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Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
Bruce. Ragsdale takes a fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery.
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Online Screening of December 7th
For the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we'll show the 20-minute film "December 7th," which won the 1944 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.
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Choctaw Confederates: The American Civil War in Indian Country
Author Fay A. Yarbrough reveals that, while sovereignty and states’ rights mattered to the Choctaw Nation’s leaders, the survival of slavery also determined the Nation’s support of the Confederacy.
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Bill of Rights Day: "Anti-Federalists and the Bill of Rights"
Using clips from the documentary series "Confounding Father: A Contrarian View of the U.S. Constitution," scholars will discuss the arguments of the Anti-Federalists over the Bill of Rights.
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Chief FOIA Officers Council Meeting
This virtual meeting is open to the public.
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Lunch & Learn Special Edition with NASA
Lunchtime virtual presentation with brief audience questions and answers.
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The Black Man’s President
This history of Lincoln’s personal connections with Black people over the course of his career reveals a side of the 16th President that, until now, has not been fully explored or understood.
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National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Frederick Douglass
In this Young Learners Program, Phil Darius Wallace portrays Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
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On Eleanor Roosevelt
Allida Black and David Michaelis discuss the life of Eleanor Roosevelt and the role she played in advancing human rights and women’s rights in the mid-20th century.
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Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy
Gayle Jessup White, a Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’s family, explores America’s racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed will join the author.