The most popular programs for the African American History Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=154 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 13:23:04 GMT In this 1979 speech Mr. Baldwin talked about being a black writer, about the civil rights movement, and other topics. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/170651-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/170651-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT At a groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Museum of African American History and Culture speakers included President Obama, the museum's director, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and former First Lady Laura Bush. The event featured musical performances by Denyce Graves, Thomas Hampson, jazz pianist Jason Moran, Stanley Thurston and the Heritage Signature Chorale, Howard University Jazz ensemble-Afro Blue, Madrigal Singers of St. Albans and the National Cathedral Schools, and U.S. Navy Band. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304542-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304542-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Melissa Harris Perry talked about the history of race relations in the United States, comparing race relations through history with current racial politics. Topics included the tea party movement, raising the debt ceiling, and the 2010 health care law. In her remarks she talked about African-American characters in popular culture, including the book and movie [The Help]. After her speech, she answered written questions submitted by audience members. The talk, "Reconstruction Lessons: Current U.S. Racial Politics and the Lessons of the Civil War," was the year's final Chautauqua Amphitheater Lecture. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301205-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301205-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos present their book for children about the impact of sugar on world history - including the role sugar played in the creation of the Atlantic slave trade and the impact it had on the Industrial Revolution. Mr. Aronson and Ms. Budhos spoke to a group of 8th grade and high school students at the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, New York. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297825-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297825-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Danielle McGuire, assistant history professor at Wayne State University, recounts the politically active life of Rosa Parks, a side of the civil rights figure that the author contends has been under reported. Ms. McGuire recalls Rosa Parks' involvement as an NAACP organizer who in 1944 investigated the rape of Recy Taylor, a black sharecropper, who was attacked by seven white men on her way home from church. According to the author the incident solidified Rosa Parks' activism long before her refusal to move from her seat aboard a Montgomery bus in 1955. Ms. McGuire also explores the sexual abuse that black women faced by white men during the Jim Crow era and how their resistance added in fueling the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement. Danielle McGuire discussed her book at the Decatur Library in Decatur, Georgia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295934-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295934-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Professor West talked about his career and his entire body of work and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail. Professor West has written or edited more than twenty books, on topics ranging from religion and philosophy to politics and race. His most recent books are [The Cornel West Reader] (1999) and [The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country], (2000, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) His first book, written in his 20s, was [Prophecy Deliverance!: An Afro-American Revolutionary Christianity] (1982). He has also written [Prophetic Fragments] (1988), [The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism] (1989), [The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought] (1991), [Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life] (1991, with bell hooks), [Beyond Eurocentrism and Multiculturalism] (1993, Volumes 1 & 2), [Race Matters] (1993), [Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America] (1993), [White Screens, Black Images: Hollywood from the Dark Side] (1994, by James Snead, edited with Colin MacCabe), [Jews and Blacks: A Dialogue on Race, Religion, and Culture in America] (1995, with Michael Lerner), [The Future of the Race] (1996, with Henry Lewis Gates, Jr.), [Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America] (1997), [The Future of American Progressivism: An Initiative for Political and Economic Reform] (1998, with Roberto Mangabeira Unger), and [The War Against Parents] (1998, with Sylvia Ann Hewlett). He is the editor of [Post-Analytic Philosophy] (1985, with John Rajchman), and [Struggle in the Promised Land] (1997, with Jack Salzman). In September 2001 Professor West released a spoken-word CD called "Sketches of My Culture." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168013-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168013-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Angela Davis presents a critical edition of Frederick Douglass' memoir, [Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave Written by Himself]. Ms. Davis explores the abolitionist's intellectual life and recalls the several other editions of Douglass' memoir. Angela Davis was joined in conversation by Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. This "LIVE from the NYPL" event, "Frederick Douglass: Literacy, Libraries and Liberation," was held at Celeste Bartos Forum of the New York Public Research Library of Humanities and Social Sciences. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296522-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296522-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed presents a biography of the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson (1865-1869). A Southern Democrat who remained aligned with the Union, Johnson was Abraham Lincoln's vice president at the start of his second term, and succeeded Lincoln following the assassination of the president. Ms. Gordon-Reed recounts President Johnson's reticence to provide civil rights to recently freed slaves and his inability to provide leadership to a nation still recovering from the Civil War. Annette Gordon-Reed recounts the presidential tenure of Andrew Johnson at the Philadelphia Free Library and responded to questions from members of the audience. