Documents in Detail, 2021-2022

• American Revolution: List of Prints to Illustrate British Cruelty
• Westward Expansion: March of the Flag
• Causes of the Civil War: Speech on Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
• Gender & Equality: Equality of the Sexes
• Free Speech: Texas v. Johnson
• Reconstruction: The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free
• World War II: The Four Freedoms
• The Cold War: Truman’s Farewell Address
• Slavery & Its Consequences: Report on the Negro Family
• Congress: The Revolt of 1910

The American Presidency, Fall 2021

• The Executive Power Defined
  21 AUG 21
• Powers in Conflict and Concert: The President and Congress
  11 SEP 21
• Presidential War, Emergency, and Foreign Policy Powers
  2 OCT 21
• Precedent and Process: The United States Supreme Court and the President
  6 NOV 21
• The Modern Presidency
  4 DEC 21

Remember the Ladies, Spring 2021

• The Grimke Sisters
  9 JAN 2021
• Ida B. Wells
  6 FEB 2021
• Susan B. Anthony
  6 MAR 2021
• Fannie Lou Hamer
  10 APR 2021
• Sandra Day O’Connor
  1 May 2021

Documents in Detail, 2020-21

• Brutus 2
  19 AUG 20
• James Madison’s Speech on the Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
  23 SEP 20
• “Property,” James Madison
  21 OCT 20
• Thomas Jefferson’s Letters to John Holmes and Henry Lee
  17 NOV 20
• Fort Hill Address, John C. Calhoun
  16 DEC 20
• Veto Message of the Bill on the Bank of the United States, Andrew Jackson
  20 JAN 21
• “Cornerstone” Speech, Alexander Stephens
  17 FEB 21
• Final Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln
  17 MAR 21
• Resolution Submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States, Abraham Lincoln
  21 APR 21
• Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass
  12 May 21

Enduring American Questions, Fall 2020

• Was the American Revolution really a revolution?
  22 AUG 2020
• Why are Both the Constitution and Bill of Rights Essential?
  12 SEP 2020
• Did Slavery Cause the Civil War?
  3 OCT 2020
• How Did the Progressives Differ from the Founders?
  7 NOV 2020
• Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?
  5 DEC 2020

Documents in Detail, 2019-20

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
  28 AUG 19
• Federalist 1
  25 SEP 19
• Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address
  23 OCT 19
• The Webster-Hayne Debates
  20 NOV 19
• John C. Calhoun’s Speech on the Oregon Bill
  18DEC 19
• Abraham Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union
  22 JAN 20
• Plessy v. Ferguson
  19 FEB 20
• 1912 Progressive Party Platform
  25 MAR 20
• Speech on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
  22 APR 20
• Herbert Hoover’s Speech on the New Deal
  13 May 20

Spring 2020: Special Webinars

• Reform and the Pulpit: The Post-WW2 Civil Rights Movement and the American Church
  12 NOV 2020
• Reform and the Pulpit: Abolition and the American Church
  5 NOV 2020
• What Can We Learn from the Election of 1980?
  19 AUG 2020
• What Can We Learn from the Election of 1860?
  12 AUG 2020
• What Can We Learn from the Election of 1800?
  5 AUG 2020
• D-Day+76 Years and the Liberation of Europe
  3 June 2020
• Heroes of American Medicine: Clara Barton and Jonas Salk
  27 May 2020
• Heroes of American Business: Henry Ford and Madam CJ Walker
  20 May 2020
• American War Heroes: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert Gould Shaw
  13 May 2020
• Heroes of the American Founding: Abigail and John Adams
  6 May 2020
• The Power of the Pulpit in Times of Crisis – From the American Revolution to the Coronavirus
  29 April 2020
• The American Family in Times of Crisis – Education, Healthcare, and the Trade-offs of Coming Home
  22 April 2020
• Fire in a Crowded Theater – Civil Liberties in Times of Emergency
  15 April 2020
• Bad Medicine? – The Effects of Economic Emergencies on Liberty, Democracy, and Prosperity
  8 April 2020
• Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis
  1 April 2020
• The Flu Epidemic of 1918
  25 March 2020

American Minds, 2019-20

• Jonathan Edwards
  7 AUG 19
• Benjamin Franklin
  7 SEP 19
• Alexander Hamilton
  5 OCT 19
• Henry Clay
  2 NOV 19
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
  7 DEC 19
• Frederick Douglass
  11 JAN 20
• William Jennings Bryan
  1 FEB 20
• Jane Addams
  7 MAR 20
• Douglas MacArthur
  4 APR 20
• Ralph Ellison
  2 May 20

