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McManis Lecture: "Lincoln, The Emancipation, and Education"
Date: February 27, 2013
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Dr. Burton
Event 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.
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.
