Have you ever imagined what it would be like to attend a presidential function at the White House? Alan DeValerio, butler for three U.S. presidents, gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the inner workings of presidential entertaining. From diplomatic dinners to small holiday gatherings, we’ll get a rare insider’s perspective on hosting at the White
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When freedom riders arrived in Cambridge, MD, in the early winter of 1962, Gloria Richardson, a forty-year-old single mother, was busy working in her family store and raising her two teenage girls. Within less than three years, she had helped build one of the most vibrant social movements in the nation. She negotiated an unprecedented
Elaine Weiss is an award-winning journalist and author known for her historical works on women’s suffrage and civil rights. Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement tells the story of four activists who established citizenship schools to help Black Americans pass literacy tests and reclaim their voting rights in the Jim