David Blight will discuss “Yale and Slavery: A History,” a narrative study of Yale’s historic involvement and associations with slavery and its aftermaths, at RJ Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT 06443 on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 6:00pm EDT.

For more information: https://www.rjjulia.com/event/david-w-blight-yale-and-slavery

David Blight will speak at the Friends of the University of Delaware Library 2024 Annual Dinner. The event will take place at the University and Whist Club, 805 N Broom Street, Wilmington, DE 19806, on April 4th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.

For more information and to register: https://udel.libcal.com/event/11995959?fbclid=IwAR3Zqr27mjSOiVu_5d55TC5l-GrH__0KRP4VK6kMM4R9WwuwCi5NJS57OaM

David Blight will join Pat Wilson Pheanious and Akeia de Barros Gomes to talk about efforts to uncover long-ignored stories and recalibrate our understanding of Connecticut’s historical involvement with slavery. This panel, moderated by Diane Orson, Special Correspondent with Connecticut Public, will take place at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, 1 Elizabeth St., Hartford, CT 06105 on Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 6:00 to 7:30pm.

For more information and to register: https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/ctpublic-unforgetting-panel/

On Wednesday, November 29th at 5:30pm, David Blight will discuss his book “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” at Trinity School, 101 West 91st Street, New York, NY, 10024. This is event is hosted by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the Trinity School.

For more information and to register for the event: https://gilderlehrman.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/book-talk-historian-david-blight-gli

As part of the 2022 American Writers Festival, David Blight will discuss his new book, “Frederick Douglass: Library of America,” with historian Keidrick Roy, on May 15th at 1:30pm (CDT).

For more information: https://americanwritersmuseum.org/program-calendar/david-blight-keidrick-roy/

David Blight will give a public talk, “The Legacies of Frederick Douglass in Our Own Time,” at Gustavus Adolphus College on Monday, April 11th at 7:00pm. His talk inaugurates a new lecture series made possible by and in honor of his friend and fellow Pulitzer-winning Civil War historian, Gustavus alum James M. McPherson, Class of 1958, the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University.

A Q&A with the audience and book signing will follow Professor Blight's talk.

For more information: https://gustavus.edu/calendar/the-legacies-of-frederick-douglass-in-our-own-time/60580

David W. Blight and Eddie S. Glaude Jr. bring to life one of Frederick Douglass’s most poetic speeches, “Our Composite Nationality.” Douglass’s optimism for a nation so deeply rooted in equality that it could expand democratic values to other nations was especially compelling post Civil War.

For more information and to register for the event: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/composite-nation-frederick-douglass-and-promise-america

David Blight will join Gilder Lehrman Institute curators to discuss Blight’s favorite Frederick Douglass documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection.

This event is for teachers, students and their families—and everyone with an interest in history!

For more information and to register for the event: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-and-events/collection-programs/inside-vault

David Blight, CJ Hunt, Nikyatu Jusu, and Viet Thanh Nguyen will join moderator Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, legal scholar and civil rights advocate, at the Sundance Film Festival for a conversation interrogating how censorship, legislation, and storytelling are creating a distorted national narrative, and the crucial role of new cinematic genres in challenging these myths.

This event premieres live on Jan. 24 at 4:00 p.m. ET and then is available to rewatch for the remainder of the festival.

For more information and to view this event: https://festival.sundance.org/program/#talk-and-events-info/61b0135a4276b60a3d099b9a

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a conversation highlighting civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, a 2021 International Freedom Conductor Award recipient. Historians Jon Meacham and David W. Blight will reflect on our current moment in history, the events that brought us here and the individuals who played a leading role, including Civil Rights icon John Lewis, the subject of Meacham’s most recent book, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope. This meaningful discussion will be moderated by Dr. Eric Jackson, associate professor of history in the Department of History & Geography and Director of the Black World Studies program at Northern Kentucky University.

For more information and to register for the event: https://freedomcenter.org/voice/event/ifca21-book-discussion/

The ​Department of History at Sam Houston State University will host a conversation with David Blight and Dr. Brian Jordan, former SHSU graduate student and departmental chair, to to reflect on the twentieth anniversary of Blight’s award winning book “Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory.”

For more information and to register for the event: https://www.shsu.edu/academics/history/

David W. Blight will draw on his research in progress on the life and work of the African-American poet, novelist, songwriter, and diplomat, James Weldon Johnson. Blight is Sterling Professor of American History and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. His books include Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History and other awards.

For more information and to register for this online event: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/event/mondays-beinecke-james-weldon-johnson-david-w-blight-0

Join David Blight as he reflects on the attacks on the Capitol, the presidential inauguration, and other recent events, and discusses what it means to live in and think about prospects for unity in a divided nation. Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 5:00pm ET (3:00pm MT).

For more information and to register for this virtual webinar: https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sacJdtewSuqf63KuXTvc5A

Join David Blight, in conversation with author Edward L. Ayers, on January 27, 2021 at 7:00pm. They will be discussing Ayers’ new book titled Southern Journey: The Migrations of the American South, 1790-2020 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2020).

