Keith Meacham Interview: Insights on Jon Meacham's Career & Role as a Father

Jon Meacham’s wife Keith Meacham describes her husband as an old soul and discusses Meacham’s long career as a writer, his understanding of storytelling, and how his work influences his role as a father.

Keith Meacham grew up in Mississippi as the daughter of a farmer. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, and a Master’s from Columbia University’s Teachers College. Meacham began her career as a classroom teacher and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in her early years. She went on to oversee the academic program at Prep for Prep in New York and served as director of the Harlem Prep Charter School. She then became Director at the NYC Fund for Public Schools where she led the funding drive for the Core Knowledge Early Literacy project. She also helped develop an app called Learn with Homer, a platform for young readers.

From the HBO / Kunhardt Film Foundation (KFF) Documentary “The Soul of America.” Based on Jon Meacham's bestseller that illuminates our present-day fraught political reality by exploring historical challenges including the women's suffrage movement, the incarceration of Japanese Americans, McCarthyism, and the fight for Civil Rights.

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Keith Meacham, Jon Meacham's Wife
Interview Date: September 4, 2019
Interviewed by: Katie Davison

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