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Inside the Vault: Black Patriots of the American Revolution

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Originally broadcast on October 29, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores unique documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection that record the service of Black soldiers in the...

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Inside the Vault: Women's Suffrage

Government and Civics

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In this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection , originally broadcast on October 15, 2020, our curators are joined by CherylAnne Amendola, 2017 New Jersey History Teacher of the Year, and Lauren...

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2019 George Washington Prize Winner Colin G. Calloway on Book Breaks this Sunday

2019 George Washington Prize Winner and National Book Award for Nonfiction Finalist Colin G. Calloway discusses his book The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation on...

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Inside the Vault: John Brown

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On October 1, 2020, the Gilder Lehrman Collection team was joined by Nate McAlister, 2010 National History Teacher of the Year, and Colby Lewis from Hamilton to discuss John Brown in this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from...

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Inside the Vault: Constitution Day!

Government and Civics

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Originally broadcast on September 17, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection celebrated Constitution Day with rare materials from the Gilder Lehrman Collection: The US Constitution!...

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Inside the Vault: The Emancipation Proclamation & FDR’s Advice to Students

Government and Civics

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The Gilder Lehrman curators were joined by Hamilton ’s Tyler Belo on September 3, 2020, in this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection where they celebrated the start of the school year with three...

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Inside The Vault: Eleanor Roosevelt, “Four Basic Rights,” and Desegregation

Government and Civics

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Originally broadcast on August 21, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores a 1944 letter by Eleanor Roosevelt defending the four basic rights of all Americans and desegregation...

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Inside the Vault: George Washington and Slavery

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For the August 7, 2020, session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection , the Gilder Lehrman curators were joined by Darnell Abraham from Hamilton , Jeanette Providence, an educator at Grant Union High...

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Inside the Vault: "Your future rests… in your hands!”

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Keisha Rembert, Assistant Professor of Teacher Preparation, National Louis University, and Nate McAlister, History Educator at Seaman High School in Topeka, Kansas, joined the Gilder Lehrman Collection curators in this session of...

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Inside the Vault: The Election of 1800

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Originally broadcast on July 10, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores Alexander Hamilton’s letter to Representative Harrison Otis voicing his support for Thomas Jefferson over...

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90,988 items

Inside the Vault: Black Patriots of the American Revolution

Inside the Vault: Women's Suffrage

2019 George Washington Prize Winner Colin G. Calloway on Book Breaks this Sunday

Inside the Vault: John Brown

Inside the Vault: Constitution Day!

Inside the Vault: The Emancipation Proclamation & FDR’s Advice to Students

Inside The Vault: Eleanor Roosevelt, “Four Basic Rights,” and Desegregation

Inside the Vault: George Washington and Slavery

Inside the Vault: "Your future rests… in your hands!”

Inside the Vault: The Election of 1800

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