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The world because people look to this nation nearly coming apart, coming back together, having a new birth of freedom and here we are in the 21st century having quite spirited debates. Newspapers,s, the the commentary was focusing in andonfederate statutes peoples deep feeling about the legacy of the civil war, what the civil war meant today and i think students in the classroom and general readers want to know how people feel about these issues. So i got interested with a colleague i worked with for many years and we put together a series. We had a panel called history in the headlines, we ge...

Staff is staying close to home due to the coronavirus. Here is a look at our recent visit to san antonio, texas. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With support from our spectrum cable partners, we travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour, well experience the history of this south texas city, starting with a visit to the San Antonio Missions National Historical park. Following that, in about 20 minutes, well hear about the role the city played in early military aviation. And in about 40 minutes, visit o...

The cspan cities tour is exploring american stories as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. We travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour we will experience the history of this south, texas city. Starting with a visit to the San Antonio Missions National Historical park. Following that in about 20 minutes we will hear about the role the city played in early military aviation. And in about 40 minutes visit one of the citys most recognizable features and biggest attractions, the historic river walk. Later a trip to the Spanish Governors Palace, one of the oldest bui...

Every weekend. The cspans city tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. This weekend we travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour we will feature the citys local authors including John Phillips santos on culture and hometown. In about 15 minutes we will visit the special collections at the university of texas in san antonio. And later in about 40 minutes, the debates surrounding confederate statutes and memorialization. We begin our special feature with lewis fisher on his book saving san antonio. We are standing near the Geogr...

Many years, jim downs, and we put together a series. We had a panel called history and headlines, we got historians to talk about how we wanted to make sure that we were plugged into these larger issues. We put out a book a year on a topic thats a burning issue, certainly the confederate statues and memorialization when we put it together. A roundtable of scholars in 2017, published in 2019, wanted to really address something that would be contemporary and fresh. We discuss silent sam, the statue on the university of north carolina. The protest against it wanted to pull it down. The board of o...