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April 1, 2018
The White House Easter Egg Roll

American History TV interviewed landscape historian Jonathan Pliska about his book, The White House Easter Egg Roll: A…
March 9, 2019
Mission, Measles - The Story of a Vaccine

This documentary details the history of the highly contagious virus that causes measles and the development of the…

September 2, 2017
1973 Film Soylent Green and the Environmental Movement

Professor Emilie Raymond talked about the 1973 film Soylent Green and how it reflected the contemporary environmental…
February 16, 2019
Booker T. Washington, The Life and Legacy

Directed by William Greaves for the National Park Service, this film portrays the life of Booker T. Washington through…

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Wednesday
8:01PM EDTLectures in History Experience of Being Arrested in U.S. History
9:32PM EDTUSS Cole Bombing Investigation
10:54PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Eastern State Penitentiary
11:53PM EDTInvestigative Journalism & Civil Rights
Thursday
12:59AM EDTLectures in History Incarceration in the Late-20th Century
2:12AM EDTLectures in History Experience of Being Arrested in U.S. History
3:43AM EDTUSS Cole Bombing Investigation
5:04AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Eastern State Penitentiary
6:04AM EDTInvestigative Journalism & Civil Rights
7:09AM EDTLectures in History Incarceration in the Late-20th Century
8:01PM EDTReel America "Fallout from Three Mile Island" - 1979
8:51PM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 1
9:23PM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 2
9:54PM EDTGovernor Thornburgh and Three Mile Island
10:08PM EDTThree Mile Island Accident Reconsidered
10:45PM EDTPerspectives on Three Mile Island & Fukushima
Friday
12:09AM EDTLegacy of Three Mile Island and Fukushima
1:42AM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 1
2:13AM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 2
2:45AM EDTGovernor Thornburgh and Three Mile Island
2:59AM EDTThree Mile Island Accident Reconsidered
3:36AM EDTPerspectives on Three Mile Island & Fukushima
4:59AM EDTLegacy of Three Mile Island and Fukushima
8:00PM EDTThe Civil War The Battle of Gettysburg & Its Consequences
8:52PM EDTThe Civil War Lincoln and the Fugitive Slave Act
9:48PM EDTThe Civil War Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
10:48PM EDTThe Civil War Creating the Lincoln Memorial
11:49PM EDTThe Civil War Women During the Civil War
Saturday
12:55AM EDTThe Civil War Ex-Confederates & Post-Civil War Pardons
1:43AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Women's History
2:00AM EDTThe Civil War The Battle of Gettysburg & Its Consequences
2:52AM EDTThe Civil War Lincoln and the Fugitive Slave Act
3:48AM EDTThe Civil War Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
4:48AM EDTThe Civil War Creating the Lincoln Memorial
5:49AM EDTThe Civil War Women During the Civil War
6:55AM EDTThe Civil War Ex-Confederates & Post-Civil War Pardons
7:43AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Women's History
8:00AM EDTReel America "Democracy at Work in Rural Puerto Rico" - 1942
8:21AM EDTReel America 1942 United Newsreel
8:30AM EDTU.S. Democracy & Foreign Policy Since 1919
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial Part 2
10:30AM EDTWomen in Politics - 1920s to Today
12:10PM EDTPresident-Elect Lincoln
2:00PM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith
2:07PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Interview
3:08PM EDTAmerican History TV
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf A Life Reconsidered"
5:00PM EDTThe Presidency Camp David
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War African Americans & the Union Army
6:40PM EDTThe Civil War African Americans and the Civil War
7:25PM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center Collections
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Yellow Journalism & the Spanish-American War
9:00PM EDTRobert F. Kennedy Assassination Reconsidered
10:00PM EDTReel America "Valley of the Tennessee" - 1944
10:30PM EDTU.S. Immigration, 1920s to the 1960s
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Yellow Journalism & the Spanish-American War
1:00AM EDTRobert F. Kennedy Assassination Reconsidered
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf A Life Reconsidered"
3:00AM EDTThe Presidency Camp David
4:00AM EDTWomen in Politics - 1920s to Today
5:36AM EDTAmerican History TV
6:50AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith
6:57AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Interview
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
9:00AM EDTHistory of USS Olympia
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Comparing Civil War Theaters
10:50AM EDTUnionizing Women Garment Workers
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Late-20th Century Transformation of Work
1:00PM EDTTranscontinental Railroad and the Big Four
1:44PM EDTChinese, Native Americans, and the Transcontinental Railroad
3:15PM EDTThe Civil War Paroling Gen. Lee's Army After Appomattox
4:00PM EDTReel America "Valley of the Tennessee" - 1944
4:30PM EDTU.S. Immigration, 1920s to the 1960s
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
6:25PM EDTAmerican Democracy & Post-World War II Japan
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency White House History
9:00PM EDTForeign Perspectives on America
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
10:25PM EDTAmerican Democracy & Post-World War II Japan
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency White House History
1:00AM EDTForeign Perspectives on America
2:00AM EDTReel America "Valley of the Tennessee" - 1944
2:30AM EDTU.S. Immigration, 1920s to the 1960s
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
4:25AM EDTAmerican Democracy & Post-World War II Japan
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency White House History
7:00AM EDTForeign Perspectives on America

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