State Constitutions

Ohio State University professor Margaret Newell teaches a class about state sovereignty during the early republic and examines three examples of state constitutions.

Professor Margaret Newell teaches a class about state sovereignty during the early republic.

Lectures in History

On the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial's dedication, Abraham Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer talks about the 16th president, the memorial's creation and 1922 dedication, and the democratic ideals the memorial has come to represent.

Harold Holzer talks about the Lincoln Memorial's creation and 1922 dedication.

Lincoln Memorial Centennial

A first person interpretive performance, followed by a discussion about James Forten, a Free Black and Revolutionary War privateer.

A first person interpretive performance, followed by a discussion about James Forten.

Free Black and Revolutionary War Privateer James Forten

Irwin Gellman, Campaign of the Century

Irwin Gellman reexamines the 1960 presidential campaign, candidates Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, and the close outcome of the election.

Irwin Gellman reexamines the 1960 presidential campaign and the close outcome of the election.

The Presidency

Lycoming College history professor Sarah Silkey recounts journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Well's 1893-94 anti-lynching campaigns and her attempts to gain support from abolitionists in Britain.

Journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Well's 1893-94 anti-lynching campaigns.

Sarah Silkey, Black Woman Reformer

Author Hugh Howard talks about the collaboration between Frederick Law Olmsted, architect Henry Hobson Richardson and horticulturist Charles Sprague Sargent, and their impact on American cities and parks.

Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Hobson Richardson and Charles Sprague Sargent collaborate.

Hugh Howard, Architects of an American Landscape

Movies at War - 1943

This short U.S. Army Signal Corps Film Bulletin showcases the War Department's efforts to bring training, informational, and Hollywood films to soldiers overseas during World War II.

Showcasing the War Department's efforts to bring films to soldiers overseas during World War II.

Reel America

Historians address ways the American public coped with the Civil War -- by seeking information, writing letters and sharing memories.

Historians address ways the American public coped with the Civil War.

Civil War News and Correspondence

Columbia University presents the Bancroft Prize to the 2022 winners, authors Mia Bay ("Traveling Black") and Mae Ngai ("The Chinese Question").

Columbia University presents the Bancroft Prize to 2022 winners Mia Bay and Mae Ngai.

CSPAN2 Schedule (Eastern Time)

Saturday, May 21