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Dec 20, 2022 · The selections move from speeches to letters to book excerpts, mapping the changing contours of the bond--emotional and intellectual--between Lincoln and Black Americans over the span of one hundred and fifty years. A comprehensive and valuable reader, Knowing Him by Heart examines Lincoln’s still-evolving place in Black American thought.
- December 20, 2022
ISBN 9780252044687. Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on ...
HANNAH JOHNSON to Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo, New York, July 31, 1863 Download; XML “The Commander-in-Chief and His Black Soldiers,” August 1863 Download; XML; LEONARD A. GRIMES to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, August 21, 1863 Download; XML; JEREMIAH ASHER to Abraham Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1863 Download; XML
Apr 27, 2023 · Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.(GeoPappas/Getty Images) By M. D. Aeschliman. About M. D. Aeschliman. April 27, 2023 2:44 PM. Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln, edited ...
Apr 25, 2024 · The book Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln, edited by Fred Hord and Matthew Norman and part of the Knox College Lincoln Studies Center Series, is an outstanding volume that will benefit not only scholars but any American who takes the time to dip into these rich and varied documents. These professors spent more than a ...
Dec 20, 2022 · —Michael Burlingame, author of The Black Man’s President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality "No voice has been more important in speaking about Abraham Lincoln than the African American one. Yet, that voice has been often buried in obscure newspapers and magazines and long-forgotten collections of papers.
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln. Book. Edited by Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman. 2022. Published by: University of Illinois Press. View. summary. Winner of the 2024 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award. An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln.
