Emancipation Nation: Constitution Day Panel Discussion
Description:
In celebration of Constitution Day, the National Endowment for the Humanities (www.neh.gov) will host a panel of renowned Civil War scholars at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (AmericanHistory.si.edu) for a performance and discussion about emancipation. They will be joined by a live audience of 200 students from Washington, D.C. area colleges and universities. The conversation features University of Richmond President Edward L. Ayers moderating historians Eric Foner (Columbia University), Thavolia Glymph (Duke University), Gary Gallagher (University of Virginia) and Christy Coleman (American Civil War Center). The historians will recreate the national scene and the dilemmas facing Americans on Sept. 22, 1862 without drawing on their knowledge of what would unfold over the next few months and years. Perspectives from the White House, enslaved people from the South, military personnel, Frederick Douglass, Northern free blacks, and their allies will be highlighted in this presentation. Presented in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Humanitieslitary personnel, Frederick Douglass, Northern free blacks, and their allies will be highlighted in this presentation.
Video Duration:
1 hr 51 min 1 sec
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