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The Miller Center features a variety of content that can help teachers bring history alive for their students

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Learn about our presidents

The Miller Center is the place to go to find information about all of the U.S. presidents. Each president's page includes carefully crafted essays by experts, quick facts, presidential speeches, interviews with scholars, relevant publications, and more.

Students can read detailed content about the presidents' lives before they came into office, their campaigns, the domestic and foreign issues they faced during their administrations, and their lasting legacy on American history.

U.S. Presidents

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Resources on historical events

Watergate

Key recordings and a definitive look at the presidency's most notorious scandal

McCarthyism and the Red Scare

The Red Scare reached a fevered pitch from 1950 to 1954, when Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin launched a series of highly publicized probes

The LBJ telephone tapes

Our partnership with the LBJ Library explores the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson.

The Vietnam War

Listen to the secret White House tapes used in The Vietnam War, the 10-part PBS documentary series

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Recasting American presidential history in the classroom

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Presidential Problems: Race and the Crisis of Justice

Helping students by providing historical context for current events, the Miller Center traces the evolution of federal policing and crime control policies, beginning with the 1964 shooting of an unarmed African American teenager in Philadelphia. This video explores how presidents have addressed these issues—and the current debate on race, policing, and mass incarceration.

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Presidential Speeches

Address at the World Economic Forum

In Davos, Switzerland, President Trump addresses the World Economic Forum, bringing his message of "America First" to the international gathering.

Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address

On March 4, 1861, President Lincoln attempted to reassure the Southern states that he would protect their interests regarding slavery

Bill Clinton's remarks on signing NAFTA

President Clinton discusses the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which focused on trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico

Richard Nixon's Address on the Situation in Southeast Asia

Watch President Nixon defend his decision to use American forces against the North Vietnamese in Cambodia

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Presidential speeches

Miller Center Events

The healthcare system and COVID-19

The Miller Center’s Guian McKee and UVA Health's Kathryn Quissell discuss how the U.S. healthcare system is managing the coronavirus and how the history of that system has shaped its response