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The C-SPAN Cities Tour travels the country exploring the American story as it takes Book TV and American History TV on the road. Highlights from some of the cities along the 2019 tour were…

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed people to the White House for the annual turkey pardoning. The president chose from two turkeys named Bread and Butter. In the end, he…

Scholar and curator Katherine Egner Gruber used images to describe the significance of tailors in 18th century Alexandria, Virginia. Examining the account book of tailor William Carlin, who was active between 1763 and…

From a snack for coal miners to foraged vegetables, The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll author Candace Nelson explained how Appalachian food embodies the history and culinary culture of West Virginia.…

Officials from the National Park Service and preservation organizations talked about how historically black sites help to tell the story of African American migration. They also argued for…

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2019 LCV Cities Tour” in Rapid City, South Dakota, from September 7-13, 2019, to feature the history and literary life of the…

In his book, Reclaiming the Black Past, author Pero Dagbovie explains how black history is misused in popular culture and what can be done to change it. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a…

C-SPAN visited Sheridan, Wyoming to learn about the history and literary life of the community.

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns talked about his latest project for PBS about the history of country music.

C-SPAN visited various cities during the past year to learn about the history and literary life of these communities.

In 1893, the first polo match took place in Sheridan, Wyoming. Sam Morton talked about how this international sport came to Wyoming. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their…

This program contains highlights from C-SPAN’s 2018-19 Cities Tour.

Narrated by actor Robert Mitchum, this documentary takes a sympathetic yet critical look at the late 1960s counterculture movement. With scenes in San Francisco, London, Nepal, Rome, and Istanbul, the film…

Catholic University of America Religion and Culture Professor William Dinges compared the early 19th century transcendentalism and 1960s counterculture movements. The Smithsonian Associates…

Hosted by former U.S. Representative Walter Judd (R-Minnesota), this film takes a critical look at a July 1969 Revolutionary Conference held in Oakland, California, and other protests that Judd argues…

In August, 1969, Woodstock attracted nearly half a million people to a dairy farm in upstate New York. Wade Lawrence, director and senior curator of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts…

The 1969 Woodstock Festival co-creator Artie Kornfeld talked about the historic three-day concert that attracted nearly half a million people to a dairy farm in upstate New York. He…

University of Kansas History Professor David Farber, the author of The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s, talked about the 50th anniversary of Woodstock and the counterculture of the…

University of Massachusetts Boston Professor Vincent Cannato taught a class about the culture and economics of the 1970s. He talked about the 1973 oil crisis, demographic changes in…

William Rorabaugh, who teaches a class on the counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s in America, talked about the literature, clothing, music and world view of the beats and beatniks of the…