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Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Human Rights Legacy of Emancipation

Carolina Public Humanities

presents

a special Juneteenth Seminar

featuring Susanna Lee, William Sturkey, and Brandi Brimmer

This seminar has both in person and virtual registration options and runs from 9:15 am to 3:45 pm on Saturday, June 18.

Topics include:

The Civil War and the Struggle for Black Citizenship

Susanna Lee, Associate Professor of History, North Carolina State University

The Reconstruction Amendments and Voting Rights: Then and Now

William Sturkey, Associate Professor of History

Black Women’s Fight for Civil War Pensions in the Post-Emancipation South

Brandi C. Brimmer, Associate Professor and Morehead-Cain Alumni Scholar in African, African American and Diaspora Studies

REGISTRATION: Tuition for in-person attendance is $125, optional lunch $20.  Tuition for virtual viewing is $75.  For more information on GAA, teacher, and student discounts, or to register, visit humanities.unc.edu/summer2022/.