White House History with Susan Page Lecture Series
White House History with Susan Page Lecture Series
The White House Historical Association's 2021 Lecture Series, White House History with Susan Page will feature four lectures dealing with various topics about the rich history of the Executive Mansion.
Topics will include: personal reflections about Lyndon B. Johnson, the Kennedy White House restoration, the White House and 9/11, and Michael Burlingame's latest book. Speakers and additional information are forthcoming.
The Black Man's President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
More about Susan Page
Susan Page is the Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today. She's covered eleven presidential campaigns, six White House administrations, and interviewed nine presidents. She is the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Arc of Power, a biography being published in April 2021. She also wrote The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty, a New York Times bestseller published in 2019. Page has won every journalism award given specifically for coverage of the White House, including the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage, and the Merriman Smith Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure. She has served as president of the White House Correspondents Association and as president of the Gridiron Club, the oldest association of journalists in Washington. She was the moderator of the vice-presidential debate in 2020 between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris.