c-span3. >>> up next, on american history tv, a news reel from the u.s. information agency on north korea's invasion of south korea on june 25th, 1950 the response from the united nations. ♪ >>> this is korea. a nation divided at the end of world war ii at the 38th parallel. in north korea the soviet union lost no time in setting up a communist puppet government. in the south the united states and the united nations strove to establish a independent democratic republic. two years ago at seoul, capital of korea, they supervised free elections south of the 38th parallel and the republic of korea was born. the president was syngman rhee. in may, 1950, the citizens of the this young republican went to the polls again to exercise their democratic rights to choose their government under their democratic constitution. even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in re-elections, the north korea community leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. and this was their target. a mountainous peninsula and t

eastern on american history tv oabigail adams, watch it tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> now on a look at the history of gay rights in the united states, the pioneering gafiy fis of lilli vincenz and a guy rights group founded in 1950. ♪ >>> a portion of the 1968 film the second largest minority by producer and director lilli vincenz. joining us is charles francis the president of the society ney washington, d.c., which is what? >> we are an lgbt history society with the motto of archive activism and by that i mean we find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed or just basically deleted and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. >> we will show you both of the films in its entirety and the one is seven minutes, and the other 12 minutes on american history tv and real america. your connection to the films is what? >> we were honored to be chosen by lilli vincenz, the creator of these films, the producer and director of these films. she chose us to bring togethe

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eastern on oral histories a interview with esther terry and her role in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protest in greensboro. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, on american history tv, a news reel from the u.s. information agency on north korea's invasion of south korea on june 25th, 1950 the response from the united nations. >>> this is war. war and its masses. war men its men. >>> this is war. war and its masses. war and its men. war and its machines. together they formed "the big picture." >> welcome to the big picture. i'm captain carl zimmerman. the big picture is a report to you from your army and an army committed by you, the people of the united states, to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. the big picture during the next 13 weeks will trace the course of events in the korean campaign with firsthand reports from combat veterans and film taken by combat camera men of the army signal corp. these are the man who were daily caught on film, the big picture as it happens, where it happens. today the big picture brings into focus the first 40 days in korea. it is the beginning of the fight

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history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution, to september 11thth, lectures an history on c-span 3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tvs in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next, on american history tv, military historian gregory urwin talks about the challenges the british army faced in adapting to north american terrain and battle tactics during the revolutionary war. the museum of the american revolution, prchld pritzker library and von hes foundation co-hosted this event as part of a three-day international conference. >> my name is philip mead, the director of curator affairs and chief historian here at the american revolution and it is my distinct pleasure to welcome today professor gregory urwin of temple university, an historian of military history, broadly from the era of the american revolution, through

tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span.xploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, 60 years ago four african-american students protested segregation at a wool worth lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina which began the lunch counter sit-ins. on sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern live on american history tv and washington journal will discuss this desegregation in the 1960s with professor tracy parker, author of "department stores in the black freedom movement." then at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, two films on the civil rights movement. movement, february 1st, the story of the greensboro 4 and the american revolution of '63 and at 7:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories a interview with esther terry and her role in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protest in greensboro. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, on american history tv, a news reel from the u.s. information agency on north korea's invasion of south korea o

on cspan3. american history tv on cspan3. and eve that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, 60 years ago, four african-american students protested segregation at a woolworth lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, which began the lunch counter sit ins of the civil rights movement. on sunday at 99:00 a.m. eastern, live on american history tv and "washington journal", we'll discuss the stitt ins and desegregation in the 1960s with tracey parker, author of department stores and the black freedom movement. then at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, two films on the civil rights movement. february 1, the story of the greensboro four and american revolution of '63. and at 7:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with former bennett college president, esther terry, and her role in the 1960 lunch counter sit in protest in greensboro. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on cspan3. >>> this u.s. army film describes how psychological warfare was used during the kore

watch american history tv tonight 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'd ever heard of the gene harris murder trial before the class? >> the deepest cause was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of the sides of this story here, right, the tools, 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 topics with their students. 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. >> the presidents from public affairs available now in paper back and e-book. presents biographies of every president organized by their ranking, by noted historians from best to worst.