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298068-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298068-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Isabel Wilkerson talked about her book [The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration] (Random House, 2010). It is the story of African-American migration from the South to the North and West during the period of 1915 to 1970. She tells the story through the eyes of three of the almost six million people who experienced the migration. Isabel Wilkerson worked for [The New York Times] from 1984 to 1995. As Chicago bureau chief for that paper, she won a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. She has taught at Emory, Princeton, and Harvard universities and is currently the director of the Narrative Nonfiction Program at Boston University College of Communication. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295559-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295559-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Professor Allyson Hobbs is a specialist in African-American social and cultural history and 20th century American history. She used slides as she lectured about the "Great Migration," a period after 1910 when millions of blacks moved from the South to areas North and West. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299436-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299436-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Callie Crossley moderated a discussion of the historic events of June 11, 1963. On that day two black students, James Hood and Vivian Malone, were barred entry to the University of Alabama by Governor George Wallace. In response, President Kennedy called out the National Guard and Governor Wallace stepped aside. That evening, the president delivered a major civil rights address to the nation. The next day, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered at his home. The panelists discussed what it was like living through those events, and what motivated their actions on that day. A video of Vivian Malone, who died in 2005, was shown. Following the discussion they answered questions from members of the audience. Historic video footage was shown, including the remarks of Governor Wallace, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and portions of President Kennedy's address. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/203722-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/203722-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Professor Greg Carr, chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies, presented a class lecture on slavery in the U.S. in the international context. He focused on maroonage (flight from owners followed by banding together to establishment independent communities in remote ares) as a dimension of African resistance, migrations, and movement in African-American history and the cultural meaning in U.S. history. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295697-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295697-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT At a ceremony for African-American history month, Herman Cain discussed contributions of famous African-Americans and the problems that African-Americans continue to face in current American society. He talked about the arc of the American struggle for liberty, his own upbringing in rural Georgia, and his family's pursuit of equity in the American dream. He also spoke about the state of the economy and creating economic opportunity for those struggling. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/24564-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/24564-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Daniel Rasmussen recalls the largest slave revolt in American history. On January 8, 1811, 500 slaves in military uniforms and equipped with assorted weapons embarked on taking New Orleans. The author reports on their march upon the city and the outcome -- over one hundred slaves were killed and the event deliberately excluded from many historical accounts of the time. Daniel Rasmussen discussed his book at Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297798-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297798-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Mrs. Height talked about her book, [Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir], published by PublicAffairs. Then 91, she had witnessed most of the major events in the African-American struggle for civil rights. She talked about her life work for her cause and about people she knew personally such as W.E.B. DuBois, Eleanor Roosevelt, and many others. She talked about the experience of leading the National Council of Negro Women for forty-one years. Ms. Height received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177169-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/177169-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Following a period during which Ms. Parks was honored by lying in repose in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, a memorial service was held to honor her life and legacy prior to her funeral scheduled in Detroit the following Wednesday. Participants paid tribute to Ms. Parks as a catalyst of the civil rights movement, her legacy as a voice for the black community, and her service to the nation in passionate speeches and with music. There were many standing ovations and shouts of "Amen!" Large pictures of Ms. Parks were carried through the aisles by young people. At the end audience members stood, held hands, and sang "We Shall Overcome" along with the choir. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/189655-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/189655-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Professor Bell discussed his book, [Faces at the Bottom of the Well], published by Basic Books, which addressed the problem of racism in America and the class differences involved in discrimination against minorities. In the book, he discusses the civil rights movement in American society, and concludes that racism is permanent, and will always be part of society. