Videos

University of Mary Washington Professor Kristin Marsh discussed the scholarly contributions of civil rights activists W.E.B. Du Bois and Anna Julia Cooper, which she says were often marginalized.…

A panel of legal experts discussed the importance of the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson and the evolution of civil rights test cases. The American College of Trial Lawyers and…

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby and Lynn Rosenthal, chair of the 90-day Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, held a briefing at the Pentagon.

Jeanne Theoharis, political science professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, talked about her book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, in which she recounts the late…

Viewers commented on sexual harassment allegations against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Joseph Spector talked about the investigation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo after sexual harassment allegations.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held a briefing at the Pentagon where he talked about recent meetings with NATO allies. They discussed common challenges including climate change, terrorism…

Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, talked about civil rights in the Trump and Biden administrations.

British foreign correspondent Christina Lamb looked at the experiences of women during wartime and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. This virtual event was hosted by the Wilson…

Tamara Payne recounted the life of Malcolm X from her National Book Award-winning biography, The Dead Are Arising. This was a virtual event hosted by the Miami Book Fair.

UCLA Professor Eddie Cole examined the impact that college presidents had on the civil rights movement. This was a virtual event hosted by BookPeople Bookstore in Austin, Texas.

Journalist Matthew Van Meter discussed Duncan v. Louisiana, a civil rights case which helped to reaffirm the right to a trial by jury in most criminal cases. This was a virtual event hosted…

University of Virginia Professor Kevin Gaines looked back to the Cold War era and explained how opponents of the civil rights movement associated it with communism and how similar methods…

Peggy Wallace Kennedy, the author of The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter’s Journey to Reconciliation, talked about her segregationist father’s controversial career as the former four-term Alabama…

As part of its Cabinet Conversations series, Ford’s Theatre hosted a panel discussion titled, “Remembering the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” Moderated by Jonathan White of…

Clarence Taylor, author of Fight the Power, discussed the history of civil rights in New York. This video was provided by the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham discussed the life of the late U.S. representative and civil rights activist John Lewis. This program was part of the 20th annual National Book…

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham discussed the life of the late representative and civil rights activist John Lewis and took viewer phone calls as part of Book TV’s coverage of…

The New York Times' Gail Collins, the author of No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History, and Megan Twohey, the author of She Said: Breaking the Sexual…

Noting the 1957 anniversary of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas, with President Dwight Eisenhower' s address to the nation and news conference on sending Federal…