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Inside the Vault: Black Enfranchisement and Education: Selected Gilder Lehrman Collection Items on Exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

On January 5, 2023, our curators discussed documents from the Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition Fighting to Learn: Black Enfranchisement and Education in the Gilder Lehrman Collection . They were joined by Dr. Jesse Erickson,...

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Kostya Kennedy - "True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson"

Art

Kostya Kennedy is the editorial director at Dotdash Meredith and a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated . Order The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every...

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Erin Kelly and Patsy Rembert - "Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir to the Jim Crow South"

Art

Erin Kelly is a professor of philosophy at Tufts University and Patsy Rembert is a youth advocate and the wife of the artist Winfred Rembert. Order Chasing Me to My Grave at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...

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Ty Seidule - "Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Lost Cause"

Geography

Brigadier General Ty Seidule, US Army (Retired), is the Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College and Professor Emeritus of History at the United States Military Academy at West Point Order Robert E. Lee and Me at the Gilder Lehrman...

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Jacob Soll - "Free Market: The History of an Idea"

Economics

Jacob Soll is a professor of philosophy, history and accounting at the University of Southern California. Order Free Market at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...

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Inside the Vault: Benjamin Franklin

Art, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

On February 2, 2023, our curators discussed Benjamin Franklin’s copy of the US Constitution and Jean-Antoine Houdon’s bust of Franklin. They were joined by Liz Covart (Founding Director, Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios) and...

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R. Isabela Morales - "Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom"

Economics, Geography

R. Isabela Morales is a historian who currently serves as the editor of the Princeton & Slavery Project at Princeton University. Order Happy Dreams of Liberty at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission...

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Ilyon Woo - "Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom"

Foreign Languages, Geography

Ilyon Woo is a writer whose work has appeared in the Boston Globe and the Wall Street Journal . Her research has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society. Order Master Slave...

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Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham - "From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans"

Art, Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Government and Civics, Literature, Religion and Philosophy, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Order From Slavery to Freedom at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...

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Nicole Eustace - "Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America"

Foreign Languages, Geography, Government and Civics, World History

Nicole Eustace is a professor of history at New York University. Order Covered with Night at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for supporting our...