The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Douglas Egerton, Professor of History, Le Moyne College, and co-winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, will speak on his new book “Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America” (Basic Books, 2016), on Tuesday, April 4 at 1:00 p.m. 102 Kirner-Johnson Building, Hamilton College. The lecture is free of cost and open to the public.

A reception and Leadership Dinner at the AHI will follow Professor Egerton’s appearance. Dr. Egerton is co-editor with AHI Executive Director Robert Paquette of “The Denmark Vesey Affair: A Documentary History” (University Press of Florida, 2017).