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/34630-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/34630-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Isabel Wilkerson spoke about her book [The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration] (Random House, 2010). The book outlines the history of the exodus of six million African Americans out of the Jim Crow South to the North and Midwest during much of the 20th century. She responded to questions from members of the audience at this Aiken Lecture at the Atlanta History Center. She previously worked for the [New York Times] and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1994. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297188-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297188-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Cameron McWhirter, staff reporter for the WallStreet Journal, recounted the violence against African Americans that erupted throughout the United States from April to November 1919, deemed "Red Summer." The author reported that following World War I, black soldiers returned to the United States with expectations of full citizenship only to be met by a backlash, which took hundreds of lives. Mr. McWhirter recounted the riots that broke out from Connecticut to California and the resistance by African Americans, a precursor to the civil rights movement. Cameron McWhirter responded to questions from members of the audience at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301359-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301359-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Khalid Muhammad, a former spokesman for the Nation of Islam, spoke to an audience at Howard University. Late last year, Mr. Muhammad drew criticism for a speech he delivered at Kean College in New Jersey. Some considered the remarks he made to be racist and anti-Semitic. He was later criticized by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Mr. Muhammad's speech comes a few days after he visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. A separatist, Mr. Muhammad argued that enslavement of Africans was equivalent to the Jewish holocaust in Europe and is a black holocaust. Before Mr. Muhammad spoke, a number of speakers prayed, sang and spoke. Many speakers used inflammatory rhetoric. During the final moments of the event, participants asked the audience to contribute to the Nation of Islam. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/56177-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/56177-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Professor Jonathan Bass talked about the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s April 1963 "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." He wrote in response to a letter from eight white ministers published in a newspaper while the Reverend King was in jailed after a protest march. Professor Bass talked about the background events as well as the story of the "letter" itself. He was interviewed at the replica in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute of the Reverend Martin Luther King's jail cell. C-SPAN's Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their "2011 LCV Cities Tour" in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 31-November 4 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302710-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302710-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 150 years ago on September 22nd, 1862. It ordered the emancipation of all slaves in any Confederate state that did not return to the Union by January 1st, 1863. No Confederate states returned, and Lincoln signed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. This week, history professors and bloggers discuss the debates and controversies over emancipation-its timing, its initial results, and its post-war effects into the 20th century. "Debating Emancipation" was a panel from the 2012 Civil War Institute Conference at Gettysburg College. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306716-3 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306716-3 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Kamal McClarin, an interpretive ranger with the National Park Service, gave a tour of Cedar Hill, the Washington, D.C., home of Frederick Douglass. He displayed artifacts as he talked about the ex-slave who wrote the influential [Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass], spoke out for women's rights, and pressed President Abraham Lincoln for the Emancipation Proclamation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297500-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297500-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Professor Howard Brick of University of Michigan talked about the Black Power Movement in the 1960s. While the Civil Rights Movement led by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. sought equality through non-violent civil disobedience, an emerging Black Power Movement in the mid-1960s - guided variously by Malcolm X, Stokley Carmichael and the leaders of the Black Panther Party - sought change through black nationalism and separatism. Professor Brick talked about the roots and causes for this transformation in the struggle for African American equality. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309036-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309036-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Hari Jones, curator and assistant director of the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum in Washington, D.C., talked about the contributions of African-American women during the Civil War. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305032-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305032-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT A panel of black women writers talked about Zora Neale Hurston and her novel [Their Eyes Were Watching God]. They talked about the influence the book has had on African-American culture and the literary world as well as on their own lives. Lucy Anne Hurston moderated. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. "Women Writers on the Horizon" was part of the celebration Honoring the 75th Anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston's [Their Eyes Were Watching God] held at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. Carl Hancock Rux and Ruben Santiago-Hudson are mis-identified on screen. