Upcoming Programs

May 25, 2019
The Progressive Era

Georgetown University professor Katherine Benton-Cohen teaches a class on the Progressive Era.
May 26, 2019
Reconstruction and Jim Crow Laws

Historian Henry Louis Gates talks about his book, Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim…

Featured Programs

May 12, 2019
White House Watergate Tapes

Geoff Shepard was the principal deputy to President Nixon’s lead defense lawyer. He taught a Temple University class called…
May 18, 2019
California Before the Mexican-American War

When Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, the new country’s northernmost holding was the sparsely populated…

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Saturday
8:00AM EDTReel America "Apollo 10, To Sort Out The Unknowns" - 1969
8:26AM EDTReel America "The Preparation of Food - From Stone Age to Space Age" - 1969
8:40AM EDTCoping With Low Morale During the Vietnam War
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Omar Ibn Said Collection
10:50AM EDTU.S. Army Policy Changes After Vietnam
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Watergate Judicial & Prosecutorial Conduct
1:25PM EDTReel America "Ladies Wear the Blue" - 1974
2:00PM EDTReconstruction and the U.S. Supreme Court
3:50PM EDTMilitary Service of Howard University Students
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jeff Guinn "Go Down Together"
4:45PM EDTDistrict of Columbia & Race in the Early Republic
4:55PM EDTLincoln Assassination Attending Doctors
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Theaters of the Civil War
6:50PM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on the Civil War
7:30PM EDTReel America "Ladies Wear the Blue" - 1974
8:00PM EDTLectures in History The Progressive Era
9:15PM EDTVoting Rights & Historians in the Courtroom
10:00PM EDTReel America "Normandy, the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe" - 1944
10:55PM EDTSouthern Native American Culture Before Europeans
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History The Progressive Era
1:15AM EDTVoting Rights & Historians in the Courtroom
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jeff Guinn "Go Down Together"
2:45AM EDTDistrict of Columbia & Race in the Early Republic
2:55AM EDTLincoln Assassination Attending Doctors
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Theaters of the Civil War
4:50AM EDTThe Presidency History of Impeachment
6:00AM EDTReconstruction and the U.S. Supreme Court
7:50AM EDTMilitary Service of Howard University Students
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Brad Meltzer, "Heroes for My Daughter"
8:50AM EDTGeorge Marshall & Dwight Eisenhower
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War The Civil War and Western Theater Tactics
10:35AM EDTChristianity, Sex & Politics in the 20th Century
12:00PM EDTLectures in History California Before the Mexican-American War
1:10PM EDTU.S. Soldier Morale 1971-1973
2:00PM EDTRevolutionary War General Daniel Morgan
2:55PM EDTReel America "All-American News" March 1944
3:05PM EDTU.S. Soldiers on D-Day
4:00PM EDTReel America "Normandy, the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe" - 1944
4:55PM EDTSouthern Native American Culture Before Europeans
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Hoover Institution Library and Archives
6:30PM EDTReconstruction and Jim Crow Laws
7:15PM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on the Civil War
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency James K. Polk Ancestry, Politics & Policies
9:25PM EDTImpeachment of Andrew Johnson in Popular Culture
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Hoover Institution Library and Archives
10:30PM EDTReconstruction and Jim Crow Laws
11:15PM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on the Civil War
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency James K. Polk Ancestry, Politics & Policies
1:25AM EDTImpeachment of Andrew Johnson in Popular Culture
2:00AM EDTReel America "Normandy, the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe" - 1944
2:55AM EDTSouthern Native American Culture Before Europeans
4:00AM EDTThe Presidency James K. Polk Ancestry, Politics & Policies
5:25AM EDTImpeachment of Andrew Johnson in Popular Culture
6:00AM EDTRevolutionary War General Daniel Morgan
6:55AM EDTMilitary Service of Howard University Students
7:05AM EDTU.S. Soldiers on D-Day
8:00AM EDTLiveWashington Journal Author Alex Kershaw on D-Day 75th Anniversary
9:15AM EDTLiveWashington Journal Author Mary Louise Roberts on D-Day and French Citizens
10:00AM EDTReel America "Normandy, the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe" - 1944
10:55AM EDTTuskegee Airmen 75th Anniversary
12:05PM EDTReel America "All-American News" March 1944
12:15PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial
12:51PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial Part 2
1:25PM EDTU.S. Army Photographers in Vietnam
2:55PM EDTU.S. Soldiers on D-Day
3:50PM EDTReel America "Normandy, the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe" - 1944
4:45PM EDTTuskegee Airmen 75th Anniversary
5:55PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial
6:31PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial Part 2
7:05PM EDTU.S. Soldiers on D-Day
8:00PM EDTReel America "Normandy, the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe" - 1944
10:55PM EDTTuskegee Airmen 75th Anniversary
Tuesday
12:05AM EDTWashington Journal Author Alex Kershaw on D-Day 75th Anniversary
1:20AM EDTWashington Journal Author Mary Louise Roberts on D-Day and French Citizens
2:05AM EDTU.S. Army Photographers in Vietnam
3:35AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial
4:11AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial Part 2
4:45AM EDTLectures in History American Military in the Revolutionary War
6:00AM EDTReel America "Ladies Wear the Blue" - 1974
6:30AM EDTU.S. Army Photographers in Vietnam
8:00PM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith
8:04PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith Interview
8:57PM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso
9:04PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso Interview
9:57PM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval
10:03PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval Interview
11:00PM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Keith Little
11:06PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Keith Little Interview
Wednesday
12:21AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith
12:29AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Interview
1:29AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper
1:33AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper Sr. Interview
2:22AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith
2:27AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith Interview
3:20AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso
3:26AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso Interview
4:20AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval
4:26AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Sandoval Interview
5:23AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Keith Little
5:29AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Keith Little Interview
6:30AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith
6:37AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Interview
7:37AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper
7:42AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper Sr. Interview
8:00PM EDTTranscontinental Railroad and the Big Four
8:44PM EDTPromontory Summit
8:56PM EDTTranscontinental Railroad & Stanford University
9:37PM EDTNorthern Pacific Railroad
9:47PM EDTChinese, Native Americans, and the Transcontinental Railroad
11:18PM EDTRailroads and American Culture in the 19th Century
Thursday
12:23AM EDTTranscontinental Railroad and the Big Four
1:07AM EDTPromontory Summit
1:19AM EDTTranscontinental Railroad & Stanford University
2:01AM EDTNorthern Pacific Railroad
2:11AM EDTChinese, Native Americans, and the Transcontinental Railroad
3:41AM EDTRailroads and American Culture in the 19th Century
8:00PM EDTWomen of the Suffrage Movement
8:50PM EDTThe Suffrage Movement & the 19th Amendment
9:55PM EDTAmerican Artifacts "Fashioning the New Woman, 1890-1925"
10:24PM EDTBlack Women and the Suffrage Movement
11:20PM EDTAmerican Women in Politics Has Suffrage Mattered?
Friday
12:58AM EDTWomen of the Suffrage Movement
1:48AM EDTThe Suffrage Movement & the 19th Amendment
2:54AM EDTAmerican Artifacts "Fashioning the New Woman, 1890-1925"
3:23AM EDTBlack Women and the Suffrage Movement
4:19AM EDTAmerican Women in Politics Has Suffrage Mattered?

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