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Finding Antislavery Lincoln in Art

Part of the Looking for Lincoln Conversations live online events

Professor Peck will analyze four original art works made for the University of Illinois Springfield Making Our History:  Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies exhibit in 2022.  He will explain the historical background behind the paintings, and show how they reflect Lincoln’s powerful antislavery convictions and policies. 

Join us on Wednesday, February 1, at 7 PM for this live broadcast.

Graham A. Peck is the Wepner Distinguished Professor of Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield.  His scholarship has focused on antebellum Illinois, and particularly on the careers of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas.  He is the author of Making an Antislavery Nation:  Lincoln, Douglas, and the Battle over Freedom, which received the 2018 Russell P. Strange Memorial Book of the Year Award from the Illinois State Historical Society and was a finalist for the 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.

Viewers can watch and participate in this free live program on Wednesday, February 1, at 7 pm on the Looking for Lincoln YouTube and Facebook video channels.  Questions can be submitted by viewers during the event.

Reservations are not required, and there is no cost to view the program.

The program is recorded for viewing after the live premier, and is available on the Looking for Lincoln Facebook and YouTube video libraries.

“We are proud to host this series of Looking for Lincoln conversations,” says Sarah Watson, Executive Director of Looking for Lincoln.  “These live, digital programs cover a range of topics that depict the life and times of Abraham Lincoln in the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.  Few individuals have so profoundly influenced American history as did Abraham Lincoln.  Millions around the world are inspired by the story of Lincoln's rise from humble beginnings to President of the United States, his qualities of integrity and courage and his decisive leadership traits that carried a fragile nation through one of its most trying periods.”

These programs are free and broadcast live on Looking for Lincoln’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, and will end with a question and answer session with the virtual audience.

The Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition is the coordinating entity for the 43-county Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area.  It is a partnership of organizations and individuals dedicated to enhancing the communities and landscapes of central Illinois through recognition and support of their significant natural, cultural, and historical legacies.  Few individuals have so profoundly influenced American history as did Abraham Lincoln.  Millions around the world are inspired by the story of Lincoln’s rise from humble beginnings to President of the United States, his qualities of integrity and courage, and his decisive leadership – traits that carried a fragile nation through one of its most trying periods.

For more information about the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition and the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, go to www.lookingforlincoln.org.