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August 24, 2019
400th Anniversary - First Africans in Virginia

In August 1619, colonist John Rolfe recorded that “20 and odd” Africans arrived at Virginia’s Point Comfort. Join us as we…
August 25, 2019
African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights

We visit the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond to look at their exhibit on 400 years of African…

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August 18, 2019
Woodstock Festival 50th Anniversary

American History TV and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal looked back at the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair, a three-day rock concert that…
August 20, 2019
Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary

American History TV and “Washington Journal” marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Noon landing with three hours…

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Thursday
7:07AM EDTNASA Jet Propulsion Lab & Apollo Program
8:40AM EDTViolence in U.S. Politics
10:13AM EDTMedia, Technology & 20th Century Politics
11:47AM EDTBiography, Media & Political History
1:22PM EDTU.S. Policymaking & Presidential Commissions
2:54PM EDTViolence in U.S. Politics
4:26PM EDTMedia, Technology & 20th Century Politics
6:02PM EDTBiography, Media & Political History
7:36PM EDTReel America President Nixon Address on Vietnam War - 1969
8:01PM EDTApollo's Political & Foreign Policy Impact
9:29PM EDTNixon White House Apollo 11 Eyewitnesses
11:01PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Space Exploration From the Moon to Mars
Friday
12:01AM EDTLunar Module Development & Operations
12:53AM EDTLunar Module Landing Operations
1:39AM EDTApollo's Political & Foreign Policy Impact
3:07AM EDTNixon White House Apollo 11 Eyewitnesses
4:39AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Space Exploration From the Moon to Mars
5:39AM EDTLunar Module Development & Operations
6:32AM EDTLunar Module Landing Operations
7:17AM EDTVoting Rights & Historians in the Courtroom
8:01AM EDTInnovations in Food Rationing
8:44AM EDTWWII Clothes Rationing & Fashion Innovations
9:17AM EDTWorld War II and Innovations in Art
10:10AM EDTFDR & the Final Years of World War II, 1943-45
11:18AM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II Soviet Army
11:47AM EDTInnovations in Food Rationing
12:31PM EDTWWII Clothes Rationing & Fashion Innovations
1:02PM EDTWorld War II and Innovations in Art
1:55PM EDTFDR & the Final Years of World War II, 1943-45
3:02PM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II Soviet Army
3:31PM EDTInnovations in Food Rationing
4:15PM EDTWWII Clothes Rationing & Fashion Innovations
4:47PM EDTWorld War II and Innovations in Art
5:39PM EDTFDR & the Final Years of World War II, 1943-45
6:47PM EDTAmerican Artifacts World War II Soviet Army
7:17PM EDTInnovations in Food Rationing
8:01PM EDTInterpreting Slavery at Colonial Williamsburg
9:44PM EDTEconomics of Slavery
10:01PM EDTDistrict of Columbia Emancipation Act of 1862
11:29PM EDTDistrict of Columbia & Race in the Early Republic
11:39PM EDTHospital for Former Slaves
Saturday
12:38AM EDTJosiah Henson - Inspiration for "Uncle Tom"
12:45AM EDTSlavery & Quakers in 17th Century Barbados
1:58AM EDTFormer Slaves of Cherokee Indians
2:09AM EDTInterpreting Slavery at Colonial Williamsburg
3:52AM EDTEconomics of Slavery
4:09AM EDTDistrict of Columbia Emancipation Act of 1862
5:37AM EDTDistrict of Columbia & Race in the Early Republic
5:46AM EDTHospital for Former Slaves
6:46AM EDTJosiah Henson - Inspiration for "Uncle Tom"
6:53AM EDTSlavery & Quakers in 17th Century Barbados
8:06AM EDTFormer Slaves of Cherokee Indians
8:15AM EDTEconomics of Slavery
8:30AM EDTLive400th Anniversary - First Africans in Virginia
9:30AM EDTLive400th Anniversary Ceremony - First Africans in Virginia
11:30AM EDTAmerican History TV
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
1:10PM EDTApollo Recovery Operations
2:00PM EDT19th Amendment, Voting Rights & Foreign Relations
3:40PM EDTNational History Day - Story of Harriet Ann Jacobs
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Erica Armstrong Dunbar, "Never Caught"
5:20PM EDTAmerican Artifacts African American History, 1619 Through the Civil War
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War The Whole Civil War in 56 Minutes
