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Civil rights pioneers Fred Gray and Representative John Lewis (D-GA) talked about Rosa Parks and her long history of civil rights activism. They highlighted her influence in igniting boycott…

Carla Hayden, the head of the Library of Congress, testified before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee on modernizing the library. She updated committee members on efforts to digi…

David Rubenstein talked about his book, The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, in which he told the history of the U.S. through conversations with prominent American histo…

Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor discussed the legacy and impact of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman nominated to the Supreme Court. This talk was p…

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Panelists -- including one of Justice O’Connor’s first law clerks and L…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg talked about her book, My Own Words, in which she recounted her life and time on the high court. Justice Ginsburg and her book’s co-author, Mary Har…

Chef Jose Andres talked about his book, We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time, on the efforts of the World Central Kitchen to feed the people of Puer…

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talked about libraries with Joshua Hammer, author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, and Alberto Manguel, author of Packing My Library. They spoke at t…

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talked with journalist Ray Suarez about running the library in the digital age. New York University’s John Brademas Center in Washington, D.C. hosted this …

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and others paid tribute to the late James Billington, who served …