Videos

George Washington University professor Matthew Dallek discussed the origins and evolution of the John Birch Society and the group’s impact on conservatism and the Republican Party. The Jimmy…

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird reexamined Jimmy Carter’s presidency (1977-1981). This was a virtual event hosted by the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta.

Emory University history professor Joseph Crespino explored the life of Harper Lee’s father, Amasa Coleman Lee, and how he inspired the fictional character Atticus Finch.

Emory University Professor Joseph Crespino taught a class on the political right since the 1960s and explored how the Democratic South became solidly Republican. He focused on the “Southern …

Joseph Crespino, history professor at Emory University, recounted the life and political career of the late Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina (1902-2003). The author recalls the many …

Historian Joseph Crespino discussed his work on former Senator Strom Thurmond while describing the role that writing a biography plays in helping to define and expand the study of American p…

Historians discussed Ronald Reagan’s first post-convention presidential campaign speech on August 3, 1980, at the Neshoba County Fair in Mississippi. The speech drew attention for his use of…

The Arizona Historical Foundation held a conference “Goldwater at 100: His Politics, Ideology and Legacy,” November 13, 2009, at University Club of Arizona State University. Barry Goldwater …

Authors talked about new research on the twentieth century’s civil rights movement. Rich Rayburn read “Civil Rights Without Apology,” a paper by Rudolph Byrd, founder of the James Weldo…