The Improbable Wendell Willkie
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis talked about Wendell Willkie, the popular Republican businessman who lost the 1940 presidential race to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The F…
247 viewsPulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis talked about Wendell Willkie, the popular Republican businessman who lost the 1940 presidential race to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The F…
247 viewsNoting the executions of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg for espionage, on June 19, 1953 with news reports of the case and an interview with Rosenberg family members.
260 viewsTo mark the 2018 centennial of World War I, a panel of historians met to reflect on African Americans in the Great War. They talked about the discrimination that black soldiers faced before,…
710 viewsPulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Levering Lewis recalled the life of Wendell Willkie, a midwestern businessman turned politician, who unsuccessfully ran as the Republican nominee for …
891 viewsPulitzer Prize-winning author David Levering Lewis talked about, The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Ord…
1,373 viewsThe 2018 National Black Writers Conference’s awards program features David Levering Lewis, Kwame Dawes, Colson Whitehead, and more.
691 viewsRobert Weil, editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright, received the 4th annual editorial excellence award presented by the Biographers International Organization. Following the a…
617 viewsFergus Bordewich talked about the Compromise of 1850 and the two generations of senators who dominated the great debate. Mr. Bordewich focused on Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas, and the impact …
2,459 viewsPanelists talked about the internationalization of African-American politics and culture and the role of African Americans worldwide. “Internationalization of African American Politics an…
743 viewsA day-long conference was held examining historical and current perspectives of surveillance of black communities. Speakers included Pulitzer Prize-winner David Levering-Lewis talking about …
3,248 viewsDavid Levering Lewis moderated a conversation between Michael Meeropol, the eldest son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and his daughter, Ivy Meeropol, the director and producer of Heir to an E…
3,330 viewsEric Foner moderated a panel discussion, "How Can We Know (and Tell) What Happened in the Past?, with authors Jill Lepore, David Levering Lewis, Megan Marshall, and Patricia O’Toole. The dis…
1,108 viewsDavid Levering Lewis talked about his life, his career, and his body of writing. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Two video clips were shown of Professor Lewis giving …
1,585 viewsIn Depth focused on the lives and writings of numerous authors. Authors included Shelby Foote, Ray Kurzweil, Taylor Branch, John Hope Franklin, David Lewis, Shelby Steele, Harold Holzer, Nel…
4,018 viewsAuthors, David Levering Lewis and Deborah Willis, talked about their book, "A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress". The book contains photograph…
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