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ALBC National Town Hall Series - Miami Theme: "Lincoln, Miami and the American Dream" A Socratic dialogue, working from a “case study” reflecting on the lessons of Lincoln’s life and words for Greater Miami. Interlocutor: Channel 4 anchorman Antonio Mora. The ALBC Town Hall Series is inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s beliefs in the undeniable civic and human rights of all people and his efforts to build an equal opportunity society. Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center
Knight Concert Hall
1300 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132 4:00 - 6:00 PM Free and open to the public
Follow us on @lincoln200yrs Panelists to date: - Carlos Alvarez, Miami-Dade Mayor
- Alberto Carvalho, Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent
- Dr. Marvin Dunn, Professor
- Alberto Ibarguen, Knight Foundation
- Cheryl Little, Florida Immigrant and Advocacy Center
- Gepsie Metellus, Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center
- Ruth Shack, former head of the Dade Community Foundation
- Dr. Darden Pyron, 19th century American history professors, Florida International University
- Dr. Donald Spivey, University of Miami.
Other highlights: - Speaker: Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the W.E.B. Dubois Institute for African and African American Research, at Harvard University. He is the editor of the recently published book, “Lincoln on Race & Slavery.”
- Music: The 60-member Ambassador Chorale of Florida Memorial University and the 60-member orchestra at the New World School of the Arts. Music will be of the Lincoln era. The program will include an excerpt from Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait,” with Alonzo Mourning as the narrator.
- Memorabilia and ephemera from Abraham Lincoln’s years – part of the collection of Miami philanthropist Norman Braman.
- October 22, 2009 - The President and the Abolitionist: An Evening with Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass
Tickets FREE, but distributed through the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, beginning in early September. A reception follows from from 6:30-8 pm at the Freedom Tower and features music from Lincoln's era as well as drinks and light refreshments. More information on the Miami Town Hall. Freedom Tower Exhibit The Henry Ford Museum in Michigan will loan to Miami Dade College the following items, which will be exhibited at the Freedom Tower during the reception following the Town Hall meeting: - Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Nathan Sargent Regarding 1860 Republican Party Platform, June 23, 1859
- Abraham Lincoln Campaign Medallion, 1860
- Republican Ballot from Massachusetts for the 1860 Presidential Election
- Election Ballot, Freeman's Ticket, 1861
- Stephen Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson Campaign Button, 1860
- John C. Breckenridge and Joseph Lane Campaign Button, 1860
- John Bell Campaign Medal, 1860
- Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin Campaign Button, 1860
- Life Cast of Abraham Lincoln's Right Hand
- Book My Bondage and My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass
Co-conveners: Dave Lawrence, former publisher of the Miami Herald, chairs the group 
The ALBC Town Hall Series is made possible with support from the Fetzer Institute.  <<< Return to the Town Halls home page |
