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American
History TV: Notes from Our Nation's
Past
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Billie Holiday, “Strange
Fruit”
Watch:
5:30 pm
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The historical legacy of jazz singer Billie Holiday's "Strange
Fruit," her lament about the lynching of
African Americans, is considered in a conversation that includes the
composer's son. In the program, Paul
Alexander, author of "Bitter Crop:
The Heartache and Triumph of Billie Holiday's Last Year,"
states that despite efforts beginning in the 1930s, it has taken
nearly a century for federal anti-lynching legislation to become law.
The 2022-enacted Emmett Till Antilynching Act defines lynching
as a federal hate crime.
Roosevelt
House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
in New York hosted this event.
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Atlantic staff writer David
Frum — speaking from Woodrow Wilson's
Washington, D.C., home — reconsiders the 28th president's legacy,
including his efforts to persuade the United States to join the
League of Nations and how he responded to the segregated federal
government of his time. Frum makes the case that in 1948, and
again in 1962, surveys of American historians rated Wilson fourth
among American presidents, with the top spots going to Abraham
Lincoln, George Washington, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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NATO 1949 Founding 75th
Anniversary
Watch:
9 am/pm & 1:03 pm
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Secretary
of State Antony
Blinken delivers remarks in Brussels, Belgium, at
a reception celebrating the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO). He is joined by U.S.
Ambassador to NATO Julianne
Smith and NATO Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg. They honor NATO’s legacy and pay
tribute to 64th Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
and President Harry Truman for their contributions to the
military alliance. NATO was established on April 4, 1949, amid the
aftermath of World War II.
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Author
Tom Wheeler talks
about how Abraham Lincoln used the new technology of the
telegraph to communicate directly with his Union generals, helping to
win the Civil War. In his book, "Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: How Abraham
Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War,"
he highlights the 16th president's folksy writing style used in his
wartime communiques. In 1816, English inventor Francis Ronalds
built the first working electric telegraph based on electrostatic
means.
The Virginia
Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech
in Blacksburg hosted this event.
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This
weekly series looks at historic congressional investigations
that led to changes in policy and law.
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1975 U.S. Intelligence
Activities Hearings
(ep. 7)
Watch: 7 pm
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In
1975, a Senate committee led by Sen. Frank Church (D-ID)
examined alleged abuses within the U.S. intelligence community.
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Coming up Sunday on C‑SPAN
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Q&A: Patrick
Kennedy, “Profiles in Mental Health Courage”
Former Congressman Patrick
Kennedy (D-RI) talks about Americans who have
struggled with mental illness and the stigma and silence that he says
still surrounds it. He shares the stories of the people profiled in
his book, "Profiles in Mental Health Courage,"
including himself and members of his own family.
Tune in at 8 pm
& 11 pm or enjoy Q&A as
a podcast.
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C-SPAN’s The
Weekly: The Senate Prays … for O.J. Simpson
“How
are the mighty fallen. Eternal God, as David joined the nation,
Israel, in mourning the fall of King Saul, so our Nation has been
traumatized by the fall of a great hero.”
~Said by chaplain Richard Halverson opening the Senate in prayer
on June
23, 1994. The passage he was citing: 2 Samuel
1:25.
And
who was the great hero he compared to King Saul? Well,
that was O.J. Simpson.
The recent death of O.J. Simpson reminds us of one of the most
controversial episodes involving a prayer opening a session of
Congress — and its aftermath.
In this week's episode of C‑SPAN’s The Weekly,
you’ll hear the full Senate prayer for O.J. Simpson following his arrest —
plus, the rare rebuke by a U.S. senator. And then, you’ll hear
the surprise twist that happened next.
Listen to C‑SPAN’s The
Weekly.
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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.
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