We Remember Richard Gilder
Posted by Gilder Lehrman Staff on Tuesday, 05/19/2020
James Basker Remembers Richard Gilder
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Study the Lives of the Enslaved with Daina Ramey Berry, 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalist
Friday, 07/12/2019
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 is the Associate Dean of Graduate Education Transformation and Oliver H.
Read more Gilder Lehrman Interns Explore Campaigns for and against Impeachment of Richard Nixon
Wednesday, 07/10/2019
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 on Twitter can be done anywhere and in a matter of seconds. However, in decades past, Americans found other efficient and powerful means of communicating their opinions, not too different from the methods we use today.
Read more Five Lessons for Frederick Douglass’s Fifth of July Speech
Friday, 07/05/2019
Frederick Douglass, who had escaped slavery in 1838, delivered an address commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to
Read more The Declaration of Independence of Peter Timothy: Printer, Prisoner, and Patriot
Thursday, 07/04/2019
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 British rule.
Read more Add Your Own Post to These Excellent #mygli25 Teacher Posts!
Tuesday, 07/02/2019
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 gilderlehrman.org.
Simply record and post up to a 30-second video on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram using the hashtag #MyGLI25 and we’ll do the rest.
Here are some excellent examples we’ve seen on Twitter recently.
Read more Fall 2019 Registration Now Open for the Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA in American History Program
Friday, 06/28/2019
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for the Fall 2019 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History for K–12 teachers affiliated with the Gilder Lehrman Institute. The online program offers a unique and affordable opportunity for educators to work with two dynamic and eminent institutions dedicated to lifelong learning and career preparedness.
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Recent Press Mentions
The Gilder Lehrman Institute in Philanthropy Magazine
The Hamilton Education Program in Education Dive
In an article published today on Education Dive, Urban Assembly Media High School student Yadry Monsanto discusses her Hamilton Education Program experience on April 25, 2018:
Lewis E. Lehrman's Lincoln and Churchill: Statesmen at War
We are pleased to announce the latest publication by Lewis E. Lehrman, the co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, a renowned historian, and a National Humanities Medal winner. Lincoln & Churchill: Statesmen at War, provides a new perspective on two of the greatest English-speaking statesmen and their remarkable leadership in wars of national survival. In the first book-length comparison of these two renowned war leaders, Mr.