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June 15, 2019
Slave Refugee Camps

Professor and author Amy Murrell Taylor discussed slave refugee camps and her book, Embattled Freedom. The talk was part of…
June 15, 2019
Nat Turner's Rebellion

Author Patrick Breen discussed his book, “The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt,” at the…

June 1, 2019
International Spy Museum Opening Ceremony

The International Spy Museum moved to newly constructed building in Washington, D.C., with the double the space of its…
May 12, 2019
Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement

American History TV visited the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to tour their “Rise Up” exhibit looking back at the Stonewall riots,…

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Saturday
8:00AM EDTReel America D-Day to Germany - 1944 Documentary
8:50AM EDTThe Suffrage Movement and the Media
10:15AM EDTOral Histories Opal Grapes WWII D-Day Interview
11:05AM EDTCentennial of Women's Right to Vote
11:50AM EDTDistrict of Columbia & Race in the Early Republic
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower as a Leader
1:05PM EDTThe Civil War Comparing Civil War Theaters
2:00PM EDTOperation Overlord - The First Day
3:30PM EDTReel America "Apollo 10, To Sort Out The Unknowns" - 1969
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Leigh Montville, "Sting Like a Bee"
4:55PM EDTRural Midwest History
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Women Suffragists & Abolitionists
7:05PM EDTNathanael Greene's Southern Campaign
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Origins of World War II in Europe
9:25PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
10:00PM EDTReel America Gay Rights Films of Lilli Vincenz
10:30PM EDTStonewall Riots 50th Anniversary
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Origins of World War II in Europe
1:25AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
1:55AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Leigh Montville, "Sting Like a Bee"
2:45AM EDTRural Midwest History
3:50AM EDTThe Civil War Women Suffragists & Abolitionists
5:00AM EDTNathanael Greene's Southern Campaign
6:00AM EDTReel America "Apollo 10, To Sort Out The Unknowns" - 1969
6:30AM EDTStonewall Riots 50th Anniversary
8:00AM EDTReel America Gay Rights Films of Lilli Vincenz
8:30AM EDTLiveThe Stonewall Riots 50th Anniversary
9:45AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Adam Bradley & John Callahan, "Three Days Before the Shooting..."
10:50AM EDT1945 Black Women Army Corps Strike
11:00AM EDTThe Civil War Jefferson Davis' Confederate Adversaries
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Malcolm X's Views on Africa
1:00PM EDTDistrict of Columbia & Race in the Early Republic
1:10PM EDTRemembering D-Day
2:25PM EDTStonewall Riots 50th Anniversary
4:00PM EDTReel America Gay Rights Films of Lilli Vincenz
4:30PM EDTStonewall Riots 50th Anniversary
5:45PM EDTEconomics of Slavery
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Stonewall & the LGBTQ Rights Movement
6:30PM EDTOral Histories Elmo Bell WWII D-Day Interview
7:31PM EDTReel America "People & Petroleum, the Story of Creole in Venezuela" - 1950
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Stonewall & the LGBTQ Rights Movement
10:30PM EDTOral Histories Elmo Bell WWII D-Day Interview
11:31PM EDTReel America "People & Petroleum, the Story of Creole in Venezuela" - 1950
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors
2:00AM EDTReel America Gay Rights Films of Lilli Vincenz
2:30AM EDTStonewall Riots 50th Anniversary
3:45AM EDTEconomics of Slavery
4:00AM EDTOral Histories Elmo Bell WWII D-Day Interview
5:00AM EDTLectures in History Malcolm X's Views on Africa
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency Presidents & Their CIA Directors

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