eastern on american history tv. on c-span 3. >> and now on american history tv's look at the history of gay rights in the united states the pioneering gay films of lil lilli vincenz and a conversation about those films with the mattachine society a gay rights group founded in 1950. ♪ >>> a portion of the 1968 film the second largest minority by producer and director lil lilli vincenz and joining us in our studios in washington is the president of the mattachine society of washington, d.c., which is what? >> we are an lgbt history society. we find old materials that have been forgotten, sealed, or just basically deleted, and use those materials to talk about gay civil rights and the ongoing struggle for gay civil equality. >> we'll show you both films in their entirety in a couple minutes. one is 7 minutes and the other is 12 minutes here on c-span 3's american history tv and reel america. your connection to the films is what? >> we were honored to be chosen by the creator, producer, director of these films. she chose

monday at 8 pm eastern, on american history tv. on c-span three. >> >> born in 1818 in lexington, kentucky, mary todd grew up in a slaveholding family, yet lived to see her husband, abraham lincoln, issue the emancipation proclamation 45 years later. >> a mother of four sons, she witnessed the deaths of three of those four sons, as

tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, 60 years ago four african-american students protested segregation at a wool worth lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, which began the lunch counter sit-ins in the civil rights movement. on sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, live on american history tv and washington journal, we'll discuss the sit-ins and desegregation in the 1960s with tracy parker, author of department stores in the black freedom movement. and then at 4:00 on "reel america," two films on the civil rights movement, february 1, the story of the greensboro four and american revolution of '63. and at 7:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with former bennett college president esther terry and her role in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protest in greensboro. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> now, a u.s. army film from september, 1950, when u.s.-led forces in sou

on c-span3. >> you're watching american history tv on c-span3. up next, the hitch with the u.s. air force on the history of the national rifle association. this is from the american historical association's annual meeting. >> patrick charles is a former marine and now senior historian for the summertime air force and author of the book armed in america. thanks for being with us on c-span3's american history tv. >> thank you steve. flood to be here. let's again with the origins of the national rifle association. how did the association come about and why? >> well, it came about after the civil war where there was poor marksmanship by the soldiers during the war. two soldiers decided to form the nra. one is to facilitate and grow long range rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state nascars in marksmanship. the nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. the they grew to 1700 by 1929. they also are, just so you know, built on -- there was an english national rifle association, and

this is capital carl zimmerman inviting you to be with us then. ♪ >>> tonight on american history tv nning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a night of programs on espionage. we begin with paul kicx talking about his book "the saboteur" which chronicles the world war ii exploits. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, 60 years ago, four african-american students protested segregation at a woolworth lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina, which began the lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement. live on washington journal, we'll discuss the sit-ins and desegregation with amherst professor tracy parker, author of "department stores and the black freedom movement." then at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, two films on the civil rights movement, "february one: the story of the greensboro four" and "american revolution of '63." and an interview with esther terry and her role in the 1960 lunch counter sit-in protest in green

history professors lead discussions with 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. >>> the presidents, from public affairs. available now in paperback and ebook presents biographies of every president by noted historians from best to worst and features perspectives into the lives of our nation's chief executives and leadership styles. visit our website, c-span.org/the presidents to learn more about even president and historian featured and order your copy today, wherever books and ebooks are sold. now on america tv's look at the history of gay rights and the pioneering gay films of lilly vincenz. a gay rights group founded in 1950. ♪ ♪

eastern on american history tv 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 revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> 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 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. >>> the senate health committee holds a hearing tuesday to get an update on the coronavirus respon

. >> we will show you both of the films in its entirety and the other is 12 minutes on american history tv real america. your connection to the films is what? >> we were honored to be chosen by lilly vincenz, the creator of these films, the producer and director of these films. she chose us to bring together all of her archive, some 10,000 items including these films and donate them to the library of congress and that's what we did. they now belong to the american people thanks to the generosity of lilly vincenz. >> where is she now? >> she is still with us, but not well enough to do interviews like this so i'm honored to pinch hit for her. >> you brought along a prop, this is an rca 16-millimeter projector. millennials may say what is that? >> millennials may think it's a weird science fair of some kind and it's a 16 millimeter vintage rca projector that belonged to lilly and lilly would use this projector to show the two films you're going to show today and she would show the films to groups and individuals and independent film festivals and she would charge $15 a rental, but the importa

