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The Gettysburg College-Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Sets K-12 Educators on a Path of Career Advancement

New York, NY, January 20, 2023 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College offer an affordable, fully online master’s degree program—led by renowned, award-winning historians—that brings together the...

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Traveling Exhibitions | Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality

> Frederick Douglass: Advocate for Equality features an exploration of the full trajectory of Douglass’s epic life from 1818 to 1895. In this traveling exhibition, viewers can learn about Douglass’s...

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The Gilder Lehrman Institute Welcomes Bryn Canner as Director of Development

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is delighted to welcome Bryn Canner as Director of Development. Bryn Canner has been working in the nonprofit sector for twenty years, devoting the majority of her career to education organizations seeking...

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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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Career Advancement Stories from the MA in American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Gettysburg College offer an affordable, fully online master’s degree program—led by renowned, award-winning historians—that brings together the leading non-profit American history...

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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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Announcing the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalists

New York, NY, February 1, 2023 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Elizabeth D. Leonard , Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life ...

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Announcing the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Finalists

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize: Elizabeth D. Leonard , Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (University of North Carolina...

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Inside the Vault: Benjamin Franklin

Art, Government and Civics

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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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Learn to Teach the Full Civil Rights Movement at the GLI Teacher Symposium

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to return to Gettysburg College for our second annual Teacher Symposium from July 16 to July 19. We highlight here one of the seven exciting courses offered: The Civil Rights Movement: Teaching...

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The Declaration of Independence of Peter Timothy: Printer, Prisoner, and Patriot

Every Independence Day, amidst the barbeques and fireworks, millions of Americans recall the start of our nation and the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence who declared the freedom of the thirteen colonies from...

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Hamilton Education Program

The Gilder Lehrman Institute is proud to partner with the producers of Hamilton on the Hamilton Education Program. The Hamilton Education Program is part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s broader mission to improve the teaching and...

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Hamilton Education Program Online

The goal of the Hamilton Education Program Online is to help students in grades 6–12 see the relevance of the founding era by using primary sources to create a performance piece (e.g., a song, rap, poem, or scene) following the model...

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Five Lessons for Frederick Douglass’s Fifth of July Speech

Frederick Douglass, who had escaped slavery in 1838, delivered an address commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the Ladies of the Rochester Anti-Slavery Sewing Society on July 5, 1852. The...

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Add Your Own Post to These Excellent #mygli25 Teacher Posts!

Teachers, students, administrators, scholars, history buffs! We would love to hear your story! In honor of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s 25th Anniversary , we are gathering as many GLI tales as we can and then sharing them on...

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Gilder Lehrman Interns Explore Campaigns for and against Impeachment of Richard Nixon

Today, the many ways Americans can easily voice our political opinions can make it hard to imagine a time when there were no such instantaneous options. Signing an online petition, posting an article to Facebook, or sharing a hashtag...

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Adella Hunt Logan: Suffragist and Educator

Adele Logan Alexander

My new book, Princess of the Hither Isles , traces the life of my paternal grandmother, Adella Hunt Logan, who’s intrigued me for as long as I can remember. During my childhood, she felt like a major presence in my life. Not only was...

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54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019

57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020

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Study the Lives of the Enslaved with Daina Ramey Berry, 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalist

In 2018 Professor Daina Ramey Berry was one of four finalists for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation (Beacon Press). She...

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Study the Civil War through the Letters and Diaries of Soldiers and Nurses with Dartmouth Professor Robert Bonner

Professor Robert Bonner, Professor of History, Department Chair, and Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor in Biography at Dartmouth College, offers unique perspectives on the Civil War—the perspectives of men and women who participated in the...

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The Heart and Soul of Fannie Lou Hamer, An Extraordinary African American Leader

Earnest N. Bracey

Government and Civics

Fannie Lou Hamer was born October 6, 1917, in Montgomery County, Mississippi, to Ella and James Lee Townsend (her sharecropping parents), who taught her to never quit in her endeavors-a creed she tried to live by her entire life. Of...

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54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019

57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020

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The Persistence of Ida B. Wells: Reform Leader and Civil Rights Activist

Kristina DuRocher

In an 1892 speech, Ida B. Wells told her audience, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” [1] She lived these words, determinedly and vocally confronting every social injustice she encountered. Wells (1862...

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54 | African American Women in Leadership Summer 2019

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