Calendar of Events
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April 20 Tuesday
Online - 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT
Author Paula Yoo examines the outrage over the killing of Vincent Chin and the first federal civil rights trial involving a crime against an Asian American. -
April 22 Thursday
Online - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
In "The Rule of Five," Richard J. Lazarus tells the gripping story of the most important environmental law case ever decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. -
April 27 Tuesday
Online - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
In "The Ledger and the Chain," historian Joshua D. Rothman recounts the forgotten story of America’s internal slave trade—and its role in the making of America. -
April 29 Thursday
Online - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
In "The Age of Acrimony," Jon Grinspan charts the rise and fall of 19th-century America’s unruly politics. -
April 29 Thursday
Online - 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT
Karen Tumulty describes how the made-in-Hollywood marriage of Ronald and Nancy Reagan is more than a love story—it’s the partnership that made him President. -
May 4 Tuesday
Online - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Our Genealogy Series begins with session 1 of 6: "Preserving and Digitizing Personal Photo Albums and Scrapbooks." -
May 4 Tuesday
Online - 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT
In "The Words that Made Us," Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted. -
May 6 Thursday
Online - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
In his book "Suppressed," Robert M. Smith, a New York Times former White House and investigative correspondent, discloses how some stories make it to print while others are ignored. -
May 10 Monday
Online - 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EDT
In their book "Blood and Treasure," Bob Drury and Tom Clavin tell the true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier. -
May 12 Wednesday
Online - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Session 2 of our Genealogy Series covers "Finding Genealogy Resources and Tools on Archives.gov." -
May 13 Thursday
Online - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
In their book, "Free Speech," Jonathan Zimmerman and Signe Wilkinson tell the story of free speech in America and make the case for why we should care abou -
May 18 Tuesday
Online - 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT
In 2020 we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. How did the centennial adapt to events of 2020 and how did its efforts succeed or fail? -
May 19 Wednesday
Online - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
In "Democracy by Petition," Daniel Carpenter discusses the power of the petition in transforming democracy in America. -
May 19 Wednesday
Online - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Session 3 of our Genealogy Series offers "Tips and Tools for Engaging Family with Your Research Finds." -
May 27 Thursday
Online - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT
In "Brainstorms and Mindfarts," Jim Downey presents a collection of the brightest and most innovative American inventions along with the frivolous and utterly useless ones lost to history. -
June 1 Tuesday
Online - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Session 4 of our Genealogy Series demonstrates how to search for personnel files of Bureau of Indian Affairs employees. -
June 8 Tuesday
Online - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Session 5 of our Genealogy Series introduces you to records about noncombatant civilians connected with the Union Army during the American Civil War. -
June 15 Tuesday
Online - 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Session 6 of our Genealogy Series will introduce you to Merchant Marine Licensing Files and other connected Merchant Marine records.
More Events
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