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PEN/Hemingway Award Celebration
Seán Hemingway honors finalists for the 2024 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. Author Joan Silber delivers the keynote address. The Kennedy Library is the major repository of Ernest Hemingway’s personal papers.
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The East Wing: Expanding First Ladies’ Impact from Jacqueline Kennedy to Jill Biden
Anita McBride, Barbara Perry, and Elizabeth Rees discuss the evolution of the role of the First Lady from the Kennedy administration through today.
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Inundation District
Join the Kennedy Library for a screening of Inundation District, a film exploring the implications of Boston’s decision to build along its coast at sea level, followed by a panel on the threats of climate change.
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THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Jeffrey Rosen discusses his book The Pursuit of Happiness, which explores what “the pursuit of happiness” meant to our nation’s Founders. Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College professor of law, moderates.
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Celebrate! with OKRA Dance Company — Africans in America: A Dancing Journey Through the Diaspora
Join us on Juneteenth in celebrating the profound influence of African dance, music, and rhythm on American culture.
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Presidents' Day Festival
Join us for a day of presidential storytelling, musical performances, and more that brings history to life for all ages.
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Climate Change, Survival, and Deepening Our Humanity
Award-winning musician and Emerson College artist-in-residence Toshi Reagon appears in conversation with the Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, founding pastor of the New Roots AME Church.
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A Conversation with Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Barbara Lee discusses her distinguished career and contemporary civil rights issues. Kenneth Mack, professor of law and history at Harvard University, moderates.
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First: Sandra Day O’Connor
Award-winning author Evan Thomas and his wife Oscie Thomas, an attorney and frequent collaborator on his books, discuss his new book First: Sandra Day O’Connor. Barbara Perry moderates.
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Bending Toward Justice
Senator Doug Jones and William Baxley, former Attorney General of Alabama, discuss Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights.