Region\, Race and Memory: Inheriting the Civil War Topic of Humanities Tennessee Lecture
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On Februa ry 28\, Humanities Tennessee presents “Region\, Race\, and Memory: Inherit ing the Civil War” hosted by the Heritage Alliance at the Jonesborough Vis itor’s Center at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Daryl A. Carter from East Tennessee State University will lead the conversation as the scholar-facilitator.
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Throughout this program\, Dr. Carter uses excerpts of various te xts to facilitate conversation about the American Civil War and how we\, a s a society\, remember it. Do our identities reflect how we remember the Civil War\, and is the Civil War remembered differently by different peopl e? The two major pieces under discussion are Robert Penn Warren’s The Legacy of the Civil War and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?” Dr. Carter received his B.S. and M.A. at East Tenne ssee State University and his Ph.D. from The University of Memphis. He is an assistant professor of history at ETSU where he specializes in 20 th Century American History and 20th Century American Political Hist ory. Dr. Carter is currently working on two book projects\, President Clinton\, African Americans\, and The Politics of Race and Class\, a nd Liberalism in Winter: American Liberalism Since 1980.
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Humanities Tennessee nurtures the mutual respect and understandi ng essential to community by enabling Tennesseans to examine and criticall y reflect upon the narratives\, traditions\, beliefs\, and ideas — as expr essed through the arts and letters — that define us as individuals and par ticipants in community life. For more information about Humanities Tennes see and their programs\, visit humanitestennessee.org.
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The Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia is dedicated to the preservation of the architectural\, historical\, and c ultural heritage of our region and to providing educational experiences re lated to history and heritage for a wide range of audiences. For more inf ormation please call the Heritage Alliance at 423.753.9580 or contact the organization via email at info@herit ageall.org. Further information can also be found online at www.heritageall.org
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