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American History (Audio)
by UCTV
UCTV programs take a closer look at the events, people and places that shaped the American experience from the history of early exploration through modern times.
Episodes
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Repatriation Futures at UCSB and Beyond
What are the future horizons for indigenous repatriation work? What are best practices in repatriation settings, and how might they inform repair work in other contexts, such as education or land returns? This panel discussion looks at the work of Chumash leaders and broader Indigenous repair…
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A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward - Writer's Symposium by the Sea 2025
Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation, proving her “fearless and toughly lyrical” voice in novels, memoir, and nonfiction. She's been called “the new Toni Morrison.” Ward is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and in 2017, she became the first woman and the first...
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The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism
In this program, Lerone Martin, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, discusses his recent book, The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover, which reveals how Hoover and his FBI teamed up with leading…
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A Conversation with N. Scott Momaday - Writer's Symposium by the Sea 2023
Poet, novelist and Native American scholar N. Scott Momaday has spent decades bringing his culture and the landscape alive through his writing. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his first novel, "House Made of Dawn." His books include "The Way to Rainy Mountain," "In the Bear's House," "In the...
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Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural Address
On March 4th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Second Inaugural Address. He considered it his “greatest speech” and his “best effort." Join Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss and best-selling Lincoln biographer Dr. Ronald C. White for a fascinating look at the Second...
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Digging into Local Archives: Approaches and Methods for Planning Research
In this program, Emily Lin, with the UC Merced Library, explains the process of digging into archives, including a look at how archives are created, where to look and what to expect to find, and strategies and possibilities for research. Series: "Critically Human" [Humanities] [Show ID: 38279]
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Triton Talks: The Kumeyaay Nation in San Diego
The Kumeyaay are native inhabitants of San Diego and Imperial counties and Baja California, Mexico. For thousands of years, the Kumeyaay people farmed the land and ocean, managed forest fires, manufactured pottery and basketry and engaged in commerce and trade. Stan Rodriguez, Ed.D., executive...
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LSD and the War on Memories with Joel Dimsdale
Beginning in the 1950s, the United States embarked on an elaborate program to study how LSD might be used to alter the behavior of an enemy. This collaboration between academia and government conducted astonishing studies with little regard for the ethics of experimentation. Joel E. Dimsdale, MD,...
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The Partisan Divide - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas
This lecture takes on the question of why we have only two political parties in the United States and how the two party system shapes our politics. Most significantly, this lecture looks at the ways in which the politics of race - Black civil rights in particular - during the Civil War,...
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How Democratic is the US Constitution? - Election 2020: UC Berkeley Big Ideas
“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.” As look at the history of American democracy, we begin with the nation’s founding contradiction: the dispossession of Natives, the enslavement of Africans and the exclusion of women in a new nation dedicated to the radical...
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Deep Soul: Twentieth-Century African American Freedom Struggles and the Making of the Modern World with Waldo Martin
Twentieth-Century African American Freedom Struggles transformed both US and World History. These seminal liberation struggles include the important yet relatively unknown series of early twentieth-century southern African American streetcar boycotts as well as the iconic Civil Rights-Black Power...
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Meet John Doe Discussion with Victoria Riskin
America’s pre-WWII anxieties, Depression-era economic disparity, and the potential for positive social movements arise in this conversation about Frank Capra (director) and Robert Riskin’s (screenwriter) film Meet John Doe (1941) between author Victoria Riskin (Robert Riskin and Fay Wray: A...
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Gifts of the Storyteller with Brenda Stevenson - UCLA Faculty Research Lecture
UCLA history professor Brenda Stevenson studies slavery and the Antebellum South, some of our country’s most painful moments and eras. Because there is not much in the way of documentary evidence of the lives of women of color, enslaved women and women from the South, Stevenson must work as an...
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Rap on Trial: Is it a Crime to Rhyme?
Should your art send you to prison? Rap lyrics are increasingly turning up as evidence in courtrooms across the country. The fictional characters portrayed in violent gansta rap songs are often a far cry from the true personalities of the artists behind them, yet uninitiated audiences easily...
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Fighting Fire With Fire: Using Cultural Burning Practices
Ron Goode, Tribal Chairman of the North Fork Mono Tribe, led UC Davis professor, Beth Rose Middleton Manning's, students through a cultural burn. Students participated in preparing the land and igniting the fire, and contributed to a historic indigenous tradition. Cultural burning practices…
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Honoring Sally: Tam O'Shaughnessy Aboard the R/V Sally Ride
In this candid and heartwarming interview, Tam O'Shaughnessy, the life partner of the late astronaut Sally Ride, describes her long relationship with the first American woman in space. From their days on the teen tennis circuit in California through Sally’s historic flights on the Space Shuttle...
