Literature
Historian & Biographer
Award-Winning Biographer & Historian
Simon has written eight acclaimed books on American history, law, and politics, that latest of which is 'FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: the President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle over the New Deal.' |
Biographer & Historian
The daughter of 37th US President Richard Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower is a best-selling author, editor, and speaker on such subjects as the presidency, women in politics, and life in the White House. |
Award-Winning Journalist
An Emmy-winning columnist and editorial writer for The Washington Post, speaker Juan Williams is an analyst for Fox News. He wrote Enough and Muzzled. |
Biographer & Author
A best-selling author and Kennedy expert, speaker Laurence Leamer most recently authored Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, which USA Today called "truly fantastic." |
Documentary Filmmaker
Named "the most accomplished documentary filmmaker of his generation" by The New York Times, speaker Ken Burns produced unparalleled features such as The Civil War and Lewis and Clark. |
Historian / Biographer / Teacher
Grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, David is an esteemed political scientist and historian with great insight into American history and the leaders who have shaped it. He is also author of "Eisenhower: At... |
Research Professor & Historian of Education
Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. In addition, she is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. |
Award-Winning Historian & Best-Selling Author
Called "the nation's leading Presidential historian" by Newsweek, Michael Beschloss served as NBC News' first Presidential Historian. |
Author, Educator & Historian
A former chair of the US Civil Rights Commission, law professor and civil rights historian, Dr. Mary Frances Berry defends the rights of all people, supporting issues from... |
Scholar, Author & Civil Rights Historian
Clayborne Carson was selected by the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King to edit and publish the papers of Martin Luther King Jr. He studies his life and the movements he inspired. |
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian
A renowned professor of American history at Stanford University, Kennedy is one of America's most versatile historians, offering convention-shattering revelations about 20th Century America. Author of Freedom from... |
Former Chairman of the NAACP
For over 40 years, Julian Bond has been active in the Civil Rights and Economic Justice Movements. The first African American US Vice Presidential nominee, he delivers a message of equality and justice. |
Historian & Author
Speaker Robert Dallek is an acclaimed historian of the American presidency and author of a landmark biography of President John F. Kennedy. |
Reporter on the Catholic Church
Robert Blair Kaiser is an American author and journalist, best known for his writings on the Catholic Church. Throughout the Second Vatican Council, Kaiser was Time magazine's reporter in Rome, and the... |
Author of Running with the Bulls
Hemingway has evoked the magic and the pathos of Papa Hemingway's last years in Running with the Bulls, published by Ballentine Books in 2006. The account of what she enjoyed, and what she endured, during her... |
Director of The Legacy Project
As founder of The Legacy Project, speaker Andrew Carroll encourages Americans to preserve wartime correspondences as a testament to the power of the written word. |
Correspondent & Military Author
An expert on national security and geopolitical issues, speaker Bing West is a media correspondent and was Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration. |
Best-Selling Author
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the bestsellers Confederates in the Attic and Baghdad without a Map, Horwitz chronicles his vicarious voyages throughout the world with good humor and a genuine... |
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist
Rick Bragg is the author of two best-selling books, All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man. He joined The New York Times in 1994 and has covered events like the Oklahoma City bombing. |
Essayist / Poet / Author
Donald McCaig is a critically acclaimed essayist, poet, and novelist. His most recent novel, Rhett Butler’s People, spent 12 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. It is a sequel to Gone with... |
