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January 12, 2019
The American Revolution, 1775-76

Kutztown University Professor Michael Gabriel taught a class about military engagements during the American Revolution…
January 12, 2019
President Reagan Interview with Tom Brokaw

Three days prior to leaving office, President Ronald Reagan was interviewed by NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The…

December 1, 2018
U.S.-Mexico Border Wall

The first fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, intended for cattle, was built in the early 1900s. Penn State professor…
January 5, 2019
1940s Supreme Court Cases on Flag Salute in Schools

In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette case that public school…

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Saturday
8:00AM ESTReel America President Reagan Interview with Tom Brokaw - 1989
8:36AM ESTReel America President Reagan Interview with Wire Service Reporters - 1989
9:05AM ESTFrench & Scottish Influence on U.S. Capitol
10:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Dole Institute of Politics
10:30AM ESTControversial Monuments of the American West
12:00PM ESTHistory of the Kansas City Mafia
1:15PM ESTAerial View Paintings of Historic Washington, DC
2:00PM ESTU.S. Strategy in Vietnam War's Final Years
4:00PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Gary Younge, The Speech
5:27PM ESTAmerican History TV
6:00PM ESTThe Civil War Ex-Confederates & Post-Civil War Pardons
7:00PM ESTLafayette in Washington, 1824-1825
8:00PM ESTLectures in History Sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement
9:10PM ESTAerial View Paintings of Historic Washington, DC
10:00PM ESTReel America 1969 Richard Nixon Inauguration - CBS News
11:28PM ESTAmerican History TV
Sunday
12:00AM ESTLectures in History Sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement
1:10AM ESTAerial View Paintings of Historic Washington, DC
2:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Gary Younge, The Speech
3:30AM ESTAbraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass
5:00AM ESTRevolutionary War Military Burials
6:15AM ESTU.S. Strategy in Vietnam War's Final Years
8:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Christina Vella, George Washington Carver, A Life
8:30AM ESTWorld War I Lessons
10:00AM ESTThe Civil War Lincoln and the Fugitive Slave Act
10:55AM ESTJamestown, Virginia Settlement in 1619
12:00PM ESTLectures in History The American Revolution, 1775-76
1:06PM ESTTreasury Secretary Albert Gallatin
2:00PM ESTAmerican History TV Visits Independence, Missouri
4:00PM ESTReel America 1969 Richard Nixon Inauguration - CBS News
5:28PM ESTAmerican History TV
6:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Battle of Little Bighorn
6:30PM ESTQuakers, Guns and the British Industrial Revolution
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Covert Diplomacy
9:17PM ESTWorld War I & the 1917 Selective Service Act
10:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Battle of Little Bighorn
10:30PM ESTQuakers, Guns and the British Industrial Revolution
Monday
12:00AM ESTThe Presidency Covert Diplomacy
1:17AM ESTWorld War I & the 1917 Selective Service Act
2:00AM ESTReel America 1969 Richard Nixon Inauguration - CBS News
3:28AM ESTAmerican History TV
4:00AM ESTAmerican History TV Visits Independence, Missouri
6:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Battle of Little Bighorn
6:30AM ESTQuakers, Guns and the British Industrial Revolution
8:00AM ESTCommemorating African American Soldiers
10:05AM ESTShirley Chisholm
10:20AM ESTRemembering African American History
11:55AM ESTLectures in History Sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement
1:10PM ESTReel America A Time for Freedom - 1957
1:40PM ESTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
2:40PM ESTShirley Chisholm
2:55PM ESTMartin Luther King Jr.'s Mountaintop Speech 50th Anniversary
5:15PM ESTMartin Luther King Assassination - 50th Anniversary Commemoration
8:00PM ESTReel America A Time for Freedom - 1957
8:30PM ESTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
9:35PM ESTRemembering African American History
11:10PM ESTReel America A Time for Freedom - 1957
11:40PM ESTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Tuesday
12:45AM ESTRemembering African American History
2:20AM ESTCommemorating African American Soldiers
4:25AM ESTBlack Soldiers in France & Jim Crow America
5:25AM ESTRacist Ideas in American History
6:15AM ESTLectures in History Sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement
7:30AM ESTReel America A Time for Freedom - 1957

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January 12, 2019
French and Scottish Influence on U.S. Capitol

In 1793, President George Washington selected architect William Thornton’s design for the U.S. Capitol. In this program,…
January 12, 2019
President Reagan Interview with Wire Service Reporters

On the day before he left office, President Ronald Reagan met four wire service reporters in the Oval Office for an…
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A panel of historians discussed controversial monuments in the West. Topics included 19th century statues and plaques…