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American History TV:
People & Periods of Note
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Highlights for Saturday
on C‑SPAN2 include a discussion on "Ballot Battles,"
which takes a look at hotly contested U.S. presidential elections in 2020,
2000,
and 1876 — with the last being won by an electoral
margin of 185 to 184. And Historic Presidential
Elections also
examines the contentious election of 1876 and the resulting
Compromise
of 1877 in this week's third episode, Hayes vs.
Tilden - 1876.
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University
of Arkansas historian Randall
Woods discusses America's sixth president, John Quincy
Adams. Professor Woods devoted a decade of research
and writing to his biography of the first chief executive to follow
his father into the office. The book is titled "John Quincy
Adams: A Man for the Whole People." Fluent in
Latin and Greek, our sixth president was a great admirer of Cicero,
one of ancient Rome's greatest orators, and directed much of his own
rhetoric toward the fight against slavery.
The Fayetteville Public Library in Arkansas hosted
this event.
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University
of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Ryan
Anderson chronicles the rise of a Bohemian
culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that rejected
conventional societal restraints and embraced the arts. Professor
Anderson highlights several notable people, such as Mabel Dodge,
who in 1912 opened a Parisian-style salon in her Greenwich Village
apartment, and Robert Henri, an artist who portrayed the
ethnic neighborhoods of New York City. Above is one of Henri's ink
drawings c. 1890 titled "Party Scene."
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Former
National Park Service historian John
Hennessey talks about the 1862 relationship
between the Union Army of Virginia and enslaved people, the attitudes
of the soldiers toward slavery, and how emancipation impacted the war
effort.
This talk was part of a conference hosted by the University of Virginia's Nau Center for Civil
War History in Charlottesville.
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Edward Foley, “Ballot
Battles”
Watch:
5:45 pm
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After
the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, Edward
Foley updated his book "Ballot Battles:
The History of Disputed Elections in the United States."
This videotaped podcast focused on America's history of controversial
elections — especially in 1876, 2000, and 2020. Above
is an example of a punch-card ballot. In Florida, incompletely
punched holes (also called "hanging chads") from some
punch-card ballots played a key role in that state's voter recount in
the 2000 close contest between Democratic candidate, Vice President
Al Gore, and Republican candidate, Governor George W. Bush of Texas.
The American
Enterprise Institute hosted this program.
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Historic Presidential Elections
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In
the midst of C-SPAN's presdiential "Campaign 2024"
coverage — this Saturday features the third week of American History TV's Historic Presidential Elections series,
focusing on 1876. Despite losing the popular vote in
that election, Republican Governor Rutherford Hayes
of Ohio (shown right) defeated New York Democratic Governor
Samuel
Tilden (left) in a contentious
election that led to negotiations between Republicans and Democrats
to determine the winner, resulting in what became known as the Compromise of
1877.
• 7 pm:
Hayes vs.
Tilden (1876)
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Coming up Sunday on C‑SPAN
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Q&A: James Allen Jr., “Not
My Chair”
James
Allen Jr., murdered Tony Sylvester in
Las Vegas during a 1980 home burglary, a crime for which he was found
guilty and sentenced to death. Mr. Allen, who was a teenager at the
time, spent 26 years in prison, including almost four years on death
row, before being paroled by the state of Nevada in 2008. Since being
released, he has spent his time mentoring at-risk youth and working
with the Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty. He co-wrote a
book about his life titled "Not My Chair: Journey from Death
Row to Freedom."
Tune in at 8 pm
& 11 pm or enjoy Q&A as
a podcast.
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C‑SPAN’s‑The‑Weekly: Vice Presidential Debates: Best-of, Legendary, and
Funniest Moments, Phrases, and Zingers Since 1976
Gearing up for the upcoming
vice-presidential debate? Then you might want to remember the first
time running mates debated in a formal, nationally televised setting:
"Good
evening, I'm James Hoge, editor of the Chicago Sun Times, and
moderator of this third of the historic debates of the 1976 campaign.
Tonight we have the vice-presidential candidates: for the Democrats,
Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota; for the Republicans, Senator
Robert Dole of Kansas. Thank you, Senator Mondale, and thank you,
Senator Dole, for being with us this evening. This debate is taking
place before an audience in the Alley Theater in Houston, Texas. It
is also being broadcast by radio and television to an audience
estimated at some 85 million persons in this nation and overseas."
~That’s how the debate opened on October 15, 1976, between
then-Senators Walter Mondale and Bob Dole.
Coming up on October 1, it will be Tim Walz versus JD Vance
— and the 12th time running mates have debated over nearly half a
century.
What
were the top, most famous, most newsworthy, most notable, funniest,
legendary, and otherwise best-of moments, phrases, and zingers from
the first 11 vice-presidential debates?
Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN’s podcast 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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— including American History TV's Lectures in History —
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