This discussion is from a conference on "The Presidency and Civil Rights'' held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Among the topics: What was FDR's reasoning on the World War II internment of Japanese Americans? Why did President Truman desegregate the Armed Forces?And -- in addition to his role protecting the rights of Little Rock High School students -- what other civil rights actions did President Eisenhower take while in the Oval Office?  

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Why do we study first ladies? That was the question posed -- and answered -- at a conference titled, "America's First Ladies: An Enduring Vision." The conference was the second of three planned at presidential libraries in Texas, and was convened at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts moderates a panel considering the role and influence of first ladies throughout our history.

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American History TV continues to reair C-SPAN's history series “The Contenders,” which features profiles of key figures who ran for president and lost, but changed political history.

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a day-long conference on the presidency and civil rights. During the concluding panel, the achievements and struggles since the days of FDR's administration were considered -- as well as contemporary civil rights issues.  

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library convened a conference on the presidency and civil rights. In this discussion, panelists consider President Kennedy's legacy and the evolution of his thinking and actions on civil rights.

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For the second time in recent months, former First Ladies Barbara Bush and Laura Bush sat down for a conversation about their time in the White House as part of a series of conferences on America’s first ladies. In this discussion – moderated by historian and biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin – we hear Barbara Bush on her husband’s 1992 loss to Bill Clinton, and her thoughts on the 2012 presidential campaign. Laura Bush speaks about her work on behalf of women in Afghanistan and about the moment she realized that average Americans really do listen to what the first lady has to say. This hour-long conversation took place at the George W.  Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas as part of the conference, “America’s First Ladies: An Enduring Vision.”  

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Three photographers who were on the other side of the lens from Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, and Laura Bush recall their days in the White House—and the images that chronicle the lives and work of these first ladies.

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Author William Fowler details General George Washington’s struggles as he dealt with an ineffective Congress and a Continental Army on the verge of mutiny in his book “American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years after Yorktown, 1781-1783.”

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In this conversation at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, David and Julie Eisenhower -- the grandson and daughter of presidents -- recall Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency and later retirement in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and the relationship between Ike and his vice president, Richard Nixon. Julie Nixon Eisenhower also explains why her father, Richard Nixon, made another run at the presidency after his close loss to John F. Kennedy in 1960.

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Two of Dwight D. Eisenhower's grandchildren voiced their opposition at a congressional hearing to the proposed design of a memorial honoring the 34th president of the United States. The hearing was held to consider the views of both supporters and opponents of the memorial's design.  

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