FEBRUARY 12, 2008
Washington Journal

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with Harold Holzer Co-Chair, Sam Waterston Advisory Committee Member, Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Mr. Holzer & Mr. Waterson discuss special events in light of the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. C-SPAN and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission will collaborate over the course of the bicentennial years of 2008 and 2009. C-SPAN will cover a number of official events live - including today’s inaugural ceremonies at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (as well as produce our own programming looking at the life and career of Abraham Lincoln).

APRIL 15, 2007
A Conversation with John Hope Franklin Reflections on African American History and Abraham Lincoln

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with John Hope Franklin, Kurt Schmoke
John Hope Franklin is the "dean" of American historians and a 1995 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is the author of From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans, now in its seventh edition. His latest book, My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin, is an autobiography of his father that he edited with his son, John Whittington Franklin. He has served on several national commissions, including President Clinton’s Initiative on Race. Professor Franklin comments on his 50-year career teaching about Lincoln and African American history.

FEBRUARY 11, 2007
Roundtable on African-American Perspectives of Abraham Lincoln

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with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Guests inlcude Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., (member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission) Charles Branham, (University of Chicago Laboratory Schools) Dr. Adam Green, (Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, History, at New York University), Phil Harris, (partner, Jenner and Block), Hermene Hartman, (publisher, N'Digo), Cheryl Johnson Odim, (Provost & Vice President, Dominican University), Julieanna Richardson, (Executive Director, HistoryMakers), Jacqueline Stewart, (Associate Professor of Radio, TV & Film, Northwestern University), Dawn Turner Trice, (Columnist, Chicago Tribune), Kyle Westbrook, (Walter Payton College Prep.)

FEBRUARY 13, 2006
The Lincoln Family Album

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with Harold Holzer, Liam Neeson (actor), and Holly Hunter (actress)
Actors Liam Neeson and Holly Hunter portrayed Abraham and Mary Lincoln. The performance included the intimate letters and public speeches of the Lincolns together with photographs of the famous couple and their family displayed on a large screen. The program was narrated by Harold Holzer. The event capped a day of planning for the 16th president's 200th birthday in 2009 by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and it's Advisory Committee. The performance took place in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.

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