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Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination
Thomas Jefferson had a vision for the United States of America but race and slavery complicated his views of what kind of society was possible on the American continent. One of the foremost scholars on Jefferson, Pulitzer prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed is a professor of American Legal History…
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Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with History
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topics covered in the conversation include how her training as a lawyer empowered her to overturn the...
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Surreal Politics: How Anxiety About Race Gender and Inequality is Shaping the 2016 Presidential Campaign
As the contentious 2016 election season heads into its final weeks, California Live speakers from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley delve into the impact of race, gender and income inequality on the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Panelists are: Dean Henry E.…
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Tomorrow’s Leaders: Building on the Legacy of Selma with Myrlie Evers-Williams -- Helen Edison Lecture Series
From the moment Myrlie Evers-Williams faced the murder of her husband, civil rights activist Medgar Evers, she became a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement. For more than five decades, she has fought to carry on his legacy, never relenting in her determination to change the face of race...
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The Role of Latinos in a Changing America with Cruz Reynoso -- Helen Edison Lecture Series
Former California Supreme Court Justice and UC Davis School of Law Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso recalls his days working alongside Cesar Chavez in the Community Service Organization and speaks to the influence of Latinos today on immigration, voting rights, police conduct and other contentious...
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Gerald Horne: Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
Former UCSB professor Gerald Horne, the award-winning author of more than thirty books, discusses his book “The Counter-Revolution of 1776” which argues that for the country's forefathers, "freedom" meant the right to keep others enslaved—and that the consequences of this definition continue into...
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Lessons for Our Youth: Chicana/o Activism in the Vietnam War Era
A distinguished panel of community leaders and activists share anecdotes and answer questions about Chicana/o involvement in the Vietnam-era protest movement, including the 1970 National Chicano Moratorium. [Humanities] [Show ID: 29127]
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San Diego and the Panama-California Exposition of 1915: The Search for Civic Identity - Kevin Starr
Eminent California historian Kevin Starr traces the emergence of San Diego’s role in the distinctly Southern California aesthetic of “Mediterranean-ism,” as seen in the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID:...
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Were the Framers Right About Constitutional Design? The US Constitution in Comparative Perspective
The founding fathers were political theorists of the highest order, and founded the modern era of constitutional design. But how have their propositions fared over the course of the subsequent two centuries, in which over 900 constitutions have been written? Tom Ginsburg, Professor of…
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Nice Jewish Girls - Radicals Activists and Rabbis
Rabbi Laura Geller looks at the role Jewish women played in some of the struggles that have shaped our country. She also explore the different ways men and women have been agents of social change both in the Jewish community and the larger world. Rabbi Laura Geller is a Senior Rabbi of Temple...
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Here Be Pirates: The First Citizen Scientists -- The Library Channel
A love of learning and teaching about pirates inspired UC San Diego’s Mark Hanna to tap the world-renowned Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, housed in Special Collections & Archives at the UC San Diego Library, to bring history to life in his mobile classroom. Hanna’s students discover the...
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The First U.S. ‘War on Terror’: The 1798 Sedition Act and Constitutional Politics in the Age of Jefferson
University of Virginia’s Charles McCurdy explores how the Founding Fathers dealt with the unanticipated emergence of hotly contested, increasingly political interpretations of the Constitution during the first decade of the Early Republic and also how they responded to fact that constitutional...
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History Politics and Law with Charles McCurdy - Conversations with History
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Charles McCurdy, Professor of History and Law, University of Virginia, for a discussion of the interactions of law and politics in the United States. Case studies discussed include: Justice Stephen Field; The Anti- Rent Era in New York Law (1830-1865);...
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Cesar Chavez and the Farmworker Movement -- The Library Channel
The UC San Diego Library announces the purchase of the Farmworker Movement Documentation Project, an online archive containing thousands of documents related to the history of the United Farm Workers’ union and related events. A short video on the historic March to Sacramento in 1966 is shown...
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Benjamin Franklin and the American Dream with Alan Houston -- The Good Life
Benjamin Franklin and the American dream are often associated with the uninhibited pursuit of money. Nothing could be further from the truth, argues UC San Diego political scientist Alan Houston. To Franklin, the good life – a life of improvement – was spent pursuing knowledge, cultivating...
