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Alexis Pauline Gumbs — Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Posted on January 22nd, 2025 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Roosevelt House, along with the Hunter College Department of Women and Gender Studies, is pleased to present a unique discussion—both heartfelt and scholarly—of the legendary poet, essayist, activist, and alumna of Hunter College High School (’... Read more

David Greenberg — John Lewis: A Life

Posted on January 21st, 2025 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
In 2012, Roosevelt House had the distinct honor of welcoming the late, great Congressmen John Lewis for a wide-ranging discussion of the Civil Rights movement to which he gave so much of his extraordinary life—and his presence reverberates at the h... Read more

Luis A. Miranda Jr. — Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America

Posted on January 6th, 2025 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America by Luis A. Miranda Jr.—father of Hamilton-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, and l... Read more

Nigel Hamilton — Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents

Posted on December 12th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of historian Nigel Hamilton’s new book Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents. In this vivid and unique dual biography,... Read more

The 2024 Stepanski Family Lecture: What Next for America? Assessing the 2024 Presidential Election and the Threat to American Democracy Featuring Steve Benen & Rachel Maddow

Posted on December 5th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
As we continue to process the results of the 2024 Presidential Election, Roosevelt House is proud to present a discussion featuring Steve Benen, MSNBC producer and author of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republic... Read more

A Date That Lives in Infamy: Pearl Harbor, Then and Now Featuring Craig Symonds and Steve Twomey

Posted on November 26th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
To mark the 83rd anniversary of the December 7, 1941 attack that brought the U.S. into World War II, please join us as Roosevelt... Read more

Charlotte Gray on her new book Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt In conversation with Amanda Foreman

Posted on November 26th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion—here in the very home that Sara Delano Roosevelt built and shared with her son and his family—of a brilliant new joint biography of FDR’s mother and her British counterpart: Passionate Moth... Read more

Defund: Conversations Toward Abolition Featuring Calvin John Smiley with D’Weston Haywood

Posted on November 14th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
Please join us on Tuesday, November 19 at 6:00 PM as Roosevelt House presents a discussion of the new book Defund: Conversations Toward Abolition by Hunter College Associate Professor of Sociology Ca... Read more

Noliwe M. Rooks on her new book A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune In conversation with Jeanne Theoharis

Posted on October 17th, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions
“Rooks restores [Mary McLeod Bethune] to the canon of fierce Black freedom fighters. . . . Rooks' redefining biography is essential reading.” —BooklistRoosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of A Passionate... Read more

Paul Sparrow — Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words With Charles Lindbergh ― and the Battle to Save Democracy

Posted on May 31st, 2024 · Posted in Book Discussions, Public Programs
For the last FDR-themed event of the Roosevelt House season, we are pleased to present a discussion of Paul Sparrow’snew book Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words With Charles Lindber... Read more