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August 27, 2023
12:15 AM EDT
The Presidency: President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies. Marc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy's Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was keeping his military options open. Mr. Selverstone is chair of the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524671-1/president-kennedys-vietnam-policies
August 27, 2023
1:20 AM EDT
Reel America: St. Louis Tax Dollars at Work - 1956. Sponsored by the city of St. Louis, this 1956 film illustrated how tax dollars were spent on the police force, emergency services, trash collection, street and park maintenance. It was released as "The Big City." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529940-1/st-louis-tax-dollars-work-1956
August 27, 2023
1:45 AM EDT
The Civil War: National Museum of the Civil War Soldier - 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor. Historian Gordon Rhea discussed the Civil War Battle of Cold Harbor, Confederate Gen. Lee's last major victory and a bloodbath for the Union army. The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia, hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523791-3/national-museum-civil-war-soldier-1864-battle-cold-harbor
August 27, 2023
2:45 AM EDT
60th Anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute marked the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Children's March with remarks by historian Paul Kix and a discussion with participants from the 1963 march and current students. This event is held at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527791-1/60th-anniversary-birmingham-childrens-march
August 27, 2023
4:07 AM EDT
1963 March on Washington. The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Historian Taylor Branch, author of "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63," delivered the keynote address.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529804-2/1963-march-washington
August 27, 2023
5:09 AM EDT
1963 March on Washington & Kennedy Administration. The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-Maryland) was among those talking about the march's impact on President Kennedy's administration. Then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was her father.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529804-3/1963-march-washington-kennedy-administration
August 27, 2023
6:12 AM EDT
Jonathan Eig, "King - A Life". Author and journalist Jonathan Eig discussed the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. in the first comprehensive biography of the civil rights leader in over 30 years. The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527797-1/king-life
August 27, 2023
7:20 AM EDT
Reel America: Martin Luther King Press Conference
Martin Luther King, Jr. was interviewed in July 1963 by four international and domestic journalists for "Press Conference U.S.A.," a U.S. Information Agency series that was distributed internationally.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?403151-1/martin-luther-king-press-conference
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