A panel of judges and other experts discusses the history, state and future of religious liberty in the U.S. Stanford University Law School recently opened a Religious Liberty Clinic, the only clinic of its kind in the country.

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Gustavo Mohar, the former Sub-Secretary for Population, Migration and Religious Affairs, at the Interior Ministry in the Government of Mexico, discussed the changing migration patterns between Mexico and the United States.

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Co-Chairs Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) hosted the national prayer breakfast, an annual event that features congressional and administration officials along with other notable Americans.

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Experts discussed how America has changed 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as the disparities that still exist, at an event hosted by the New America Foundation and Washington Monthly Magazine.

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The history of the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans is told at the Gilmore Cabin on the grounds of James Madison's Montpelier in Virginia.  Born a slave for President Madison in 1810, George Gilmore and his wife Polly raised five children on a small sharecropper farm after emancipation.  Built by George Gilmore and his sons, the cabin is one of only a few existing freedman's homes left standing in the United States.

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Author and historian Mark Grimsley explains how American military conflicts through history have contributed to the formation and understanding of racial identities. He discusses the roles of African Americans on both the Union and Confederate sides of the Civil War. Mr. Grimsley spoke at the 2012 Civil War Institute Conference at Gettysburg College.

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History professor Caroline Janney addresses how slavery and emancipation played into the process of post-war reconciliation. She also discusses the experiences and memories of Northern and Southern veterans in the war’s aftermath. Ms. Janney spoke at the 2012 Civil War Institute Conference at Gettysburg College.

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Columbia University hosted a discussion on women’s issues in this year’s election and how those issues may be addressed during the upcoming Congress.

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Historians discuss the circumstances, outcomes, and ongoing considerations of emancipation. They first place President Lincoln’s September 1862 issuance of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the context of the War, then broaden out to discuss how Americans think and talk about emancipation and its echoes today. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History hosted this event.

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In light of the recent violence in the Muslim world sparked by the release of a trailer for a U.S.-made anti-Islam film, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a discussion on religious bias, violence and coexistence.

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