The Age of Walt Whitman and the Moral Awakening of a Nation by Karl Fredrickson
School of Eurythmy 289 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThe Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed over four million enslaved people, but a deeper shift in American consciousness made it possible. This evening, we’ll explore how American literature, like Walt Whitman's poetry, and individuals like Laura Bridgman and Dorothea Dix, helped reshape ideas of human dignity. Their efforts laid the groundwork for later rights movements.
