Hubie Jones, assistant to the Urban Affairs chancellor at the University of Massachusetts, provides an overview of the issue of race, and, in particular, the status of African Americans in Boston over the past 50 years.
A panel discusses the uncovering and content of the Presidential Tapes and what these recordings say about these presidents, their choices, and their personalities. The presentation includes excerpts from the Presidential Tapes.
Professor David W. Blight examines the character and legacy of fervent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879). Blight looks at his private character and his public image, and how his ideals and technique might be received, used, and remembered today.
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This lecture discusses African-American social organization and antislavery activism in Antebellum Boston.
A slideshow gives examples of presidential photography by three White House photographers: Cecil Stoughton, photographer for Kennedy and Johnson; David Hume Kennerly, for Ford; and Diana Walker, for Reagan and Bush, Sr. The presentation also includes photo coverage and commentary on other presidents, including Clinton and a discussion with the photographers which follows the slideshow.
Several panelists involved in the original reportage of the Cuban Missile Crisis discuss and debate their coverage of the Crisis and how the media might cover such a situation today. The presentation includes audio clips from original coverage of the Crisis.
Concluding the discussion and debate on Harry S. Truman's presidency began in the lecture "The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, Part One," Truman's grandson Daniel Clifton Truman narrates his memories of Harry S. Truman.
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Following a short film on Harry S. Truman's pre-Presidency years, three panelists, including two university history professors and Truman's grandson, discuss and debate Truman's presidency and policies, partially in comparison to today's global political situation.
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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.