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Do, too, she has brought to the floor those who have the most pressing interest and those who worked tirelessly largely unrecognized in achieving emancipation and therefore, those were the slaves, the people who had the most vital interest and her book lincoln and emancipation fills a gap thats been left in the story of emancipation but bringing to the floor the Important Role that so many blacks played in changing the face of our nation and bringing about emancipation. Ive been counseled to be brief and so with that id like to introduce dr. Edna green medford. [ applause ] good evening. Id li...

Is the site where president lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. As he sat in a theater with a play running. The play running at the time was our american cousin. President lincoln died the next day across the street at the peterson boardling house. Fords is now a working theater as well as a National Historic site. He current play running is 110 in the shade. While we wait, lets take a ook at todays speakers. Lincoln, African Americans, and the emancipation struggle. And 35 the book lincoln the problem of reconstruction. There will be a midday break for lunch at approximately 1 55 p...

Receiving an award this afternoon and will be unable to participate in the Panel Discussion during the afternoon session. Therefore, it is important to get your questions in early because she is going off to receive the womens history award from the Northern Virginia District Of Columbia maryland affiliate of the National Association of negro business and professional women. [applause] i came to know dr. Medford through a predecessor of hers at howard, lorraine williams, who wrote a book about wrote an article about intellectuals who campaigned for lincoln. Among the people she mentioned was m...

Discussion during the afternoon session. Therefore, it is important to get your questions in early because she is going off to receive the womens history award from the Northern Virginia District Of Columbia maryland affiliate of the National Association of negro business and professional women. [applause] i came to know dr. Medford through a predecessor of hers at howard, lorraine williams, who wrote a book about wrote an article about intellectuals who campaigned for lincoln. Among the people she mentioned was my great uncle, general thomas osborne. Through searching that out, i got to know ...

The civil war. He discusses topics such as, how intelligence was used during the war and why they are so few primary source documents on civil war era intelligence gathering. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this event. It is a little under two hours. He is a historian with the Central Intelligence agency. He joined the u. S. Government in 1986 as a staff historian at the army center of military history, where he served for 14 years before he joined the cia. During his time with the agency he also served in rotational assignments as deputy and chief historian at the National Reconnaissance of...