McManis Lecture: "Lincoln, The Emancipation, and Education"
Date and Time
Wednesday Feb 27, 2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CST
Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:30 ? 9:30pm
Location
This event will be held on the Wheaton College campus in room 339 of Blanchard Hall, located at 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187.
Fees/Admission
This lecture, co-sponsored by the History Department and the J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy at Wheaton College, is free and open to the public.
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Contact Information
For more information, e-mail history@wheaton.edu or call 630.752.5130.
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Description
2013 McManis Distinguished Lecturer Vernon Burton will deliver a lecture titled "Lincoln, The Emancipation Proclamation, and Education."
Dr. Burton is Distinguished Professor of History and Computer Science at Clemson University. A nationally recognized expert on the history of race relations in America, Professor Burton has been involved as an expert witness in more than 100 discrimination and voting rights cases across the past three decades. He is also the author of numerous books, including The Age of Lincoln (Hill and Wang, 2008), which won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Literary Award for Nonfiction.
In this lecture, Professor Burton will use the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation as an occasion to explore the significance of that critical milestone in history. Professor Burton will focus on the legacy of President Lincoln's understanding of liberty with particular attention to its implications for education. He reveals how the struggles of the newly freed people remind us that liberty requires education, and education demands liberty.
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