The New-York Historical Society welcomes Members and visitors back to the Museum with a panel discussion presented in the Robert H. Smith Auditorium and an array of activities throughout the building during the day. Ticket includes Museum admission.
10–11 am ET: New York and the Nation from the Founding to Reconstruction
Featuring: David W. Blight, Annette Gordon-Reed, Akhil Reed Amar (moderator)
Racial conflicts in the United States have often involved struggles over access to information and freedom of expression. From laws that prohibited teaching enslaved people to read or write to efforts to ban racist films such as Birth of a Nation, join us to explore instances in American history that saw a clash between the law, freedom of expression, and the fights for and against white supremacy.
Scholar Julia Sweig, in conversation with Betty Sue Flowers, explores the life of Lyndon B. Johnson’s most reliable and trusted political strategist: his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. With a sharp and often overlooked political acumen, Lady Bird advised her husband’s political career while simultaneously modernizing the office of First Lady in a rapidly changing American landscape.