns Goodwin on Presidential Leadership

    Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin offered her thoughts on presidential leadership qualities and how different presidents exemplified those qualities.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 2 minutes
    • 3,048 views
  • User Clip Jim Clyburn Appears To Endorse Sexting

    User Clip: Jim Clyburn Appears To Endorse 'Sexting'

    Jim Clyburn Appears To Endorse 'Sexting'

    • 57 seconds
    • 2,818 views
  • The History of Thanksgiving

    The History of Thanksgiving

    Author Melanie Kirkpatrick talked about the history of Thanksgiving in America, including President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation in 1863 during the Civil War making it a national holiday.

    C-SPAN clip by cmcandrew
    • 5 minutes
    • 2,597 views
  • User Clip Book Discussion on The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks

    User Clip: Book Discussion on The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

    Political science professor, Jeanne Theoharis, talks about her book, the Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.

    User-created clip by kyleheimbigner
    • 7 minutes
    • 2,568 views
  • User Clip Preamble Original Wording

    User Clip: Preamble- Original Wording

    Original wording of the Preamble, and the reasons why it was changed to "We the People"

    User-created clip by jderr
    • 2 minutes
    • 2,391 views
  • The Armenian Genocide

    The Armenian Genocide

    Author Peter Balakian talked about his book, The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response. In the book, the author examines the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in …

    C-SPAN clip by cmcandrew
    • 4 minutes
    • 2,390 views
  • History of the NRA  Gun Legislation

    History of the NRA & Gun Legislation

    Author Adam Winkler describes the creation and development of the NRA from the post-Civil War Era to the late 1970s.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 4 minutes
    • 2,294 views
  • Civil Rights SitIns Students Goals

    Civil Rights Sit-Ins: Students' Goals

    Author Christopher Schmidt explains why students chose this form of action and the goals of the students.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 5 minutes
    • 2,260 views
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act

    Author Nick Bunker talks about the Tea Act and the years preceding the start of the Revolutionary War.

    C-SPAN clip by cmcandrew
    • 1 minute
    • 2,183 views
  • User Clip President George HW Bush and Robin

    User Clip: President George H.W. Bush and Robin

    A letter to his mother, after the death of his daughter, Robin.

    • 3 minutes
    • 2,065 views
  • The 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment

    Author Gerard Magliocca talked about his book, American Founding Son: John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment, in which he recounts the life of lawyer and Ohio Congressman…

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 3 minutes
    • 1,879 views
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