“font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #221e1f;”>On Thursday, February 16 at 7 p.m., the National Archives at St. Louis will feature a panel discussion titled “font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Emancipation Proclamation 150 Years: Pre and Post “font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #221e1f;”>.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>This event will take place at the “font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>new National Archives facility at 1 Archives Drive (1829 Dunn Road), St. Louis, MO, 63138 (next to Hazelwood East Middle School on Dunn Road).
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>A panel of distinguished scholars will examine moments in history leading up the Emancipation Proclamation’s passage, response to the measure, strides in education since 1863 and Jackie Robinson’s court martial.
“font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Panelists, in presentation order:
Louis
S. Gerteis, University of Missouri,
“font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;”>will examine the border states, which were exempted from the Emancipation Proclamation, and Lincoln’s plan for compensated emancipation in the Border States and on emancipation in the Border States.
James
A. Vincent Sr., St. Louis African American History and Genealogy
Society,
“font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;”>will discuss African American response to the Emancipation Proclamation.
“font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Priscilla A. Dowden-White, University of Missouri St. Louis “font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;”>will examine efforts by former slaves to obtain an education in her paper, “Educating Missouri’s Black Citizenry from Emancipation to Brown.”
Gerald
Early, Washington University
“font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;”>, will examine Jackie Robinson’s court marital and explore how Robinson’s activism impacts the larger struggle for civil rights.
Bonita
Cornute, Fox 2 News broadcast journalist,
will moderate
the evening’s panel and field questions from the audience.
Â
“font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”> Documented Rights “font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;”>Â
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>This program, which is free and open to the public, is held in conjunction with Documented Rights, an exhibition that showcases milestone documents (facsimiles) drawn from National Archives holdings to illustrate this nation’s “font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>continuing process of defining human and civil rights.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>Among the many historical records featured, visitors will find documents (facsimiles) from the landmark Brown v. Board of Education court case, Jackie Robinson’s court marital by the U.S. Army for refusing to give up his seat on a bus, James Meredith’s battle to enroll in the University of Mississippi and a host of historic documents from our St. Louis holdings as well as 14 other National Archives locations from around the country. Â
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>The Documented Rights exhibit comes with a website that contains historical summaries and images of the documents featured in the exhibit. Here’s the link:
“http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights/”>http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/documented-rights/ . At the website page, all you need to do is click the box that reads “enter exhibit.” The St. Louis exhibition starts with section three titled This Land Is Your Land and includes the following sections: A Change is Going to Come, We Shall Overcome and a special section created exclusively by St. Louis archivist Corey Stewart titled Holding the Line. This last section contains documents and images that chronicle historic moments from James Meredith’s horrific struggle to enroll in the University of Mississippi in 1962.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:”>The Documented Rights exhibit runs through May 31 at the National Archives at St. Louis’ new facility (online exhibit at The exhibit is open “font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Monday – Friday (except Federal holidays) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For special tours call Wanda Williams at 314-801-9313 or e-mail
“mailto:wanda.williams@nara.gov”>
“text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;”>wanda.williams@nara.gov
