| Instructor Biography: Jess Velona | |
JESS VELONA has practiced law for 25 years and is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School. He also has a master's degree in history from NYU, where he focused in part on the history of Atlantic slavery. As a onetime candidate for public office in Manhattan and surrogate campaign speaker for Bill Clinton, Velona loves sharing his passion for history and politics.
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| Other classes taught | |
| 1968: The Year that Shook Our History | |
| Churchill, Britain's Incomparable Leader | |
| Great Speeches in Modern History: How Leaders Have Won Our Hearts and Minds | |
| Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment | |
| The Nazi Regime: Tracing the Historical Path to Incomparable Horror | |
| Walking Tour: Step Back in Time to the Old Lower East Side | |
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