The C-SPAN television network began on March 19, 1979 with a live cablecast from the U.S. House of Representatives. Here is an excerpt from C-SPAN’s history page: “….C-SPAN began with only ...

WASHINGTON • Thirty years ago Thursday, the 20th century came to the United States Senate in the form of C-SPAN cameras. The history it has shown.

The program will indulge C-SPAN viewers with a rare look inside the founding and history of the network. This article, C-SPAN to offer retrospective through “The C-SPAN Story” on Wednesday ...

How can historical knowledge be used to engage American citizens? Suggested answers came from a discussion with representatives of the Bill of Rights Institute, National History Day, iCivics, and ...

Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet.

Dr. Amy Stallings' undergraduate class, The Era of Jamestown, was filmed by C-SPAN in November when it met in the Special Collections Research Center at Swem Library. The class was broadcast on ...

Brian Lamb is relinquishing the CEO post at C-SPAN, but he’s hardly leaving. Lamb will retain the title executive chairman and continue conducting interviews on a Sunday night program at the ...

A Georgetown University English professor’s lecture on the cultural and literary significance of Truman Capote’s novel “In Cold Blood” was featured on Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN), ...