Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & MediaDuration: 96 MinutesDate Posted: 3/31/2010
In this archived panel discussion, experts compare, contrast, and contextualize the relationships between President Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and President Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The content of the discussion includes comparison of the figures as orators, comparison of these historic figures to President Obama, and the personal and political constraints of the relationships between these figures.
This lecture is one in a series about issues that Abraham Lincoln faced as president that continue to confront the nation today.
Museum education
This hand-modeled and molded, unglazed red earthenware pitcher honors Frederick Douglass, "Slave ...
African American history, presidency, presidential, segregation, African-American, nineteenth century, African American History Month, Black, 1800, executive branch, politics, Black History, black history month, February, slavery, racism, 19th Century, African American, African-American History Month, civil rights
In this true story, young Grace Bedell writes to Abraham Lincoln and asks him to grow a beard so ...
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