Videos

University of Pennsylvania American history Professor Mia Bay looked at the history of race and travel in America. This was a virtual event hosted by the Mark Twain House and Harriet Beecher…

Four authors talked about biography and their books on the lives of legendary African Americans. The participants were David Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom; Jeffrey Stewart, …

Biographers Raymond Arsenault (Arthur Ashe: A Life) and David Blight (Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom) talked about their autobiographies of two famous African-American activist-leade…

The Poynter Institute hosted an event commemorating Pulitzer Prize winners who focused on civil rights and social justice. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) was the keynote speaker. 2016 mark…

Raymond Arsenault talked about his book The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America (Bloomsbury Press; March 31, 2009). He talked on st…

Raymond Arsenault talked about his book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, published by Oxford University Press. Mr. Arsenault recounts the Freedom Rides of 1961 in h…

Former civil rights activists spoke about their experiences as freedom riders on integrated buses during the civil rights movements of the 1960s. Following their remarks they answered questi…

In honor of Black History Month, historians talked about the political landscape of two key eras, the 1860s and the 1960s, and how events and the presidents of those times affected the pligh…