From C-SPAN coverage, Presidential candidate Rick Santorum gives a victory speech in St. Charles, MO. He won the primary in Missouri and went on to win the caucuses in Minnesota ...
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke served in the United States House of Representatives from California in the 1970s. She recalled the work of the Congressional Black Caucus, her efforts ...
A panel discussion on the career of historian and author James McPherson. Speakers include friends, colleagues and former students of the noted Civil War historian. This ...
This week on "The Communicators," C-SPAN interviews two car executives at the Consumer Electronics Show who explain how some new cars tap into the internet and respond to ...
Lamar University Library- to see their Special Collections and to talk with Archivist Penny Clark about the photo collection of Dorothy Becker, a nurse in World War II.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is located in what was once the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot President John ...
Mr. Rubenstein discusses the 1297 document at a press briefing held in anticipation of the return of this copy of the Magna Carta to public display on February 17th. There ...
We visit the site of the Spindletop Oilfield with Jo Ann Stiles, Co-Author of "Giant Under the Hill." Jo Ann talks about the events leading up to the discovery of oil at ...
Lamar University History Professor Robert Robertson takes us to Forsythe Street, which is one of many streets that was mobbed during race riots in 1943. At that time, Beaumont ...
Lamar University History Professor Robert Robertson talks about former Congressman Jack Brooks, a Democrat who served from 1953-1995. Robertson talks about Brooks role in ...
We tour what was once the Dixie Hotel with Beaumont Historian Judith Lindsley. The Dixie Hotel was once a brothel which was frequented by Beaumont politicians, businessmen ...
Lamar University History Professor Robert Robertson takes us into the Texas District Courtroom where judge Lamar Cecil heard two civil rights cases in 1955 and 1956. Six ...
We tour Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown with Director Mark Osbourne. He takes us through several of the buildings that were recreated as replicas of the actual buildings ...
The Director of the Texas Energy Museum, Ryan Smith walks us through the museum. He explains the early history of Texas oil and why Beaumont was central to the industry's ...
We speak with McFaddin-Ward House Curator, Judith Lindsley. She takes us on a tour of the home, gives a history of the McFaddin family and explains what life was like for ...
The Medieval Manuscripts -- Books of Hours exhibition. We visit the Stark Museum of Art, in Orange, TX, to take a look at the "Books of Hours." These 4 prayer books highlight ...
About "Betting, Booze and Brothels: Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas." Beaumont area authors Laura O'Toole and Wanda Landrey talk about their book ...
About Theodore Roosevelt's 15 month post-presidential expedition to Africa and Europe with J. Lee Thompson, author of "Theodore Roosevelt Abroad: Nature, Empire, and the ...
Author Jeff Forret talks about the little explored topic of the relationship of poor whites and slaves in the south between 1820-1860 from his book "Race Relations at the ...
Montpelier Foundation president Michael Quinn gave American History TV a tour of the life-long home of the fourth President of the United States. In this clip, we visit ...