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January 20, 2019
Battle of Little Bighorn

American History TV toured the National Museum of the American Indian “Americans” exhibit with curator Cecile…
December 29, 2018
What Makes Us Tick

This animated promotional film describes how a business incorporates and obtains the right to trade shares on the New…

January 19, 2019
Lafayette in Washington, 1824-1825

Between July 1824 and September 1825, Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette toured America, visiting all…
December 1, 2018
U.S.-Mexico Border Wall

The first fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, intended for cattle, was built in the early 1900s. Penn State professor…

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Saturday
8:00AM ESTReel America 1969 Richard Nixon Inauguration - CBS News
9:30AM ESTMid-20th Century Abortion Access
10:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Battle of Little Bighorn
10:30AM ESTQuakers, Guns and the British Industrial Revolution
12:00PM ESTThe Presidency Covert Diplomacy
1:20PM ESTRescuing Iranian Jews From WWII France
2:25PM ESTShirley Chisholm
2:40PM ESTJews and the Origins of International Human Rights
4:00PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Robert Merry, President McKinley
5:10PM ESTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan & Cold War Politics
6:00PM ESTThe Civil War Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
7:00PM ESTReflections on Gender in Early America
8:00PM ESTLectures in History History of State of the Union Addresses
9:10PM ESTConversation with Ken Burns
10:00PM ESTReel America The President - January 1969
10:55PM EST1765 Frontier Rebellion Against the British
Sunday
12:00AM ESTLectures in History History of State of the Union Addresses
1:10AM ESTConversation with Ken Burns
2:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Robert Merry, President McKinley
3:10AM ESTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan & Cold War Politics
4:00AM ESTThe Civil War Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
5:00AM ESTReflections on Gender in Early America
6:00AM ESTRescuing Iranian Jews From WWII France
7:05AM ESTWorld War I Fighter Pilot Culture
8:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Gary Younge, The Speech
9:30AM ESTShirley Chisholm
10:00AM ESTThe Civil War Ex-Confederates & Post-Civil War Pardons
11:00AM ESTLafayette in Washington, 1824-1825
12:00PM ESTLectures in History Sit-ins and the Civil Rights Movement
1:15PM ESTViewing WWI Through the Lens of WWII
2:22PM ESTLand Use & Water Rights on the Colorado Plateau
2:35PM ESTGerman Social Scientists & U.S. Foreign Policy
4:00PM ESTReel America The President - January 1969
4:55PM EST1765 Frontier Rebellion Against the British
6:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
6:30PM ESTGov. Al Smith, Progressivism, and the New Deal
8:00PM ESTReel America 1969 Richard Nixon Inauguration - CBS News
9:30PM ESTGreen Book Travel Guide for African Americans
10:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
10:30PM ESTGov. Al Smith, Progressivism, and the New Deal
Monday
12:00AM ESTReel America 1969 Richard Nixon Inauguration - CBS News
1:30AM ESTGreen Book Travel Guide for African Americans
2:00AM ESTReel America The President - January 1969
2:55AM EST1765 Frontier Rebellion Against the British
4:00AM ESTJews and the Origins of International Human Rights
5:20AM ESTViewing WWI Through the Lens of WWII
6:30AM ESTGerman Social Scientists & U.S. Foreign Policy

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