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Speaker

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Lecture date

September 9th, 2025

Time

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Title

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker, bestselling author, and a partner in Pastimes Productions. Goodwin is often called upon to share her vast knowledge of leadership and provide historical context for current-day events, especially as our democracy is challenged, international wars rage, and we continue to struggle in a divided and polarized country.

Her eighth book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, takes readers on the emotional journey Doris and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin, embarked upon as they delved into more than 300 boxes of letters, diaries, documents, and memorabilia that Dick had saved for more than 50 years. The Goodwins quickly realized they had before them an unparalleled personal time capsule of the 1960s and the events and pivotal figures of the decade — John Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, and especially Lyndon Johnson, who greatly impacted both their lives.