Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Westminster Village, 1120 E. Davis Drive, Terre Haute, 1.30-3 PM
Speaker: Dr. Chris Olsen, Indiana State University Professor of History
What factors affected Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation? What was the role in the larger context of the Civil War? These questions will be the focus of this program.
These events took place off campus during the exhibit.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Allen Chapel, 224 Crawford Street, Terre Haute, 5.30-7 PM
Speaker: Marlene Lu, Indiana Freedom Trails
Indiana was a vital part of the freedom trail for those fleeing slavery. How and where did they go? We'll explore the routes of the Underground Railroad through West Central Indiana and meet a few of the Hoosiers who helped along the way.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Vigo County Public Library, Main Branch, Room D, 7-8.30 PM
Speaker: Gary Daily, ISU Emeritus Professor
African-American history is a deep reservoir of inspiring and enlightening stories. This lecture-discussion will examine the roles played by three important Black leaders at the turn of the 20th century. This was a time (not so long ago in generational terms) that many historians see as the low point in post-slavery race relations. Against great forces, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois and Henry McNeil Turner formulated strategies and utilized tactics designed to combat, survive and triumph over the forces of legalized segregation and brutal racism facing African Americans and all Americans during this era in our history.