THE CUNY ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES
(AN AFFILIATE OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE)
WILL PRESENT THE ABE EISENSTADT LECTURE ON AMERICAN HISTORY
SPEAKER: PROFESSOR JIM DOWNS
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
on
DYING TO BE FREE: THE HEALTH CONDITIONS OF FORMER ENSLAVED PEOPLES DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
(Professor Downs’ well received book explored the extraorinary health crisis experienced by freed peoples in the era of the civil war and reconstruction)
at the
GRADUATE SCHOOL – CUNY
365 Fifth Ave at 34th Street
THURSDAY MARCH 7, 2013
6:30 P.M.
ROOM C198
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC