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"IPPH will inspire new generations and inform the quest for a more perfect union."

Mayor Muriel Bowser - January, 2019


Nikki Giovanni

“There was much to admire and cherish about Nikki. One was her obsessive interest in space travel. Years ago, we were attending a US Open event honoring
Black women, when Mae Jemison complimented Nikki on her sash/tie.  Nikki pulled it took it off, made a gift to Jemison—saying “you are doing what I had always hoped to do”. 

"Her interest in space travel was understandable. Nikki was not entirely of our world. She was too expansive in her thinking, too inclusive in
her spirit— too untethered by the material preoccupations of this world. God bless her for she has now travelled to a space worthy of her, a space where the ‘ force is with her’.”

- Sharon Pratt


Past Event

Frederick Douglas
September 14, 2024

Panelists:

  • Sharon Pratt - Former D.C. Mayor and IPPH Founding Director
  • Michael Steele - Host of MSNBC’s The Weekend
  • David W. Blight - Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University and Author, Frederick Douglass, Prophet of Freedom
  • Leigh Fought - Associate Professor of History, LeMoyne College and Author, Women in the World of Frederick Douglass

Cedar Hill: Frederick Douglass's Home in Anacostia
1411 W. Street SE
Washington, DC 20020


6/7/24 - Justice Unbound: Marginalized Voices in Legal History - Click here to watch

5/27/24 - Lincoln: A Providential President - Click here to watch

2024 - In The Room Where It Happened - The Lincoln Series (Companion Series )

Click here to watch the series

Episode 1 - The Spiritual Connection Between Abraham Lincoln & John Wilkes Booth Revealed…w/Dr. Terry Alford

Episode 2 - Lincoln’s Impact on America Can’t be Measured w/Dr. Catherine Clinton

Episode 3 - How Did Abraham Lincoln Manage Public Opinion as President? w/Dr. Allen C. Guelzo

Episode 4 - Who was Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker, and how did she help the Lincolns recognize the importance of Emancipation? w/ Jennifer Chiaverini

2024 -In The Room Where It Happened - The Lincoln Series

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Episode 1 - Abraham Lincoln: What You Didn't Know About His Iconic Death

Episode 2 - Abraham Lincoln's First Meeting with Black Leaders Shook America

Episode 3 - The Untold Truth Behind Booth's Plan to Assassinate Lincoln

Episode 4 - How Did Abraham Lincoln Predict His Own Death?

Episode 5 - Extraordinary Details on The Day Lincoln Was Shot

Episode 6 - What Happened to John Wilkes Booth Days After Lincoln's Assassination?

Bonus Episode - How Did America Pull Together When Abraham Lincoln Died?


 

MeetOur Team

Founding Director Sharon Pratt

Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt will serve as the Founding Director of the UDC Institute for Politics, Policy and History. Pratt graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1961 and earned her B.S. degree in political science in 1965 from Howard University. Pratt attended Howard University Law School where she earned her J.D. degree in 1968.

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Meet TheIPPH Staff

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Aimee Anthony

Assoc Director of Programs
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Jodi Samuda

Assoc Director of Operations and Budgets
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Carolyn Bowden

Executive Assistant
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Joy Ford Austin

Senior Advisor and Director of Humanities Programs

Meet OurSenior Advisory Committee

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Karen Tramontano

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Michael Steele

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April Massey, Ph.D

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Charlene Drew Jarvis, Ph.D

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Beverly Perry

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Rev. Mark Thompson

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Sonia Gutierrez

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Amanda Huron, Ph.D

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Phil Mendelson

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Carol Fulp

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Oliver T. Carr, Jr.

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