Fighting for Freedom: The Civil War and Its Legacies

The A.R.T. of Human Rights—a collaboration between the American Repertory Theater & Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University—presented the conversation Fighting for Freedom: The Civil War and Its Legacies livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 8 February at 5:15 p.m. EST (New York) / 4:15 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 2:15 p.m. PST (San Francisco) / 22:15 GMT (London).

Harvard University Professor Timothy Patrick McCarthy (@DrTPM) hosts this conversation with:

Suzan-Lori Parks (@suzanloriparks), playwright, Father Comes Home From the Wars

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., (@HenryLouisGates) Alphonse University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center (@HutchinsCenter) for African & African American Research at Harvard University

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University.

In 2014/15, the American Repertory Theater and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School launched The A.R.T. of Human Rights, a groundbreaking collaboration that uses the arts and the humanities to explore some of the most pressing human rights issues of our time. With support from a Mass Humanities project grant, this new series features public conversations with leading artists, academics, and activists, as well as educational and artistic partnerships with local schools and organizations. Building on the Carr Center’s commitment to advancing human rights principles, and the A.R.T.’s mission to “expand the boundaries of theatre,” The A.R.T. of Human Rights is designed to foster a new model for community education, civic engagement, and creative expression. The A.R.T. of Human Rights is directed and hosted by Timothy Patrick McCarthy, award-winning Harvard faculty member and director of the Carr Center’s Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights Program.