Documents in Detail, 2018-19

• Memorial and Remonstrance, James Madison
  29 August 2018
• Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, James Madison
  19 September 2018
• Brutus I
  24 October 2018
• Bill of Rights
  14 November 2018
• Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to Roger Weightman
  19 December 2018
• Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, Abraham Lincoln
  23 January 2019
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Theodore Roosevelt
  20 February 2019
• “Fourteen Points” Message, Woodrow Wilson
  20 March 2019
• 1944 State of the Union Address, Franklin D. Roosevelt
  24 April 2019
• “Great Society” Speech, Lyndon Johnson
  15 May 2019

Great American Debates, 2018-19

• Patriots vs. Loyalists
  18 August 2018
• Federalists vs. Antifederalists
  8 September 2018
• Hamilton vs. Jefferson
  13 October 2018
• Frederick Douglass vs. William Lloyd Garrison
  10 November 2018
• Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen A. Douglas
  1 December 2018
• Secessionists vs. Unionists
  12 January 2019
• Imperialists vs. Non-Interventionists
  2 February 2019
• Election of 1932: FDR vs. Hoover
  2 March 2019
• MLK vs. Malcolm X
  6 April 2019
• The Great Society vs. Modern Conservatism
  11 May 2019

Documents in Detail, 2017-18

• Declaration of Independence
  30 August 2017
• James Madison: Federalist 51
  20 September 2017
• James Monroe: Monroe Doctrine
  18 October 2017
• Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
  15 November 2017
• Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address
  13 December 2017
• Theodore Roosevelt: New Nationalism Speech
  24 January 2018
• Franklin D. Roosevelt: Commonwealth Club Address
  21 February 2018
• George Kennan: The Long Telegram
  21 March 2018
• Martin Luther King, Jr.’: “I Have a Dream” Speech
  18 April 2018
• Ronald Reagan: A Time for Choosing
  16 May 2018

Moments of Crisis, 2017-18

• Intolerable Acts
  26 August 2017
• Election of 1800
  9 September 2017
• Nullification Crisis
  7 October 2017
• Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  18 November 2017
• Sinking of the USS Maine
  2 December 2017
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
  6 January 2018
• Cuban Missile Crisis
  3 February 2018
• Bloody Sunday in Selma
  3 March 2018
• Watergate
  7 April 2018
• Iran Hostage Crisis
  12 May 2018

Documents in Detail, Spring 2017

• Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
  25 January 2017
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from Birmingham City Jail
  15 February 2017
• James Madison: Federalist 10
  22 March 2017
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Address Delivered at Seneca Falls
  19 April 2017
• George Washington: Farewell Address
  17 May 2017

Landmark Supreme Court Cases, 2016-17

• Marbury v. Madison
  27 August 2016
• McCulloch v. Maryland
  10 September 16
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
  15 October 16
• Brown v. Board of Education (with mention of Plessy for context)
  19 November 2016
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  10 December 2016
• Miranda v. Arizona
  7 January 2017
• Tinker v. Des Moines 
  4 February 2017
• Roe v. Wade
  11 March 2017
• Regents of the University of CA v. Bakke
  8 April 2017
• New Jersey v. T.L.O.
  13 May 2017

American Presidents, 2015-16

• George Washington: Father of the Country
  August 29th, 2015
• James Madison: Statesman for Union and Constitutional Government
  September 19th, 2015
• Andrew Jackson: Democracy and a Country Expanded
  October 10th, 2015
• James K. Polk: “Young Hickory” and Manifest Destiny
  November 7, 2015
• Richard Nixon: Challenges Abroad; Controversy and Scandal at Home
  December 1, 2015
• Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator – recording not available
  December 12th, 2015
• Theodore Roosevelt: At the Dawn of a New Era
  January 9th, 2016
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Through Depression and War
  February 13th, 2016
• Dwight Eisenhower: Change at Home and Challenge Abroad
  March 5th, 2016
• Lyndon Johnson: The Great Society and Vietnam
  April 9th, 2016
• Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator
  May 7th, 2016

American Controversies, 2014-15

• Is the Modern Presidency Constitutional?
  May 9, 2015
• Are Congress and the Courts Too Strong or Too Weak?
  April 11, 2015
• Do American Principles Require American Interventionism?
  March 14, 2015
• Has the “Day of Enlightened Administration” Come?
  February 21, 2015
• Has America Progressed Beyond its Founding Principles?
  January 24, 2015
• Did Lincoln Violate the Constitution?
  December 13, 2014
• Is there a Constitutional Right to Nullification and Secession?
  November 15, 2014
• Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery?
  October 25, 2014
• Did the Founders Misunderstand Democracy?
  September 27, 2014
• Did the Founders Misunderstand Equality?
  August 30, 2014