Influencing Lincoln: The Pursuit of Black Freedom
Category: Event Calendar
Dates and Times for this Past Event
- Saturday, Jun 24, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Friday, Jun 23, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Monday, Jun 19, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Sunday, Jun 18, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Saturday, Jun 17, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Friday, Jun 16, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Thursday, Jun 15, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Wednesday, Jun 14, 2023 10am - 5pm
- Tuesday, Jun 13, 2023 10am - 5pm
Location
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
650 West Washington Street
Details
“Influencing Lincoln: The Pursuit of Black Freedom,” an exhibit that explores the Black community’s fight for freedom and equal rights during and after the Civil War at the national level and in Indiana, opens March 18-Oct. 29 at the Indiana State Museum.
Visitors will learn how members of the Black community – national figures like Frederick Douglass or people in his immediate circle – influenced Abraham Lincoln as he moved toward ending slavery and advocating for greater rights. And they’ll see rare historic documents that resulted from this movement: the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment.
“Influencing Lincoln” covers the years 1861-1875, from the beginning of Lincoln’s presidency to the passage of the 1875 Civil Rights Act, which guaranteed all citizens, regardless of color, access to accommodations, theatres, public schools, churches, and cemeteries.
The exhibit is free with museum admission, which is $17 for adults, $16 for seniors, $12 for children and $5 for current college students with an Indiana school ID. For more information, call 317-232-1637.
