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Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Bob Dole, former U.S. Senator and 1996 Republican nominee for president, sat down in recent years for a series of oral histories that are archived in the collection of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.
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Bernard Fall, a journalist who covered the wars in Vietnam from 1953 until he was killed there in 1967, is the subject of a panel discussion on media coverage of major U.S. wars, including the conflict in Iraq. His wife, Dorothy Fall, speaks about her book, "Bernard Fall: Memoirs of a Soldier-Scholar."
Washington, DC
: 1 hr. 2 min.
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 Media Coverage: Vietnam War and Beyond
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Walter Isaacson talks about his book, "Einstein: His Life and Universe," the first biography of the physicist based on papers unsealed in 2006. He spoke at the Woman's National Democratic Club in April of 2007.
Washington, DC
: 52 min.
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Einstein, His Life and Universe
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In "The Senator and the Sharecropper," Chris Myers Asch explores the social upheaval in civil rights-era Mississippi through profiles of Sen. James O. Eastland (D), a segregationist, and Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper-activist. The event took place in the Sunflower County (MS) Public Library.
Washington, DC
: 59 min.
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The Senator and the Sharecropper
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Impeachment authority Hans Trefousse examines the trials of the only two American Presidents to be impeached: Pres. Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Pres. Bill Clinton in 1998. Mr. Trefousse also describes the impact of the Johnson impeachment on New York politics.
Washington, DC
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New York and the Johnson Impeachment
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About the Series
American History TV airs each weekend on C-SPAN 3 from 10am ET on Saturday to 10am ET on Monday. Featuring discussions with authors and historians as well as first person accounts of American History.
AHTV Schedule
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Saturday at 10am (ET)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Saturday at 10:40am (ET)
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Recordings of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
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Saturday at 12:20pm (ET)
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Pres. Jackson and the Civil War
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Saturday at 1:05pm (ET)
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Pres. Tyler and the Civil War
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Saturday at 2:05pm (ET)
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Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Saturday at 4pm (ET)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Saturday at 4:40pm (ET)
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Recordings of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
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Saturday at 6:20pm (ET)
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Pres. Jackson and the Civil War
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Saturday at 7:05pm (ET)
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Pres. Tyler and the Civil War
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Saturday at 8:05pm (ET)
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Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Saturday at 10pm (ET)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Saturday at 10:40pm (ET)
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Recordings of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
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Sunday at 12:20am (ET)
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C-SPAN3
Pres. Jackson and the Civil War
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Sunday at 1:05am (ET)
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Pres. Tyler and the Civil War
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Sunday at 2:05am (ET)
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C-SPAN3
Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Sunday at 4am (ET)
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C-SPAN3
Harriet Beecher Stowe Portrayal
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Sunday at 4:40am (ET)
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C-SPAN3
Recordings of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
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Sunday at 6:20am (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
Pres. Jackson and the Civil War
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Sunday at 7:05am (ET)
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C-SPAN3
Pres. Tyler and the Civil War
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Sunday at 8:05am (ET)
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Bob Dole Oral History Interview
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Sunday at 10am (ET)
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
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Sunday at 10:55am (ET)
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Mr. Lincoln's T-mails
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Sunday at 11:55am (ET)
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The Effects of "Agent Orange" Today
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Sunday at 1:25pm (ET)
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The War President - Lincoln in Wartime
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Sunday at 3pm (ET)
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Jack Kemp Oral History Interview
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Sunday at 4pm (ET)
on
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
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Sunday at 4:55pm (ET)
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Mr. Lincoln's T-mails
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Sunday at 5:55pm (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The Effects of "Agent Orange" Today
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Sunday at 7:25pm (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The War President - Lincoln in Wartime
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Sunday at 9pm (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
Jack Kemp Oral History Interview
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Sunday at 10pm (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
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Sunday at 10:55pm (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
Mr. Lincoln's T-mails
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Sunday at 11:55pm (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The Effects of "Agent Orange" Today
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Monday at 1:25am (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The War President - Lincoln in Wartime
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Monday at 3am (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
Jack Kemp Oral History Interview
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Monday at 4am (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
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Monday at 4:55am (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
Mr. Lincoln's T-mails
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Monday at 5:55am (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The Effects of "Agent Orange" Today
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Monday at 7:25am (ET)
on
C-SPAN3
The War President - Lincoln in Wartime
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Monday at 9am (ET)
on
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Jack Kemp Oral History Interview
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