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Frankie Welch and the First Lady with Ashley Callahan

Frankie Welch and the First Lady with Ashley Callahan

Frankie Welch and Betty Ford shared a friendship and a love of fashion. In 1963, Welch, who was from Georgia, opened a dress shop in Alexandria, Virginia, that became a social and shopping mecca among Washington’s political elite.

The Black Intellectual Tradition with Angel Parham

The Black Intellectual Tradition with Angel Parham

Dr. Angel Adams Parham demonstrates the importance of the Black intellectual tradition in America and how much of its strength comes from its immersion in the great texts of the Western tradition.

An Evening with Reverend Robert Jones

An Evening with Reverend Robert Jones

The Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum welcomed Reverend Robert B. Jones Sr.

Exhibit Opening with Dick Boak

Exhibit Opening with Dick Boak

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum welcomed Dick Boak to open the Museum's new exhibit America at the Crossroads: The GUITAR and A Changing Nation. As an author, historian, and guitar builder for Martin...

Eyeing The Bench: A Supreme Court Panel

Eyeing The Bench: A Supreme Court Panel

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, the Hauenstein Center, and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum welcomed Supreme Court journalists James Romoser (SCOTUSblog) and Adam Liptak (The New York Times)

Becoming FDR with Jonathan Darman

Becoming FDR with Jonathan Darman

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum welcomed Jonathan Darman to discuss his book, Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President. 

Connected Soldiers with John Spencer

Connected Soldiers with John Spencer

In honor of Veterans’ Day, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation welcomed Colonel John Spencer to the stage.

Fulfilling the Dream with Wayman Britt

Fulfilling the Dream with Wayman Britt

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum welcomed Foundation Trustee Wayman Britt to discuss his book, Fulfilling the Dream: My Pathway to Leadership and Finding Purpose in Serving Others.

Hostages No More with Betsy DeVos

Hostages No More with Betsy DeVos

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum welcomed The Honorable Betsy DeVos to the stage to discuss her new book, Hostages No More. 

Watergate Girl with Jill Wine-Banks

Watergate Girl with Jill Wine-Banks

Through discussing her book, The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President, Jill Wine-Banks took us inside her trial-by-fire experience as a Watergate prosecutor and examine the legacy of Watergate fifty years on. 

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