Stories - Life Stories
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Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Cutting Obama's hair before his 2004 Democratic National Convention speech
The founding of the Dallas County Voters League and grassroots organizing for voting rights
Accidental presidents and their struggles to win re-election in their own right
Close friendship and advisory role prior to Obama's Senate campaign
Admiration for Truman's foreign policy and support for Eisenhower's candidacy
Lincoln's constitutional approach to restricting and gradually ending slavery
Johnson's concerns about Hoover's surveillance and influence on King
Bradlee's reaction to the discovery of the Watergate tapes
Buchanan's leadership failures and the limits of presidential power before the Civil War
Roosevelt's moral compass and confidence as an instrument of the American people
Trump's comments on McCain's war record and related anecdotes
“Storytelling is so important in education because people don't always need to hear what the final outcome is, but how you got there. I consider mentoring a process of showing your scars instead of your successes. I've always been awed by how many people resonate when I tell the story of my life.”
Loretta Ross
Lincoln's evolving emancipation policy and relationship with abolitionists
Radical Republicans' impeachment of Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction politics
Generational tensions between Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt
Key events and figures driving the abolitionist movement in the 1850s
John McCain's commitment to moral integrity throughout his political career
Lincoln's use of the "Honest Abe" and "Rail Splitter" image in the 1860 election
Key events shaping public opinion and Kennedy's stance on civil rights
Comparing presidential visions from Jefferson to Reagan
The long struggle for women's suffrage and the many obstacles faced
