The Center for Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield invites the public to attend the 2022 Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series discussion on "Lincoln and African Americans" with professors Jonathan White, Matthew Norman, and Fred Hord. Matthew Norman, and Fred Hord are the editors of
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln.Our three speakers will discuss the many African Americans of the Civil War era and their connection to Abraham Lincoln. Their scholarship centers on African Americans' voices to explore how they felt about the president. Michael Burlingame, holder of the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at UIS, will moderate and provide an overview.
