How Historic Figures Ruined Their Reputations
The way we view the past is shaped by the present. As societal attitudes and values shift over time, ...View More
Mike Madrid: The Latino Century
In 2020, Latinos became the second largest ethnic voting group in the United States. They make up th ...View More
CNN’s John Avlon
Join us at The Commonwealth Club for a conversation with CNN's John Avlon about Abraham Lincoln's pl ...View More
How a Mapmaker Stopped an Epidemic and Saved Millions of Lives
Maps have the power to change minds, as the 1861 map that convinced Lincoln to end slavery proves. M ...View More
Annette Gordon-Reed: On Juneteenth
President Abraham Lincoln announced the end of slavery in 1862, but it wasn't until two and a half y ...View More
Annette Gordon-Reed: On Juneteenth
President Abraham Lincoln announced the end of slavery in 1862, but it wasn't until two and a half y ...View More
Carol Leonnig: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
One of the final things Abraham Lincoln did on the day of his death was approve legislation that cre ...View More
Carol Leonnig: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
One of the final things Abraham Lincoln did on the day of his death was approve legislation that cre ...View More
How Lincoln's Assassination Created the Billion Dollar Funeral Business
Abraham Lincoln was possibly our greatest president, and you would think his body would be treated w ...View More
What the South Was Like During Reconstruction
On April 15, 1865, Lincoln was gunned down in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth, a man sympathetic ...View More
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