enjoy american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial, before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. we'll talk about both sides of the story here, right? the tools and techniques of slave owner power and also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. ♪ >> eleanor roosevelt began the long trip home. slowly the long, black funeral train pulls up then down the pennsy

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history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tvnd lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> former white house staff members examine the work of political cartoonist pat oliphant, focusing on the presidencies of george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and include barack obama's 2008 election. the university of virginia's miller center hosted the event.

you're watching american history tv on c-span3. >> we're featuring american history tv programs as areview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, we show you remarks from the annual lincoln forum symposium which takes place every november in gettysburg, pennsylvania. historians joan waugh and gary gallagher answer the question, what caused the civil war. american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> next, more about pulitzer prize winning cartoonist pat olafont. his car teen collection was acquired by the university of virginia, at an event hosted by uva, presidential scholars discuss his work from lyndon b. johnson to ronald reagan. >> welcome. we're going to have for the next 75 minutes is a kind of meeting of two cultures. one culture is represented by the people on this stage who are scholars associated with the miller center here at the university of virginia, and who study the presidency is broad, longterm in perspective, balanced, and of course, expressed in words, in t

american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >>> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of the jean harris murder trial before this class? >> deputyest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> what we'll talk about both of these sides of the story here, the tools, techniques of slave owner power and also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> on april 21st, 1995 attorney general janet reno announced that timothy mcveigh was arrested as suspect in the oklahoma city

enjoy american history tv on c-span3. >> this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 2:30 p.m.n oral histories -- >> well, at 5:00 on d day afternoon, they fired -- this huge explosion occurred. at that point, i lifted my head out of my fox hole to see what was going on. suddenly, i heard a huge noise and felt a shock and realized i had been hit. >> then at 6:00 p.m., on the civil war, scott mingus on the importance of the cumberland valley railroad. >> in stunning example, he doesn't need the ammunition. he doesn't -- even though the railroaders have risked their lives and have set a new speed record for the fastest route the cvr has ever or will ever run during the civil war, not a single one of these ammunition rounds is fired. >> sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1945 u.s. navy film about the battle of okinawa. >> it was desperation. it was suicide. but it would be the pattern from now on to the very finish. a struggle between men who want to die and men who fight to live. >> at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts, a look the at the restored council house in okla

. >>> we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight from our american artifacts series, a reenactment as living history enthusiasts gather to row across the delaware river where the continental army crossed from pennsylvania to new jersey on christmas night in 1776. american history tv tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. ♪ >>> at the white house in washington crowds dpagather fore inauguration of franklin roosevelt. among the guests are wounded servicemen from nearby military hospitals. before the south court koe of the white house, an inauguration is held here in the president's own backyard for the first time. from the steps 13 grandchildren of the president watched the ceremony. the bottom of the steps is the presidentialed a visor and aid. secretary of navy. secretary of the interior. chief justice of the united states. admiral of the fleet, earnest king. secretary of state and his wife. general of the army and his wife. now in a grim year of war, the shortest and simplest inaugural on record begins. former vice pre

american history tv, now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >>> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy bord borden is and raise your hand if you have heard the murder trial of jean harris. >> we'll find the true meaning of the revolution in this transformation that took place in the mind of the american people. >> we'll talk about both of these sides of the story here, sfliegt the tooshlgs the techniques of slave owner powerer and also talk about tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast, fine it where you listen to podcasts. >>> 25 years ago on april 19th, 1995, a massive truck bomb exploded outside of the alfred p. murrah building in oklahoma city killing 168 people including 19 children in a daycare center. a y

pacific here on american history tv. >> you are watching american history tv, covering history, eyewitnesseh accounts, archival films, lectures, and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. -- andrewcan irie served as a medic during world war ii and he recounts his tour of duty re--- his tour of duty d-day and the bottom of the bulge. ins interview was conducted 2010 for its oral history collection. andrewy i'm with mr. kiniry. >>

watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series america" here on american history tv. bryancontinue our look at and college station, texas, as valley.re the brazos >> this museum has been in our community for almost exceed years, and it is an important part of the community because we highlight the local natural history, local cultural history, and even some of the local science education. we do a lot of partnerships with texas a&m university. that arexhibits long-term and short-term. we do lots of children's sometion, and we even have live animals. i would like to show you a few things about our museum that we are so proud of. if you look over this direction, we arel see a mural that incredibly proud of. it was done by a nationally recognized artist, painted on site. it has been here since about 1993, 1995, and it is the only place where you can see the brazos valley as it was 12,000 some ago and realize that of the animals that are portrayed in the mural where the predecessors of our modern species. 12,000 years ago, we have lions, tigers, and bears in the brazos va

american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. stern on c-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for "lectures in history." >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is? and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial, before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> and so, we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right, the tools, the techniques of slaveowner power. and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. "lectures in history" on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and "lectures in history" is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> nex

enjoy american history tv, now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >> every saturday night american historys you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial before this class. >> a deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of the story here, right. the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th, lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen t

