Panel Discussion – The Lasting Consequences of the Civil War

Thursday, April 9 marked the 150th anniversary of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union forces under Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. In a special panel discussion, we’ll look back at the causes of the Civil War and its lasting consequences. Our panelists are Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, associate professor of history and African diaspora studies, University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Eric Walther, professor of U.S. history, University of Houston; and Dr. Allyson Hobbs, assistant professor of American history, Stanford.