National World War II Museum executives and exhibit designers discussed the creation of Liberation Pavilion, the museum's seventh and final permanent exhibit hall. The National World War II Museum is located in New Orleans.
Historian Nick Mueller discussed working with author Stephen Ambrose to create the National World War II Museum. Nick Mueller serves as President and CEO Emeritus of the National World War II Museum, located in New Orleans.
Boston College professor Angela Ards taught a class about underground newspapers during the 1960s. Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Author Jean Pfaelzer discussed the history of forced labor in California and argued that California owes its origins and prosperity to slavery. The Commonwealth Club of California hosted this event.
Author Lydia Moland discussed the life of abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. Best known for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood," Child was also an advocate for racial equality, women's suffrage, and Native American rights. The Medford Historical Society in Massachusetts hosted this event.
Douglass Leadership Institute founder Bishop Dean Nelson and Washington and Lee University professor Lucas Morel discussed the life and legacy of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. This program was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Norfolk State University professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander talked about African Americans in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia during the Civil War. She described how escaped slaves found refuge and freedom at the Union-held Fort Monroe. The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, hosted this discussion.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman's desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests were Rep. James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) and Judge Richard Gergel, author of "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring."
The life and legacy of World War I general & civil rights icon Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. This lecture was hosted by Akron University in Ohio.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was interviewed in July 1963 by four international and domestic journalists for "Press Conference U.S.A.," a U.S. Information Agency series that was distributed internationally.
The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-Maryland) was among those talking about the march's impact on President Kennedy's administration. Then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was her father.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Shane recounted the life of Thomas Smallwood, a slave who bought his freedom & helped hundreds to escape slavery. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Boston College professor Angela Ards taught a class about underground newspapers during the 1960s. Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Author Jean Pfaelzer discussed the history of forced labor in California and argued that California owes its origins and prosperity to slavery. The Commonwealth Club of California hosted this event.
Author Lydia Moland discussed the life of abolitionist Lydia Maria Child. Best known for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood," Child was also an advocate for racial equality, women's suffrage, and Native American rights. The Medford Historical Society in Massachusetts hosted this event.
Douglass Leadership Institute founder Bishop Dean Nelson and Washington and Lee University professor Lucas Morel discussed the life and legacy of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. This program was hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Norfolk State University professor Cassandra Newby-Alexander talked about African Americans in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia during the Civil War. She described how escaped slaves found refuge and freedom at the Union-held Fort Monroe. The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, hosted this discussion.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman's desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests were Rep. James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) and Judge Richard Gergel, author of "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring."
The life and legacy of World War I general & civil rights icon Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. This lecture was hosted by Akron University in Ohio.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was interviewed in July 1963 by four international and domestic journalists for "Press Conference U.S.A.," a U.S. Information Agency series that was distributed internationally.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Shane recounted the life of Thomas Smallwood, a slave who bought his freedom & helped hundreds to escape slavery. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-Maryland) was among those talking about the march's impact on President Kennedy's administration. Then Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was her father.