american history tv, now and over the weekend, on c-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for "lectures in history." >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is? and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial, before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> and so, we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power. and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. "lectures in history" on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, and "lectures in history" is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> c-span has around-the-clock coverage of the federal response

american history tv, now and over the weekend, on c-span3. >> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is, and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power, and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcast podcasts. >> approximately 4,000 seminole indians who live in florida today are d

on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find writ you listen to podcasts. >>> up next on american history tv a discussion about how our understanding of the holocaust has evolved since the end of world war ii. scholars talk about the many ways people engage and learn about the holocaust on the internet. the we pa-- lepage center hosts the event. the >> previously united states holocaust memorial museum historian daniel greene gave us a tour of the exhibit he curated americans and the holocaust. part one focused on the 1930s. in part two, we learn about the america first movement and how the united states responded to nazi persecution and murder of jews as some of the atrocities became public knowledge. this is about 45 minutes. >> in 1939, on september 1, germany invades poland. world war ii breaks out that week. what's on americans' minds in 1939 is staying out of war. you see in this section of the exhibition deep concern in the united states about spies, about nazi spies in the united states. at the time, called a fifth c

eastern, here on american history tv. story tv, covering history c-span site with event coverage, archival films, lectures in college classrooms and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. ago, the united states launched an invasion of a quinoa, a 60 mile japanese island stronghold 400 miles from the mainland. during this savage battle, 90,000 of the 100,000 japanese troops were killed or committed suicide and 150,000 civilians may have died. 12,000 americans were killed. on real america, bulletin on the okinawa opera ration -- operation. this report covers the first 50 days of the invasion. a second bulletin covers the final stages of the battle. ♪

american history tv, this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for "lectures in history." >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is, and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial, before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> and so, we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power. and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. "lectures in history" on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and "lectures in history" is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. a

you're welcome. >> you can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website, c-span.org/history. >> we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span 3. well, coming up on our "american artifacts" series, living history enthufrts gather to row across the delaware river at the spot where general george washington and the continental army crossed from pennsylvania to new jersey on christmas night in 1776. and then world war ii re-enaccountor jared frederick described the 4th infantry's role in the d-day invasion at the u.s. army's heritage days. also we'll take to you carlisle, pennsylvania to see an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is? and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder. the gene harris murder trial. before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're go

american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to classrooms for lectures. >> why do you all know who lizzie wborden is? raise your hand if you have ever heard of this murder before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we'll talk about both of these sides of this story here, right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power, and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> up next on american history tv, historian h.w. brands talks about his biography of aaron burr, the new york politician an

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american history tv, this weekend every weekend on c-span3. american history tv is on social media. llow us at c-span history. eastern, ont 8:00 lectures in history, virginia commonwealth university professor all the lives of former slaves following emancipation. money heate how much would get in back pay if his slaveowner were to pay him the hourly way he gets now for the years of service he had done without pay, he estimated the amount owed to him would be about $11,680. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. and lectures in history are available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. next on american history tv, art historian judy scott feldman analyzes artistic portrayals of the american revolution and civil war. she talks about the influence of painting, sculptors, and memorials on how history is remembered. the smithsonian associates posted this event. -- posted this event. >> we are going to look at the american revolution and civil that.ut a little beyond controversies about the stories we tell. i am going to focus, because it is impossible

history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> on april 21st, 1995 attorney general janet reno announced that timothy mcveigh was arrested as suspect in the oklahoma city bombing. she appeared before the press at the justice department with fbi director and several other officials. a c-span camera was there. >> one of the individuals responsible for wednesday's terrible attack on the murrah federal building in oklahoma city has been arrested. timothy mcveigh, age 27 who we previously called john doe number one was arrested by local authorities on a traffic violation about 60 miles from oklahoma city on wednesday morning. about an hour and a half after the explosion occurred. at the time of his arrest he was in the possession of a firearm. he has been in the local jail since the arrest. he will be taken into custody by the fbi. searches are being planned and executed at several locations around the country this afternoon. i remind everyone

enjoy american history tv now and over the weekend on cspan 3. >> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around country for lex tours in history. >> why do you know who lizz lizzie borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of this before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here. and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on cspan 3 every saturday on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> on april 12th, 1945, president franklin roosevelt passed away only a few months into his fourth term stunning a nation just as the war in europe was coming to an end. up next, a film that looks in

american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who liszy borden is, and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before the classes? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about both of the sides of this story here, the tools, the techniques of slave owner power. and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from it american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you

is american history tv on c-span3. we feature 48 hours of programming each weekend. >> 25 years ago, a truck bomb exploded outside the world federal building in oklahoma , killing 100 68 people. for the next hour, american history tv and c-span's washington journal are live from the oklahoma city national memorial community to look back at the events of the morning and how it is her member. watkins, thekerry executive director who will take fewer calls and tweets. that is live in just a moment here on c-span3. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] ♪ ♪ announcer: this is american history tv on c-span3 where each weekend, we explore our nation's past. >> we have a strategy as people come back into the u.s. we make sure they do not bring infection with them. eventually, we will have drugs and vaccines. if we do not get containment and eradication with public health,

. >> next, american history tv speaks with history professor paul kelton about the spread of cholera in the 1800s. and how it affected native americans. >> paul kelton, professor of history at stony brooke university and the author of a number of books, including "epidemics and enslavements," let's talk about the cholera epidemic. first of all, what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s? >> well, the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics that started -- cholera is a disease that's endemic to south asia and it spread out of south asia into europe. and there's a major epidemic of it in 1830, 1831, 1832 spread across europe. so americans saw this coming or heard about it through newspapers. rises in the americas in 1832 and spreads throughout north america in 1832. still remains in circulation in 18 1833 and 1834. so it was a global pandemic, affecting many of people. >> what was it? what were the symptoms? what was the prognosis if you got cholera? >> well, you wouldn't want to get it, for sure. it's a bacterial disease that spread through the water, through fec

lectures in history on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a pod cast. find it where you listen to pod casts. >>> up next on american history tv. joyce lee malcolm on benedict arnold's success in the revolutionary war. she questions whether allegations of him being an american traitor are accurate. this one-hour talk is hosted by the university of washington as part of their great lives lecture series. >>> well, good evening, everyone. welcome. one of the country's most noted, perhaps, maybe say noted for the wrong reasons. for generations the name benedict arnold has almost universally illicited a one -- elicited a one-word descriptor "traitor." today we're here to hear the rest the story. the program would not exist today without the extreme generosity so we're delighted they join us tonight as it give us the opportunity to express our deep appreciation of all they have done with our program. not just for tonight in particular, but everyone. please stand. [ applause ] today's speaker earned her degree from -- in comparative history. she is published wid

prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of god. >> tonight at 6:00 eastern on c-span. ♪ ♪ american watching history tvvering history c-span style with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures in college classrooms, and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. american history tv, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosts a virtual town hall about george washington's influence in shaping constitution after the revolutionary war, and as president, his role in making it work. the center's jeffrey rosen moderates the conversation with historian lindsay chervinsky and pull a surprise winning author edward larson -- pulitzer prize-winning edward larson. jeffrey: it is now my great pleasure to put on my constitutional reading glasses. you can tell i am not actually outside because i have to put them on before i do the introduction. and introduce our wonderful guests tonight. lindsay chervinsky is a white house historian at the white house historical association. she is the author of the new book "the cabinet: george washington and the cre

american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span3. >> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is? raise your hand if you heard the jean harris murder trial before this. >> this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about both of these sides of the story here. the tools, the techniques of slave owner power. we will talk about the tools and techniques of power practiced by enslaved people. >> lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> the national council for history education moved their conference online due to the coronavirus outbreak. the session up next features yale university history and american studies professor joanne freeman, editor of "the essential hamilton, letters and other writings." >> good morning. i'm a professor of history at the university of central flo

history behind the contemporary issues. we begin on the role of middle east oil on american policy since the end of world war ii, american history tv, this weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. >>> good morning. i name is al kose, i'm one of the volunteers here. we're going to talk about the american m-4 medium tank. probably one of the most prolific tanks of the second world war. this particular example was one of the earlier versions. this is the m-4a3 tank. this is armed with a 75 millimeter main gun.

history professors lead discussions with their students on topics range from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> you're watching a special edition of american history tv. during the week, while members of congress are in their districts due to the coronavirus pandemic, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern we'll tour an exhibit at the u.s. holocaust museum for a look at how the u.s. public and government officials reacted to nazi germany's persecution of jews betwee s between 1930 and . american history tv now and through the weekend on c-span 3. >>> on june 11th, 2001, six years after the oklahoma city bombing that killed 168 people, timothy mcveigh was executed for his role in the crime. next president george w. bush making a brief statement from the white house briefing room. >>> this morning the united states of america carried out the severest sentence for the gravest of crimes. the victims of the oklahoma city bombing have been given not vengeance, but justice. and one young man met the fate he chose for hi

american history tv, now and over the weekend on c-span3. >> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power. we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topicses rangi ranging from american revolution to september 11th, lectures on history every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. it available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> c-span has around the clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic and it's all available on

next, on american history tv, seven of these oral histories as edited by the fbi. >> we were open until 5:00 every day. the credit union was a place everybody could go in there. the credit union and the snack bar. so we were constantly inundated with people coming into visit or drawing a little money for lunch or apply for a loan. everybody was at the credit union. i got there as early as i could that morning and i had my vacation pictures from the week before. i was going to share those with these gals. we did not get started on this meeting until about 8:20. i would turn around and look at my computer screen at the next item we were to discuss. i leaned back in my chair and let them discuss who was going to copy this or get this ready so they could hurry with their audit. i turned around in my chair and kind of rared back to discuss the next item, when the bomb went off. it had to be longer but it was like seconds. all of the girls in the office with me had disappeared. i felt they had ran out and left me alone. i started hollering, where are you guys? then a realization set in somewh