Good morning. Im chris fernie, a member of the Lincoln Forum executive committee. And we will get right to the introduction of our two wonderful speakers this morning. Edna greene medford, the grande dame of 19 century after american historians. A frequent speaker and moderator. Our Lincoln Forum, a member of the forums executive committee and recognized star on various cspan programing. Edna holds degrees Hampton University and the university of illinois and a ph. D. From the university of maryland she is a professor of history emerita at howard, where she also as the chair of the Department History and interim dean, the college of arts and sciences she is the author of lincoln and emancipation and coauthor of the emancipation proclamation. Three views she was a recipient of the john wise simon a Lifetime Achievement award from the Ulysses Grant association and was previously inducted as a of the Lincoln Academy of illinois and awarded the order of lincoln the states highest honor by
Dame of 19 century after american historians. A frequent speaker and moderator. Our lincoln forum, a member of the forums executive committee and recognized star on various cspan programing. Edna holds degrees Hampton University and the university of illinois and a ph. D. From the university of maryland she is a professor of history emerita at howard, where she also as the chair of the Department History and interim dean, the college of arts and sciences she is the author of lincoln and emancipation and coauthor of the emancipation proclamation. Three views she was a recipient of the john wise simon a Lifetime Achievement award from the Ulysses Grant association and was previously inducted as a of the Lincoln Academy of illinois and awarded the order of lincoln the states highest honor by the governor of illinois. For her study of the president and the civil war. Matthew norman is, associate professor of history at the university of cincinnati blue. Ash College Educated knox college an
With a book. Welcome to fords theatre. We honestly, i am blown away. The response. I am so thrilled to see all of your lovely faces in the house tonight. Thank you so much for being here. My name is erika scott and im the artistic programing manager here at theater. And im alex wood. Im the Education Programs manager at fords theater. And we are to present written spoke. Yes, written then spoken now African American letters to lincoln. So for the two of us up here, typically you dont get two people to come talk to the house before a program happens. But this is a special this is the first of its kind. We have never done an elevated im calling it an elevated book to where we have our historians and actors to be part of the play. But at fords theatre like to think of ourselves as left and right side of one brain. We have the history aspect and arts aspect, and thats what and i represent and that is what you all are getting tonight. So its a very, very event. And again, so glad to see so
Interesting story. Thank you much, everybody. Good morning. Im chris fernie, a member of the Lincoln Forum executive committee. And we will get right to the introduction of our two wonderful morning. Edna greene medford, the grande dame of 19 century after american historians. A frequent speaker and moderator. Our Lincoln Forum, a member of the forums executive committee and recognized star on various cspan programing. Edna holdson university and the university of illinois and a ph. D. From the university of maryland she is a professor of history emerita at howard, where she also as the chair of the Department History and interim dean, the college of arts and sciences she is the author of lincoln and emancipation and coauthor of the emancipation proclamation. Three views she was a recipient of the john wise simon a Lifetime Achievement award from the Ulysses Grant associa a of the Lincoln Academy of illinois and awarded the order of lincoln the states highest honor by the governor of i
You managed to find. Good afternoon. Im michelle crowell. Im the secretary of the Lincoln Forum, and i will be your moderator for session two of the forum today. Im not entirely sure that our its probably facing better. If not, ill just use my teacher and screaming at you. Im not entirely sure that our next presenter actually sleeps. And you already know who im talking about because no one could be as productive he is and actually get a good nights. But we are all the beneficial of mr. Sandmans deficiencies as year after year. Jonathan white continues to enrich us with new sources and scholarship on abraham and the civil war. For those of you who are not familiar already with john, john whites many accomplishment arts, he is a professor of american studies at Christopher Newport university, where hes taught since 2009, in 2019, he received state council of higher education, virginias outstanding faculty. Thats a really long name, jonathan the highest honor bestowed upon College Faculty