The Civil War and the Origin of Civil Rights

Version: Unabridged
Author: Eric Foner
Narrator: Eric Foner
Genres: History, Politics, United States, History, United States, Lectures, World Affairs, History, Civil Rights
Publisher: Chautauqua Institution/ The Great Lecture Library
Published In: N/A
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
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Overview

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, is one of this country's most prominent historians. He received his doctoral degree at Columbia under the supervision of Richard Hofstadter. He will speaking on The Civil War and the Origin of Civil Rights.

Author Details

Author Details

Foner, Eric

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Col"umbia University, is the author of numerous works on American history, including Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War; Tom Paine" and "Revolutionary America"; and "The Story of American Freedom". He has served as president of both the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association, and has been named Scholar of the Year by the New York Council for the Humanities.