The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will host historian Jeremi Suri on October 12 at 6:30 p.m. Suri will speak about the struggles for justice and unity in the aftermath of Lincoln’s death. He argues in his most recent book, “Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy,” that America remains trapped in “the long shadow of a civil war that still has not ended.”
His presentation begins at 6:30 on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Presidential Museum’s Union Theater. It will also be available online. To reserve a seat or get Zoom access, visit the Events section of the ALPLM’s website, www.PresidentLincoln.Illinois.gov.
Educators who attend the event and complete an Illinois State Board of Education survey will receive 1.5 continuing professional development units.
Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author and editor of eleven books on contemporary politics and foreign policy and hosts the podcast “This Is Democracy.”
