For a union ‘better than it was’
He helped write the first anti-lynching law, and served as lead attorney for Homer Plessy, the defendant in the 1896 segregation case Plessy v. Ferguson. Long forgotten, Albion Tourgée, Class of 1862, is attracting renewed attention for his work for racial equality in the post-Civil War South.
Witnessing history: Memories of the Lincoln assassination
On April 14, 1865, Albert Barrett, a member of the University’s Class of 1869, was in Ford’s Theater, celebrating his birthday two days before. His seat in the balcony box immediately opposite the president afforded him a clear view of events
Libraries commemorate 150th anniversary of Civil War
This journal was kept by William Carey Morey, a University of Rochester graduate who would later become a beloved professor and namesake of Morey Hall and who fought in the Battle of the Wilderness. River Campus Libraries is marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with a series of events commemorating the experiences of Rochester’s soldiers and citizens.
Rush Rhees Library exhibit spotlights ‘The Glory of Old Monroe: Rochester in the Civil War’
A new exhibit commemorates the experiences of Rochester’s soldiers and citizens, from national heroes to unsung drummer boys, prisoners of war, and local activists.
EVENT: Research Challenges in Civil War Historical Fiction Discussed
Anthony Giardina, an author and playwright, presents the Neilly Lecture, “The Novelist and the Historical Imagination.”