Underground Railroad Freedom Center
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 26-July 1 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
Dr. Clarence Newsome, president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, talked about the center’s mission, history, how it came… read more
Dr. Clarence Newsome, president of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, talked about the center’s mission, history, how it came to be, and the stories it tells.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2015 LCV Cities Tour” in Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 26-July 1 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close
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