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FDR in American Memory: Roosevelt and the Making of an Icon
In "FDR in American Memory," author Sara Polak analyzes Roosevelt as a cultural icon in American memory, one who carefully and intentionally built his public image.
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George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father
David O. Stewart presents a fascinating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the creation of the United States of America.
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Ike's Book Club - March 2022
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
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Navigating Leadership through the Many Lenses of Adversity Lunch & Learn
This monthly series is held the 4th Thursday of each month. The 2022 program theme is "Dwight Eisenhower: The Making of a Leader" and will focus on family, military, presidency, and mentorship.
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Ike's Book Club - Feb 2022
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
The program discussion will be led by Dr. Gene Chavez with Humanities Kansas.
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Lunch & Learn - January 2022
This monthly series is held the 4th Thursday of each month. The 2022 program theme is "Dwight Eisenhower: The Making of a Leader" and will focus on family, military, presidency, and mentorship.
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National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Fannie Lou Hamer
Young Learners can meet Fannie Lou Hamer, an activist in the 1960s and 1970s for voting rights, civil rights, and women’s rights (as portrayed by Sheila Arnold).
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Watching Darkness Fall: FDR, His Ambassadors, and the Rise of Adolf Hitler
David McKean's "Watching Darkness Fall" recounts the rise of the Third Reich in Germany and the road to war from the perspective of four American diplomats in Europe who witnessed it firsthand.
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The Shattering: America in the 1960s
Covering the late 1950s through the early 1970s, Kevin Boyle’s new book, The Shattering, focuses on the period’s fierce conflicts—the civil rights movement, rising Black nationalism, busing, and the Vietnam War.
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Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South
On the eve of the Civil War, most people of color in the United States toiled in bondage. Yet nearly half a million people of color, including over 250,000 in the South, were free.