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.
Views on US ransom policy and the failed rescue mission for Jim Foley
Lessons learned from the 1980 gubernatorial defeat and path to recovery
Lincoln's response to the Fugitive Slave Act and anti-slavery influences in the early 1850s
Concerns about political divisiveness and the future of American democracy
Concentration camp incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
The 'slave power' conspiracy and the complex meanings of slavery before the Civil War
Sherman's Field Order Number 15 and the origin of "40 acres and a mule"
McCain's 2008 presidential campaign comeback and political risk-taking
Challenges of integrating women into the regular Army without preparation
Life Magazine's admiration for Winston Churchill as a central hero
“After I talked with Dr. King, I understood that I was in the presence of something unusual, something unexpected. There was something about him that made me want to know more. I had not met anybody quite like him.”
Harry Belafonte
George Washington's character, private life, and reluctant path to the presidency
Presidents who adored the office versus those who despised it
Presidential war powers and their constitutional basis and limits
FDR's Supreme Court packing plan and the Constitutional Revolution of 1937
The presidency's origins as a counterweight to democratic legislative power
Viewing the Intifada as a war rooted in the Six-Day War
The temperance movement's radical roots and ties to women's suffrage
Lincoln's intellectual background and the legacy of the Gettysburg Address
Legal journey leading to arguing Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy's significant personal and intellectual growth during his presidency
