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William and Mary Bray School Lab director Maureen Elgersman Lee discusses the history of the 18th-century Williamsburg Bray School for Black children and the legacies of the 300 to 400 scholars it enrolled.

Even the food at the White House is political -- and imbued with cultural and diplomatic messages. This is a day-long symposium featuring a former White House chef, food historians, and White House scholars.

President Ronald Reagan delivers a New Year's radio address to the nation on the topic of drunk driving prevention.

The president and Mrs. Clinton wish Happy New Year and Happy New Millennium to everyone in the U.S. They talk about last night's celebrations around the world and the interconnectedness of most people.

The National Park Service and other groups hold a ceremony in Boston marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Touring the Freedom Tower in Miami.

Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson's biographer talks about his work to prosecute Nazi war criminals as World War II came to an end. President Truman named him the U.S. chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials in Germany.

North Carolina high school teacher Valencia Abbott wins the 2025 History Teacher of the Year award from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

American History TV interviews Valencia Abbott, who won the 2025 History Teacher of the Year award from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Historian Garrett Graff discusses his oral history of the development, testing and deployment of the atomic bomb in August 1945.

Touring the Freedom Tower in Miami.

President Ronald Reagan delivers a New Year's radio address to the nation on the topic of drunk driving prevention.

The president and Mrs. Clinton wish Happy New Year and Happy New Millennium to everyone in the U.S. They talk about last night's celebrations around the world and the interconnectedness of most people.

Historians and authors examine events of 1775 and daily life for colonists on the eve of the American Revolution.

The National Park Service and other groups hold a ceremony in Boston marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Unprecedented coverage of the U.S. semiquincentennial with live events, expert insights, and exclusive access to historic sites, documents, and reenactments-celebrating 250 years of American history and democracy.

William and Mary Bray School Lab director Maureen Elgersman Lee discusses the history of the 18th-century Williamsburg Bray School for Black children and the legacies of the 300 to 400 scholars it enrolled.

Even the food at the White House is political -- and imbued with cultural and diplomatic messages. This is a day-long symposium featuring a former White House chef, food historians, and White House scholars.

President Ronald Reagan delivers a New Year's radio address to the nation on the topic of drunk driving prevention.

The president and Mrs. Clinton wish Happy New Year and Happy New Millennium to everyone in the U.S. They talk about last night's celebrations around the world and the interconnectedness of most people.

The National Park Service and other groups hold a ceremony in Boston marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Touring the Freedom Tower in Miami.

Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson's biographer talks about his work to prosecute Nazi war criminals as World War II came to an end. President Truman named him the U.S. chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials in Germany.

North Carolina high school teacher Valencia Abbott wins the 2025 History Teacher of the Year award from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

American History TV interviews Valencia Abbott, who won the 2025 History Teacher of the Year award from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Historian Garrett Graff discusses his oral history of the development, testing and deployment of the atomic bomb in August 1945.

Touring the Freedom Tower in Miami.

Historians and authors examine events of 1775 and daily life for colonists on the eve of the American Revolution.

The National Park Service and other groups hold a ceremony in Boston marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Unprecedented coverage of the U.S. semiquincentennial with live events, expert insights, and exclusive access to historic sites, documents, and reenactments-celebrating 250 years of American history and democracy.

Rachel Corbett explores the history of criminal psychological profiling. Seminary Co-op in Chicago hosts this event.

Author Vanessa Williamson talks about the future of taxation and democracy in America.

Political scientist Charles Murray discusses his decades-long evolution from happy agnostic to believing Christian. He also talks about the foundations of human morality, the Big Bang, the authorship of the Gospels, and the writings of C.S. Lewis.

Technology analyst Dan Wang charts China's growth and its approach to technology; the Hoover Institution in Stanford, Calif., hosts this event.

A segment from a recent Washington Journal.

British journalist Piers Morgan argues that there has been a global rejection of wokeism and discusses what he thinks a post-woke world will be like.

Project Censored director Mickey Huff and others talk about the media watchdog's annual State of the Free Press report, a compilation of stories they say were ignored in 2025 by the establishment press.

Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, talks about postcolonial rule in Uganda, where he grew up and his experiences in America during the mid-1960s.

Author Jonathan Freedland discusses a World War II German resistance network and how it was betrayed to the Nazis.

Former New York Times reporter Howard French talks about Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah and the Pan-African movement of the 1950s and 60s.

Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her upbringing and writing process and reads from her poem Lady Freedom Among Us.

Poet Rita Dove views artifacts from the collection of the Library of Congress.

Rachel Corbett explores the history of criminal psychological profiling. Seminary Co-op in Chicago hosts this event.

Author Vanessa Williamson talks about the future of taxation and democracy in America.

Political scientist Charles Murray discusses his decades-long evolution from happy agnostic to believing Christian. He also talks about the foundations of human morality, the Big Bang, the authorship of the Gospels, and the writings of C.S. Lewis.

Technology analyst Dan Wang charts China's growth and its approach to technology; the Hoover Institution in Stanford, Calif., hosts this event.