Events

Merle Curti Lecture Series: "Writing the Life of Frederick Douglass: Why and Why Now?"

October 26

David Blight will give the annual Merle Curti Lectures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 26-28. His lectures will include "Childhood of 'Extremes' and 'Baltimore Dreams': Slave Youth" on October 26; "'By the Rivers of Babylon': Words, the Bible, and the the Mid-Life Radical" on October 27; and "'Joys and Sorrows' at Cedar Hill: Old Age, Family, and Fame" on October 28.

For more information: http://www.davidwblight.com/david-w-blight-slavery-civil-rights-events/2016/9/10/38qvhago7fbnuq6hhv3g84tgfugzck

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Civil War Commemoration (National Park Service, Ford's Theatre, Washington DC)

January 08, 2000 in Speeches •

Mr. Blight was part of a Civil War Symposium hosted by the National Park Service. He spoke about the National Park Service’s role in interpreting and preserving facts about the Civil War.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?157013-1/civil-war-commemoration