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The National Archives marked the anniversary of its decade-old “Records of Rights” exhibit with a conversation about how rights are defined. The exhibit houses the nation’s only copy of the …

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) for a conversation at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Topics included the future of space expl…

A half-century after Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, his Austin, Texas, library hosted presidential scholars discussing his place in American politics. Speakers included LBJ Presidential Librar…

A half-century after former President Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, his Austin, Texas, library hosted a discussion about his record on race and domestic policy.

Henry Kissinger talked about U.S. policy during the Vietnam War, his role, and the lessons learned from the conflict. He also responded to questions from the audience. Topics included Americ…

The Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California, hosted a virtual discussion on the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which were signed on January 27, 1973, in an effort t…

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines delivered keynote remarks on classified information and democracy at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. She covered a…

The University of Texas at Austin’s Briscoe Center for American History acquired the papers of presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her late husband Richard Goodwin. Ms. Goodwin t…

LBJ Foundation president and CEO Mark Updegrove offered a reassessment of John Kennedy’s presidency - with a focus on how JFK grew in office as he confronted domestic and foreign challenges.…

Historian Mark Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation, joined Book TV live from the Texas Book Festival in Austin to talk and take calls about U.S. presidential history. He is th…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talked about voting rights, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and public service at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. Speaker Pelosi also answered …

Library director Mark Updegrove showed the Presidential Suite exhibit at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. It is a reconstruction of the living space where President and Ladybird John…

Don Carleton presented the work of 23 photographers who captured the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was a virtual event hosted by the 2021 Virtual San Antonio Book Festival.

Four eyewitnesses recalled the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Sid Davis was the Westinghouse radio pool reporter on Air Force One when Lyndon Baines Johnson…

All in Together, the National Constitution Center, the National Archives, amd several other foundations hosted a series of conversations on the history, legacy, and future of the 19th Amendm…

At the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, descendants of Presidents Ford, Truman, McKinley, Johnson, and Theodore Roosevelt gathered to share their family stor…

Ann Gerhart and Mark Updegrove talked about the life and influence of first lady Laura Bush and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. They talked about her childhood in…

Book TV looked at books about American Presidents.

Pulitzer Prize winning conservative columnist George Will discussed his new book The Conservative Sensibility at the Texas Tribune Festival. He talked about the state of the Republican Party…

The White House Historical Association convened a meeting in Washington, D.C., of those who work at presidential sites around the country -- and of descendants of presidents from James Monro…