February 15, 2017–Meeting No. 1456. “Writing the Life of Frederick Douglass: Lessons for Our Own Political Times”

Presented by David Blight, Professor of American History and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale University.   This meeting was devoted to a celebration African American History month. Before Professor Blight’s talk, Professor Brian Torff of Fairfield University directed the singing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”  Read more