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Lunch & Learn Special Edition with NASA


Lunchtime virtual presentation with brief audience questions and answers. Find an Event

The Black Man’s President


This history of Lincoln’s personal connections with Black people over the course of his career reveals a side of the 16th President that, until now, has not been fully explored or understood. Find an Event

National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Frederick Douglass


In this Young Learners Program, Phil Darius Wallace portrays Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Find an Event

On Eleanor Roosevelt


Allida Black and David Michaelis discuss the life of Eleanor Roosevelt and the role she played in advancing human rights and women’s rights in the mid-20th century. Find an Event

Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy


Gayle Jessup White, a Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’s family, explores America’s racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed will join the author. Find an Event

Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution


H. W. Brands describes the American Revolution in a way that shows it to be more than a fight against the British: it was also a violent battle among neighbors forced to choose sides, Loyalist or Patriot. Find an Event

Saving the Freedom of Information Act


In her new book, Professor Margaret Kwoka examines how use of the Freedom of Information Act has changed since its enactment, creating new processes that have had a deleterious impact on journalists and the media. Find an Event

A Scottish Blockade Runner in the American Civil War: Joannes Wyllie of the Steamer Ad-Vance


John F. Messner's book describes the Civil War blockade of the South and explores the story of how one British mariner came to command the steamer "Ad-Vance," one of the most successful runners of the war. Find an Event

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: A Century of Honor


Philip Bigler tells the dramatic story of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, America's most cherished and revered military shrine. Find an Event

Cokie: A Life Well Lived


In his new book, Steve Roberts pays tribute to the extraordinary life and legacy of his wife, legendary journalist Cokie Roberts.
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