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Trump Versus History | TNR Live
Trump Versus History | TNR Live
September 8

"Trump Versus History: How Trump is trying to change our sense of who we are."

About the program: We have opened the gates of historical knowledge to myriad new subjects and methods that have educated a largely curious and willing world. Now we have to mobilize to defend our profession not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion. David Blight talks with some fellow academics on how we fight to preserve our history AND democracy.

With David Blight, Sterling Professor, American History, Yale University; James Grossman, historian; Leslie Harris, professor, History and Black Studies, Northwestern University.; Amna Khalid, associate professor, History, Carleton College

Join them LIVE! Monday, September 8, 2025 | 4:00-5:00 PM EST | Virtual

Attendance is free!

For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trump-vs-history-tickets-1635861699379?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl


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From Days of Mourning to Days of Jubilee? (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

April 05, 2013 in Speeches •

From Days of Mourning to Days of Jubilee? Frederick Douglass and the Meaning of the Civil War

Yale University professor and Civil War scholar David W. Blight shares his analysis of the impact of the Civil War on the ideas and psyche of Frederick Douglass.

 

 

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