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Edna Greene Medford, Ph.D., Vice President of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, and professor emeritus at Howard University will be the featured guest for the CCSE Conversation with Brian Lamb.
C-SPAN Founder and Edna Greene Medford, Ph.D., Howard University, discuss African American history, US Presidents, the Civil War and Reconstruction.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Edna Greene Medford, Ph.D., Vice President of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, and professor emeritus at Howard University will be the featured guest for the CCSE Conversation with Brian Lamb.
The CCSE Conversation with Brian Lamb, hosted by the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Purdue, will take place on April 5, 2023, in Fowler Hall located in Purdue University’s Stewart Center. Doors open at 6:30 PM and the event will begin at 7:00 PM. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended.
During this hourlong talk C-SPAN founder, Brian Lamb, and Medford will explore thought-provoking insights on African American history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and US Presidents including Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. Medford will also share from her upcoming book, TRAIL: An African American Family’s Generational Pursuit of Justice and Equality in the Nineteenth Century which uncovers the struggles and triumphs of William Trail as he escaped enslavement in the South and navigated the judicial system to find freedom in Indiana.
Medford, widely regarded as a leading expert on African American history, President Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, and Reconstruction, has regularly appeared on C-SPAN and been featured in several documentaries including the recent History Channel series Abraham Lincoln. During her 35 years as a professor of history at Howard University, Medford served as the Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs, Interim Dean of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Chair of the Department of History, and the Department of History’s Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Programs. She was also awarded the Distinguished Faculty Medal in 2021.
In addition to her work at Howard University, Medford has written and edited numerous books, articles, and book chapters. Medford is the Vice President of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and a member of the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Forum. She previously served as the Director of History for New York’s African American Burial Ground. In recognition of her scholarship on President Lincoln, Medford was awarded the Order of Lincoln by the state of Illinois.
This CCSE Conversation with Brian Lamb is sponsored by the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement, Brian Lamb School of Communication, and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Purdue.
For more information contact Andrea Langrish, Managing Director, Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement at centerforcspan@purdue.edu.
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