KINGSTON, Jamaica – On the heels of the just commemorated Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, the U.S. Embassy in Kingston is pleased to welcome to Jamaica Lincoln scholar and author Professor Michael Burlingame.
A Professor of History Emeritus at Connecticut College and a critically acclaimed writer, Burlingame will be in Jamaica from March 30th to April 1, 2009, for a number of speaking engagements on such topics as “The Lincoln-Obama Connection,” “A Legacy of Freedom, a Promise of Change: Lincoln and Obama” and “Lincoln and Obama: From Emancipation Proclamation to the First African American President.”
The professor will conduct a lecture at the University of the West Indies, Mona, on March 31 as well as a public forum at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 30.
On April 1, he will travel to western Jamaica where he will speak at the Hanover Public Library in Lucea at 3:00 p.m. and at the Montego Bay Community College at 5:30 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
