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American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution
In American Treasures, Stephen Puleo charts the little-known journeys of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address.
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The Wedding Heard ’Round the World: America’s First Gay Marriage
On September 3, 1971, Michael McConnell and Jack Baker exchanged vows in the first legal same-sex wedding in the United States.
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The Taming of Free Speech: America’s Civil Liberties Compromise
In the early decades of the 20th century, business leaders condemned civil liberties as masks for subversive activity, while labor sympathizers denounced the courts as shills for industrial interests.
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The Cold War: Law, Lawyers, Spies, and Crises
During the four decades of the Cold War, there were periods of intense crisis, when, almost by accident, the world was spared nuclear war.
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
New York Times bestselling author Larry Tye discusses his recent biography of Robert F. Kennedy, the former Attorney General, U.S. Senator, and Presidential candidate.
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
New York Times bestselling author Larry Tye discusses his recent biography of Robert F. Kennedy, the former Attorney General, U.S. Senator, and Presidential candidate.
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The World According to Star Wars
Cass Sunstein explores the lessons of Star Wars as they relate to childhood, fathers, the Dark Side, rebellion, and redemption.
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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
Eric Jay Dolin traces the evolution of America’s lighthouse system, highlighting the political, military, and technological battles that were fought to illuminate the nation’s hardscrabble coastlines.
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Black Sailors and Citizenship in the Era of the Gag Rule
Kate Masur, professor at Northwestern University, will discuss her book project, “Police Powers, the Anti-Slavery Movement, and the Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
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Dear Senator: Estes Kefauver and the Anti-Crime Crusade in the South
Tammy Ingram, associate professor of history at the College of Charleston, discusses her research and book project, The Wickedest City in America: Sex, Race, and Organized Crime in the Jim Crow South.