7:05PM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Letters
8:00PM EDT400th Anniversary - First Africans in Virginia
9:00PM EDT400th Anniversary Ceremony - First Africans in Virginia
11:00PM EDTReel America "The Negro Farmer" 1938 & Last Survivor of Transatlantic Slave Trade
11:33PM EDTReel America "Henry Browne, Farmer" - 1942
Sunday
12:00AM EDT400th Anniversary - First Africans in Virginia
1:00AM EDT400th Anniversary Ceremony - First Africans in Virginia
3:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Erica Armstrong Dunbar, "Never Caught"
4:20AM EDTAmerican Artifacts African American History, 1619 Through the Civil War
5:00AM EDTThe Civil War The Whole Civil War in 56 Minutes
6:05AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Letters
7:00AM EDTHolocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jeff Guinn, "Manson"
9:05AM EDTRevolutionary War-Era Military
10:35AM EDTThe Civil War Battle of Fort Stevens 155th Anniversary
12:10PM EDTLectures in History 1960s & '70s Popular Music and Feminism
1:35PM EDTNational History Day - Story of Harriet Ann Jacobs
2:00PM EDTThe Idea of "Deep State" in American History
3:46PM EDTNational History Day - Alice Paul, The Fight for the 19th Amendment
4:00PM EDTReel America "The Negro Farmer" 1938 & Last Survivor of Transatlantic Slave Trade
4:33PM EDTReel America "Henry Browne, Farmer" - 1942
4:45PM EDTThe Presidency Secret Presidential Recordings
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights
6:45PM EDTThe Civil War International Aspects of the Civil War
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
9:01PM EDTHolocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts African American History, Reconstruction Through Civil Rights
10:45PM EDTThe Civil War International Aspects of the Civil War
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Presidential Speechwriters
1:01AM EDTHolocaust Survivor Halina Yasharoff Peabody
2:00AM EDTReel America "The Negro Farmer" 1938 & Last Survivor of Transatlantic Slave Trade
2:33AM EDTReel America "Henry Browne, Farmer" - 1942
2:45AM EDTNational History Day - Story of Harriet Ann Jacobs
3:05AM EDTRevolutionary War-Era Military
4:35AM EDT19th Amendment, Voting Rights & Foreign Relations
6:15AM EDTThe Idea of "Deep State" in American History
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
8:49PM EDTLectures in History Early English Missions in Colonial America
9:48PM EDTLectures in History Ashley Riley Sousa on California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
11:03PM EDTLectures in History KEYED AHTV Package for 'AHTV - Native American History
Tuesday
12:25AM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
1:14AM EDTLectures in History Early English Missions in Colonial America
2:13AM EDTLectures in History Ashley Riley Sousa on California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
3:28AM EDTLectures in History KEYED AHTV Package for 'AHTV - Native American History
4:44AM EDTLectures in History Abraham Lincoln and Native Americans
5:34AM EDTLectures in History Early English Missions in Colonial America
6:33AM EDTLectures in History Ashley Riley Sousa on California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
7:48AM EDTLectures in History KEYED AHTV Package for 'AHTV - Native American History
8:00PM EDTLectures in History The Continental Army
9:05PM EDTLectures in History Colonial America Before the Revolution
10:11PM EDTLectures in History American Military in the Revolutionary War
Wednesday
12:23AM EDTLectures in History The American Revolution, 1775-76
1:28AM EDTLectures in History The Continental Army
2:33AM EDTLectures in History Colonial America Before the Revolution
3:40AM EDTLectures in History American Military in the Revolutionary War
4:49AM EDTLectures in History The American Revolution, 1775-76
8:00PM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
9:22PM EDTLectures in History World War II Amphibious Vehicles
10:32PM EDTLectures in History Women During World War II
Thursday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Origins of World War II in Europe
1:20AM EDTLectures in History American Cartoons in World War II
2:42AM EDTLectures in History World War II Amphibious Vehicles
3:53AM EDTLectures in History Women During World War II
5:14AM EDTLectures in History Origins of World War II in Europe

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