American Experience interviewed writer, Vernon Jarrett, in 1999. Below, read excerpts from his interview. What was it like to be African American in the late 1930s? Well, I was rather young in the ...
Learn about the many ways diplomat, activist, and 2023 American Women Quarters honoree Eleanor Roosevelt made American history through this selected collection of resources from across the Smithsonian ...
2 Russians, 2 Jews, and a Puerto Rican walk into a bar ...
A storied American woman’s life portrayed by an esteemed American woman stage actor. This is the satisfying pleasure of the single character, 85-minute, “Eleanor” at Laguna Playhouse. The “Eleanor” of ...