Nov. 8 panel discussion to conclude Kansas-Nebraska Act series
Released on 10/26/2004, at 2:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 8, 2004
WHERE: Warner Senate Chambers, Nebraska Capitol Building
The last of a four-part lecture series sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "Nebraska and the Kansas-Nebraska Act: Celebrating the Sesquicentennial, 1854-2004," will be Nov. 8 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Warner Senate Chambers of the Nebraska Capitol Building.
This last installment in the series will feature a panel of scholars who will each speak from the perspective of a prominent leader who was involved in the politics surrounding the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The panel will include historian James Rawley of UNL (emeritus), Phillip Paludan of the University of Illinois at Springfield, Tekla Johnson of Charlotte, N.C., and Kenneth Winkle, professor and chair of history at UNL. The figures portrayed will be Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglas and Alexander Stephens.
The event will conclude with an audience question-answer section and discussion among the panelists. The general public is invited and admission is free. For more information, please contact Winkle or Professor Margaret Jacobs at the UNL History Department, (402) 472-2414.
CONTACTS: Ken Winkle, Professor & Chair, History, (402) 472-2414; and
Margaret Jacobs, Assoc. Professor, History, (402) 472-2417