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August 3

David Blight will discuss his new book, “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” (Simon & Schuster, October 2018) in the Menemsha Tent at the 2019 Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival on Martha’s Vineyard, MA, Sunday, August 4, 12:30pm. David Blight will also participate on the panel “Social Justice” with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Judge Richard Gergel about America's history of racism and racial inequality, the realities of African American identity in the current cultural landscape, and what can be done to promote social justice. This panel will take place on the grounds of the Chilmark Community Center, Saturday, August 3, , 12:00pm.

For more information about the event: http://mvbookfestival.com/

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David Blight on the Civil War in American Memory, (Harvard University Press Interview, Part 2)

January 18, 2011 in Interviews •

David W. Blight, Yale University Professor of History and author of "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," discusses the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Part 2 of 3.