Abraham Lincoln

Carl Moneyhon, a professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a specialist in the history of the American Civil War and the South, will discuss Abraham Lincoln, the Constitution, and Public Opinion at 6:30 p.m. today (Dec. 9) at the Main Library's Darragh Center, 100 Rock St., Little Rock.

The lecture is held in conjunction with Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, a traveling exhibition that opened at the CALS Main Library Dec. 1. The exhibit examines how President Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the Civil War: the secession of Southern states, slavery, and wartime civil liberties.

The traveling exhibition, composed of panels featuring photographic reproductions of original documents (including a draft of Lincoln's first inaugural speech, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment) is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center that's touring the United States. 

A reception will follow the lecture. Admission is free. To RSVP e-mail mmurray@cals.org or call (501) 918-3032.

For more information call Susan Hill Gele at (501) 918-3086.