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Emma Goldman on the restriction of civil liberties, 1919
Emma Goldman was born to a Jewish family in Kovno, Russia (present-day Lithuania). In 1885, at the age of sixteen, she emigrated to the United States, becoming a well-known author and lecturer promoting anarchism, workers’ rights,...
Brandon Byrd - "The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti"
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Richard Haass - "The World: A Brief Introduction"
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Jane Hong - "Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion"
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Ada Ferrer - "Cuba: An American History"
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Jim Downs - "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine"
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"The Spirit of Empire": America Debates Imperialism
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Inside the Vault: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
On May 5, 2022, our curators discussed documents written by President Theodore Roosevelt. Joined by his great-grandson Tweed Roosevelt, we learned more about Roosevelt and his legacy. This session of Inside the Vault was sponsored by...
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, and Lisa McGirr - "Give Me Liberty! An American History"
Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lisa McGirr is a Charles Warren Professor of American...
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