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SUMMARY:Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation
LOCATION:Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library\nCharles E. Beatley Jr. Ce
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DESCRIPTION:Zaakir Tameez examines Sumner’s legacy and his role in 
 guiding the nation from slavery to freedom while advancing citizenship\, v
 oting rights\, and equal protection during Reconstruction..\nhttps://alexa
 ndria.libnet.info/event/17617444
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us to explore the life and legacy of 
 Charles Sumner\, the unsung hero of the Civil War and Reconstruction with 
 biographer Zaakir Tameez. Charles Sumner is known as the abolitionist stat
 eman who suffered a brutal caning on the Senate floor by the proslavery co
 ngressman Preston Brooks in 1856. This violent episode has obscured Sumner
 &rsquo\;s status as the most passionate champion of equal rights and multi
 racial democracy of his time. A friend of Alexis de Tocqueville\, an ally 
 of Frederick Douglass\, and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln\, Sumner helped 
 the Union win the Civil War and ordain the Emancipation Proclamation\, the
  Thirteenth Amendment\, the Freedmen&rsquo\;s Bureau\, and the Civil Right
 s Act of 1875.</p>\n<p>In a comprehensive narrative\, Zaakir Tameez presen
 ts Sumner as one of America&rsquo\;s forgotten founding fathers\, a consti
 tutional visionary who helped to rewrite the post-Civil War Constitution a
 nd give birth to modern civil rights law. He explores Sumner&rsquo\;s crit
 ical partnerships with the nation&rsquo\;s first generation of Black lawye
 rs and civil right leaders\, whose legal contributions to Reconstruction h
 ave been overlooked for far too long. Through historical and constitutiona
 l scholarship\, Zaakir brings back to life Charles Sumner\, one of America
 &rsquo\;s most inspiring statesmen.&nbsp\; His formidable ideas remain rel
 evant to a nation still today.</p>\n<p>Zaakir Tameez is a scholar of antit
 rust and constitutional law. A graduate of Yale Law School and the Univers
 ity of Virginia\, he clerked for Judge Jill Pryor on the Eleventh Circuit.
  His book\, <em>Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation</em>\, was the winn
 er of the 2026 Cooley Prize\, an annual award for the best book on constit
 utional law given by the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. Born and 
 raised in Houston\, Texas\, he now practices commercial litigation in New 
 York City.</p>\n<p>Light refreshments will be served.</p>\nhttps://alexand
 ria.libnet.info/event/17617444
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