Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
March 18 – April 30, 2010 in Moye Library
Moye Library is one of sixty-three libraries that has been selected to host a new tour of “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation.”
How was it that a nation founded on ideals of freedom and equality was also, from its birth, home to slavery?
This traveling exhibit looks for answers to this question by tracing Abraham Lincoln’s gradual transformation of his views on slavery. This exhibition explores a series of reproductions of historical documents and period photographs of the events and ideas in Lincoln’s life that ultimately led to his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
*The Exhibit will be Available During Normal Library HoursSchedule of Events
Moye Library is hosting a series of programs related to the Civil War and to the exhibit.
The lectures and book discussion will be held in the Video Conference Room off of the central lobby of the library.
*All Events are Free and Open to the Public
Opening Reception -- with Civil War era music performed by
Mount Olive College students as directed by Dr. Melanie Crump
Sunday, March 21, 2010 • 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lincoln: The Formative Years -- Lecture by Dr. Richard Kennedy
Monday, March 22, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
Lincoln as a Political Leader -- Lecture by Mr. Ken Dilda
Monday, March 29, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
Lincoln as a War Leader -- Lecture by Dr. Alan Lamm
Monday, April 5, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
Lincoln’s Legacy -- Lecture by Dr. Jerry Sheppard
Monday, April 12, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
The Killer Angels -- Book Discussion led by Dr. Linda Holland-Toll
Monday, April 19, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
Stories from the Underground Railroad -- Talk by Ms. Meltonia Loretta Young
Monday, April 26, 2010 • 7:00 p.m
“Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” has been organized by the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City, in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. This exhibition was made possible by major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, promoting excellence in the humanities, and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, created by Congress and charged with planning the national celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday. The Stories from the Underground Railroad presentation is made possible through a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council’s Road Scholars Speakers Bureau. The North Carolina Humanities Council is a nonprofit foundation and state affiliate for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Image courtesy of The Huntington Library and the American Literacy Association.
