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    Historical Perspective on Artificial Intelligence

    History Professors Matthew Jones (Princeton), Janet Abbate (Virginia Tech), Matthew Connelly (Columbia), and Jeffrey Yost (University of Minnesota) discussed the historical development of ar…

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    Immigration on the Southern Border

    The American Historical Association hosted a briefing with history professors Geraldo Cadava (Northwestern University), Nara Milanich (Barnard College) and Mae Ngai (Columbia Univ.) on immig…

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    On Account of Sex

    Author Philippa Strum recounted lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s sex discrimination cases before the Supreme Court, arguing that her work in the 1970s may have been her greatest legal achievemen…

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    Presidential Records Act

    How are presidential records collected, archived, and preserved? Scholars talked about the Presidential Records Act of 1978, and the National Archives' role in keeping presidential records s…

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    Civil War by Other Means

    University of Texas at Austin professor Jeremi Suri examined the white supremacist resistance in the years after the Civil War. The American Historical Association and the Wilson Center host…

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    Most Hated Presidents in American History

    What do Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon have in common? They faced not just political opponents, but Americans who actually hate…

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    Historians and the Public

    American Historical Association president Jacqueline Jones talked about how historians can engage the general public and the ongoing cultural wars over how history is taught. She spoke at th…

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    Slavery at Presidential Plantations

    Historians and university leaders discussed free speech and academic freedom on college campuses, and the responsibility of administrators, faculty and students when sharing ideas. They also…

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    Preserving Presidential Papers and Archives

    A panel of historians and archivists discussed how presidential papers are preserved and the process of turning them over to the National Archives. They explained the history of the 1978 Pre…

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    Presidential Debates in Historical Perspective

    Historians put the presidential debates in perspective in this online forum hosted by the American Historical Association. Participants include Yale University’s Joanne Freeman, Purdue Unive…

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    20th Century Catholic Politicians

    John McGreevy, professor at the University of Notre Dame, talked about 20th century Catholic politics and politicians. He compared the challenges faced by Al Smith and John Kennedy when they…

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    1916 Election and Foreign Policy

    Historians talked about the 1916 re-election of President Woodrow Wilson and U.S. foreign policy. Topics included America’s relations with Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico.

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    Debating and Removing Monuments

    Historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed talked about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualizing them based…

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    James Shepard and North Carolina College

    In the early 1900s, James Edward Shepard founded North Carolina College in Durham, which evolved into North Carolina Central University. Florida A&M Professor Reginald Ellis is the author of…

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    Historians and Social Media

    Princeton University Professor Kevin Kruse talked about the role of historians on social media and what he feels is their duty to provide context to current issues. He also discussed how med…

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    Pregnancy in the 19th Century

    Shannon Withycombe, professor at the University of New Mexico, talked about pregnancy in the 19th century. She described the experience of childbirth, which often occurred at home, and the v…

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    1969 Stonewall Riots

    The New School history Professor Claire Potter talked about the 1969 Stonewall Riots and rise of the gay rights movement. She described the uprising and reflected on the legacy of the Stonew…

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    Education Reform in 1960s Chicago

    Elizabeth Todd-Breland talked about her book, A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s. She described the overcrowding in African American neighb…

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    Cold War, CIA and Radio Free Europe

    In the 1950s and 60s, the CIA secretly funded Radio Free Europe, which broadcast anti-Communist propaganda behind the Iron Curtain. Kenneth Osgood, author of Total Cold War, talked about the…

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    TV's Influence on Race and Politics in the 1990s

    Panelists discussed the impact of television on race and politics in the 1990s. Topics included the 1992 presidential election, Bill Clinton and his relations with the African American commu…

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