HIST 11F25 OL - Parallel Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
Course Description
Parallel Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass (ONLINE)
For Abraham Lincoln it was a matter of maximizing within himself the balance between two contradictory ideas – (1) that we must talk and reach for common understandings or (2) at times we must act nonetheless, as if we are certain.
For Frederick Douglass he felt that the best he could do in the face of our history was to remind himself that it has not always been the pragmatist, the voice of reason, or the force of compromise that has created the conditions for liberty. He recognized that power would concede nothing without a fight.
*Link will be emailed to you a few days before class begins.
Tue. 10/7-10/28 11 am-12:45 pm ONLINE
Instructor: Dr. Herb Weinstein Sessions: 4
Herbert Weinstein, Ph.D. received his B.S. from Tufts University and a Ph.D. and Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton University in Chemical Engineering. After a 32-year career in industry and as a private consultant doing oilfield research, adjunct teaching at colleges and private tutoring, he chose to enter secondary education. Herb taught math at all levels and fundamentals of computer programming at Yavneh Academy, The Hockaday School and Parish Episcopal School and is now retired after 13 years of secondary education. “I did some great things in industry, but I feel that as a teacher, I have done even greater things; making a major difference in the lives of my students-students of all ages!”