- Series
- Lincoln as a social prophet
- Air Date
- 1968-07-01
- Duration
- 00:29:34
- Episode Description
- Episode 4: Some of us may have the belief that Abraham Lincoln hardly could have been a freedom fighter. Certainly he was not the type of activist we associate today with the word “freedom fighter.” Nevertheless, in a most profound way, the rights of all men everywhere was an idea he warmly nurtured. Lincoln delivered at least three addresses in 1858 on what is often called “the house divided issue,” that is, our nation could not exist long being half slave and half free. This program features his July 17th speech at the Springfield Illinois statehouse.
- Series Description
- A series of readings from letters and speeches by Abraham Lincoln, prepared and delivered by Marvin Ceynar, speech instructor at Northern Illinois University.
- Subject(s)
- Creator(s)
- WNIC (Producer)Northern Illinois University (Producer)
- Contributors
- Genre(s)
- Geographic Region(s)
- regions
- Time Period
- 1961-1970
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