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On Lectures in History
Watch: 8:00 am/pm and 11:00 am/pm ET Saturday
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Richard Gamble, a professor at Hillsdale
College in Michigan, teaches a class on American churches and
religion during World War I. He discusses how American pastors,
ministers, and rabbis spoke about the Great War before and after the
U.S. entered the conflict.
This lecture was part of a course titled "The
U.S. from the Great War to the Cold War."
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Martha Washington's Papers
on The Presidency
Watch: 9:30 am/pm ET Saturday
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Flora Fraser, a historical
biographer and author of "The Washingtons,"
joins Kathryn Gehred, historian and research
editor of "The Papers of George Washington" for
the 2022 Annual Martha Washington Lecture at Mount Vernon.
They discuss Martha Washington's surviving correspondence with
friends and family – she destroyed most of her letters to and from President
George Washington.
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Nancy Davis, "The Chinese Lady"
Former Smithsonian curator Nancy Davis tells
the story of Afong Moy, the first known Chinese
woman to immigrate to America. Brought to the U.S. by traders
Nathaniel and Frederick Crane, Foy was exhibited as a promotional
curiosity to help sell large quantities of Chinese wares in America.
She traveled across the nation and was the first Chinese guest to
visit the White House where she met President Andrew Jackson.
Davis sheds light on the many mysteries of Afong Moy's life.
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African
American Historical Sites
Brent Leggs, executive director of the African
American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and senior
vice president of the National Trust, discusses
his work to raise money and awareness for African American historical
sites.
Watch at 5:20 pm ET Saturday
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What happened this week in
history?
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October 16, 1859:
Abolitionist John Brown and allies raided Harpers Ferry in the hopes
of a slave revolt. After seizing the U.S. armory in West Virginia,
John Brown and his team hunkered down for two days until military forces
led by U.S. Army Colonel Robert E. Lee killed and captured the
surviving rebels. John Brown was later tried in court and hung in
December of the same year.
October
16, 1962: The world watched as the United States and
the Soviet Union faced the threat of nuclear war. The Cuban Missile
Crisis began when the U.S. discovered nuclear missile sites under
construction in Cuba. For 13 days, President John F. Kennedy and his
administration navigated the confrontation with Soviet Premier Nikita
Khrushchev and the Soviet military.
The U.S. military set up a naval blockade and President John F.
Kennedy warned that an attack on the Western hemisphere would be met
with a full retaliation. After tense negotiations, a diplomatic
resolution was reached, and the Soviets agreed to dismantle the
arsenal in Cuba.
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Coming up Sunday on C-SPAN
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This week
on Q&A: Margaret
Burnham, author and project director of the Civil Rights
and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern
University, discusses the racial violence experienced by Blacks
in the South and the Jim Crow legal system that supported it.
Professor Burnham and colleagues at Northeastern have a database of
1,000 cases of Blacks being murdered during this period in which the
perpetrators were never brought to justice.
Tune
in at 8 pm ET Sunday on C-SPAN
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The Weekly
Last week, "The
Weekly" revisited the 10 most
memorable moments from Senate, House, Governor, and Mayoral
debates. This week, we will take a look at the top
10 moments of moderators. Listen
now on The Weekly
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Presidential Recordings
It has been 60 years since the Cuban Missile Crisis that
rocked the presidency of John F. Kennedy and brought the world close
to a nuclear war.
C-SPAN's Presidential Recordings dives into those 13 days
in October, with a bonus episode featuring calls between President
John F. Kennedy and his senior advisers, press conferences, and Oval
Office addresses.
Plus, hear historical context from Barbara Perry, the director
for presidential studies of the Miller Center at the University
of Virginia. Listen now on Presidential Recordings
🎧 Listen
anytime, anywhere: Enjoy these podcasts and discover many more at C-SPAN.org/podcasts,
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Now video app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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