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Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. Every weekend from 8am ET Saturday to 8am ET Monday on C-SPAN3.

In January, 2011, C-SPAN expanded its programming offerings with a new history-based service airing weekends on C-SPAN3. American History TV (AHTV) features programming geared toward history lovers with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the American story.

C-SPAN began C-SPAN3 operations in January 2001 as a digital service. C-SPAN3 is currently available in 49 million digital cable TV households and is streamed live online at C-SPAN.org.

At the time of the launch of American History TV, C-SPAN co-president Susan Swain said: "We’re hoping American History TV does for history enthusiasts what Book TV has done for non-fiction book lovers."

Upcoming Programs

June 26, 2021
Jim Bridger & the American West

Jerry Enzler discusses his book “Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of the American West.” Bridger was a trader and guide who…
June 25, 2021
First Lady Nancy Reagan

The White House Historical Association & American University’s First Ladies Initiative co-host a first ladies symposium.

Featured Programs

June 19, 2021
Who's Out There?

Hosted by film and theater director Orson Welles, this 1975 NASA film begins with the story of Welles' famous 1938…
July 6, 2019
Journalist Randy Shilts and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

California State University professor Andrew Stoner talked about his biography of author and journalist Randy Shilts, who covered the…

Most Recent American History TV Videos

May 23, 2021
Dolley Madison, Lucy Hayes and Betty Ford

Katherine Jellison of Ohio University explained that scholars, and even the general public, tend to narrowly categorize…
June 13, 2021
First Ladies and Communications

First ladies scholars answered the questions, “Why do first ladies have such powerful voices?” and “How have they wielded that…
June 6, 2021
Sarah Polk, Mary Lincoln and Lady Bird Johnson

First ladies scholars reconsidered the lives and legacies of Sarah Polk, Mary Lincoln, and Lady Bird Johnson. They looked at…

May 30, 2021
First Ladies and Gender

The was first panel from a daylong symposium co-hosted by American University’s First Ladies Initiative and the White House…
March 30, 2021
Reagan Assassination Attempt 40th Anniversary

Forty years ago, on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. fired shots at President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington…
March 21, 2021
Reagan Assassination Attempt

Del Quentin Wilber, author of Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, recreated the afternoon of March 30,…

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Clips from this Series

May 31, 2021
User Clip: Sgt York, WWI
- 4 minutes
- 71 views
May 25, 2021
Mary Church Terrell
- 4 minutes
- 68 views

