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Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: "Meanwhile Back at the Branch..." Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On November 3, 2022, our curators were joined by Barbara Harris Combs of Kennesaw State University. Professor Combs discussed the NAACP pamphlet Meanwhile Back at the Branch... and the many ways in which civil rights activists worked...
Video: Book Breaks Tamara Payne - "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X" Religion and Philosophy Tamara Payne is a journalist and primary researcher for The Dead Are Arising. Order The Dead Are Arising at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank you for...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Dwight D. Eisenhower's Views on Vietnam in 1967 and 1968 Government and Civics On October 6, 2022, our curators discussed documents pertaining to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s views on Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. They were joined by Professor Michael J. Birkner of Gettysburg College, who described Eisenhower’s evolving...
Video: Book Breaks Barbara Perry - "Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier" Government and Civics Barbara Perry is the Gerald L. Baliles Professor and director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia. Order Jacqueline Kennedy at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Fight the Red Menace Art, Geography, Religion and Philosophy, World History 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On the December 2, 2021, session of Inside the Vault , Professor Victoria Phillips discussed selected trading cards from the Fight the Red Menace: Children’s Crusade against Communism series . In 1951, the Bowman Bubblegum Company...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Robert F. Kennedy's Report on Civil Rights Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ At the end of 1962, President John F. Kennedy asked his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to compile a report on the civil rights enforcement activities of the Justice Department over the previous year. In this report,...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The March on Washington Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On August 28, 1963, 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The event was covered by approximately 3,000 members of the press. The documents discussed illustrate the...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Jackie Robinson 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on May 29, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores a comic book about Jackie Robinson’s rookie year and letters written by Richard Nixon and Robert Kennedy...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Collection 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In the first session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on April 3, 2020, Collection Director Sandy Trenholm, Assistant Curator Allison Kraft, Curatorial Assistant Laura Hapke, and Hamilton Education...