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305212-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305212-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Professor Mark Graber talked about the Dred Scott case and its impact on the law and American history. Archival video clips of current Supreme Court Justices commenting on the Dred Scott case were shown. Mark Graber is the author of [Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil], published by Cambridge University Press. Dred Scott was a slave who lived with his owner in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri. He sued in court for his freedom based on his years of living in free states. Dred Scott eventually appealed his case to the U.S. Supreme Court ([Dred Scott v. Sandford]). In March 1857, the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared in a 7-2 decision that all blacks were not and could never become citizens of the United States. The court also declared the 1820 Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, thus permitting slavery in all of the country's territories. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/197025-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/197025-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Clarence Lusane presents a history of African-Americans and the White House. Mr. Lusane reports that 25% of American presidents were slave holders and recalls the many slaves who worked at the White House such as those who assisted in its construction. His history also includes the black men and women who were employed at the White House in the 20th century, including the first black secret service agent, Abraham Bolden. He responded to questions from members of the audience at this "Meet the Author @ NYPL" event held Saturday, February 5, 2011, at the Harlem Library in New York City. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298734-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298734-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT David Reynolds presented a history of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852. The author profiled Ms. Stowe (1811-1896), whose novel supported the abolishment of slavery and received divided reception amongst the populations of the North and South. Mr. Reynolds explored the political and social factors that influenced the novel and its role in the discussion of race in America prior to and following the Civil War. David Reynolds spoke at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford, Connecticut. After his presentation he was interviewed by Ms. Kane and responded to questions from members of the audience. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300230-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300230-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Matthew Briones briefly spoke about his book that reports on the life of Charles Kikuchi, a Japanese American who was sent to an internment camp alongside 100,000 other Japanese Americans following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Mr. Kikuchi kept a journal throughout his life and that recalls his time in the camp, his enlistment in the U.S Army, and his later career as a social worker in New York City. Then Professor Briones spoke with Professor Cornel West about the history of racial relations and the upcoming 2012 elections. They responded to questions from members of the audience at Hue-Man Bookstore in New York City. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305658-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305658-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT A panel of historians presented papers on the narrative of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox that has been debated since the end of the Civil War. After their presentations, Professor Leonard provided commentary. Then the panelists responded to questions from members of the audience. Professor Wallenstein moderated. Joan Waugh talked about "U.S. Grant at Appomattox: Shaping the Peace that Would Follow the War;" Elizabeth Varon talked about "From Appomattox to Juneteenth: Lee's Surrender and the End of Slavery;" and Caroline Janney talked about "War at the Shrine of Peace: The Appomattox Peace Monument and Retreat from Reconciliation." "Reunion? Reconciliation? Appomattox Revisited: Competing Narratives of the Surrender that Ended the Civil War" was a panel of the second biennial academic conference of the Society of Civil War Historians, held at the Marriott Richmond. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295133-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295133-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Each year, [Time] magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the previous twelve months. If the same question had been posed in the year 1862, who would [Time] have selected as the Person of the Year? The Museum of the Confederacy and the Library of Virginia invited five historians to consider that question and nominate someone for the title. Two of the historians campaigned for their candidates in this first half of a two-part program. After each presentation the historian responded to questions from members of the audience. Then he was interviewed remotely from the C-SPAN studios and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mr. Krick nominated General Stonewall Jackson. Professor Blight nominated Frederick Douglass. The Museum of the Confederacy's 2012 Symposium was held at the Library of Virginia. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304446-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304446-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Gene Dattel talked about his book [Cotton and Race in the Making of America: The Human Costs of Economic Power] (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher; September 25, 2009). Gene Dattel, who worked at Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers, presents a social and economic history of the role of cotton in the United States. The greatest export crop of the country for 130 years, its cultivation fed the textile industry and allowed the U.S. to broker independent trade with Europe. However, the production of cotton was also marked by slave labor and the author recounts that the prevalence of slavery was linked to where cotton was often grown. He was joined in discussion by civil rights activists Carver Randle and Lee Daniels. This event was held November 11, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. CT at the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291162-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291162-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Historian Anthony Cohen, a fourth-generation descendant of a runaway slave, talked about his work exploring the American slavery experience, from his 1996 retracing of the Underground Railroad by foot to being shipped inside a wooden crate like Virginia fugitive Henry "Box" Brown. He also talked about the work of The Menare Foundation which he founded, including the Button Farm Living History Center. He used a PowerPoint presentation, including images from a 1998 mock slave auction held at the former Franklin and Armfield slave trading office in Alexandria. Mr. Cohen also demonstrated a replica of a type of slave collar and responded to questions from members of the audience. "Unshackling History: Recreating Experiences from American Slavery" was a program of the Alexandria Historical Society held May 26, 2010, at the Lyceum Theatre in Alexandria, Virginia. This annual meeting of the society began with society business and the election of officers. