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Lincoln scholar Michael Burlingame talked about the complicated political and personal partnership between the 16th president and his wife. Drawing on 30 years of research, his book is An Am…

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum curator Donald Holloway used archival photographs and film to talk about the 38th president, who took office on August 9, 1974, after President Nixon’s res…

Fred Gray is a longtime civil rights attorney from Montgomery, Alabama. Some of his notable clients included Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and other participants of the mid-1950's Mon…

Paul Sparrow looked at the personal and political partnership between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt that captivated the nation and transformed how the federal government interacted with the…

The architects and designers of the 9/11 memorials in New York City and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C., talked about their design process and the …

The Congressional Black Caucus convened in 1971 to address the legislative concerns of African Americans. To mark its 50th anniversary, Representatives James Clyburn (D-SC) and Joyce Beatty …

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum director Dawn Hammatt gave a virtual tour of the facility in Abilene, Kansas. The museum showcases the legacy of the nation’s 34th presid…

Katherine Jellison of Ohio University explained that scholars, and even the general public, tend to narrowly categorize first ladies. She showed that they are more complicated than that, usi…

Warren Finch, director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas, talked about the complex entering a new phase since the deaths of the 41st president…

Michelle Obama moved into the White House 45 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson shepherded the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Seven of her predecessors had moved in to the executive…

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, has been renovated with new exhibits telling the 33rd president’s life story. Director Kurt Graham talked with …

A’Lelia Bundles talked about Self Made, a 2020 Netflix limited series starring Octavia Spencer. The series is an adaptation of her book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. W…

Walt Whitman went to Washington, D.C. in 1863 in search of his brother, a Union officer who had been injured in battle. He remained in the nation’s capital for the next decade, working as a …

Alan Price, director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, talked about the Kennedy Administration’s efforts on women’s rights. He explained that women’s rights w…

Mark Lawrence, director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, led a virtual tour of the facility in Austin, Texas, which showcases the legacy of the nation’s 36th pre…

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum director Duke Blackwood provided a virtual tour of the library and museum that showcases the legacy of the nation’s 40th president. He then took…

George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum director Patrick Mordente led a virtual tour of the facility in Dallas, Texas. The museum showcases the legacy of the nation’s 43rd president. …

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library director Thomas Schwartz discussed how the library explores the life of the 31st chief executive. Mr. Schwartz explained that the facility takes a broad l…

The National Archives Foundation presented former first lady Laura Bush with its “Records of Achievement Award” at a gala in Washington, D.C. Before the award presentation, the former first …

Amanda Foreman talked about the international response to the Civil War, particularly by Great Britain. She is the author of A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided. Ms. Fore…