In his State of the Union Address on January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt looked forward to a world in which everyone enjoyed four essential freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. These values were central to both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, who made it her personal mission to codify those rights in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rig
In his State of the Union Address on January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt looked forward to a world in which everyone enjoyed four essential freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. These values were central to both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, who made it her personal mission to codify those rights in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Experts discuss the speech and its far-reaching influence, and also delve into this extraordinary couple’s influence on one another.
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Franklin, Eleanor, and the Four Freedoms
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Franklin, Eleanor, and the Four Freedoms
The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series
History and Current Affairs
History and Current Affairs
William E. Leuchtenburg
William J. vanden Heuvel
Douglas Brinkley (Moderator)
Thu, March 31st, 2011 | 7:30 pm
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