He is the author of numerous books on Abraham Lincoln including lincoln and davis, imagining america, lincoln the lawyer, lincoln and the constitution, lincoln and america and lincoln. He probes some of the most interesting topics of lincoln including winning awards from the baroness award group in 2007. He recently had the opportunity to travel to seoul where he addressed the korean Abraham Lincoln society. [ laughter ] i know i would like to hear more about that. How can i get on that gravy train . Today, he is going to talk to us about the new book the black heavens, Abraham Lincoln and death published earlier this year by Southern Illinois press. A review at silver monitor states that students of the 17th century will want to add this concise written volume to their bookshelves. Please welcome me in joining brian dirck. It is good to be here. It really is. I wanted to thank you for the invitation. I have gotten to see some old friends among many of my south korean friend, fred. And
reliable punishments x. if that s why we work so hard to expose that. our look at nonfiction books that have been adapted into films continues with margot lee shetterly s hidden figures. 9 the book follows four african-american women who were integral in devising aeronautic calculations that proto pelled the united states in the space propelled the united states in the space race. the movie adaptation was released in 2016 and every ised oscar nominations. here s the author, margo lee shedder margot lee shetterly, in hampton. physics, of course, meant math, and math meant mathematicians. and since the middle of the last decade, mathematicians had meant women. langley s first female computing pool started in 35 had caused 199 35 had caused uproar among the men at the laboratory. how could a female mind process something to rigorous and precise as math? [laughter] the very idea with, investing $500 on a calculating machine show it could be used by a girl. [laughter]
lincoln quote. because on today s topic as with most subjects, abraham lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone. and as he said in 1849, the better part of one s life consists of his friendships. well, we want to look today as what, if anything, he meant by that, how sincere he was or how well he understood his own commitment to and concept of friendship. and i have a group of very accomplished friends to explore that topic with me. chuck strosier, who has spoken at the lincoln forum who brings his experience as a psychoanalyst, psychobiographer, a one-time resident of springfield. by which i mean he knows about springfield. and of course as an authority which is the subject of his latest book on the complex relationship between abraham lincoln and his only really close friend joshua speed. we ll hear more about that in the panel. ed edna green, who has written and lectured here on the subject of lincoln, emancipation, race, equality and african-american life and l
rights exhibit which you would have passed on your way in tonight, marks an episode when president abraham lincoln directly independent interseeded for american jews. the document is general grant s to ber 1862 general order expel jews from the department of tennessee. grant blamed jews for smuggling and demanded their immediate removal. jewish citizens of paducah, kentucky, appealed to lincoln, expressing their outrage and lincoln counter manneded grant s order. history cannot be written without the primary sources that tell us august. incident rik lir auth incidentically what authentically what happened at a particular time. grant s order to expel jews and lincoln s later order testify to a moment in history that many in the wider public are not aware of, yet it cannot be forgotten, because the records exist to tell us so. by brathing together and publishing the documents in his volume, dr. zola has given access to a large number of primary source documents that prese
would have passed, the exhibit on your way in tonight, marks an that markscument in an episode when president abraham lincoln directly interceded for american jews. generale document is ulysses grant s december 1862 general order to expel jews from the department of tennessee. grant blamed jews for smuggling and demanded their immediate removal. jewish citizens of paducah, kentucky appealed to president lincoln, expressing their outrage, and lincoln countermanded grant s order. histories cannot be written without the primary sources that tell us authentically what happened at a particular time. grant s order to expel jews and his later revocation of that order documents preserved here in the national archives, testify to a moment in history that many in the wider public are not aware of, yet it cannot be forgotten, because the records exist to tell us so. by gathering together and publishing the documents in his volume, dr. zola has given access to a large number of primary s