Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America with Eugene Robinson (webinar)
About this event
Join American Ancestors for their online author event with Eugene Robinson as he discusses Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America with moderator Lee Hawkins, author of I Am Nobody’s Slave.
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Freedom Lost, Freedom Won brings to life our nation’s racial history, told through one man’s family story, starting with his great-grandfather’s freedom from slavery in 1851 through to today. Delving into a rich archive of Black narratives, Robinson traced the arc of his familial lineage through the repeated cycles in which African Americans have fought their way upward toward freedom and opportunity, been forced back down again, and renewed their determined climb. Freedom Lost, Freedom Won sets Robinson’s extensive findings into the larger historical context, presenting our country’s history through his family’s story of struggle and survival.
About the author:
Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist, former columnist, and associate editor of The Washington Post, author, and political analyst. His prior positions included foreign editor, London correspondent, and South American correspondent. Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, he graduated from the University of Michigan and worked at the San Francisco Chronicle before joining The Washington Post.
About the moderator:
Lee Hawkins is a journalist, 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of I Am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free. He created and hosted What Happened in Alabama and Unlocking the Gates: How the North Led Housing Discrimination in America, both audio series he co-produced with American Public Media. He is a 2026–27 Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, part of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research.
Presented in partnership with 10 Million Names, the Boston Public Library, and the Museum of African American History
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