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American History TV:
Moments of Remembrance
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Here's
highlights for this Memorial Day weekend on American History TV:
• Saturday's full lineup of programs here (C-SPAN2).
• Sunday's full lineup of programs here (C-SPAN3).
• Monday's full lineup of programs here (C-SPAN3).
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Featured Saturday on C‑SPAN2
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University
of Notre Dame military history professor
Ian Ona Johnson examines the contest for control
of Atlantic sea routes during World War II. German submarines – or unterwasser
boats (U-boats) had early success in World War II, sinking thousands
of merchant vessels and warships. By March 1941, the Allies were
better able to protect trans-Atlantic shipping through the use of
radar, as well as sea and air armed escort across supply
routes.
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2024 Organization of
American Historians conference
Sessions
from 3
pm to 6:15 pm
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American History
TV attends the 2024
Organization of American Historians meeting in
New Orleans.
- 3 pm:
LGBT Labor History
Historians Alex Burnett (University
of Michigan), Margot
Canady (Princeton University), Ryan
Patrick Murphy (Earlham College), Shay
Olmstead (University of Massachusetts
Amherst) and Lane
Windham (Georgetown University) talk
about eras where Americans' sexual orientation and gender
identity became workplace issues. They discuss cases of
discrimination, changes in employment law, and the role of union
membership.
- 4:28
pm: Labor History and Migrant Workers
Cindy Hahamovitch,
former president of the Labor and Working-Class History
Association, looks back at the history of labor and
immigration.
- 4:43
pm: U.S. Neoliberalism since the 1970s
Historians Elizabeth
Todd-Breland (University of Illinois at
Chicago), Julilly
Kohler-Hausman (Cornell University), Sarena
Martinez (University of Oxford), Paul
Renfro (Florida State University), and Caleb
Smith (Brandeis University) debate the
meaning of neoliberalism and examine changing policies and
the trend of privatization for local governments, welfare
programs, and the education system.
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Moderated by Jonathan
W. White (Christopher Newport University), a
panel of historians Allen
C. Guelzo (Princeton University), Dana Shoaf (National
Museum of Civil War Medicine), and Melissa
Winn (American Battlefield Trust)
recount personal stories of soldiers and civilians who died in
the Civil War. They delve into how they unearthed details about their
lives.
This event was part the 2023
Lincoln Forum held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Washington Journal: Black‑Wall Street and
the
1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Watch:
6:15 pm
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Author
Hannibal
Johnson ("Black Wall Street 100: An American
City Grapples with Its Historical Racial Trauma")
discusses Tulsa, Oklahoma's, historic Greenwood district and the 1921
Tulsa Race Massacre. He chronicles this lesser known act of
terror that occurred on May 31 to June 1 in 1921, when white
residents of Tulsa attacked and destroyed an affluent Black
neighborhood. Over two days, more than a 100 died and 1,000 buildings
were destroyed. For years, it was largely omitted from local, state,
and national histories.
C-SPAN's
Washington
Journal conducted the interview.
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This
weekly series looks at historic congressional investigations
that led to changes in policy and law.
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1994 Tobacco Industry
Hearings
(ep. 10)
Watch: 7 pm
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In
1994, top tobacco industry CEOs testified before the House that they
didn't believe nicotine was addictive. Two years later, they found
themselves under federal investigation for potentially lying under
oath.
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Coming up Sunday on C‑SPAN
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Q&A: Betty Koed, “Scenes”
This Memorial Day weekend, retired U.S. Senate Historian Betty Koed shares
stories from her book "Scenes: People, Places and Events That
Shaped the United States Senate." The book is a
collection of brief chronicles of Senate history that she presented
to senators during their Tuesday caucus lunches between 2009 and
2023. Some of the stories told include the influence and power of
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, the story
of the first female senator, and when Mark Twain worked
as a Senate staffer.
Tune in at 8 pm
& 11 pm or enjoy Q&A as a podcast.
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C‑SPAN’s‑The‑Weekly:
When Presidential Candidates
Warned About “More of the Same”
“This
debate tonight has made crystal clear a challenge that is as old as
America: The choice between hope and fear, change, or more of the
same.”
–said by then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton (D) in his closing
statement during a presidential debate on October 11, 1992
“More
of the same” is a phrase Bill Clinton famously — and quite
effectively — used during the 1992 campaign.
And you don’t just hear it from Bill Clinton. “More of the
same” is a warning you typically hear from other presidential
candidates in other presidential campaigns.
But
probably not this year. In 2024, with a repeat of the
same two candidates from the last presidential election, we likely
won’t hear either political side talk much — if at all — about “more
of the same.”
So let’s do it ourselves. Let’s use this week’s episode of C‑SPAN’s
The
Weekly to remember when “more of the same” was
common campaign rhetoric. Yes, in this podcast, you
will hear more about more of the same.
Listen to C‑SPAN’s The
Weekly.
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