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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.
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Walk with Me: A Biography of Civil Rights Leader Fannie Lou Hamer
This new biography offers a fresh and stirring reappraisal of Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and impact on the civil rights movement .
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Kennedy Library Forum: Fighting Hunger
José Andrés, chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, and David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, discuss current actions and responses to hunger.
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Here Rests in Honored Glory: Records Related to Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown, Pt 2
Part two of a program commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery features textual records in the National Archives.
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Here Rests in Honored Glory: Records Related to Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown, Pt 1
Part one of a program commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery features motion picture, cartographic, and photographic records in the National Archives.
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Run: Book One by John Lewis author program
Run: Book One is the continuation of the life story of John Lewis and the struggles seen across the United States after the Selma voting rights campaign. We'll talk to Lewis' co-author and the book's illustrators.
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"Chasing Me to my Grave" Author program
"Chasing me to My Grave" is memoir of the late artist Winfred Rembert. We'll talk to Rembert's wife Patsy and co-author Erin Kelly.
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Insanity Defense: Why Our Failure to Confront Hard National Security Problems Makes Us Less Safe
Former Congresswoman and Wilson Center Director Jane Harman will discuss how four administrations have failed to confront some of the toughest national security policy issues.
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Author Talk "Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel" with John Sears
Author Talk: "Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel" with John Sears -- in conversation with FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow.
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Author Talk: "Daughters of Yalta" with Catherine Grace Katz
Author Talk "The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War" with Catherine Grace Katz -- in conversation with FDR Library Director Paul Sparrow.