Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Annette Gordon-Reed Presents "The Founding of Our Nation"

Pulitzer Prize winning historian and MacArthur Genius Annette Gordon-Reed—a highly sought-after expert on the American Revolution and founding generation—brings fresh insight to the Constitution and the formation of the American government. Join us to hear this key contributor to Ken Burns' 2025 documentary series, The American Revolution, share the founding’s present and future relevance for our lives.  

Annette Gordon-Reed, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize for History, is “one of the most important American historians of our time” (The New York Times). In our country’s 250th year, Annette offers powerful talks that blend both a sweeping exploration of our history and a powerful perspective on what it means for us today. She is the author of The Hemingses of Monticello, which won the National Book Award, as well as the New York Times bestseller On Juneteenth, and was a key expert contributor in Ken Burns’s six-part PBS docuseries, The American Revolution.