JFK Library Forums

In commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this conference will explore the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. Sessions will explore the origins and development of suffrage efforts as well as contemporary voting rights issues.  Join UCLA professor emeritus of history Ellen DuBois , Johns Hopkins professor of history Mart...

Molly Ball , national political correspondent for TIME and author of the new book Pelosi , and Susan Page , USA Today 's Washington bureau chief and author of the forthcoming Madam Speaker , discuss Nancy Pelosi's career and leadership as Speaker of the House of Representatives with Nancy Cordes , chief congressional correspondent for CBS News. This was the first session in the two-day Kennedy Lib...

Barbara Carvalho , director of the Marist Poll; Henry Fernandez , co-founder of the African American Research Collaborative; Jill Lepore , Harvard professor of history; and Anthony Salvanto , CBS News Director of Elections and Surveys, discuss the history of and contemporary trends in political polling with longtime former ABC reporter and anchor Charlie Gibson . Explore more at jfklibrary.org/for...

The New Yorker contributor Barry Blitt ; cartoonist Pia Guerra ; and Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes explore the art of political cartooning with  Scott Simon , host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday . For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

Gretchen Sorin , director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York and author of Driving While Black: African-American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights ; director Ric Burns and producer and editor Emir Lewis of the forthcoming PBS documentary Driving While Black based on her research, discuss how the automobile transformed African American life with Spencer Crew ,...

Robert Trogdon , Kent State University professor of English and editor of the Library of America's forthcoming "Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises & Other Writings 1918-1926," discusses this new edition of writings from Hemingway's earliest years in Paris with Kennedy Library Hemingway Scholar in Residence Hilary Justice .   Explore more at jfklibrary.org/forums.

Award-winning journalist Larry Tye discusses his new book Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy  with Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe columnist Eileen McNamara . For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

Senator Sherrod Brown discusses his new book, Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America , which explores the careers of senators who have also sat at Desk 88 on the Senate floor, including Hugo Black, George McGovern, and Robert F. Kennedy.   Senator Jeanne Shaheen moderates.  For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University professor of history and international relations and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, discusses his forthcoming book JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 with George Packer , staff writer at The Atlantic. For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns , Harvard professor of diplomacy and international relations; Robert Mauro , director of the Boston College Irish Institute and Global Leadership Institute; and Alexandra Vacroux , executive director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, discuss US foreign policy challenges and opportunities in Europe. Andrew Gray , EU editor a...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham discusses his new book, "His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope" with Michelle Miller, co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday and CBS News national correspondent. Explore more at jfklibrary.org/forums.

John Dickerson , correspondent for CBS' 60 Minutes and contributing writer to The Atlantic , discusses his new book "The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency." Barbara Perry , professor and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, moderates. For more info, visit jfklibrary.org/forums.

Chris Wallace , longtime journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday , discusses his new book, "Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World," exploring the days leading up to the first use of the atomic bomb in wartime. David Martin , national security correspondent for CBS News, moderates.

Lucy Hornby , a fellow at the Nieman Center for Journalism and former Beijing deputy bureau chief for the Financial Times , and Yasheng Huang , MIT professor of international management, discuss US foreign policy challenges and opportunities with Anthony Saich , Harvard professor of international affairs and director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. This program is co-pr...

Mary Sarah Bilder , Boston College professor of law; Edward B. Foley , Ohio State University professor of constitutional law; and Jesse Wegman , author of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College , discuss the history of and contemporary challenges to the Electoral College. Jonathan Kaufman , Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor and Director of Northea...

EJ Dionne , Washington Post columnist and political commentator;  Janet Hook , staff writer at The Los Angeles Times;  and Ronald Brownstein , senior editor at The Atlantic , discuss implications of the novel coronavirus for the 2020 elections.  Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty moderates the panel. For more info on upcoming and past John F. Kennedy Library Forums, visit jfklibrary.org/forum...

Akhil Amar, professor of law and political science at Yale University, and Eric Foner , professor emeritus of history at Columbia University and author of "The Second Founding: How Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution," discuss constitutional changes and challenges throughout our nation's history .   Kenneth Mack,  professor of law and history at Harvard University, moderates.   Fo...

Stacey Abrams ,  New York Times  bestselling author, nonprofit CEO, former Georgia House Democratic Leader and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, discusses her distinguished career and continuing work on voting rights and social issues with  Jonathan Capehart , opinion writer for  The Washington Post .

Mo Rocca , correspondent for  CBS Sunday Morning  and frequent panelist on NPR's  Wait, Wait…Don't Tell Me! , discusses his new book,  Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving , featuring remarkable lives of leaders, innovators, and artists worthy of greater attention.  Rick Berke , co-founder and executive editor of STAT and former longtime reporter and editor at  The New York Times , moderates.  ...

Roland Mesnier , White House executive pastry chef from 1979 - 2004, discusses his distinguished career and new book,  Creating the Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef's Secrets  with Sheryl Julian , former food editor of  The Boston Globe .   

Ash Carter , former Secretary of Defense and director of Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, discusses his distinguished career and new book,  Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon  with  David   Martin , national security correspondent for CBS News.

Tatiana Schlossberg , author of  Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have , and  Rachel   Cleetus , climate and energy program policy director at the Union of Concerned Scientists, discuss the environmental impact inherent in our everyday choices with  David Cash , dean of the McCormack Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee discusses her distinguished career and contemporary civil rights issues. Kenneth Mack, professor of law and history at Harvard University, moderates.

Senator Doug Jones , author of Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights , and William Baxley , former Attorney General of Alabama, discuss the decades-long efforts to prosecute the 16th Street Baptist Church bombers. Margaret Burnham , professor and founder and director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern Universi...

Award-winning author Evan Thomas and his wife Oscie Thomas , an attorney and frequent collaborator on his books, discuss his new book First: Sandra Day O'Connor , drawn from exclusive interviews and first-time access to the archives of America's first female Supreme Court justice.  Barbara Perry , professor and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, moderat...