For more information and to register for this webinar: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_21bZ_4paQb-DjsWtCCigeg

On Wednesday, January 13th at 8:00pm, The African American Forum is hosting "If Hindsight is 2020, Why Are We Still Not Saved? The Truths That Must be Told to Navigate the Path Ahead," Part 21 of the Under the Blacklight conversation series. Carol Anderson, David Blight, Anoa Changa, and Joe Lowndes will join Executive Director Kimberlé Crenshaw to answer burning questions, and provide the insights necessary to navigate all that comes next.

For more information and to register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/if-hindsight-is-2020-why-are-we-still-not-saved-tickets-135794150961

On Sunday, November 22nd at 12:00pm, David Blight will discuss his book “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” with host William Roka live, followed by a Q&A with home audiences. This book talk is part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Book Breaks online series.

For more information and to register for the event: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-and-events/book-breaks

On Thursday August 13th at 7:30pm, David Blight will join activist and scholar Barbara Phillips, writer and professor Kiese Laymon, and teacher and historian Kenneth Mack of Harvard University to discuss The Black Lives Matter Movement and The Fight for Racial Justice. This online event is part of the Martha’s Vineyard Author Series.

For more information and to register for the event: crowdcast.io/e/mvasblm/register

David Blight will be the guest speaker for the Gary B. Cohen Distinguished Lectureship in History at the University of Southern California. The event will be held on Friday, March 6, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, in USC’s Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD), 645 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089. This event is free.

For more information: https://dornsifecms.usc.edu/events/site/527/32645570198919/gary-b-cohen-distinguished-lectureship-in-history-with-david-w-b/

David Blight will discuss his book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018) at the Yale Club of Washington, DC, on Friday, February 28, 2020. The event will be held at The City Tavern Club, 3206 M St NW, Washington, DC 20007.

For more information: https://www.yaleclubdc.org/event-calendar

David Blight will discuss his book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018) at the University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401, on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 7:30pm. The event, part of the William B. Crawley Great Lives Lecture Series, will be held in Dodd Auditorium of George Washington Hall on the UMW campus.

For more information: https://www.umw.edu/greatlives/lecture/frederick-douglass/

David Blight, along with Dr. Jay M. Winter and Dr. Patricia C. Pongracz, will take part in The Richard H. Driehaus Museum's Signature Series “Tiffany Memorials: The Visual Language of Remembrance.” The event will be held at the Driehaus Museum, 40 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611 on Saturday, February 22, at 2:00pm. This Signature Series is presented in conjunction with the Museum’s current exhibition Eternal Light: The Sacred Stained-Glass Windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany.

For more information: http://driehausmuseum.org/programs/detail/signature-series-tiffany-memorials-the-visual-language-of-remembrance2

David Blight will give a lecture, as part of the Lincoln Club of Delaware’s Annual Dinner to celebrate the birthday of America’s 16th president. The evening will start at 6:00pm with a social hour, followed by dinner, and the lecture. The event will be held at the Wilmington Country Club, 4825 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Delaware 19807.

For more information: https://sites.udel.edu/lincolnclub/calendar/ or call 302-655-6171

David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, and Colum McCann, author of TransAtlantic: A Novel, will sit down for an evening of conversation at St. Andrew’s School. The event will be held in Engelhard Hall at the O'Brien Arts Center on the St. Andrew’s School campus, 350 Noxontown Rd, Middletown, DE 19709, Thursday, January 6, 2020. Time TBD.

For more information about the book: http://www.davidwblight.com/books/#prophet

For more information about the event: https://www.standrews-de.org/about/events/detail/~board/events/post/special-program-colum-mccann-david-blight

David Blight will discuss his book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018) at Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102, on February 1, 2020, at 5:00pm.

For more information: https://www.midtownscholar.com/calendar/2020/2/1/an-evening-with-david-w-blight

David Blight will speak at St. Albans School in Washington DC, on Friday, January 31, 2020.

David Blight will discuss his book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018) at the National Cathedral in Washington DC on Thursday, January 30, 2020. The event will be at 7:30pm in the Perry Auditorium, on the 7th floor of the Cathedral towers.

For more information: https://cathedral.org/event/frederick-douglass-prophet-of-freedom-and-justice/

David Blight will speak at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 4:00pm. His talk will be part of UVA’s Martin Luther King Day commemorations.

David Blight will speak at Trumbull College, Yale University, on Thursday, January 23, 2020.

David Blight will discuss his book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018) at The Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 on Thursday, January 16, at 7:00pm.

For more information about the book: http://www.davidwblight.com/books/#prophet

For more information about the event: https://www.themusichall.org/events/david-blight/

David Blight will participate in a conversation with Edna Greene Medford and moderator, Harold Holzer, about Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Emancipation. The conversation will take place at the New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024 on Saturday, January 11 from 9:30am to 11:00am.

Program Description: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln each contributed mightily to the cause of black freedom in Civil War-era America—though these gifted writers, orators, and leaders took markedly different paths to the same end. Their remarkable journey—both in conflict and in tandem—represents one of the great American stories, a case in which activism and hard politics collide and collude to achieve historic goals. Experts discuss the revolutionary and evolutionary nature of the Douglass-Lincoln relationship

For more information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/frederick-douglass-abraham-lincoln-and-emancipation