David Blight, along with Edna Greene Medford (Howard University), Eric Foner (Columbia University) and Harold Holzer (moderator) will discuss the transformative post-Civil War era and its impact on the course of American history in continued commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Reconstruction.

This event is part of the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series “The Legacy of Reconstruction” and will take place in the Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 on Saturday, February 11th, 2017, 9:30am–11:00am.

For more information about this event: http://www.nyhistory.org/programs/legacy-reconstruction

For more information about the New-York Historical Society: http://www.nyhistory.org/