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Contributors to We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Bio-Medical Model read selections from this book of essays and poems on the mental…

Historians discussed the role, impact, and voting trends of Latino Americans in U.S. political history. This talk was part of a two-day Purdue University conference called “Remaking American…

Nadina LaSpina, who contracted polio as a baby, talked about her book, Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride, on growing up with a disability and…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered remarks criticizing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement popping up at college campuses across the nation. BDS is a campaign led by…

The House Intelligence Committee held a hearing on diversity and inclusion in the intelligence community. Witnesses included three officials from military and civilian intelligence…

The Justice Department held a day-long summit on combating anti-Semitism. In this panel, Justice Department officials talked about efforts to prosecute hate crimes. State Department Special…

Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart talked about his book, Soaring to Glory, in which he recalled his life and experiences in combat during World War II.

The Center for American Progress held a discussion to assess the economic challenges and opportunities for workers with disabilities. Following their discussion, panelists answered…

In February of 1968, 1,100 African-American Memphis sanitation workers went on strike. Historian Ryan Jones explained the events leading up to the strike and the role it played in bringing Martin Luther…

Adam Harris talked about his Atlantic article, “The Education Deserts of Rural America,” on the college graduation gap between those living in rural and urban areas in the U.S. This program is part of a…

The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment held a hearing on the role community colleges, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU)…

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and and Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father, and others discussed anti-Muslim rhetoric in political discourse. Representative Omar spoke about President Trump’s…

The Justice Department held a day-long summit on combating anti-Semitism. In this portion of the summit, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and FBI Director Christopher Wray delivered…

Several scholars discussed their research exploring the history of Muslims in New York City, the diversity within the community, and Muslim contributions to American society. The Brooklyn Historical…

Attorney General William Barr delivered opening remarks at the Justice Department’s anti-Semitism summit. He spoke about what the agency is doing to combat anti-Semitism.

The Institute of the Black World 21st Century hosted a national town hall meeting on gentrification at the New Jersey Institute for Technology in Newark. Speakers included economist…

Alice Marie Johnson discussed her time in prison and President Trump’s commutation of her sentence in 2018.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hosted a talk titled, “Stonewall at 50: The Movement for LGBT Civil Rights” by historian and author David Carter. Stonewall was a six-day gay rights uprising…

American History TV visited the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to tour their “Rise Up” exhibit looking back at the Stonewall riots, six days of protests considered to be the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ…

The Stonewall riots began on June 28, 1969, after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. The raid sparked six days of protests considered to be the…