Taylor Branch tells of his account of President Bill Clinton's confidential diary project, a unique collaboration between Branch and Clinton, aimed at preserving the fullest record of this president.
Lane Montgomery discusses her photographic essay with text on the six major genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries: Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda and Darfur.
Amid an impromptu blackout and other technical challenges, Gary Pomerantz discusses his narrative from the Roaring 20's about a bridge-table killing and murder trial in Kansas City, and the contract bridge card game craze that swept America.
Rev. Arthur C. Mosley, pastor of the Cathedral of Faith in southwest Atlanta, speaks about his 10-day trip to Israel through the American Jewish Committee's Project Interchange.
Reporter Marc Wortman depicts Atlanta's siege and fall in The Bonfire, a narrative history told through the eyes of Confederate and Union participants.
Richard Doster discusses his latest book, Crossing the Lines, a quasi-historical cobbling of quotes, interviews, and editorials in the backdrop of baseball and journalism in the 1950s.
The American Jewish Committee's Director of the Israel/Middle East office Eran Lerman discusses that nation's perceived threats and future political challenges.
Robert Legvold, James Collins, and Wayne Lord discuss traditional topics and newer subjects that provide context for the future of relations between Russia and the United States.
Col. Gail Halvorsen (ret.), Charles C. Clay, and Doris Galambos share heartfelt and historic memories, while observing the 60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
Didier Rousselet describes, with support of photographs he took along the way, his 2007 walk from Paris to Berlin to celebrate the 62-year-old peace between France and Germany.
Saurel Quettan, public relations officer of The Haitian Alliance, discusses the state of Haiti's current challenges and proposes a roadmap for the transformation of the country.
Richard Pare, photographer, discusses his photography of Soviet modernist architecture constructed in the years immediately after the revolution, from 1922 to 1932.
Nicole Bacharan, historian and political scientist, presents an unbiased comparison and surprising contrasts on how France and the US handle integration.
Julia White, Cedric Suzman, Gail Ifshin, Bernadette Paolo, Ambassador Amadou Ba and former Ambassador Andrew Young address students from metro Atlanta schools on the importance of Africa.
Clare Fitzgerald, from the Michael C. Carlos Museum, discusses the two current exhibitions about the most famous archaeological discovery of all time: King Tut's tomb.
Former US Ambassador Mark Parris is joined by Turkish Congressman Suat Kiniklioglu to discuss new directions for relations between Turkey and the US during the Obama administration.
Ken Meltzer, Benjamin Roe, Doug Shipman and R. Wayne Woodson listen to and discuss music inspired by and adored by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King.
In the first of two discussions at The Istanbul Center of Atlanta, Imad Moustapha, Syria's Ambassador to the US, publicly addresses the issue of reaching a peace between his country and Israel.
Janice L. Sumler-Edmond talks with 90.1 WABE's Valerie Jackson about The Secret Trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault: The Life and Trials of a Free Woman of Color in Antebellum Georgia.
The oldest grandson of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Curtis Roosevelt, discusses his new book, Too Close to the Sun: Growing up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor.
Catherine Oglesby, professor of history at Valdosta State University, reads from her biography, Corra Harris and the Divided Mind of the New South, which
tackles the complexities of race, class, and gender.
Peter W. Galbraith describes the storm our next president will inherit in his latest book, Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies.
Award-winning historian and author George C. Herring gives an overview of American diplomacy in his new book, From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations Since 1776.
Paul Lombardo, professor of law at Georgia State University, writes about a moment in American history in his new book, Three Generations: No Imbeciles.
Christie's Vice President James Peill and Desmond Fitzgerald, 29th Knight of Glin and president of the Irish Georgian Society, present at Deadwyler Antiques.
Russell Shorto, author of Decartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason, discusses the new intellectual detective story.
Danny Lyon, one of the most important photographers of the civil rights movement, discusses his experiences as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) first official photographer.
Professor of law at New York Law School and professor of history at Rutgers University, Annette Gordon-Reed talks about her new book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.
