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Recognizing an Imperfect Past: History, Memory and the American Public

June 12

David Blight will give the Keynote Lecture & Discussion: History and Memory on June 12th for the week-long NEH Summer Seminar for Teachers “Recognizing an Imperfect Past: History, Memory and the American Public” hosted by the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah, Georgia.

For more information: http://www.davidwblight.com/david-w-blight-slavery-civil-rights-events/2017/6/12/recognizing-an-imperfect-past-history-memory-and-the-american-public

The Charleston Forum on Race

June 16

On June 16, 2017, The Charleston Forum will host a discussion on the many issues currently facing Charlestonians, South Carolinians, and citizens all across the United States. As part of the official commemoration events of the losses suffered at Mother Emanuel in 2015, The Charleston Forum will shine a spotlight not only on the different perspectives on race dividing our country today but also on proposed steps forward. David Blight will take part in one of the forum’s conversations on “The Future of the Past.”

For more information: http://www.davidwblight.com/david-w-blight-slavery-civil-rights-events/2017/4/17/the-charleston-forum-on-race

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David Blight, Civil War Symposium (Transylvania University - Lexington, KY)

April 28, 2011 in Speeches •

David Blight, professor of American history at Yale University, speaks about the nature of Civil War memory in the border states by referencing moving passages in the work of Kentucky author and literary critic Robert Penn Warren.