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American Inspiration Author Series
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The Power of Learning Your Family History – A Panel Discussion Featuring Authors Lee Hawkins and Martha S. Jones

Family history can be a double-edged sword. In this unique program, our two author-panelists, Lee Hawkins and Martha Jones, will reveal how gaining knowledge of their family’s past and Black history in America became, first, a necessity and, finally, a powerful and productive force in their lives. Don’t miss hearing about their family history research, its impact on their lives, and how they and their families move forward.  

 

Moderated by Thavolia Glymph
American Inspiration Author Series
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"Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy," author Jeffrey Boutwell with Robert D. Putnam

HYBRID EVENT | Venture back to the 19th Century to meet statesman George Boutwell, who fought for racial and economic equality alongside Presidents Lincoln and Grant. Hear from his biographer, also a distant relation, author Jeffrey Boutwell, and Harvard professor Robert Putnam about this remarkable man, his family, and this turbulent, formative period in American history.

Moderated by Robert D. Putnam
American Inspiration Author Series
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"The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958," author David Levering Lewis and Kendra Field

National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis’s shares his own family history, which shifts our understanding of the larger American story. Don’t miss his conversation with historian Kendra T. Field. 

 

Moderated by Kendra T. Field