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What was FDR’s relationship with the Supreme Court he created -- having appointed seven of nine justices -- and did the court reflect his wartime vision? Author Cliff Sloan provided some ans…

How ill was President Franklin Roosevelt? A neurologist examined FDR’s medical records, among other documents, for answers in this talk at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the …

How did FDR’s “Four Freedoms” define the World War II-era and the eight decades that have followed? Harvey Kaye was in conversation with Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Director W…

Victoria Wolcott talked about the impact of utopianism on the 20th century civil rights movement and its leaders. She spoke at he 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. R…

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s secret wartime visit to see American troops on the South Pacific’s front lines was recounted at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. …

Jill Watts recalled the members of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Black brain trust” and their influence on administration policies. She spoke at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by…

Craig Nelson presented an analysis of how former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt prepared the country for a second world war. He spoke at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by t…

The life and work of storied World War II journalist Ernie Pyle was remembered in a talk delivered at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Li…

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum curator Herman Eberhardt and historian David Woolner gave a virtual tour of an exhibit documenting FDR’s 1944 run for the White House. M…

Author Kathryn Olmsted talked about the American media titans of the pre-World War II years and their influence on public perceptions of President Franklin Roosevelt and his policies. The Fr…

Author Peter Shinkle was at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, talking about how FDR formed alliances with key Republican leaders in the lead-u…

President Franklin Roosevelt appointed eight U.S. Supreme Court justices, shaping the course of the Court and the country during the Great Depression and war. FDR Presidential Library direct…

President Franklin Roosevelt elevated Dwight Eisenhower to lead the D-Day invasion, and the victorious World War II general later succeeded him in the Oval Office. The directors of the Roose…

Historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds explored the birth of the U.S. intelligence service and explained its contributions to Allied victory in World War II. The Franklin D. Roos…

Author Kathryn Smith talked about the uniquely Southern experience of Prohibition in the years between 1920 and 1933, and the people and events that defined that time. The Franklin Roosevelt…

Author and historian David Pietrusza looked at Depression-era America through the personality and presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, and his 1936 landslide election. Among those who are part …

Author David McKean talked about President Franklin Roosevelt’s ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, and Moscow - and how all but one misjudged the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich.…

Author Michael Burgess talked about the period before FDR’s presidency, and the experiences and policies from the Roosevelts' New York years that influenced later New Deal programs. The Fran…

Author Don Carleton talked about William and Oveta Hobby, and their close relationship with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. William Hobby was a former Texas governor and publisher of what be…

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis talked about Wendell Willkie, the popular Republican businessman who lost the 1940 presidential race to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The F…