Thursday October 17, 2024, 7:00 PM – Reconstruction and the Moral Sense of the Nation

Follen Church Sanctuary, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA

Please register under events on the lexlyceum.org page. There is a suggested donation of $20, but attendance is free for Students, Teachers or anyone to whom a fee is a deterrent to attending.

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By Lexington Lyceum Advocates con-sponsored with Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL)

Dr. Robert A. Bellinger

A talk that will explore the significance of the Reconstruction era for understanding America’s past and as a window for examining issues in the present. A reception will follow Dr. Bellinger’s talk.

Robert Bellinger, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus in History Suffolk University. Dr. Bellinger is a public historian with a background in Black Studies and almost half a century of experience as an educator. He has served as a consultant and historian for documentary films, most notably the well-received documentary Birth of a Movement (2017). Dr. Bellinger has been engaged in public history projects at historic sites, monuments, and installations. Recently Dr. Bellinger completed a research project with the Lexington Historical Society on the history of Black people in Lexington 1690-1800, to expand the understanding and interpretation of the history of this Massachusetts community. A recent inductee into the Old Middlesex Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Dr. Bellinger also serves on several boards, including for the Robbins House in Concord, the Shirley-Eustis House in Roxbury, and Middleton Place in Charleston, South Carolina.