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Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice
Bruce Levine's new biography profiles Thaddeus Stevens, one of the foremost abolitionists in Congress before the Civil War and firm proponent of equal rights for Black Americans during Reconstruction.
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The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around
In "The Girl Explorers," Jayne Zanglein tells the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers
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The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine
Janice P. Nimura presents the story of pioneering sisters Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell and how they exploded the limits of possibility for women in medicine in the mid-19th century.
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Liars: Falsehoods and Free Speech in an Age of Deception
Legal scholar Cass Sunstein probes the fundamental question of how we can deter lies while protecting freedom of speech.
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Young Learners Program: Meet Alice Paul
Suffragist Alice Paul is portrayed by Taylor Williams. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.
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Baking, Soil Erosion, and Rats…Oh My! How the Records of the Extension Service May Enrich Your Family History Research
Jenny McMillen Sweeney describes what you can find in the records of the Extension Service.
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Spinning the Globe: The History and Legacy of the Harlem Globetrotters
Current and former Harlem Globetrotters will talk about the history and legacy of these basketball "Ambassadors of Goodwill."
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Young Learners Program - Meet Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman—abolitionist, Union nurse and spy, suffragist, and humanitarian—is portrayed by Daisy Century.
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The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity
A panel discusses the complexity of the Black family as the foundation of African American life and history.
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Calhoun: American Heretic
John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history.