Eve Kahn, "Antiques" columnist for The New York Times, moderates a discussion on how we know what we know about black soldiers who fought in the Civil War with Ron Coddington, author of "African American Faces of War: An Album," Michele Gates Moresi of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Zoe Trodd, author of "Picturing Frederick Douglass: The Most Photographed American of the 19th Century, Wyatt H. Day, head of African Americana at Swann Auction Galleries, and BHS Director of Public History Julie Golia.
This public program took place on Wednesday, September 30, at Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn, NY. Visit our website to learn more: brooklynhistory.org/.