Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture
Time: 7:30 pm (EDT) - 9:00 pm (EDT)
The Reconstruction Amendments: 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed after the Civil War to help African Americans achieve economic and political equality. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, the 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S., and the 15th Amendment gave Black males including formerly enslaved individuals the right to vote. The Reconstruction Amendments are still relevant today, and some say they relate to current debates about voting rights, mass incarceration, and economic opportunities.
Registration required. Registration closes one half-hour prior to lecture.
Cost: Free
The presentation is free of charge for the public due to the generous sponsorship of
The Maryland Council for Civic & History Education!
Can’t watch the lecture live? The lecture will be recorded! All registrants will receive a link to the recording of the lecture to watch at their convenience for two weeks. Live closed captioning is available for all lectures.
This lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register, please check your Spam folder, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer, visit the Zoom website.
About Our Presenters:
Dr. Lester Brooks, Emeritus professor of American history at Anne Arundel Community College, earned a PhD in American history at the University of Michigan, a master’s degree from Howard University, and a bachelor’s degree at Indiana University. Dr. Brooks has served as a beloved history educator and consultant with the Maryland State Department of Education for over 30 years. He continues to lecture for the Maryland Civic & History Education’s “We the People” summer institutes, and is a state and national “We the People…the Citizen and the Constitution” judge. He is a constitutional scholar at the Center for Civic Education working most recently on Civil Discourse: An American Legacy Toolkit.
Dr. Marcie Taylor-Thoma, Maryland Council for Civic & History Education, coordinated social studies instruction, curriculum, assessment, policy, and professional development programs for over twenty years at the Maryland State Department of Education in Baltimore. Taylor-Thoma taught secondary social studies in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland for ten years before her tenure in state education. She recently retired to the Maryland Council for Civic and History Education where she coordinates history and civic programs such as the History Teacher of the Year, “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution,” the James Madison Legacy Program in Maryland, and international democracy programs in Russia and Armenia. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Historic Annapolis.
The information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis, Inc.