From March 22-May 3, The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society present an online speaker symposium focused on the life, career and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Join us on select days at 4 p.m. EDT as we live stream or watch the archive. You can watch the events on this web page, Facebook Live, YouTube or Twitter.

Speakers

Richard Blackett
The Issue of Fugitive Slaves and the Coming of the Civil War

H.W. Brands
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown and Abraham Lincoln

Carol Robert “C.R.” Gibbs
The Underground Railroad in Washington, D.C.

Lucas Morel
Lincoln, the Founding, and the Challenge of Self-Government

Tamika Y. Nunley
At the Threshold of Liberty: Black Women in Wartime Washington

David S. Reynolds
Lincoln and Popular Culture

Mark E. Steiner
Abraham Lincoln, Colonization and Black Citizenship

Ted Widmer
Lincoln on the Verge