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Description This lesson explores the first 100 days of Gerald Ford's presidency. The lesson, which features Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith, opens with two reflective questions that ...

Gerald Ford was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his decision to pardon former President Richard Nixon, in order to move beyond Watergate and solve the problems confronting ...

In the most outrageous passage of the speech, Ford declared the fate of Richard Nixon “an American tragedy in which we all played a part.” The public, having been accused of complicity, took ...

The dawn of this age of impunity can be dated to any number of administrations. In his new book, The Pardon, Jeffrey Toobin makes a compelling case that a primary culprit is the 38th president, Gerald ...

Richard Nixon preparing to address the nation regarding the presidential tapes on April 29, 1974. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons | The Chronicle By Audrey Wang | @audreywang0929 ...

President Nixon in an image from Oct. 12, 1973, with, from left, Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford and Alexander Haig. Associated Press ...

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, newly installed President Gerald Ford simply got tired of questions about the legal fate of resigned predecessor Richard Nixon. So, on Sept. 8, 1974, Ford went ahead ...

WASHINGTON - Fifty years ago, newly installed President Gerald Ford simply got tired of questions about the legal fate of resigned predecessor Richard Nixon. So, on Sept. 8, 1974, Ford went ahead and ...