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293955-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293955-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Graham Hodges talked about his book [David Ruggles: A Radical Black Aboliitonist and the Underground Railroad in New York City] (University of North Carolina Press, 2010). David Ruggles was the best known "conductor" of the Underground Railroad in New York City and Frederick Douglass was one of 600 fugitives whom Mr. Ruggles sheltered in his home. Mr. Ruggles was unusual among abolitionists in refusing to rule out violence in helping fugitives and free blacks, arguing that self-protection was only sensible. Professor Hodges discussed his book on stage with Professor Foner. He also responded to questions from members of the audience. The program "David Ruggles and the NYC Underground Railroad," part of The Lincoln Series at New York Historical Society, was held February 18, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292273-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292273-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT A panel talked about the re-issue of the book [The Black Book: 35th Anniversary] (Random House; November 10, 2009). Originally published in 1974, [The Black Book] is a collection of over 500 documents that pertain to the black experience in America, ranging from slave auction notices and the speeches of abolitionists to the patents of African-American inventors and profiles of black soldiers that fought in wars throughout American history. The panelists discussed the creation of the book, the transmission of memory and history, racial identity, and thoughts on African-American history. The also responded to questions from members of the audience. Porscha Burke moderated. The panel participants were Roscoe Brown, member of the Tuskegee Airmen and president emeritus of Bronx Community College; Ilyasah Shabazz, author, activist, and daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz; journalist, author, and cultural critic Toure; and Rebecca Sando, daughter of Ernest Smith, the co-editor of [The Black Book]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290535-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290535-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Members of the Scholars Commission on the Jefferson-Hemings Issue held a press conference to present evidence that contradicts arguments that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with his slave, Sally Hemings. The commission, made up of historians, lawyers, scientists, and genealogists, released the book [The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy: Report of the Scholars Commission], edited by Professor Turner. Professors Turner and Traut used some charts during their presentation and responded to questions from members of the audience. This book release event of the Scholars Commission on the Jefferson-Hemings Issue and the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society was held at the National Press Club. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301339-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301339-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Former fellows in the Schomburg Center's Scholar-in-Residence program talked about the problem of presenting a balanced view of black history in their books. Professor Miller included images in her presentation. There was no time for questions from members of the audience. Howard Dodson moderated. The authors were: Monica L. Miller, [Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity] (Duke University Press); Frank A. Guridy, [Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African-Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow] (University of North Carolina Press); and Stephen Gillroy Hall, [A Faithful Account of the Race: African American Historical Writing in Nineteenth Century America] (University of North Carolina Press). "Can We Tell the Truth About the Black Past?" was a panel of the 12th annual Harlem Book Fair from the Langston Hughes Auditorium in the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294543-6 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294543-6 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Panelists talked about racial progress since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation 150 years ago and what disparities remained at the start of President Obama's second term. He used the Lincoln Bible and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s bible during his inauguration. Race, History, and Obama's Second Term was an event hosted by The New America Foundation and the [Washington Monthly] magazine. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310606-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310606-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Author and historian Nell Irvin Painter was interviewed about her life, her career, and her body of writings. She responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic mail. Two video clips were shown of Nell Irvin Painter in her home in New Russia, New York, in the Adirondack mountains. She talked about her work habits and about her art studies. Nell Irvin Painter retired from Princeton University in 2004, after teaching American history there for sixteen years. She is the author of six books: [The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: His Life as a Negro Communist in the South; Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919; Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol; Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction; Southern History Across the Color Line]; and [Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present]. Ms. Painter has written numerous articles and essays and she edited Harriet Jacob's [Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl] and Sojourner Truth's [Narrative]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/201000-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/201000-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Participants held a rally on the National Mall to call for reparations for slavery in the U.S. Speakers talked about the state of racism in the U.S., and the need to redress wrongs of the past. Between some of the speeches various groups and performers entertained the crowd. In some cases participants were not identified on screen. