Publication of James Mcphersons the war that forged a nation, and louis masurs lincolns last speech. As i said before i really wanted to do this event because over the years i have been educated and stimulated by reading these two historians. And i also got an extra bonus on baseball from louis masurs book on the first world series in 1903. But as when you actually spent time lobbying the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights act of 65 and all the Voting Rights acts after that this book, these books in the work of these authors this isnt their only work as you know. Helps us to understand why the civil war, its causes, its aftermath and matters affecting raise, regional conflicts within our borders the boundaries between state and national authority, Nation Authority was a word that lincoln used, and with the the significance of the game change a, the postcivil war amendments, and how long it took, to have a way of making them real. So we are often a people who have trouble wi
A recent symposium about the president s life, career and legacy. He is the author of lincolns last speech this lecture took place at fords theatre and is about 50 minutes. On a rainy night of april 11 1865, president lincoln addressed a crowd for the last time. The speech was remarkably less for his oratorical qualities, stylistically, it was far from his best. Than for the fact with the conflict all but behind him, lincoln was looking forward in more ways than one to human a a wartornng nation. Three days later, the president would fall to an assassins bullet and the promise of a gentler reconstruction would go unfulfilled. In his current work titled, lincolns last speech wartime reconstruction and the crisis of reunion, dr. Lewis masur analyzes reconstruction in all of its iterations from the earliest days of the war to the end of lincolns presidency and his life. Then, in his epilogue, he cites, no less a person than Frederick Douglass stating how reconstruction would have evolved
Than for the fact with the conflict all but behind him, lincoln was looking forward in more ways than one to human a wartorn nation. Three days later, the president would fall to an assassins bullet and the promise of a gentler reconstruction would go unfulfilled. In his current work titled, lincolns last speech wartime reconstruction and the crisis of reunion, dr. Lewis masur performs skillful surgery on mr. Lincolns final address. He analyzes reconstruction in all of its conceptual iterations from the earliest days of the war to the end of lincolns presidency and his life. Then, in his epilogue, he cites, no less a person than Frederick Douglass stating how reconstruction would have evolved, had lincoln lived. It is a what if situation pondered by ackerman dish and medicians, but seldom in such a readerfriendly context. I was remembering when the late Professor William lee miller, who was never a fan of what ifs, talked about the time during the Civil Rights Era when a student approa
The openair auctions and his cousin said he would strike a blow against slavery. Lincoln, when he he was a state legislator in illinois which, im from illinois, was the most racist statement in the north at the time. Lincoln is a state legislator in the 1930s. He proposed in the Illinois State legislator a bill for emancipation in the district of columbia. That was the most forward thinking thing that you could do at the time. While its true that he evolved that he grew, he deepened, his thoughts in response to events and circumstances and reading in his own experiences, he was always antislavery. In slavery. In 1858, before he was president and his house divided, in his house divided speech, he said he is determined to put slavery on the course of ultimate distinction. Began in 1854 with his speeches in springfield and peoria and theyre very explicit about slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong lincoln was also a politician. He had very difficult circumstances. He. He had
The openair auctions and his cousin said he would strike a blow against slavery. Lincoln, when he he was a state legislator in illinois which, im from illinois, was the most racist statement in the north at the time. Lincoln is a state legislator in the 1930s. He proposed in the Illinois State legislator a bill for emancipation in the district of columbia. That was the most forward thinking thing that you could do at the time. While its true that he evolved that he grew, he deepened, his thoughts in response to events and circumstances and reading in his own experiences, he was always antislavery. In slavery. In 1858, before he was president and his house divided, in his house divided speech, he said he is determined to put slavery on the course of ultimate distinction. Began in 1854 with his speeches in springfield and peoria and theyre very explicit about slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong lincoln was also a politician. He had very difficult circumstances. He. He had