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We look back to that turbulent time.

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Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. Every weekend from 8am ET Saturday to 8am ET Monday on C-SPAN3.

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1968-related Videos

• December 31, 1969

  Elizabeth Cobbs and Mark Kramer on the Cold War in 1968

  Historian and documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Cobbs and Mark Kramer, program director of Harvard University’s Project on…

• December 31, 1969

  Lynn Novick and Doug Stanton on the Vietnam War at Home in 1968

  Doug Stanton and Lynn Novick talked about the Vietnam War in 1968 as part of C-SPAN’s “1968: America in Turmoil” series.…

• December 31, 1969

  David Hume Kennerly and Marvin Kalb on the Role of the Media in 1968

  Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly and former CBS and NBC News reporter Marvin Kalb talked about th…

• December 31, 1969

  Mona Charen and Debora Spar on Women's Rights in 1968

  Syndicated columnist Mona Charen and former Barnard College president Debora Spar talked about women’s rights in 1968 as…

• December 31, 1969

  Matthew Dallek and Robert Merry on Conservative Politics in 1968

  Robert Merry and Matthew Dallek talked about conservative politics in 1968 as part of C-SPAN’s “1968: America in Turmoil…

• December 31, 1969

  Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Michael Cohen on Liberal Politics in 1968

  Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Michael Cohen talked about liberal politics in 1968, including former President Lyndon Joh…

• December 31, 1969

  Patrick Buchanan and Barbara Perry on the 1968 Presidential Campaign

  Presidential scholar Barbara Perry and Pat Buchanan, a political commentator and Nixon presidential campaign staffer, ta…

• December 31, 1969

  Kathleen Cleaver and Peniel Joseph on Civil Rights and Race Relations in 1968

  Historians Peniel Joseph and Professor Kathleen Cleaver talked about civil rights and race relations as part of C-SPAN’s…

• December 31, 1969

  David Maraniss and Jim Webb on the Vietnam War in 1968

  Jim Webb and David Maraniss talked about the major military, political and diplomatic developments in the Vietnam War du…

• December 31, 1969

  Face the Nation with George Wallace

  American Independent Party candidate George Wallace is interviewed about the 1968 presidential campaign. The former Demo…

• December 31, 1969

  Robert F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign Announcement

  This CBS News report covered Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) announcing his bid for the 1968 presidential nomination, c…

• December 31, 1969

  Face the Nation with Governor Ronald Reagan

  California Governor Ronald Reagan discusses issues in the 1968 presidential campaign less than two months before the Rep…

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1968 - America in Turmoil TV Schedule

• Vietnam War

  Vietnam War veteran & former Navy secretary Jim Webb and author David Maraniss on the war's major military, political and diplomatic developments from the Tet Offensive to the end of LBJ's presidency.

• Presidential Campaign

  Richard Nixon campaign staffer Pat Buchanan and University of Virginia presidential scholar Barbara Perry on the volatile 1968 presidential campaign and its cast of characters from Robert Kennedy to George Wallace.

• Civil Rights & Race Relations

  Former Black Panther and Emory University law lecturer Kathleen Cleaver & historian Peniel Joseph on civil rights, race relations, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination and black power.

• Liberal Politics

  Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and author Michael Cohen on liberal politics as LBJ's Great Society and emboldened activists redefined the federal government and challenged traditional values.

• Conservative Politics

  American Conservative editor Robert Merry & historian Matthew Dallek on the rise of the political right, the resurgence of Richard Nixon & a Republican presidential victory.

• Women's Rights

  Authors Debora Spar and Mona Charen on women's rights and the transformation of American households, workplaces and society.

• The Media's Role

  Veteran journalist Marvin Kalb and photojournalist David Hume Kennerly on how the news media made Americans eyewitnesses to war in Vietnam, astronauts orbiting the moon, chaos on their city streets, and assassinations.

• Vietnam War at Home

  Author Doug Stanton & "The Vietnam War" filmmaker Lynn Novick on how the war was fought not only in the jungles of Vietnam but on American streets, where student marches and acts of civil disobedience dominated headlines.

• The Cold War

  Historian and filmmaker Elizabeth Cobbs and Harvard's Cold War Studies director Mark Kramer on the Cold War as the backdrop for 1968, whether in Vietnam, during the presidential campaign or in space.

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