Edmund Morris, biographer of Theodore Roosevelt, discusses Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan's construction of self-imagery and use of imagery in speeches.

Author Robert Dallek examines the relationship between Richard Nixon and National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, drawing on recently-released documents and tapes.

Theodore Sorensen (speechwriter for President Kennedy) and Ted Widmer (speechwriter for President Clinton) join Nixon and Bush, Senior's presidential speechwriters to discuss the art of capturing the president's voice, communicating his ideas, and inspiring the public. They share memories of the presidents with whom they worked and clips from their favorite speeches.

A series of historians pays tribute to Arthur Schlesinger, special assistant to John F. Kennedy and Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian and biographer. Schlesinger is a guest on the panel.

Biographer and journalist Richard Reeves compares and contrasts the presidencies and legacies of John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.

Professor Philip F. Gura traces the intellectual genealogy of America's first group of public intellectuals, who profoundly shaped 19th-century American literature and social reform.

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A series of speakers, primarily professors, open a symposium celebrating the history and impact of African-American spirituals.

A series of speakers, primarily professors, open a symposium celebrating the history and impact of African-American spirituals. This presentation continues from the presentation "Celebration of Negro Spirituals, Part One."

Professor Eli C. Bortman describes the case and trials of Ferdinand Sacco (1891-1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927), Italian-born anarchists charged with the armed robbery and murder of two Massachusetts payroll clerks in 1920. The case, which ended in Sacco and Vanzetti's execution in 1927, drew worldwide attention and criticism, for the alleged anti-immigrant, anti-Italian, and anti-anarchist sentiments that colored it and the uncertain guilt of the men. Bortman looks at the case from both sides—considering the men as both guilty and innocent.

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A series of speakers, primarily professors, open a symposium celebrating the history and impact of African-American spirituals.