Live on Saturday from 5-7pm (ET), AHTV looks at the opportunities and obligations of growing up in the family of an American President. CNN Commentator John Avlon moderates a rare evening of open conversation with descendents of Presidents Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald Ford.
Live on Monday from 1-5pm (ET), Caroline Kennedy hosts a discussion on “The Presidency of JFK: A 50-Year Retrospective.” Historians, journalists, and members of the Kennedy administration assess President Kennedy's place in history and how lessons learned during his presidency can be applied to our times.
Today we are LIVE at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston for a program titled, The Presidency of JFK: A 50-Year Retrospective.
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The role of Christianity in the establishment of the United States has been debated by historians for decades. The Heritage Foundation presented a program recently on the question of whether or not America was founded upon Christian principles, and the extent to which the founders were Christians themselves.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum recently hosted a discussion about the Kennedy Administration’s strategy to overcome voting discrimination in the South. Participants include a former Assistant Attorney General, a onetime lawyer in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, and the daughter of a key witness in a voting rights case.
Syracuse University professor David Bennett teaches a history course on political extremism in America. Today’s lecture focuses on the United States response after nine-eleven.
Huey Long was the 40th governor of Louisiana, from 1928 to 1932. He was also a United States Senator from Louisiana from 1932 to 1935. Huey Long was a immensely powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics. Huey Long was assassinated in September 1935. A panel of Long family members and family friends discuss the life, legacy and accomplishments of Huey Long.
Following South Carolina’s secession in December 1860, six additional states decided to secede by the time the Confederate States of America was established on February 4, 1861. What did the first seven states do to assert their sovereignty? Waite Rawls addressed the issue at the Museum of the Confederacy.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History hosted a discussion on the crisis of slavery leading up to and during President Lincoln’s administration, and its impact on Lincoln’s presidency. This discussion took place at Columbia University.
Joseph Ellis talks about his book, “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation.” The book examines some of the leaders on the American Revolution, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Last October, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum hosted a discussion about President Roosevelt and New Deal agency, the Works Progress Administration. The Works Progress Administration employed millions in the construction of public buildings and roads. The agency also fed children and distributed food and clothing.
Al Capone was a Chicago prohibition era gangster tied to illegal activities including bootlegging, prostitution and murder. He was eventually found guilty and imprisoned for tax evasion.
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