[ hearing concluded ] >>>ton on american history tv, starting at 8:00 eastern, on july 23rd, 1967, detroit erupted in five days of rioting and violence sparked by a police raid on an illegal bar. and fueled by long simmering racial tensions. wxyz tv and abc affiliate in the city was there to record the events as they unfolded. this half hour documentary is courtesy of the archives of michigan. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> as we continue our battleground series of the interviews part of c-span campaign 2020 our focus, florida and joining us from miami is marc caputo who covers political for politico.com. give us the landscape in the state right now. >> there is a few you have to consider. one is the broader victim. coronavirus and protests. both are gripping the state. especially coronavirus. now this is president trump's home adopted state as newly adopted state but that doesn't seem to make much of a different in the polls. he currently, when you look at the surveys is losing badly. i think the average showed almost eight points. it is an astonish

americans. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "c-span2". >> first ladies on american history tv. examine the private lives in the public role of the nation's first ladies. through interviews with top historians. tonight we look at julie grant julie grant was a staunch defender of women's rights in general and refused to allow jokes about women's expense in her company. and she was the first have a college degree. watch first ladies can influential image. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span three. the senate house committee holds a hearing tuesday morning on lessons learned on the coronavirus response and to get an on preparations for future pandemics. much life coverage beginning at ten eastern on c-span three online at cspan.org or his life, on the free c-span radio app. on tuesday, nih director antho . fauci, and commissioner doctor stephen hahn, an assistant secretary of health admiral brett md. testified before the house energy and commerce committee on the trump administration's response to the coronavirus enemy. watch live coverage of the hearing

pacific, here on american history tv. >> up next on american history tv, bancroft and pulitzer prize-winningrian, gordon wood, delivers a talk titled the revolutionary roots of the civil war. he discusses the founder's views on slavery and argues the civil war was inevitable. the james madison memorial fellowship foundation hosted this event. >> we are privileged to have gordon s would with us for this 2019 james madison lecture. professor wood is, i think it is fair to say, the dean of early american historians. he is a professor emeritus at brown university, born in concord, massachusetts, where the revolutionary war began. he was raised in that commonwealth and graduated summa con la out of from tufts university and earned a phd from harvard university, where he studied under bernard phelan.

eastern on american history tv, on c-span 3. >>> american history tv on c-span 3, every weekend. up sunday, beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern, we're marking the 70th anniversary of the korean war, live on washington journal and american history tv, with charles hanley, author o of "ghost flames: korea, 1950 to '53." and sunday at 4:00 p.m., reel america starts with "to help peace survive." and at 7:00 p.m. on oral histories, alan clark on serving two tours in korea between 1950 and 1953. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this 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 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 going to talk about both of these sides of the story here. right? the tools, the techniqu

eastern on american history tv on cspan3. >>> 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 trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution is where this transformation took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both side of the story, right? the tools, techniques of slave owner power and we'll 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. 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. >>> next, a look into the economic and political impact on newly imposed u.s. sanctions on the syrian government. the middle east institute hosted this discussion. >> the sanctions

eastern only on american history tv here on c-span3. american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, sunday films0 p.m. eastern, four from the 1940's and 1950's, profiling the dairy and airline industries, negatively affected today by the coronavirus pandemic. and a 8:00 eastern, the nixon administration's native government reform, the restoration of indian lands, and a new era of self-government. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ if you like american history tv, keep up with us during the week on facebook, twitter, and youtube. learn about what happened this day in history and seek preview clips of upcoming programs. follow us at c-span history. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, college lectures, and discussions on the presidency, the civil war, and more. we can watch these in their entirety on our website c-span.org/history. here's a quick look at

on c-span 3. american history tv on c-span 3. xploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, 60 years ago four african-american students protested segregation at a lunch counter in greensborough, north carolina, which began the lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement on sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, live on american history tv and washington journal we'll discuss the sit-ins and desegregation in the 1960s with amherst professor tracy parker. then at 4:00 p.m. on reel america, two films on the civil rights movement. february 1, the story of the greensborough four, and american revolution of '63. and at 7:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories an interview with former bennett college president esther terry and her role in the 1960 sit-in protest in greensborough. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> now on american history tv korean war veteran james sharp talking about his experiences as one of the few african-american soldiers

freedom of the republic of korea for the freedom of peaceloving peoples everywhere. ♪ >> american history tv is onlow us at c-span history. next on american history tv we are joined by a pulitzer prize winning journalist, author of ghost flames: life and death in korea 1950-1953. he talks about the war that and looks back at the division of the country along the 38th parallel after world war ii, its role in the cold war, in the conflict that led to the death of more than 30 6000 americans. a brief look at the events that led to war in this u.s. 1950 information film. is korea, a nation divided at the end of world war ii at the 38th parallel. in north korea, the soviet union lost that time setting up a communist puppet government. in the south, the united states an united nations drove to -- united nations strove to establish an independent democratic republic. two years ago, a united nations commission supervised free election south of the 38th parallel, and the republic of korea, a sovereign, democratic

. ♪ >> american history tv is on social media. follow us at c-spanhistory. ican history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. this weekend, 60 years ago for african-american students protested segregation at a woolworth lunch counter in north carolina, which began the lunch counter sit in of the civil rights movement. on sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern live on american history tv and washington journal, we will discuss the sit ins and desegregation in the 1960's with a university of massachusetts amherst professor author of department stores in the black freedom movement. 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, two films on the civil rights movement. february 1, the story of the and americanur revolution 1963. on oral histories, an interview with the former bennett college president and her role in the 1960 lunch counter sit in protests in greensboro. story.ng the american watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. the c-span cities tour travels the country exploring the american story. since 2011 we have be

eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> american history tv on c-span 3, exploring the people hat tell the american story every weekend. coming up sunday beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern we're marking the 70th anniversary of the korean war live on "washington journal" and "american history tv." with pulitzer prizewinning journalist charles hanly author of "ghost flames life and death in a hidden war, korea 1950 to '53." and reel america features a series of u.s. government korean war films starting with "to help peace survive" a 1974 orientation film for soldiers assigned to south korea. and at 7:00 p.m. on oral histories u.s. veteran allen clark on serving two tours in korea between 1950 and 1953. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. w every saturdn 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 the claz? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning

. >> first ladies, influence and image on american history tv examines the private lives and the public roles of the nation's first ladies through interviews with top historians. tonight we look at dolly madison, elizabeth monroe and louie louie adams. influence and image tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> today, fcc chair ajits pai testifies on the broadband program before a subcommittee. watch live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> kevin is a state house bureau chief for the union leader. he is joining us from concord, new hampshire, and over the last 20 to 25 years the granite state has become a real battleground state. why? what's changed? >> yeah. that's interesting. i mean it's quite a contrast, right. ronald reagan, when he ran for re-election in '48 declared it the most republican state in the country. you could have made that case like utah and nevada perhaps. new hampshire has become much more of a swing state. i think primarily because of the migration here. we're unusual in

. >> tonight on american history tv, a look at the american revolution. beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern with historian park ranger and author philip greenwald on boston's role on the origins of the revolutionary war. that's followed by a discussion of revolutionary war clothing and how it impacted the error and the origins of the american revolution. a number of historians offer their thoughts on how it started. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> joining us via zoom is laura, washington correspondent for the morning call. we talk about the battleground states in campaign 2020. let's go back to 2016. what are the lessons for democrats and republicans as they gear up for the fall campaign? >> pennsylvania is going to be a very close state again. 2016 was a long night. we had a final vote margin in the presidential race of 2400 votes. it was a pretty unusual change because democrats had done well in the presidential race, even though it was a swing state, and trump was able to boost republican turnout in rural areas where they struggle to turn out

watch american history tv friday and over the weekend on c-span 3. >> american history tv, on c-span 3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend 60 years ago for african american students protested segregation in north carolina. which began the lunch counter sedans of the civil rights movement. live on american tv in washington general will discuss the citizens and the segregation of the 1960s, with university in massachusetts tracey parker. author of department stores and the black freedom movement. now in american history tv, the defense department film for soldiers assigned to south korea. the film gives a brief history of korea and details the events to the korean war

on oral histories, u.s. marine veteran allen clark on serving two tours in korea between 1950 and 1953. exploring the american story. watch american history tv 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 the gene harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the meaning of the revolution was in the transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about both of these sides9 story here, right, the tools and ec the anemics of slave owner power and the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch historybj> professorsd 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. >>> next on "the presidency," while the country confronts the coronavir

. >> first ladies, influence an image on american history tv examines the private lives and public rows of the nation's first ladies through interviews with top historians. monday night, we look at edith rows felled and helen taft. edith rose felt, along with her husband theodore became the first president and first lady to travel abroad while in office when they made a trip to panama. and how untapped for the first first lady to ride with the president in the inaugural parade. watch first ladies influence in image monday at 8 pm eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> lawmakers recently discuss the best ways to ease financial burdens for those who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. they heard from witnesses who shared solutions like work from home programs and unemployment insurance extension to help those impacted. this house select subcommittee on the coronavirus hearing is two hours. >> with objection, the chair authorized to declare a recess of committee in time. i now recognize myself for the opening statement. today, the select subcommittee is holding our fir

american history tv. every saturday, we bring you 48 hours of history exploring our nation's past. american history tv is only on c-span3. 1933, during the great depression, the tennessee valley authority's mission was to address environmental, energy and economic development issues in a region suffering from soil erosion, poverty and unemployment. a national program in the tennessee valley is a 1936 film created by the tva to promote their efforts and show the construction of two massive projects, the noris dam and wheeler dam in alabama. both are still operational and on the national register of historic places. ♪ [horns playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ narrator: two rivers joined to make the tennessee. here's where they meet, just above knoxville, tennessee. from this point, it is 652 miles to kentucky, where the tennessee flows into the ohio. a number of major tributaries help to drain the over 400 miles 0,000 square miles of the watershed a basin that includes , parts of seven states. there's rainfall ranging between 50 and 80 inches a year. these rivers and a myriad of smaller streams tap a richly diversified area.

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. >> watch history previews lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 on "american history tv" and lectures in history is available as a podcast, find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next, a conference about abraham lincoln's life. richard carwardine talks about abraham lincoln's sense of humor. this is 50 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i'm a board member of the abraham lincoln institute and a former executive director of the commission. thank you for joining us today. unlike that of winston churchill, abe lincoln's humor tended toward self-depravation. the spectators shouted that lincoln was being two-faced. two-faced cried lincoln. if i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one? [ laughter ] >> lincoln's humor was an essential component of his personality and political persona. richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. richard carwardine was educated at corpis kristy. he taught history before being appointed professor at oxford university and a fellow of st. catharine's college. he wa

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american revolution. but museum library and you should steve on his foundation. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span 3. >> next, on american history tv university of new hampshire professor elijah gould. he delivers an address called making peace in britain, and america, 1770 to 1783. he describes the efforts of several peace commissions to end the revolutionary ward and the events leading up to the 1783 treaty of paris. >> good evening all and welcome to the museum of the american revolution in america's founding neighborhood in philadelphia. we are just two blocks from independence hall. so you are in the headquarters of the american revolution, some of the oldest founding era documents, surviving objects and buildings are within a couple blocks of where we are sitting, but the building we are in is actually one of america's newest cultural institutions, the museum of

pacific here on american history tv. ♪ >> the next-to-last session of the united nations conference paysribute to the secretary of state, organizer of the successful nine week meeting. was a representative to the new international organization. he is prevented -- presented with a scroll in recognition of his efforts. then, a history making moment as there is a call for a standing vote on the approval of the and the united nations delegations rise to be counted. the vote is unanimous. as the session adjourns, the charter of a new world is born. arriving in san francisco for the conversation is president harry s truman. by the u.s. delegates and the chiefs of the 49 delegations. among them, the premier of south africa and the prime minister of canada. president truman leaves for a brief tour through san francisco. his is the first video by a chief executive in seven years. crowds gather to hail the presidential motorcade. as mr. truman arrives, 60 three days of concerted international effort are climaxed by the signing of the united nations charter. wellington signs with a traditional chin

eastern on american history tv on cspan 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 jean harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we will 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 t 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 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. >>> we're back and joining us is dr. michael lewis that is here to discuss with us the spread of covid-19

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we don't think their safety could be guaranteed. >> watch the full press conference here on american history tv and airmen of the allied expeditionary force, you are about to embark on a great crusade that we have had these many months. prayers of liberty hoping people everywhere march with. alliesany with our brave of the german war machine. security for ourselves in the free world your task will not be an easy one. your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped, and battle hardened. this is the year 1944. nations having inflicted upon the germans great defeat in open battle, man-to-man. our air offenses have seriously reduced their strength in the air. us home fronts have given the security in the munitions of war in place that our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. the freemen of the world are marching together to. i have full confidence in your courage and skill in battle. we will accept nothing less than full big. the buck. >> in 1957 the soviet american educators reacted with surprise and determination to approve science education. education 57, a u.s. commissioner of education r

eastern on american history tv. on c-span three. congressional district incumbent jerry nadler faces to democratic primary challengers, jonathan and lindsay. they debated coronavirus relief packages, police reform and affordable housing. ahead of tuesday's primary. missus new york one. ♪ >> good evening. political anger here. less than one week away from the new york primary for congress as well as state senate and assembly and race for queensboro president as well.