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John Updike talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. Through his written work, Mr. Updike has been commenting for decades on American culture and poli…

Professor Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize and was the first black American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. She is a professor of humanities at Princeton University. She discusse…

President Bill Clinton and former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) met at the University of San Diego for the last of two presidential debates prior to the 1996 presidential election. They responded …

Joseph McQuaid, president and publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader, spoke about the newspaper’s “Voters First Forum” for Republican presidential candidates. Mr. McQuaid talked about w…

Author and historian Daniel Boorstin talked about his book, The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World, published by Random House. The book is about people sear…

In the thirty-sixth in a series on American presidents scholars and historians talked the life and career of Richard Nixon. Among the issues they discussed were his family life, his early po…

In the thirty-fifth in a series on American presidents, scholars talked about the life and career of Lyndon B. Johnson. Among the issues addressed were his rise to the presidency after the a…

In the thirty-second in a series on American presidents, scholars discussed the life and career of Harry S. Truman. Among the issues addressed were his rise to office after the death of Fran…

In the twenty-ninth in a series on American presidents, scholars and historians discussed the life and career of Calvin Coolidge. Among the issues they addressed were Coolidge’s early law an…

In the twenty-fifth in a series on American presidents, scholars discussed the life and career of Theodore Roosevelt. Among the issues they addressed were his home and family life, his milit…

In the twenty-fourth in a series on American presidents, historians and scholars discussed the life and career of William McKinley. Among the issues discussed were his family life, his polit…

In the twentieth in a series on American presidents, scholars and historians talked about the life and career of James Garfield from his home in Ohio. Among the issues they addressed were Ga…

In the seventeenth in a series on American presidents, the life and career of Andrew Johnson were discussed. Mr. Benedict talked about President Johnson, focusing on his impeachment, his vie…

In the tenth in a series on American presidents, the life and career of John Tyler was discussed. Professor Crapol talked about Tyler’s career and offered observations about the history of t…

In the seventh in a series on American presidents, Andrew Jackson’s life and career were discussed. Robert Remini discussed Jackson’s childhood, his military career and his presidency. Ms. M…

From Ernest Hemingway’s home in Key West, Florida, the guests talked about his life and writings, and how the history of the 1920s and 1930s was characterized in his novels and short stories…

This program is one of three parts of the Capitol History Video Collection which can be obtained at c-span.org/store. The third program on the U.S. Capitol focused on the north wing, the Se…

Taylor Branch talked about his life, his writing, and his interest in telling the story of the civil rights movement through the lens of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life. He responded to t…

Guests examined the origins and impact of the Harlem Renaissance which lasted from the end of World War I through the middle of the Great Depression. During that time, a group of African-Ame…

Paul Fussell talked about his book The Great War and Modern Memory. The 25th anniversary edition was issued March 2, 2000, published by Oxford University Press. Originally published in 1975 …