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
Lynn hudson is from the university of illinois in chicago, the study of race and gender is the author of the black entrepreneurship in 19 centuries San Francisco. From women historians, in 2019, the fight against californias discrimination and White Supremacy in california. I will handed over to you and see you again. Let me get this going. I would not have had a career historian without them. They have been me every step along my career. I have visited them where i did much of my research about maryellen pleasant, cant say enough, special part of that. I also give a shout out to the archivist, one of my chapters will not exist and allison more that i worked with for years is one of the people who gave me the idea of this book, and they launched the book, and lets get to it. And in the expense, with antiblack practices. The complex networks of resistance that have existed that involves networks of africanamericans and allies from statehood and the Civil Rights Movement. One book does n
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
Committee. And we will get right touction o wonderful speakers this morning. Edna greene medford, the grae 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 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 proclamation. Of the three views she was a recipient of the john wise simon a Lifetime Achievement association and was previously inducted as a of the Lincoln Academy of illinois and awarded thes highet honor by the governor of illinois. For her study of the president Matthew Norman is, associate professor of history at the university of cincinnati blue. Ash College Educated knox college and the univers
Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on the edge of the mountains that make upppalhia. It is about anof knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though t