Life and Legacy of President Abraham Lincoln
Pastimes Productions executive co-producers Doris Kearns Goodwin and Beth Laski talked about their recent miniseries on …
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."
Pastimes Productions executive co-producers Doris Kearns Goodwin and Beth Laski talked about their recent miniseries on …
Historians Jake Friefeld, Brian Mitchell, and John Rodrigue talked about how the nation moved from the Emancipation Proc…
Historians Allen Guelzo, Michelle Krowl, Dana Shoaf, Melissa Winn, and Jonathan White discussed soldiers and civilians w…
Historians Edna Greene Medford and Matthew Norman discussed African Americans feelings toward President Abraham Lincoln …
Historian Edward Achorn talked about the 1860 Republican convention and how unlikely Abraham Lincoln was as a political …
Historian Jonathan White talked about how even though the slave trade was outlawed, it persisted through the 1860s. He d…