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Book TV attended a party for the release of Dana Rubin’s Speaking While Female, which highlights 75 historic speeches by American women.

A’Lelia Bundles talked about Self Made, a 2020 Netflix limited series starring Octavia Spencer. The series is an adaptation of her book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. W…

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, known as ASALH, held its 103rd annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. This program featured a history of the Smithsonian…

Christy Coleman talked about the controversies over Civil War monuments and memorials. Introductory remarks were made by S. Waite Rawls for the all-day symposium on the past, present, and fu…

Several presentations and speakers commemorated National African-American History Month, including remarks by the director of the National Park Service, the unveiling of a commemorative Blac…

Secretary Jeh Johnson testified at a hearing on the Homeland Security Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2017. His department proposed a decrease in funding from fiscal year 2016 an…

Cokie Roberts talked to guests and made informal remarks at a book party for the release of her book, Capital Dames.

Panelists talked about the lessons they learned from studying the lives of their Jewish ancestors who immigrated to the U.S. at the turn of the 20th century. They described their research an…

150 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the original document was preserved and prepared for display at the National Archives. Archives representatives answered…

Descendants of early civil rights leaders talked about the legacy of their forebears. A video, provided courtesy of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, was shown on the Maya Angelo Public Charter …

Ms. Bundles discussed her biography On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, published by Scribner. The author is the great-great granddaughter of C. J. Walker, an Africa…

Mary Lee Settle, William Lee Miller, Eric Seaborg and A’Lelia Bundles discussed their different experiences as biographers of historic figures, family members and ancestors. Ms. Dickey of th…

A’Lelia Bundles talked about her book On Her Own Ground a biography of Black entrepreneur C.J. Walker during the National Press Club’s Author’s Night and Book Fair in Washington D.C.

Portraying African-American historical figures, participants had a conversation about African-American history in order to provide an insight into the current status of African-Americans and…

Using their book, “The Future of the Race,” published by Alfred A. Knopf, as a basis, Professors Henry Louis Gates and Cornel West talked about the future of African-Americans. They concentr…