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WHAT: The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies will host the 22nd annual Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture, focusing on “Lincoln and Political Conflict.” The lecture is free and open to the public.
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12
WHERE: UIS Student Union Ballroom, 2251 Richard Wright Drive, Springfield
22nd Annual Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series: Lincoln and Political Conflict
On Thursday, September 12, 2024, the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies in partnership with NPR Illinois presents the Mary and James Beaumont Endowed Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series featuring Steve Inskeep and Sarah E. Anderson speaking on the topic of Abraham Lincoln and Political Conflict.
The University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies, in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Juneteenth Inc., will host two events exploring the historical significance of Juneteenth and the struggle for Black citizenship in Illinois. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States, marking the day when news of their freedom reached Texas on June 19, 1865.
Freeish: A Discussion on Black Citizenship in the Land of Lincoln
Americans often connect citizenship with the idea that “all men are created equal,” and that everyone h
On Juneteenth with Annette Gordon-Reed
The Burlingame Editions from University of Nebraska Press
Student Conversation with Harold Holzer
UIS students are invite
Lincoln and American Immigration
University of Illinois Center for Lincoln Studies announced multiple significant achievements and upcoming events that will further illuminate the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
University of Illinois Springfield Center for Lincoln Studies Director Jacob K. Friefeld’s book, “The First Migrants: How Black Homesteaders’ Quest for Land and Freedom Heralded America’s Great Migration,” co-authored with Richard Edwards, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Book Prize.
Friefeld previously served as an Illinois and Midwest studies research historian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield before coming to UIS.