Basic Page Annual Gala The Annual Gala Join us as we celebrate and recommit ourselves to the rising generation and the future of our democracy. When: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. ET Where: Mandarin Oriental, New York City Honorees: Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed, Ruth &...
Spotlight on: Primary Source D-Day correspondence between a soldier and his wife, 1944 On June 6, 1944, as Allied forces numbering approximately 160,000 troops landed along fifty miles of coastline in Normandy, France, Moe Weiner, a native of Brooklyn, was serving in the US Army Quartermaster Corps in England. He did...
Basic Page State History Teachers of the Year | HTOY State History Teachers of the Year (2004 to Present) 2024 2024 State History Teachers of the Year Click any of the headshots below to see a full-size image with the winner’s name, state, and school. Display Full Image Mindy...
Program/Event Teaching Civics through History Professional Development The Teaching Civics through History™ (TCTH) program grounds students in the historical roots of current civic and social issues while building their literacy, research, and critical thinking skills. To inquire about...
Essay From the Editor Carol Berkin In both scholarly and popular literature on American entrepreneurship, the focus is often on nineteenth-century inventors like John Deere and Eli Whitney or on “robber barons” like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius...
History Now Essay James Forten, Sailmaker Julie Winch The White visitor headed up the stairs to the large open space above the storerooms and merchants’ offices on Philadelphia’s South Wharves and introduced himself to James Forten, the “gentleman of color” he had heard so much about.... Appears in: 72 | Black Entrepreneurship in America Fall 2024
History Now Essay Mary Ellen Pleasant, Freedom-Fighting Entrepreneur Lynn M. Hudson Abolitionist and capitalist Mary Ellen Pleasant does not seem like the obvious choice for a lesson on Black entrepreneurship. Her work as a freedom fighter, boardinghouse keeper, and investor renders her atypical in histories of... Appears in: 72 | Black Entrepreneurship in America Fall 2024
History Now Essay "Prince of Darkness": Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire Shane White Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a Black man whose very existence flies in the face of our understanding of the way things were in nineteenth-century New York. He made his fortune as a broker. Although a pioneer, far from being some novice... Appears in: 72 | Black Entrepreneurship in America Fall 2024
History Now Essay Madam C. J. Walker: A Life of Reinvention Erica L. Ball Nothing about Madam C. J. Walker’s origins would suggest that she would become the most famous Black businesswoman and philanthropist of her day. Indeed, for most of her life, the woman known as Madam C. J. Walker lived in fairly... Appears in: 72 | Black Entrepreneurship in America Fall 2024
History Now Essay The History of Black Entrepreneurship in Chicago Robert E. Weems, Jr. Chicago is unique among major American cities in that its first non-Native American resident, as well as its first entrepreneur, was Black. Although much of the life of Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable (1745–1818) remains unknown, his... Appears in: 72 | Black Entrepreneurship in America Fall 2024
History Now Essay The Challenges and Opportunities for Black Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Arena Andrea E. Smith-Hunter Economics The statistics on Black women-owned businesses in the United States are very impressive. A report from JP Morgan indicated that “the number of businesses owned by Black women grew 50% from 2014 to 2019, representing the highest growth... Appears in: 72 | Black Entrepreneurship in America Fall 2024
Program/Event Collection Programs Our Collection Programs offer opportunities to learn from and work with primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Inside the Vault Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is a zoom presentation of...
About page The Gilder Lehrman Institute Names Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason as 2024 National History Teacher of the Year FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Virginia educator will be awarded a $10,000 grand prize at a special ceremony held at the Harvard Club in New York City NEW YORK – Sept. 19, 2024 – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History proudly...
Basic Page National History Teachers of the Year | HTOY National History Teachers of the Year (2004 to Present) 2024: Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason 2024 National Winner: Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is pleased to announce that Wunneanatsu Lamb...
Video: Book Breaks Jon Grinspan - "Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War" Government and Civics Jon Grinspan is a curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Order Wide Awake at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...
Video: Book Breaks Jorell A. Meléndez Badillo - "Puerto Rico: A National History" World History Jorell Meléndez-Badillo is assistant professor of Latin American and Caribbean history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Order Puerto Rico at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase...
Lesson Plan Lesson Plans Lesson Plans "Taking a Stand for Voting Rights: Six States, Six Stories, One Goal" This unit, written by 2010 National History Teacher of the Year Nathan McAlister, is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Civics through History (TCTH)...
Program/Event College Fellowships in American History | How to Apply FELLOWS ARE REQUIRED TO Undertake their research in New York City between July 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026 Visit the office of the Gilder Lehrman Institute during their research trip to New York City Submit a report of 500–750 words on...
Video Discovering Diego de Gardoqui | Spanish Influence on American History Discovering Diego de Gardoqui > An approach to the figure of Diego María de Gardoqui y Arriquibar (Bilbao, 1735 - Turin, 1798), merchant, diplomat and first representative of the Spanish Crown in the newborn United States...