James Oakes

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James Oakes is a Distinguished Professor for History in the City University of New York with 13 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2008 Forum. The year with the most videos was 2022 with two videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2017 with an average of 1,570 views per program. Most appearances with James M. McPherson (2), Edna Greene Medford (2), Sean Wilentz (2). Most common tags: Civil War, Lincoln, Abraham, African American History.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 2009 - Present Distinguished Professor, History, City University of New York

Videos: 12 Author

Videos: 1

Recent Appearances

November 17, 2022
2022 Annual Lincoln Forum - Lincoln, Race, and Citizenship

Historians discussed Abraham Lincoln’s evolving views on race and citizenship. The Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,…
March 16, 2022
Jim Crow and Its Afterlives

University of Pennsylvania political science professor Adolph Reed provided a history of the Jim Crow era through the day-to-…
November 17, 2021
The Crooked Path to Abolition

Author James Oakes talked about Abraham Lincoln’s antislavery strategies and how his views and actions evolved while in offic…
February 11, 2021
The Crooked Path to Abolition

Civil War historian James Oakes examined how Abraham Lincoln thoughout his political career used the Constitution to abolish …