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 ...
The Handmaid’s Tale author accepted the Eleanor Roosevelt Bravery in Literature Lifetime Achievement Award, co-presented by ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X HYDE PARK, N.Y. — On March 13, 1933, nine days after a newly elected Franklin D. Roosevelt ...