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June 17, 2023
10:35 PM EDT
Reel America: Southern Folk Art with Photographer Roland Freeman - 1983. In this 1983 U.S. Information Agency film, photographer Roland Freeman recounted his experience documenting African American folk arts in the South and a trip to Nigeria. This film was originally called "Country Roads and City Pavements with Roland L. Freeman." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525885-1/southern-folk-art-photographer-roland-freeman
June 17, 2023
11:00 PM EDT
Lectures in History: Laura Watt on Landscape Preservation and National Parks Sonoma State University professor Laura Watt teaches a class on the evolution of a national park system and the effort to preserve pristine wilderness. She argues that this approach often obscures the ways humans have already interacted with the land. She also talks about her research on the Point Reyes National Seashore which used to be a dairy ranch community before it was designated a national park in the 1960s.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?426970-1/landscape-preservation-national-parks
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June 18, 2023 - June 23, 2023
Summer Words Writers Conference & Literary Festival
Aspen Institute
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/summer-words-writers-conference-literary-festival/
Today in History - June 18
https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/june-18
June 18, 2023
Father's Day in the United States
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/fathers-day
June 18, 2023
12:10 AM EDT
Reel America: Lincoln Tunnel Construction - 1938. This 1938 New York Port Authority film entitled "Conquest of the Hudson" covered the planning, construction and operation of the Lincoln Tunnel, which connected New York to New Jersey and opened in December 1937. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528584-1/lincoln-tunnel-construction-1938
June 18, 2023
12:30 AM EDT
The Presidency: Jonathan Darman, "Becoming FDR". Author, journalist, and historian Jonathan Darman revealed how polio transformed Franklin Roosevelt into the man who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City hosted this event - and is the home where FDR confronted polio's challenges.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?523524-1/becoming-fdr
June 18, 2023
1:35 AM EDT
Reel America: Southern Folk Art with Photographer Roland Freeman - 1983. In this 1983 U.S. Information Agency film, photographer Roland Freeman recounted his experience documenting African American folk arts in the South and a trip to Nigeria. This film was originally called "Country Roads and City Pavements with Roland L. Freeman." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?525885-1/southern-folk-art-photographer-roland-freeman
June 18, 2023
2:00 AM EDT
The Civil War: Civil War Pensions, Widows, and Orphans. Shenandoah University Civil War Institute director Jonathan Noyalas talked about how veterans and widows applied for pensions and the ways that states and military organizations provided for orphans after the war. This talk was part of a conference hosted by Shenandoah University's Civil War Institute.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527271-2/civil-war-pensions-widows-orphans
June 18, 2023
3:15 AM EDT
Frederick Douglass' Life and Legacy. Douglass Leadership Institute founder Bishop Dean Nelson and Washington and Lee University professor Lucas Morel discussed the life and legacy of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. This program was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?526333-1/frederick-douglass-life-legacy
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