Authors Tim Alberta ("The Kingdom, The Power, & The Glory"), McKay Coppins ("Romney: A Reckoning") and Robert Jones ("The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy") discussed how religion has impacted American politics. This event was part of the 2024 Tucson Festival of Books.
University of St. Andrews (Scotland) history professor Andrew Pettegree talked about the connections between books and military conflicts since the Civil War. This event was held at the 3 West Club in New York City.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
President Biden established a national monument for Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley to memorialize the black teenager whose 1955 lynching helped ignite the civil rights movement. This event took place at the White House.
The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses Grant's military service, presidency, and legacy.
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) delivered the annual reading of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address. The Senate tradition began on Washington's birthday in 1896. The reading of the 7,641-word address rotates annually between the parties.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
President Biden established a national monument for Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley to memorialize the black teenager whose 1955 lynching helped ignite the civil rights movement. This event took place at the White House.
The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses Grant's military service, presidency, and legacy.
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) delivered the annual reading of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address. The Senate tradition began on Washington's birthday in 1896. The reading of the 7,641-word address rotates annually between the parties.
Author William Styple talked about artist James Kelly who interviewed dozens of Union Civil War generals after the war to understand their war and depict it in art. The Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown, New Jersey, hosted this event.
Author James Fichter talked about the role and politics of tea leading up to the American Revolution. Revolutionary Spaces in Boston hosted this program.
Professors and researchers discussed new insights from research on the DNA of enslaved Africans American ironmakers at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland. This video was provided by Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.
The National Archives marked the anniversary of its decade-old "Records of Rights" exhibit with a conversation about how rights are defined. The exhibit houses the nation's only copy of the Magna Carta -- a gift from billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein.
In the 1940s, a Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman examined the national defense program and whether there was corruption in defense contracting.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
President Biden established a national monument for Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley to memorialize the black teenager whose 1955 lynching helped ignite the civil rights movement. This event took place at the White House.
The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses Grant's military service, presidency, and legacy.
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) delivered the annual reading of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address. The Senate tradition began on Washington's birthday in 1896. The reading of the 7,641-word address rotates annually between the parties.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
President Biden established a national monument for Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley to memorialize the black teenager whose 1955 lynching helped ignite the civil rights movement. This event took place at the White House.
The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses Grant's military service, presidency, and legacy.
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) delivered the annual reading of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address. The Senate tradition began on Washington's birthday in 1896. The reading of the 7,641-word address rotates annually between the parties.
Author William Styple talked about artist James Kelly who interviewed dozens of Union Civil War generals after the war to understand their war and depict it in art. The Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown, New Jersey, hosted this event.
Author James Fichter talked about the role and politics of tea leading up to the American Revolution. Revolutionary Spaces in Boston hosted this program.
Professors and researchers discussed new insights from research on the DNA of enslaved Africans American ironmakers at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland. This video was provided by Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.
The National Archives marked the anniversary of its decade-old "Records of Rights" exhibit with a conversation about how rights are defined. The exhibit houses the nation's only copy of the Magna Carta -- a gift from billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein.
