JMC fellow Jonathan W. White has recently written a book, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House. It's due for release in February 2022.

JMC fellow Jonathan W. White has recently co-edited My Work among the Freedmen, the letters of a teacher from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.

JMC fellow Jonathan White has written an article for Smithsonian Magazine on Abraham Lincoln and his feelings toward slavery and racial equality.

JMC faculty partner Peter Myers has written a piece for RealClear Public Affairs' s 1776 Series on Frederick Douglass and American identity politics.

On October 23, 2020, the Tocqueville Forum at the University of Houston, a JMC partner program, will host JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola to speak on his book, The Fire is Upon Us.

On September 29, 2020, the Constitutional Studies Program at Notre Dame, a JMC partner program, will host JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola to speak on his book, The Fire is Upon Us.

JMC fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a piece for Civil War History on conservatism, popular sovereignty, and Civil War politics.

Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818 on the eastern shore of Maryland. He is remembered as one of the greatest figures in the American antislavery movement.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He is best known for his immense impact in leading our nation through a civil war and for ultimately abolishing slavery.

Explore these articles, commentaries, and resources on the African-American experience in honor of Black History Month.

January 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On October 15, 2019, the John Dickinson Forum at George Fox University, a JMC partner program, is hosting JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola to speak on his new book, The Fire is Upon Us.

JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola has written a new book, The Fire is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America. It comes out in October 2019.

On August 28, 2019, Busboys Books is hosting a conversation between JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola and Jonathan Rauch about Buccola's new book, The Fire is Upon Us.

JMC faculty partner Andrew Delbanco has won a 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his book, The War Before the War, which explores how fugitive slaves helped push the nation towards civil war.

JMC Fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a new book about the national Democratic Party, race, and the lasting conservatism of the 1840s and 1850s. It will be released in April 2019.