On Juneteenth
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed recalled the announcement of the end of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. This was a virtual event hosted by the Free Library of Philade…
710 viewsPulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed recalled the announcement of the end of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. This was a virtual event hosted by the Free Library of Philade…
710 viewsCUNY professor Douglas Rushkoff talked about the plans that a group of tech billionaires are making to survive “The Event,” a future catastrophic occurrence that will make the planet unhabit…
1,002 viewsThe Nation Magazine legal analyst Elie Mystal looked at the rights afforded to American citizens by the U.S. Constitution and offered his thoughts on how to prevent those rights from being t…
884 viewsFiona Hill, former National Security official and witness in the first impeachment trial of former President Trump, suggested that we must provide opportunities in declining impoverished com…
474 viewsPhiladelphia district attorney Larry Krasner reflected on his efforts to reform the criminal justice system in his community.
182 viewsHistorian Gretchen Sorin looked at how the introduction of the automobile impacted the lives of African Americans, providing a new freedom that was supported by black-owned businesses and tr…
975 viewsWriter Karla Cornejo Villavicencio detailed the experiences of herself and others living as undocumented immigrants in the United States. This virtual event was sponsored by the Free Library…
780 viewsAfrican American studies professor Frank Wilderson offered his thoughts on being black in America. This was a virtual event hosted by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
1,070 viewsDisability rights activist Judith Heumann discussed her lifelong work to gain rights for disabled people. This was a virtual program sponsored by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
448 viewsAuthor and journalist Julie Salamon talked about her book, An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer, in which recalled the murder of Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled Jewish New Yor…
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