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Description
The Exodus narrative has long been invoked in the American struggle for abolition, civil rights, and multiracial democracy. Charles Sumner was an abolitionist statesman, advisor to Abraham Lincoln and, until now, one of America's forgotten fathers of the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution.
With extraordinary historical and constitutional scholarship, biographer Zaakir Tameez paints a vivid and affecting portrait that speaks with poignancy to our ongoing American struggles over race, democracy, and constitutional law. Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation will be published by Holt this June.
In conversation with Rabbi Karol, Mr. Tameez will illuminate Sumner's connection to the Passover story and share his scholarly journey to reclaiming this unsung hero of the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
Date & Time
Mon, Apr 7, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Venue Details
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
7 West 83rd StreetNew York, New York 10024
