“The Other Lincoln/Douglass Debate”
Philip Gould, Professor of English
Director of the American Seminar at Brown
Brown University
Thursday, February 9, 2006 7 – 8 p.m.
Lownes Room
John Hay Library
This talk will examine the relation between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass over troubling racial and political issues that arose during the Civil War, particularly treatment of black troops, colonization, and of course emancipation. It looks at Lincoln through the eyes of Douglass and African American leaders (and culture). It also considers the potential effect Douglass might have contributed to Lincoln’s views on race and on African Americans.
This lecture and the accompanying exhibit, “Broken Chains: Abraham Lincoln and the Legacy of Emancipation in the African American Experience , 1820-1920 “, are part of a series of special events held in conjunction with the traveling exhibition “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” sponsored by the Providence Public Library. The traveling exhibit has been organized by the Huntington Library and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in cooperation with the Public Programs Office of the American Library Association. The exhibition at the Providence Public Library will run through February 10, 2006 and has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Tours of the Lincoln Rooms will be available before the lecture from 6-7 p.m.
For more information contact Holly_Snyder@brown.edu