American history

Moments with Melinda: Willard Sterne Randall, Author of "The Founders' Fortunes" 02/18/2022

Melinda Moulton interviews Willard Sterne Randall, author of "The Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America."

"Willard Sterne Randall is a Distinguished Scholar in History and Professor Emeritus at Champlain College. Prior to academia, he worked for seventeen years as an investigative reporter - during which he garnered the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize, the Loeb Award, and the John Hancock Award - eventually pursuing advanced studies in history at Princeton University. As a biographer and lecturer, he specializes in the history of the Founding Fathers. He has been teaching at Champlain College for twenty years."

Vermont Indigenous Peoples' Day 10/11/2019

Vermont Senator Debbie Ingram is joined by Charles Delaney, Abenaki Nation, to discuss the efforts to pass Indigenous Peoples' Day into law, which is replacing Columbus Day in Vermont for the first time this year.

The State of Our Democracy 03/17/2018

Independent researcher and The Democracy Amendments author Rick Hubbard hosts a special interactive session with an audience at South Burlington, Vermont's Community Library to explore the changing landscape of democracy in the United States.

Our Democracy with Rick Hubbard 11/22/2017

Independent researcher and "The Democracy Amendments" author Rick Hubbard joins a special Channel 17 Live @ 5:25 program with Channel Coordinator Alex Lavin about the state of the USA's democracy.

A Conversation About the State of Our Democracy 11/14/2017

Independent researcher and "The Democracy Amendments" author Rick Hubbard hosts a special interactive session with an audience at Burlington, Vermont's Fletcher Free Library to explore the changing landscape of democracy in the United States.

What's Going On?: Trump at the U.N., North Korea, and Nuclear Proliferation 09/19/2017

Sandy Baird, Peter Garritano, Mark Estrin, and Kurt Mehta discuss current events and the impact on world and local communities.

What's Going On?: Charlottesville and the Uses of History 08/17/2017

Host Sandy Baird brings in Marc Estrin and Kurt Mehta to talk about the clashes at the Unite the Right event in Virginia, what to do with confederate memorial statues, and how to deal with unwelcome ideas without violating the constitution.

Reading Frederick Douglass 08/09/2017

South Burlington Assistant Principal Paul Yoon welcomes Boston College Instructor Paul Marcus. Together with South Burlington Librarian Susan Bliss they host a group reading and discussion of a Frederick Douglass speech at South Burlington Community Library. Sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!