2023 Bancroft Prize for History
Columbia University presented the Bancroft history prize to the 2023 winners: authors John Wood Sweet ("The Sewing Girl’s Tale"), Kelly Lytle Hernández (Bad Mexicans), and Beverly Gage (G-Ma…
349 viewsColumbia University presented the Bancroft history prize to the 2023 winners: authors John Wood Sweet ("The Sewing Girl’s Tale"), Kelly Lytle Hernández (Bad Mexicans), and Beverly Gage (G-Ma…
349 viewsPulitzer Prize-winning author Caleb McDaniel told the story of Henrietta Wood, an enslaved woman who survived slavery twice and successfully sued her former owner for damages in 1870. This v…
303 viewsColumbia University presented the Bancroft prize to the 2022 winners, authors Mia Bay (Traveling Black) and Mae Ngai (The Chinese Question).
320 viewsHistorian Joanne Freeman talked about violence in American politics from the early republic through the antebellum era, examining how it compares to modern partisan conflicts. This keynote w…
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