Class of ’65 Presents: Professor Emeritus Roger Lane on “150 Years After: The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln”
A full century and a half after his death, Americans still remember some major victories of Lincoln’s time in office—notably the elimination of slavery and the winning of the Civil War—but there was more to the man than those two political accomplishments. Professor Lane explores some of the many dimensions of Lincoln’s career, and our own American self-image, that justify his role as the greatest president in American history.