Shawn L. Williams, Georgia Perimeter College Professor, leads a slavery symposium discussion on The Willie Lynch Syndrome: Consequences of Mythologizing History.
Author Jon Entine discusses his Abraham's Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People. *This selection's audio requires adjustment. Thank you.
In A Voyage Long and Strange, Tony Horwitz attempts to understand what happened in the Americas between Columbusâ arrival and the Mayflowerâs landing on Plymouth Rock.
Mary Tillman discusses her book, Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman. It is a memorial to her son who was killed in action in Afghanistan, and a report on what she underwent to discover the truth about his being killed by friendly fire.
In Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts continues the story of remarkable women and their achievements in moving the fledgling US forward, from the election of John Adams in 1796 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828.
John Chandler discusses one of his seven legal cases involving a man from Yemen who has been detained by the US government at Guantánamo prison in Cuba.
Douglas Blackmon's Slavery by Another Name illuminates a little known, widespread and legal form of slavery that continued in the US from the end of the Civil War through 1945.
Georgia Perimeter College honors student Victoria White presents her work on how Chinese propaganda was used by that government to help control the behavior of its citizenry.
Marine archaeologist Gordon Watts speaks in Savannah about the search for the Water Witch, a Civil War gunship that served both the Union and Confederate navies.
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, a native North Carolinian and the C. Vann Woodward professor of history at Yale University, discusses her revealing new book, Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950.
Ernest Green talks about the Little Rock Nine, the group of students who broke the color barrier in September 1957, following the Supreme Court's ruling. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Barbara Hebard discusses The Role of Women at the Boston Athenaeum and John Lannon The 1999-2002 Renovation of 10 1/2 Beacon Street. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Philip McFarland and Debby Applegate discuss their respective biographies of the famous Beechers, Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Anne Sebba discusses the charismatic, multi-talented, American-born Lady Randolph Churchill and her intense relationship with her son, Winston. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Andrew Jameson discusses the origin and history of The Library of Alexandria, on its collections and arrangement, on its scholar-librarians, and on the library's eventual disappearance. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Robert J. Allison examines the political and economic background of the Boston Tea Party and vividly recounts the moonlit drama of that fateful night. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Egil Krogh recalls how he lost his way and destroyed his life under the pressure of politics and power, offering insight about what integrity and success really mean.
John Ferling discusses his chronicle of America's struggle for independence, an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and dedication.
Ken Burns talks about the making of his new WWII retrospective The War, an epic 14-hour film on the stories of four geographically distributed citizens.
Ronald Spector reads from, In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia, his latest in a series of chronicles on WWII.
John Henning moderates as a panel of experts discuss how the Irish and the Jews of Boston impacted the evolution of the city and each other. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
William Freehling examines one of the fundamental questions in American history: Why did the southern states leave the union and precipitate the Civil War?
Mazie Ferguson, a great-grandniece of Mary McLeod Bethune, and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, granddaughter of Eleanor Roosevelt, speak at Spelman College's Leadership and Women of Color Conference. The event's moderated by award-winning poet and Spelman alumna Pearl Cleage.
Walter Isaacson looks at Einstein's science, personal life, and politics, attempting to how his mind worked, and the mysteries of the universe that he discovered.
Raymond Arsenault brings a defining moment in modern American history to life, using F.B.I. files, and interviews with more than 200 participants in the rides.
Michael Oren's explores the history of America's political, military, and intellectual involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush.
Jacqueline Tobin offers a fresh perspective on the Underground Railroad, tracing the perilous journeys of fugitive ex-slaves to free black settlements in Canada.
Jacqueline Tobin offers a fresh perspective on the Underground Railroad, tracing the perilous journeys of fugitive ex-slaves to free black settlements in Canada.
Jeremy Schaap shares the story of Jesse Owens, an African-American who won four Olympic gold medals in 1936, shattering Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.
H. Robert Baker discusses the case of fugitive slave Joshua Glover, and the courtroom trials and political battles precipitated by Glover's rescue in Wisconsin.
