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Baylor University Professor Thomas Kidd taught a class on the first Great Awakening in the Americas, a period in mid-18th century of Christian revitalization that swept through the…

The American Antiquarian Society hosted a panel discussion on how early Americans confronted epidemics and pandemics -- from diphtheria to yellow fever to cholera. They looked at case…

The Battle of the Alamo has been mythologized according to a new book by author Bryan Burrough, columnist Chris Tomlinson, and political consultant Jason Stanford. Past accounts omitted the…

As part of the Conservative Political Action Conference, panelists discussed critical race theory.

Viewers gave their opinions of critical race theory.

Viewers gave their opinions of critical race theory.

Matthew Ifill talked about Congress Hall, located next to Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. The U.S. Congress met in the building from 1790 to 1800 and Presidents George Washington and John…

Historians discussed the lives of loyalists, Native Americans and African Americans in the aftermath of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence. This discussion was part of a…

University of Maryland History Professor Richard Bell talked about the Declaration of Independence, its origins, purpose, and global significance during and after the American Revolution.…

Ric Murphy talked about his book Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia, which profiles the “20 and odd” Africans who arrived in the Jamestown colony in 1619. This group included…

Yale University Law and Political Science Professor Akhil Reed Amar recounted the biggest questions and concerns that American citizens had regarding the Constitution after it was ratified.…

This animated Cold War film commissioned by the U.S. Information Service tells the story of a cobbler who gradually becomes interested in politics due to business challenges in the 1780s.…

Author and historian Rebecca Hall and illustrator Hugo Martinez looked at the role that women played in slave revolts in the Middle Passage and in Colonial New York. This was a virtual…

Professor Catherine Allgor lectured to her history class on the lives of women in the early republic. While the history of the period usually focuses on the actions of men and battlefields,…

Ben Mutschler discussed his book, The Province of Affliction: Illness and the Making of Early New England. His focus is on how families and various arms of the government adapted and responded in…

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello hosted a conversation between Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson as portrayed by Bill Robling and Bill Barker. They revisited their lifelong association,…

Philipp Ziesche, associate editor at Yale University’s Papers of Benjamin Franklin project, talked about the friendship between Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello…

Northeastern History Professor William Fowler looks at early Atlantic exploration, Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the Caribbean and the Americas.

Abraham Lincoln scholars Lucas Morel and Mark Steiner discussed how the Founding Fathers influenced Lincoln’s presidency as well as his evolving views on race and citizenship. Mr. Morel is the author…

James Madison University Professor Rebecca Brannon taught a class about the concept of age around the time of the Revolutionary War. She examined the ages of several Founding Fathers and…