The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

 

The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Robert S. Levine, historian, presents the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in this account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew Johnson.

Despite early indications that Johnson would pursue aggressive federal policies for Black equality, Douglass soon grew disillusioned with Johnson’s policies and increasingly doubted the President was sincere. Levine portrays the conflicts that brought Douglass and the wider Black community to reject Johnson and call for a guilty verdict in his impeachment trial.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 AT 7 PM UTC+03

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Young Learners Program: Meet Ida B. Wells

 

Young Learners Program: Meet Ida B. Wells

Known for her fiery temperament, Ida B. Wells, as portrayed by Marti Gobel, will share a bit about her life, her work in journalism, and how her role in the U.S. suffrage movement was intertwined with her lifelong crusade against racism, violence, and discrimination toward African Americans.

A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation. 

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 AT 6 PM UTC+03

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The Women’s Suffrage Centennial: Impact and Legacy

 

During the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment in 2020, a wide range of activities occurred around the country.

How effective were these commemorations in raising public awareness of women’s fight for equality? How has the centennial impacted the telling of suffrage history and women and minority history more generally? Has the centennial provided impetus for further social action? And how well did it succeed in telling the stories of the women before us and in creating momentum for the work still to be done?

Colleen Shogan, former Vice Chair, Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, leads a discussion with panelists include Karen Hill, Executive Director, Harriett Tubman House; Page Harrington, author of "Interpreting the Legacy of Women’s Suffrage"; Rebecca Roberts, co-author of "The Suffragist Playlist: Your Guide to Changing the World"; and Shannon Browning-Mullis, Executive Director of the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace.

Presented in Partnership with the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative

"Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote" and programs presented in conjunction with the exhibit are made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation through the generous support of Unilever, Pivotal Ventures, Carl M. Freeman Foundation in honor of Virginia Allen Freeman, AARP, AT&T, Ford Motor Company Fund, Facebook, Barbara Lee Family Foundation Fund at the Boston Foundation, Google, HISTORY®, and Jacqueline B. Mars. Additional support for National Outreach and Programs provided by Denise Gwyn Ferguson, Maggie and Robert Boroujerdi, BMO Financial Group, The Hearst Foundations, Maris S. Cuneo Foundation, FedEx, Bernstein Family Foundation, and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation/Ambassador Fay-Hartog Levin (Ret.). 

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021 AT 1:30 AM UTC+03

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The Greeks through time: Michalis Dorizas, Olympic Games champion

 Michalis Dorizas was a Greek athlete from Constantinople, an Olympic Games champion, competed in throwing events (javelin, stone and discus) for his homeland Greece in the 1906, 1908 & 1912 Olympic Games. He won a Silver medal in 1906, Bronze in 1908.

He then emigrated to the United States of America little before the break out of WW1.

He fought with the US Army in France, where he earned several medals for his military services and was an interpreter at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and a geographer with the American Section of the International Commission on Mandates.

In 1915 he received a master's degree in philosophy and began teaching geography and working on his PhD. He was voted as most popular Penn professor for several years. In 1943, the Friars Senior Society called him "the faculty member who the greatest service to the University during the course of the year." He continued teaching at Penn until his death in 1957.

The Greeks through time

Michális Dórizas (Greek: Μιχάλης Δώριζας; April 16, 1886 – October 21, 1957) was a Greek athlete who competed in throwing events at the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.  He won a silver medal in the javelin throw in 1908 and a bronze in the stone throw in 1906. In the discus throw his best achievement was fifth place in 1908, and in the shot put he placed 11th in 1912. 

Dorizas was born to Greek parents in Constantinople, where he graduated from the Robert College. In 1913 he moved to the United States to study at the University of Pennsylvania. In the U.S. he soon became one of the best heavyweight wrestlers, winning the intercollegiate championships in 1914-1916. He also played as an American football guard for two years and continued to compete in throwing events.  During World War I he served as a U.S. Army Sergeant in France, and after the war as a Greek-Turkish-English interpreter at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919, and as a geographer with the American Section of the International Commission on Mandates. 

In 1915 he received a master's degree in philosophy and began teaching geography and working on his PhD. He was voted as most popular Penn professor for several years. In 1943, the Friars Senior Society called him "the faculty member who the greatest service to the University during the course of the year." He continued teaching at Penn until his death in 1957.

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