February 25: Join our 2025 Teacher Symposium Open House

2025 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium

Would you like to learn more about our 2025 Teacher Symposium

Join us for an open house—live-streamed and open to all—on Tuesday, February 25 at 7 pm ET.

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Black History Month Resources

In celebration of Black History Month, the Gilder Lehrman Institute highlights resources for studying Black history in America through curated groupings of documents and accompanying materials.
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Free books for students! Help us launch our History School Book Club

We’re excited to announce a pilot program for high school students called History School Book Club.
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Explore "Who Can Vote?" as It Travels across the Country This June

This summer, the Gilder Lehrman Institute invites you to view Who Can Vote?: A Brief History of Voting Rights in the US as it tours the country.  From June 3 through June 28, this traveling exhibition—created as part of The Right to Vote: The Role of States and the US Constitution—can be seen at the following museums, libraries, and historic sites:
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Brown v. Board of Education: On This Day, May 17

On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, unanimously ruling that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. The decision overturned the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson, which infamously permitted "separate but equal" facilities. Chief Justice Earl Warren responded directly to the 60-year-old case when he declared, "In the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
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Teaching Resources for Teacher Appreciation Week

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! 
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Congratulations to three 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners featured on Book Breaks!

Congratulations to Jacqueline Jones, Jonathan Eig, and Ilyon Woo! On May 6, 2024, Columbia University announced the 108th Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board. Among the winners were Jones, Eig, and Woo—all of whom appeared on our weekly interview series, Book Breaks, to discuss their Pulitzer Prize–winning books.
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Recent Press Mentions

Graduation Ceremony Held for the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History

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On Saturday, July 15, Gettysburg College celebrated the achievements of graduates of the Gettysburg College–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History.
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International Press for GLI's Spanish-American Curriculum Partnership with the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute

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The Sentinel Interviews Kevin Weddle on Winning the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History

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"In today’s 5 Questions, The Sentinel gave Weddle the opportunity to delve deeper into the research and findings of his book that recently earned him the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History."
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