Date: Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83828489169

Event: Derecka Purnell, author of Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom.

Activity: Author conversation with journalist Josie Duffy Rice

Harvard educated lawyer Derecka Purnell discusses the lessons learned from Ferguson to South Africa, from Reconstruction to contemporary protests against police shootings. Her book invites readers to envision new systems that work to address the root causes of violence. Becoming Abolitionists calls for a commitment to create and support different answers to the problem of harm in society, and an opportunity to reduce and eliminate harm in the first place. She will be in conversation with journalist Josie Duffy Rice.

The Carter Library is proud to join the Hoover and Truman Libraries in support of the University of Central Florida Lou Frey Institute’s Professional Learning With the Presidential Libraries series. These professional development programs will provide educators with lucrative resources to share with their students in understanding how our nation’s highest office has responded to domestic and international crises. To connect with these conversations, please complete the Online Registration Form.

October 6th, 4:00pm EST

Join Joshua Montanari, Education Specialist for the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum for his session:

Going to the Sources: Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Accords

On September 17, 1978 agreements between Israel and Egypt were signed at Camp David, leading to a peace treaty between the two countries the following year that remains intact today. This webinar will assist educators in contextualizing the circumstances of the Camp David Accords through the lens of U.S. History, American Civics and the primary sources of the Carter Library and National Archives.

November 3rd, 4:00pm EST

Join Elizabeth Dinschel, Archivist and Education Specialist for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum for her session:

The Bonus March: How to Teach History with a Civics Lesson

In 1932, World War I veterans boarded freight trains from Portland, Oregon, to Washington, DC, to lobby Congress for early payment of a bonus that was scheduled to be paid in 1945. On July 28th, 1932, the police, and later the military, put down a riot made up of nearly 60,000 Bonus Marchers. This webinar will show how to blend primary sources, historic narrative, and civics into an inquiry arc using the Bonus March.

December 1st, 4:00pm EST

Join Mark Adams, Education Director for the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum for his session:

Presidential Power: Truman and the Steel Crisis

During the Korean War, President Truman faced a dilemma. The steel industry mill owners and workers could not agree on wages and price controls. A strike seemed inevitable. Truman was concerned that a lack of steel during the Korean War would hinder the war effort. Truman reacted by seizing the steel mills and this led to a constitutional crisis. This event in American history involves all three branches of government and is a case study of presidential overreach.

Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 7pm

Dr Sandro Galea, author of “The Contagion Next Time”

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85217738870 free

America was in poor health before COVID-19 appeared. Racism, marginalization, socioeconomic inequality—our failure to address these forces left us vulnerable to COVID-19 and the ensuing global health crisis it became. Had we tackled these challenges twenty years ago, after the outbreak of SARS, perhaps COVID-19 could have been quickly contained. Instead, we allowed our systems to deteriorate. Dr Sandro Galea, Dean at the Boston University School of Public Health, shows us what we need to do. He will be in conversation with WABE’s Rose Scott.

Monday, Nov. 8 at 7pm

Denise Kiernan, author of We Gather Together

Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87583169176

Denise Kiernan brings us a biography of an idea: gratitude, as a compelling human instinct and a global concept, more than just a mere holiday. Spanning centuries, “We Gather Together” is anchored amid the strife of the Civil War, and driven by the fascinating story of Sarah Josepha Hale, a widowed mother with no formal schooling who became one of the 19th century’s most influential tastemakers and who campaigned for decades to make real an annual day of thanks that we call Thanksgiving. Kiernan will be in conversation with author Kate Andersen Brower.