please join me again in thanking lucas morrell. the target american history tvs coverage of the lincoln forum continues but we hope that this afternoon's panel lincoln and african americans with our four distinguished panelists will give you a lot to chat about in your lines. so we will be a ble to learn from michelle crowell, who is the civil war and reconstruction specialist in the manuscript division at the library of congress where she oversees the papers of presidents from james k polk to theodore roosevelt. she

please join me again in thanking lucas morrell. the target american history tvs coverage of the lincoln forum continues but we hope that this afternoon's panel lincoln and african americans with our four distinguished panelists will give you a lot to chat about in your lines. so we will be a ble to learn from michelle crowell, who is the civil war and reconct

it is my pleasure to introduce to you this morning my friend lucas morrell. lucas morell is the john k boardman jr. professor of politics at washington and lee university where he has taught since 1999. he is the author or editor of five books including lincoln's sacred effort defining religion's role in american self-government.

it is my pleasure to introduce to you this morning my friend lucas morrell. lucas morell is the john k boardman jr. professor of politics at washington and lee university where he has taught since 1999. he is the author or editor of five books including lincoln's sacred effort defining religion's role in american self-government. and lincoln and liberty wisdom for the ages. i was looking for reviews of the book and i found one. excuse me. i found one by harold holzer in civil war history. and this is what he said. the research is solid throughout the writing sterling morell has assembled a collection no lincoln scholar or serious student can afford to be without. his most recent book. is lincoln and the american founding? which is a fantastic book. and i highly recommend that you buy it at the gift shop. he'll be speaking about it today. please join me in welcoming lucas morrell. good morning. thank you john and also obviously harold and pat and all the folks who moved mountains to get this thing going with us in person today. you're going to keep hearing that

it is my pleasure to introduce to you this morning my friend lucas morrell. lucas morell is the john k boardman jr. professor of politic

it is my pleasure to introduce to you this morning my friend lucas morrell. lucas morell is the john k boardman jr. professor of politics at washington and lee university where he has taught since 1999. he is the author or editor of five books including lincoln's sacred effort defining

but first historian lucas morrell talks about the impact the founding fathers had on the 16th president. good morning. that was great. good morning. my name is jonathan white and i am the vice chair of the lincoln

please join me again in thanking lucas morrell. e lincoln forum continues but we hope that this afternoon's panel lincoln and african americans with our four distinguished panelists will give you a lot to chat about in your lines. so we will be a ble to learn from michelle crowell, who is the civil war and reconstruction specialist in the manuscript division at the library of congress where she oversees the papers of presidents from james k polk to theodore roosevelt. she author of several articles in book chapters on lincoln and the civil war and she serves on the board of the abraham lincoln association. she's president of the abraham lincoln institute in a secretary of the lincoln forum executive committee. edna green medford is well known remember i did my totals up of lincoln forums and edna is certainly the female winner of coming to the lincoln forum. she's a professor of history and associate provost at howard university the author of lincoln and emancipation and author with harold holzer and frank williams of the emancipat