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Media, Memory and the March on Washington 25 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
To mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, panelists gathered at the Newseum in Washington, DC to examine media coverage of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have...
Eleanor Holmes Norton & Taylor Branch 25 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
DC's delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, Eleanor Holmes Norton, joins Taylor Branch, author of "The King Years" in a conversation about civil rights. They recall key moments in the movement...
Archival Film: “The March”: 25 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
This 1964 U.S. Information Agency film documents the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held the previous year. It's directed by James Blue and was recently restored by the National Arc...
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Clarence Jones is a former speechwriter and adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and co-authored the book, "Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation." He describes what it wa...
Hollywood Stars Discuss the 1963 March on Washington 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
On August 28, 1963 -- the date of the historic March on Washington -- the U.S. Information Agency filmed this roundtable discussion with march participants Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Marlon Bran...
Lee Harvey Oswald & the Kennedy Assassination 25 Aug 2013 | 01:50 pm
Buell Wesley Frazier worked at the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas and would give Lee Harvey Oswald rides to work, including on Nov. 22, 1963, the day of President Kennedy's assassination. In t...
American Artifacts: "One Life: Martin Luther King Jr." 25 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
American History TV visits the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery for a look at the exhibit, “One Life: Martin Luther King Jr.” The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of the March on Wa...
Lectures in History: Immigration & the Dillingham Commission 25 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
The U.S. Immigration Commission, known as the “Dillingham Commission,” began its work in 1907. It concluded that immigration from Europe posed a threat to American society and culture and should be r...
Alexander Hamilton & the U.S. Constitution 24 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Rutgers University historian Andrew Shankman looks at Alexander Hamilton’s role in the debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution, with a focus on Hamilton’s work in his home state of New York. This ...
The Civil War: The Dakota War of 1862 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Albany Law School professor Paul Finkelman examines the Dakota Sioux rebellion that took place in 1862 in the midst of the Civil War. Mr. Finkelman looks at the political and military issues considere...