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The Brick People
“The Brick People” chronicles the story and legacy of Mexican immigrants who came to work at Simons Brickyard #3 in Los Angeles during the early part of the 20th century. The bricks they made literally built Los Angeles and the surrounding region. Produced by UC Irvine professor Alejandro…
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Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Angela Davis visited UC Santa Barbara for a screening of "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners," a documentary by Shola Lynch that chronicles Davis's life as a young, outspoken UCLA professor. Angela Davis and producer Sidra Smith answer questions from the audience. Series: "Carsey-Wolf…
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Books That Changed America with Jay Parini -- Dinner in the Library
Renowned author and Middlebury College Professor Jay Parini charms his dinner audience with selections from his “Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America.” From “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” and “Walden,” through “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to “How to Win Friends and Influence…
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The Unwinding with George Packer - Conversations with History
Harry Kreisler welcomes George Packer for a discussion of his new book, “The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America.” Packer discusses his formative experiences, including forging his own political identity and coming to terms with the legacy of his progressive grandfather and his liberal...
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Contraception at the Tea Party: The Politics of Women's Health with Linda Gordon
The political fight that has broken out in the US about contraception is both surprising and at the same time traditionally American. Linda Gordon, Professor at New York University, puts today's reproduction control controversies -- foreign aid for family planning, the abortion debates, teenage...
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Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery with Eric Foner (Conversations with History)
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning historian Eric Foner for a discussion of his book, “The Fiery Trial.” The conversation focuses on Lincoln’s relationship to slavery over the course of his career. As Lincoln moved from local, to state and then national politics, he...
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Searching for Democracy: The Culture of Civic Conversation in American Democracy
A distinguished panel moderated by Scott Shafer opens the forum on democracy and the culture of civic conversations with a look at contemporary American democracy and in/civility in civic conversation, what drives the character of today’s public discourse, and the history of US political…
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Searching for Democracy: In the Present - A Pluralistic Society
This panel looks at US pluralism in the post-Civil Rights era and the new demographic map of America with Lisa García Bedolla, Graduate School of Education and Center for Latino Policy Research, UC Berkeley; George Lipsitz, Dept. of Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara; Donald Miller, Dept. of…
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Searching for Democracy: In the Present - An Engaged Society
This panel focuses on direct democracy, emerging majorities and civic participation, and what needs there are for reforming government. With Daniel HoSang, Depts. of Political Science and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon; Jane Junn, Dept. of Political Science, USC; Mark Paul, New America...
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Searching for Democracy: In the Present - An Informed Society
This panel focuses on the fate of print journalism and the impact of new information technologies in creating an informed society. With Tara McPherson, School of Cinematic Arts’ Critical Studies Program, USC; Siva Vaidhyanathan, Dept. of Media Studies and Law, University of VA; Louis Freedberg,...
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Searching for Democracy: In the Past - An Informed Society
This panel examines from a historical perspective how we access the information we need to participate in a democratic society, with a focus on public education, public libraries, and how we learn about the people we elect. With Lisa García Bedolla, Graduate School of Education and Center for...
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Searching for Democracy: In the Past - An Engaged Society
This panel focuses historically on how legal, economic, and social structures have shaped the possibility of engagement in the public realm for different populations. With Cruz Reynoso, School of Law, UC Davis; Donna Schuele, Dept. of Criminology, Law, and Society, UC Irvine; Robert C. Smith…
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Searching for Democracy: In the Past - A Pluralistic Society
This panel looks at the history of the US’s learning curve on pluralism and the struggles to defend it. With William Deverell, Dept. of History, USC and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; Elaine Elinson, Author; Stan Yogi, Author; George J. Sanchez, Dept. of American...
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Searching for Democracy: What the Future Holds
After a day spent exploring democracy and discourse in the 21st century, a panel convened to synthesize the ideas discussed and consider what the future may hold with respect to US democracy and public discourse in a world with changed modes of participation and association, and how to become...
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Corps Stories
UC Berkeley alumna Geralyn Ryan produced this video oral history from interviewing the employees of the Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, during the reconstruction post Hurricane Katrina. Ms. Ryan produced this video as part of a master’s thesis. While the US Army Corps of Engineers...
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Japanese American Incarceration Reconsidered: 1941-2010 with Roger Daniels
Roger Daniels, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Cincinnati, examines and analyzes the changing place of the World War II incarceration of the Japanese Americans of the West Coast in American culture. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 20022]
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Political Awakenings (Conversations with History)
Host Harry Kreisler discusses his new book, "Political Awakenings," and tells the story of the Conversations series. Kreisler traces the origins of the program, describes his vision of the craft of interviewing, and talks about the ways technology dramatically increased access to the programs...
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The Modern Presidency and the National Security State with Garry Wills (Conversations with History)
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes historian, critic, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills for a discussion his new book, “Bomb Power.” Wills recalls his formative influences including his Catholic faith and education; William Buckley and the editors of The National Review; the...
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Burke Lecture: Ronald C. White Abraham Lincoln's Journey of Faith
Ronald C. White. Jr., a leading Lincoln scholar, explores Lincoln’s religious ideas and their role in policy making in this Burke Lecture from UC San Diego. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Show ID: 16399]
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