For hundreds of thousands of americans. Theres a certainry poetry if you want to call it that and closuren to lincoln coming down these cks tracks toto this place in his coffin because, as he came he cir went through the circuit that he had ridden for 23 years hed ridden through the prairiesut b cut by these tracks. And he visits all these towns. Isited so all these towns were filled with his friends. Ret so this was a return for him in a very touching way. Y. And for he was returned on the same trains on the same tracks that hed been forever. I bought ai book about the fune lincoln funeral and i was going o star to startt reading it. And i just saved it. Chance just by chance i was coming these are the same tracks were on now. Passenger trains. Rain so imwi on an amtrak train with this book on a really gray rainy day back in january. With this book about the in ja funeral. I wasan amazed how moved i was to e g be going down these same tracks that carried lincolns body 150 earli years
Introduce our extremely distinguished panel of americas leading lincoln scholars to discuss lincolns speeches and the american idea. Michael birmingham holds the chancellor naomi b lynn distinguished chair and lichen studies at the university of illinois springfield. Hes the author of several books on lincoln including and lincoln observed the inner world of Abraham Lincoln and the two volume american Abraham Lincoln a life as well as his new book, which hell be discussing tonight. The black mans president Abraham Lincoln African Americans and the pursuit of racial equality. Noah. Feldman is the Felix Frankfurter professor of law chair of the society of fellows and founding director of the Julis Rabinowitz Program on jewish and israeli law at harvard university. Hes the author of nine books including the three lives of James Madison genius partisan president and his latest book which will be tonight the broken constitution lincolns slavery and the refounding of america diana. Shall is
Michael birmingham holds the chancellor naomi b lynn distinguished chair and lichen studies at the university of illinois springfield. Hes the author of several books on lincoln including and lincoln observed the inner world of Abraham Lincoln and the two volume american Abraham Lincoln a life as well as his new book, which hell be discussing tonight. The black mans president Abraham Lincoln African Americans and the pursuit of racial equality. Noah. Feldman is the Felix Frankfurter professor of law chair of the society of fellows and founding director of the Julis Rabinowitz Program on jewish and israeli law at harvard university. Hes the author of nine books including the three lives of James Madison genius partisan president and his latest book which will be tonight the broken constitution lincolns slavery and the refounding of america diana. Shall is professor of Political Science at loyola university, maryland and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise institute wh
It is such a pleasure to introduce our distinguished panel of americas leading lincoln scholars to discuss lincolns speeches and the american idea. Michael burlingham he is the author of several books on lincoln, a including lincoln observed, the enrolled of Abraham Lincoln, and the two volume Abraham Lincoln, a life, as well as his new book which he will be discussing tonight, the black mans president Abraham Lincoln, african americans, and the pursuit of racial equality. Noah feldman is the chair of Society Fellows and founding director of the jewelers Illiterate Program on jewish israeli law at harvard university. Hes the author of nine books, including three lives of james madison, genius president , and the latest book which we will be discussing tonight. The broken constitution, lincoln, slavery in the refounding of america. Diana shaub is a professor you loyola university. And a fellow at the university she is the author of several books, including what so proudly we hail the am
Cox, along with these Television Companies support cspan two as a public service. Its such a pleasure to introduce a fungus panel of lincoln scholars to discuss lincolns speeches, and the american idea. Michael brilliant hold the chancellor naomi b lynn, he is the author of several books on lincoln, including lincoln observed, the inner lincoln of lincoln, and then the two volume american as well as his new book which he will be discussing tonight, a black mans president abraham and the pursuit of racial equality. Noel feldman is the professor of law, chair of this is society of fellas, and founding director of the program on jewish and israeli law at harvard university. Hes the author of nine books, including three lives of james madison, genius president , and the latest book which we will be discussing tonight. The broken constitution, lincoln, slavery in the refounding of america. Diana shaub is a professor you leila university. And a fellow at the university she is the author of s