Find an Event
The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win
Racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first “Run for the Roses” and the prominent role played by African Americans in Gilded Age racing culture
Find an Event
The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
Hear the dramatic and swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Captain William Kidd, from author Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos.
Find an Event
This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted, and a Band of Foresters Rescued America’s Public Lands
Author Jeffrey H. Ryan will discuss how America’s public lands—our city parks, national forests, and wilderness areas—came into being.
Find an Event
Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin: The Glider Pilots of World War II
New date; rescheduled from April 12.
Author Scott McGaugh pesents the first major history of American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II.
Find an Event
The Civil War Political Tradition: Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It
Historian Paul Escott will discuss the key Americans in the years leading up to the Civil War.
Find an Event
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: Peace and Human Rights
In this dual biography, E. Stanly Godbold Jr. chronicles the professional and personal lives of the powerful couple who have worked together to promote international health, conflict resolution, and democracy.
Find an Event
Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé
"Fearless Women" tells the story of women who dared to take destiny into their own hands; some were abolitionists, some famous like Susan B. Anthony, and most of them considered themselves patriots.
Find an Event
Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
In 1919 (before women could even vote), Edith Wilson effectively became the first woman President of the United States when her husband, Woodrow Wilson, was incapacitated.
Find an Event
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
Kate Zernike will discuss the story of how 16 highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to fight against discrimination at MIT.
Find an Event
Who Let Them In?: Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism
Joanne Lannino will discuss the stories of the tenacious and resilient female sportscasters and writers who paved the way for those who followed.