Professor Powers recently spoke to a group at the John L. Dart Library on King St. His lecture called ” A Nation Asunder: Slaves, Free blacks and the Origins of America’s Civil War” is part of the Lowcountry Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration which continues through April 2015.
“It is a real opportunity for Charleston and the rest of the nation to take stock of the meaning of the Civil War,” Powers said of the commemoration. Post & Courier March 15, 2011