Historians, policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war examine the lessons learned and the influence of the Vietnam war on subsequent foreign policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Historians, policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war examine the lessons learned and the influence of the Vietnam war on subsequent foreign policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Historians, policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war examine the lessons learned and the influence of the Vietnam war on subsequent foreign policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Historians, policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war examine the lessons learned and the influence of the Vietnam war on subsequent foreign policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Historians, policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war examine the lessons learned and the influence of the Viet Nam war on subsequent foreign policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Historians, policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war examine the lessons learned and the influence of the Vietnam war on subsequent foreign policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Historians, policymakers of the era, and journalists who covered the war examine the lessons learned and the influence of the Vietnam war on subsequent foreign policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
William M. Fowler Jr. discusses his new book Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America 1754-1763. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Dr. Martha N. Gardner explores the life and work of Lucy Ellen Sewall, who, in the late nineteenth century, was one the earliest women to get a US medical degree. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Karen Ordahl Kupperman and Walter W. Woodward look at the early days of colonial speculation and Jamestown's creation story from hell. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Orfield and Shaw consider how research on social equity and civil rights can adjust to the changing reality of a highly stratified multiracial society with a white minority. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Christopher Finan examines the struggle over civil liberties throughout the 20th Century and how ordinary citizens have taken tremendous risks for free expression. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Thomas Augst and David Carr discuss whether or not the library will continue to serve as the primary record keeper for humanity. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Jonathan Chu discusses how American ingenuity, good fortune and commercial freedom gave rise to the profitable post-American Revolution China Trade. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Joseph Garver shows how cartographers from the 1600's to the 1930's have drawn the Massachusetts shoreline to suit their political and commercial goals. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Richard Wendorf presents an illustrated lecture exploring objects that form part of the bicentennial exhibition and "pressure points" in the library's history. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Karen Herbaugh discusses how four diaries from 1883-1920 provide insight on everything from fashion and sewing to relationships at the turn of the 20th century. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Joseph Cirincione, Senior Vice President of the Center for American Progress discusses the history and future of nuclear weapons. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Theodore Sorensen, Ted Widmer and other presidential speechwriters to discuss the art of capturing the president's voice. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Bernard Margolis and others discuss ownership of cultural property and the big question of whether the Athenaeum should have become the Boston Public Library. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Charles Bahne discusses the history of Brattle Street in Cambridge Massachusetts, renowned for its illustrious residents and fine Victorian dwellings. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Ed Gordon describes Charlestown's amazing collection of Victorian structures and its storied history as it was annexed to the City of Boston. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
The Museum of African American History celebrates the 200th anniversary of the African Meeting House with a festive evening program and a new exhibit. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Marshall Moriarty presents Daniel Webster; Representative Martha M. Walz presents Lydia Maria Child; and Daniel R. Coquillette presents John Quincy Adams. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
M.T. Anderson presents David McCord; Liza Ketchum presents Barbara Cooney; Irene Smalls presents Norma Farber; Rebecca Doughty presents James Marshall. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Alan Brinkley, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Sean Wilentz reflect on Arthur Schlesinger, assistant to President Kennedy and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Erica Hirshler gives an illustrated lecture about the often overlooked contributions of Boston women artists to the world of painting and sculpture. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Newman and Holton present an illustrated look at how environmental crises and urban crowding led to the massive project for filling Boston's Back Bay tidal marsh. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Karen Elizabeth Chaney examines the investigation and trial of Lizzie Borden and describes Lizzie's quiet life after her acquittal. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
J. Frederick Marchant presents Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Jill McDonough presents Amy Lowell; and Rosanna Warren presents Ralph Waldo Emerson. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Julian Bond discusses civil rights, human rights and his approximately 50 years of experience as social justice activist. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Rhashid Khalidi discusses Palestinian politics and his new book The Iron Cage: The Story of The Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
Nancy Seasholes leads a virtual tour of Boston's waterfront, tracing where man-made land was created, and uncovering juicy pieces of Boston's history along the way. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)
