Representative Jesse Jackson,Jr. , a member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, provided opening and closing remarks. Moderated by Professor James Horton, panelists discussed Afr…
4,531 viewsScholars and guests examined the final stages of the Civil War and beginning of the Reconstruction era through the writings of President Abraham Lincoln. They paid particular attention to th…
4,427 viewsThe first Frederick Douglass Prize for a book on slavery or abolition was shared by Professor Ira Berlin of the University of Maryland and Professor Philip B. Morgan of the College of Willia…
311 viewsThe New York Historical Society hosted a Symposium on Alexander Hamilton. This panel discussed the life and career of Alexander Hamilton, his thoughts on liberty, slavery, and religion. Afte…
550 viewsA few days before the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, panelists talked about the history of court cases on educational segregation and about the conditions that…
107 viewsOfficials of the Gilder Lehrman Institute presented the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for the best book of the year on the history of slavery. This year’s winner, David Blight, is the author…
482 viewsScholars talked about African-Americans, the institution of slavery, and the history of the South and Confederacy. Among the topics they addressed were regional politics in the antebellum er…
399 viewsIn honor of Black History Month, historians talked about the political landscape of two key eras, the 1860s and the 1960s, and how events and the presidents of those times affected the pligh…
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