An American Moment was a syndicated short-form television series, created by Dr. Prentice Meador, James R. Kirk and Neal Spelce, initially hosted by newsman Charles Kuralt and later by actor James Earl Jones.
It was produced by an Austin, Texas based production company headed by Spelce, a longtime local newsman, based on an earlier similar program called Breakthrough that featured Prentice Meador, a Dallas minister and professor.
He was replaced by James Earl Jones, who continued as host of the program until production ended in 1999.
Charles Kuralt's American Moments , a compilation of vignettes from the series, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1998.
"[3] The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin holds an archive of materials relating to the series.