In this brief video I discuss four recent books that complicate our understanding of the relationship between Lincoln and the Black community during the Civil War and how African Americans have grappled with Lincoln’s legacy over time.
Books Referenced
Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman, Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln (Univers…
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