Lincoln and Colonization of African Americans
On August 14, 1862, President Lincoln met at the White House with five African American leaders to get their thoughts on how to spend $600,000 that Congress had designated for “colonization.…
427 viewsOn August 14, 1862, President Lincoln met at the White House with five African American leaders to get their thoughts on how to spend $600,000 that Congress had designated for “colonization.…
427 viewsIn a multi-media presentation, artist Wendy Allen showed examples of her own and other artist’s works and talked about her influences and reasons for painting Abraham Lincoln. Since the earl…
435 viewsRetired infectious disease specialist Dr. Jon Willen talked about Charles Leale, the first doctor to treat the mortally wounded Abraham Lincoln after actor John Wilkes Booth shot him while h…
1,086 viewsCivil War scholar Patrick Hickey presented a program titled, “The Devil vs. the Hummingbird: The Midnight Confrontation on Capitol Hill that Determined the Fate of a Presidency and Ensured t…
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