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Freedom Lost, Freedom Won

A Personal History of America

Pulitzer Prize winning former Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson tells our nation’s torturous racial history through his own family’s story.

In this powerful blend of memoir and history, Eugene Robinson traces his family’s journey across centuries of American life, illuminating the forces that shaped both their destiny and the country’s. With clarity, compassion, and a historian’s eye, he uncovers the intimate stories that reveal the nation’s enduring struggle with race, and the humanity that persists through it.

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

Eugene Scott is an award‑winning political journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering national and global politics. He is a visiting fellow at the Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute and an opinion writer for the Boston Globe. Scott also moderates national events for Axios and previously reported for The Washington Post, Axios, and CNN Politics. A contributor to the bestselling Four Hundred Souls, he has written widely on identity politics and frequently appears as a political analyst on major broadcast networks. He has completed fellowships at Georgetown and Harvard.

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