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Event | Lectures and Symposia The Bulwark of Freedom: African-American Members of Congress During Reconstruction

  • Thursday, September 17, 2020

    03:00 pm - 04:00 pm EDT

  • This event will be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. It will be available for viewing afterwards in the Library's Event Videos collection.

  • Online Only

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The Law Library of Congress and the Library of Congress Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement are excited to announce our annual Constitution and Citizenship Day event , "The Bulwark of Freedom: African-American Members of Congress and the Constitution During Reconstruction." This year's lecture will be an online event and will be presented by Michael J. Murphy, a historical publication specialist in the Office of the Historian for the U.S. House of Representatives. He earned his Ph.D. in U.S. history from Stony Brook University in New York. To register for this lecture, please visit our Eventbrite page.