Event Reminder: Law Day, Friday, May 1Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
Time: 1pm - 2:30pm
Location: Members' Room, Jefferson Bldg.
Contact: Barbara Moore, (
[email protected])
The Law Library of Congress and the Friends of the Law Library of Congress celebrate Law Day & the Emancipation Proclamation. What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Civil War? What inspired President Lincoln to undertake such a sweeping executive order in his first term? Did it have a broader effect on the slave trade throughout the Americas and Europe? These questions and many more will be discussed by Congressmen G.K. Butterfield and Jesse Jackson Jr., Dean Kurt Schmoke and Professor Emeritus Roger Wilkins, with congressional correspondent Kwame Holman moderating.
In addition to material from Rare Books on display, the Manuscripts division as well as Prints and Photographs will display material relating to slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation.
The event is free and open to the public but seating is very limited and advance reservations are suggested at (202) 707-9834,
[email protected].
For more information on Law Day, visit:
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/commemorative-observations/law-day.phpFor more information on Lincoln and the Law, visit:
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