Lincoln & King's Unfinished Work
The Norman Lear Center was pleased to be a co-convener for the Los Angeles Abraham Lincoln National Town Hall, part of a series of national events celebrating the life and legacy of our 16th American president. Andy Anderson, chief historian, Wells Fargo & Company; actor Richard Dreyfuss; Assemblymember Warren T. Furutani, (CA-55th); Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.; historian and Professor Emeritus, Claremont McKenna College, Henry V. Jaffa; Reverend Eric P. Lee, president and chief executive officer, SCLC-LA; playwright Suzan-Lori Parks; Dr. Darlene Robles of the Los Angeles County Office of Education; writer/director Gary Ross; Tom Schwartz, Illinois state historian; and Ronald C. White, historian and author of A. Lincoln discussed President Lincoln's significant role in expanding the nation's definitions of freedom and equality of opportunity and Dr. Martin Luther King's work in that tradition. Motivational speaker Stedman Graham moderated.

Sunday, January 17, 2010 :: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

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