Videos

Historians discussed insights into what Americans thought about the Civil War and how they participated in the politics of the day that are revealed by magazine and newspaper cartoons. Examples of Union and…

Eric Foner and illustrations editor Joshua Brown talked about their book Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction, published by Knopf. The book addressed the role blacks played…

At this event held at the Library of Congress, participants talked about how historians and scholars would depict the events surrounding September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.…