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Watch: 7:00 pm ET Saturday
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Author Andrew Wehrman discusses
the origins of inoculation. As he describes it, a thread was
used to scrape an infected patient's pox and was then
inserted into another person's skin. The process became a
sought-after medical procedure in the 18th century.
In “The
Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American
Revolution,” Wehrman recounts the Continental Army's
insistent demand for the inoculation procedure, which in
turn helped them achieve independence.
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Stanly Godbold's "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter"
The Presidency
Watch: 9:30 pm ET Saturday
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Professor Emeritus Stanly
Godbold, from Mississippi State University's History
Department is the author of "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Power
and Human Rights, 1975-2020."
It is the second of a two-volume biography chronicling the personal
and professional lives that took the couple from a peanut farm to the
White House.
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Medical Practices of the 1804 Lewis & Clark
Expedition
Gary
Lentz of the Fort Walla Walla Museum in Walla Walla,
Washington, portrays Sgt. Patrick Glass of
the Lewis & Clark Expedition, demonstrating medical practices
used during the 1804-06 cross-country military expedition headed by Capt.
Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark.
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Daphne
Geanacopoulos, "The Pirate's Wife"
Historian Daphne
Geanacopoulos discusses the life of Sarah Kidd,
wife of pirate Captain Kidd, who secretly aided her husband
while living as one of New York's most prominent citizens.
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Coming up Sunday on C-SPAN
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This week
on Q&A: Attorney
and bestselling author Philip K. Howard
critiques public employee unions and their impact in the U.S.
According to Howard, organizations representing millions of
government workers, such as the American Federation of Teachers and
Fraternal Order of Police, have usurped decision-making power from
elected officials and are arguably unconstitutional.
According to Howard, organizations representing millions of
government workers, such as the American Federation of Teachers and
Fraternal Order of Police, have usurped decision-making power from
elected officials and are arguably unconstitutional.
Tune
in at 8 pm ET Sunday on C-SPAN
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The first votes
are scheduled to be cast in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary.
If a proposal supported by President Joe Biden is
approved, South Carolina will go first.
We'll look back at what President Biden had to say about Iowa
and New Hampshire in the past on C-SPAN's podcast "The
Weekly." Listen now on The Weekly
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C-SPAN Classroom
C-SPAN is "a good thing for our democracy and our
republic." These words, uttered by Rep. Chip Roy
(R-TX) on CNN's "State of the Union,"
followed a momentous and historic election for the 55th Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
This week, the education team sits down with Ben O'Connell,
C-SPAN's director of editorial operations. As the 118th Congress
began on Jan. 3, we will review the many historical moments that
followed in the House and Senate. In this new era of divided
government, C-SPAN will discuss both parties' ongoing legislative
goals and priorities.
Visit our Podcasts Featured Resources site
for a selection of FREE educational resources that will help you
teach about the 118th Congress and the federal government's
legislative branch.
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About American
History TV
Explore our nation's past and discover the people and events that
document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with
American History TV to museums and historic sites. Watch archival
speeches from former presidents and other national leaders. Visit
classrooms, lectures and symposiums featuring professors and
historians.
Every
Saturday on C-SPAN2 starting at 8 am ET
or
online anytime at c-span.org/history.
Download the free
app to listen to C-SPAN podcasts
— including American History TV's Lectures in History —
and stream live and on-demand video.
 
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