October 19, 2025 C-SPAN2 Book TVSocial Justice Movements and Activists Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, on C-SPAN2 Book TV Authors talked about social justice movements and the activists who devised their strategies – on issues ranging from the abolition...
October 10, 2025 LWVMD Book Talk: Spell Freedom by Elaine Weiss with Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead League of Women Voters of Maryland Join LWVMD, author Elaine Weiss, and Dr. Kaye Whitehead (The Karson Institute) as we discuss the new book Spell Freedom. The acclaimed...
Spell Freedom – Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Books 2026 Longlist Selection Spell Freedom has been chosen as a candidate for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in nonfiction books, awarded by the American Library Association. Forty-five extraordinary...
Podcast Classrooms of Democracy: Elaine Weiss Release: May 08, 2025 “Voting is an American’s participation in government.” We discuss the history of citizenship schools, their profound importance in the Civil Rights Movement, and the critical lessons they offer...
April 07, 2025 The Judge and The Speaker A politically motivated impeachment attempt against a federal judge went nowhere, as Musk’s current attempt should. by Elaine Weiss The congressman didn’t like the rulings of the federal judge. He called them...
April 06, 2025 Reframe Your Inbox – Conversation with Elaine Weiss Adam Lowenstein ‘You’re not going to get anywhere unless the people are behind you.’ A conversation with Elaine Weiss, author of ‘Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil...
The New York Historical For the Ages: A History Podcast Episode 15: Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement Release: March 31, 2025 Featuring: Elaine Weiss, David M. Rubenstein (moderator) Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965,...