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TV Schedule

This Week

Friday
7:17AM EDTThe Presidency Sarah Polk, Mary Lincoln & Lady Bird Johnson
8:28AM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies and Communications
9:43AM EDTHistory of Ellsworth Air Force Base
8:01PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies & White House Preservation
9:19PM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Nancy Reagan
10:25PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies
11:05PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies in Art
11:57PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies & White House Preservation
Saturday
1:15AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Nancy Reagan
2:20AM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies
3:01AM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies in Art
3:52AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Nancy Reagan
4:57AM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies & White House Preservation
6:16AM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies
6:57AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Nancy Reagan
8:01AM EDTReel America "Who's Out There?" - 1975
8:30AM EDTReel America "The Roswell Reports" - 1997
8:55AM EDTLoyalist Resistance During the American Revolution
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts French World War I Soldiers
10:20AM EDTAmerican Artifacts German World War I Soldiers
10:42AM EDTHistory of Gambling
11:00AM EDT1921 Aerial Bombing Tests
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency First Ladies & White House Preservation
1:17PM EDTThe Presidency William McKinley
2:00PM EDTUrban Activist Jane Jacobs & Scranton
3:00PM EDTFrederick Law Olmsted & U.S. Capitol Grounds
3:50PM EDTToledo War
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Lindsey Fitzharris, "The Butchering Art"
5:30PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
6:01PM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Ambitions
6:45PM EDTBasque Culture in Nevada
7:00PM EDTJim Bridger & the American West
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Guerrilla Warfare in the Civil War
9:15PM EDTAmerican Revolution Southern Campaign Myths
10:00PM EDTReel America "Go to Germany, A Nation Welcomes President John F. Kennedy" - 1963
11:00PM EDTFourth Amendment & Automobiles
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Guerrilla Warfare in the Civil War
1:15AM EDTAmerican Revolution Southern Campaign Myths
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Lindsey Fitzharris, "The Butchering Art"
3:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Ambitions
4:45AM EDTJim Bridger & the American West
5:45AM EDTPlessy v. Ferguson - 125 Years Later
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Vincent Brown, "Tacky's Revolt"
9:15AM EDTPresident Biden Delivers Remarks on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Generals Grant & Lee Reconsidered
11:00AM EDTDavid Zucchino, "Wilmington's Lie"
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Early Atlantic Exploration
1:10PM EDTThe Virginia Pocahontas Knew
2:00PM EDT1921 Aerial Bombing Tests
3:00PM EDTJim Bridger & the American West
4:00PM EDTReel America "Go to Germany, A Nation Welcomes President John F. Kennedy" - 1963
5:00PM EDTFourth Amendment & Automobiles
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Civil War & American Art
6:30PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Civil War and American Art Part 2
7:00PM EDTFree Speech in France & America
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Nancy Reagan
9:15PM EDTThe Presidency Ronald & Nancy Reagan Interview
9:51PM EDTUS Senator Paul Laxalt and Ronald Reagan
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Civil War & American Art
10:30PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Civil War and American Art Part 2
11:00PM EDTFree Speech in France & America
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Nancy Reagan
1:15AM EDTThe Presidency Ronald & Nancy Reagan Interview
1:51AM EDTUS Senator Paul Laxalt and Ronald Reagan
2:00AM EDTReel America "Go to Germany, A Nation Welcomes President John F. Kennedy" - 1963
3:00AM EDTFourth Amendment & Automobiles
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Civil War & American Art
4:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Civil War and American Art Part 2
5:00AM EDTFree Speech in France & America
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Nancy Reagan
7:03AM EDTCol. James M. Schoonmaker
7:15AM EDTThe Presidency Ronald & Nancy Reagan Interview
7:51AM EDTBrinton Museum
8:00PM EDTThomas Jefferson on Declaring Independence
8:24PM EDTMonticello's Historic Gardens
8:57PM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson and Education
9:42PM EDTInterpreting African American History
10:23PM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson and Abigail Adams
11:10PM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Papers
11:49PM EDTThe Presidency Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in Conversation
Tuesday
12:38AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin Friendship
1:21AM EDTThomas Jefferson on Declaring Independence
1:45AM EDTMonticello's Historic Gardens
2:18AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson and Education
3:02AM EDTInterpreting African American History
3:42AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson and Abigail Adams
4:30AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Papers
5:08AM EDTThe Presidency Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in Conversation
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin Friendship
6:42AM EDTThomas Jefferson on Declaring Independence
7:07AM EDTMonticello's Historic Gardens
7:39AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson and Education
8:23AM EDTInterpreting African American History
9:04AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson and Abigail Adams
9:51AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Papers
10:30AM EDTThe Presidency Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson in Conversation
11:21AM EDTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin Friendship
8:00PM EDTFrederick Law Olmsted & U.S. Capitol Grounds
8:51PM EDTFrederick Law Olmsted Legacy & FDR Park
9:47PM EDTThe Olmsted Brothers & Seattle Parks
10:49PM EDTU.S. Capitol Art & Architecture
Wednesday
12:40AM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Botanic Garden History
1:11AM EDTFrederick Law Olmsted & U.S. Capitol Grounds
2:02AM EDTFrederick Law Olmsted Legacy & FDR Park
2:57AM EDTThe Olmsted Brothers & Seattle Parks
3:59AM EDTU.S. Capitol Art & Architecture
5:03AM EDTStories from a U.S. Capitol Tour Guide
5:52AM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Botanic Garden History
6:23AM EDTFrederick Law Olmsted & U.S. Capitol Grounds
7:14AM EDTFrederick Law Olmsted Legacy & FDR Park
8:00AM EDTThe Olmsted Brothers & Seattle Parks
9:01AM EDTU.S. Capitol Art & Architecture
10:05AM EDTStories from a U.S. Capitol Tour Guide
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Early Life of President Gerald Ford
8:50PM EDTThe Presidency Gerald R. Ford's Political Career
9:51PM EDTThe Presidency The Ford Family in the White House
10:35PM EDTReel America "A Time to Heal - Gerald Ford's America"
10:57PM EDTLectures in History Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
Thursday
12:58AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
1:51AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Early Life of President Gerald Ford
2:15AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Political Career of Gerald Ford
2:41AM EDTThe Presidency Gerald R. Ford's Political Career
3:41AM EDTThe Presidency The Ford Family in the White House
4:25AM EDTReel America "A Time to Heal - Gerald Ford's America"
4:47AM EDTLectures in History Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
6:04AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
6:56AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Early Life of President Gerald Ford
7:20AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Political Career of Gerald Ford
7:46AM EDTThe Presidency Gerald R. Ford's Political Career
8:46AM EDTThe Presidency The Ford Family in the White House
9:31AM EDTReel America "A Time to Heal - Gerald Ford's America"
9:52AM EDTLectures in History Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
11:09AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
8:02PM EDTTulsa Race Massacre 100th Anniversary'
10:22PM EDTTulsa Race Massacre National Symposium - Scott Ellsworth, Author & Historian
11:04PM EDTTulsa Race Massacre National Symposium -Anneliese Bruner, Great-granddaughter of Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor
11:46PM EDT1919 "Red Summer" & Racial Unrest
Friday
1:04AM EDTTulsa Race Massacre 100th Anniversary'
3:23AM EDTTulsa Race Massacre National Symposium - Scott Ellsworth, Author & Historian
4:05AM EDTTulsa Race Massacre National Symposium -Anneliese Bruner, Great-granddaughter of Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor
4:46AM EDT1919 "Red Summer" & Racial Unrest
6:07AM EDTTulsa Race Massacre 100th Anniversary'

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