Former CNN White House correspondent Frank Sesno led a conversation about televised coverage of the White House. He was joined by Clinton White House press secretary Mike McCurry, NBC News senior White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell, and Martha Kumar, White House Transition Project director.
First lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave Americans a televised tour of the restored White House public rooms on Valentine's Day 1962. A reported 56 million viewers tuned into the CBS broadcast. James Wagner -- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum exhibits specialist - talked in this virtual program about Mrs. Kennedy's restoration and the tour that captured the nation's imagination.
Fred Gray is a longtime civil rights attorney from Montgomery, Alabama. Some of his notable clients included Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and other participants of the mid-1950's Montgomery bus boycott. He recalled his early career in Alabama and the fight for racial equality. The National Archives Foundation hosted this program and provided the video.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
Brent Leggs talked about his work to raise funds and awareness for African American historical sites. He is a senior vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Association of African American Museums 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.
Narrated in first person by a Jeep, this 1943 Office of War information film talked about wartime production and uses of the vehicle. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Historian H.W. Brands talked about the political differences between founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation hosted this event.
This short 1942 U.S. Agriculture Department film is a World War II propaganda effort celebrating the contributions of African Americans to the war effort. Narrated by actor and civil rights activist Canada Lee, the film was nominated for an Academy Award.
Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) announced her bid to run for the Democratic nomination for the 1972 presidential campaign against presumed Republican nominee President Nixon.
Fred Gray is a longtime civil rights attorney from Montgomery, Alabama. Some of his notable clients included Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and other participants of the mid-1950's Montgomery bus boycott. He recalled his early career in Alabama and the fight for racial equality. The National Archives Foundation hosted this program and provided the video.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
Brent Leggs talked about his work to raise funds and awareness for African American historical sites. He is a senior vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Association of African American Museums 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.
Narrated in first person by a Jeep, this 1943 Office of War information film talked about wartime production and uses of the vehicle. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Historian H.W. Brands talked about the political differences between founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation hosted this event.
This short 1942 U.S. Agriculture Department film is a World War II propaganda effort celebrating the contributions of African Americans to the war effort. Narrated by actor and civil rights activist Canada Lee, the film was nominated for an Academy Award.
Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) announced her bid to run for the Democratic nomination for the 1972 presidential campaign against presumed Republican nominee President Nixon.
Fred Gray is a longtime civil rights attorney from Montgomery, Alabama. Some of his notable clients included Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and other participants of the mid-1950's Montgomery bus boycott. He recalled his early career in Alabama and the fight for racial equality. The National Archives Foundation hosted this program and provided the video.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
Brent Leggs talked about his work to raise funds and awareness for African American historical sites. He is a senior vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Association of African American Museums 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.
Narrated in first person by a Jeep, this 1943 Office of War information film talked about wartime production and uses of the vehicle. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Historian H.W. Brands talked about the political differences between founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation hosted this event.
This short 1942 U.S. Agriculture Department film is a World War II propaganda effort celebrating the contributions of African Americans to the war effort. Narrated by actor and civil rights activist Canada Lee, the film was nominated for an Academy Award.
Representative Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) announced her bid to run for the Democratic nomination for the 1972 presidential campaign against presumed Republican nominee President Nixon.
Fred Gray is a longtime civil rights attorney from Montgomery, Alabama. Some of his notable clients included Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and other participants of the mid-1950's Montgomery bus boycott. He recalled his early career in Alabama and the fight for racial equality. The National Archives Foundation hosted this program and provided the video.
University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
Brent Leggs talked about his work to raise funds and awareness for African American historical sites. He is a senior vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Association of African American Museums 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.
Narrated in first person by a Jeep, this 1943 Office of War information film talked about wartime production and uses of the vehicle. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Historian H.W. Brands talked about the political differences between founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation hosted this event.
