President Barack Obama
On the night of November 4, 2008, tens of thousands of people gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park, their breath visible in the crisp autumn air, united by a shared moment of history. Barack Obama—son…
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Contemporary
This group covers contemporary presidencies and the changing institutions, media environment, political coalitions, and international pressures of recent American history.
President George W Bush
George W. Bush had been President of the United States for less than a year when the course of his tenure was transformed in a single morning. On September 11, 2001, as the sun…
President Bill Clinton
On a humid August night in 1963, a teenage boy from Hope, Arkansas, stood in the East Room of the White House and shook hands with the President of the United States. John F.…
President Joseph R. Biden Jr
On a chilly January afternoon in 2021, amidst profound national turmoil, Joseph R. Biden Jr. stood on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, placed his hand on a hefty family Bible held by…
President Donald J Trump
On the evening of November 8, 2016, Americans and the world looked on in astonishment as the election results defied almost all expectations. Donald J. Trump—a billionaire real estate mogul and reality television star…