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Historian Douglas Brinkley discussed Jacqueline Kennedy’s tenure and legacy as first lady with businessman and philanthropist David Rubenstein. They focused on her historic preservation and…

December 5, 1955 was the start of the year-long Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. Hear remarks by Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. and historian Douglas Brinkley, discussed his book…

Authors and historians Jon Meacham, Margaret MacMillan, and Douglas Brinkley discussed their favorite historical figures at the 2018 Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.

Former President Jimmy Carter discussed the diary he kept during his years in the White House with presidential historian Doug Brinkley. In his book, he provides insights into political…

Allida Black and Douglas Brinkley talked about the life and influence of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included her independent life and…

Historians Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, and Edna Greene Medford talked C-SPAN’s The Presidents, each of whom contributed to the new book.

Historian Douglas Brinkley talked about his book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race, in which he recounted President Kennedy’s commitment to space exploration and…

Historians Annette Gordon-Reed and Douglas Brinkley examined the framing of the Constitution and speculated about the founders' thoughts on the balance of power in the U.S. government today.…

Douglas Brinkley (American Moonshot), Jason Berry (City of a Million Dreams), and Elizabeth Schwartz (Before I Do) talked about optimism in American history and politics.…

Historians Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford and Richard Norton Smith discussed C-SPAN’s book, The Presidents.

Historian Douglas Brinkley talked about his book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.

Historians Antony Beevor, Rick Atkinson, Douglas Brinkley, and Susan Eisenhower discussed D-Day at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley talked about the history of presidents and their relationships with Congress.

Historians Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Russell Shorto talked about what it means to be an American.

Author and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley discussed the life and legacy of former President George H.W. Bush. Mr. Bush died on Friday, November 30 age 94.

Historians Douglas Brinkley, Patricia O’Toole, and Sean Wilentz talked about Woodrow Wilson, including the 28th president’s time at Princeton University, as well as his family, intellectual…

Douglas Brinkley talked about his book The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960. He was interviewed while at the Texas Book Festival. The program included schedule…

A discussion on U.S. presidential elections from the 2018 Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California, which featured Karl Rove and historians H.W. Brands and Douglas Brinkley.

Historian Doug Brinkley talked about Donald Trump’s Influence on the presidency.

Historians and journalists compared President Trump’s first year in office to his predecessors and talked about the future of the presidency. The discussion took place at the annual Texas…