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/172087-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/172087-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Herb Boyd delivers a response to the late Manning Marable's biography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, which was published in 2011 and nominated for the National Book Award in non-fiction. Mr. Boyd presents the collected thoughts of over thirty African-American scholars, who examine Mr. Marable's depiction of Malcolm X. Herb Boyd responded to questions from members of the audience at the Brecht Forum in New York City. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306286-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306286-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Clarence Lusane spoke about his book [The Black History of the White House], a historical narrative detailing the contributions of past and present African Americans in the White House. He recounted little-known stories from such individuals as Oney Judge, slave to George and Martha Washington; and Paul Jennings, owned by James and Dolly Madison. The book explores emancipation, reconstruction, the civil rights movement and its aftermath, and contemporary issues arising from the Obama presidency. He spoke of his formative childhood years, including his vivid memories of when his mother and sister were shot during a city-wide riot in Detroit in July of 1967. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300894-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300894-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Ms. Painter talked about her book [Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol], published by W.W. Norton. It chronicles the life of Sojourner Truth, a former slave, who became a spokeswoman and symbol for racial and gender equality. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/77043-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/77043-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT The veteran White House correspondent explores the long history of black service in the home of the president of the United States. From the slaves who built the house to generations of black who have staffed it, Mr. Walsh shows that race relations inside the White House have sometimes reflected those outside of its doors. He talked with author and educator Julianne Malveaux. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298112-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298112-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Tomiko Brown-Nagin talked about her book, [Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement] (Oxford University Press USA, 2011). Professor Brown-Nagin looks at the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta and the differences between the activists who participated in it over three decades. Professor Brown-Nagin showed slides during her presentation and afterwards responded to questions from members of the audience. She spoke on April 20, 2011, in the Chapel of the University of Georgia Law School in Athens at this event sponsored by the student chapter of the American Constitution Society in partnership with UGA's Institute for African American Studies, Department of History, African American Cultural Center, and Graduate and Professional Scholars. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299548-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299548-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich talked about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's recent speech about engaging in a dialogue about poverty and race. Other topics included anger, the destructive impact of historical injustices, education reform, welfare, taxes, drug abuse, and the changes in domestic policy that he believes would create prosperity for more Americans. This event was titled "The Obama Challenge: What Is the Right Change to Help All Americans Pursue Happiness and Create Prosperity?" http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/204595-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/204595-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presented a history of African Americans in the United States from the 16th century to the present. He talked about why this book was dedicated to his father, and what inspired the illustrated format of the book. Topics included misconceptions about the earliest history of interactions between Europeans and Africans, the first blacks to arrive in the Americas, the activities of free blacks, and the numbers of Africans involved in the slave trade. He also talked about education and interesting children in science and history through genealogy and genetics. This was an Aiken Lecture at the Atlanta History Center. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303217-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303217-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Dennis Pogue and Susan Schoelwer gave a tour of newly re-interpreted slave quarters at George Washington's Mount Vernon that show a more historically accurate and nuanced depiction of slave life in 18th century Virginia. They talked about what archaeological research has revealed about the lives of the slaves who worked the plantation. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301057-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301057-1 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT Isabel Wilkerson talked about her book, [The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration]. She responded to questions from members of the audience. This was a program in the History and Biography Pavilion of the 11th annual National Book Festival, held on the National Mall. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301645-14 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301645-14 Mon, 15 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT