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Emancipation Day in Nodaway County with Dr. Elyssa Ford
4-5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21

Northwest Professor of History Dr. Elyssa Ford will discuss the history of Emancipation Day. The day was celebrated by African Americans across the United States to commemorate the end of slavery. These celebrations took place in Nodaway County between the 1880s and 1930s.

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Pursuit of Liberty Reading Group
Select Thursdays, Jan. 29 through April 9

All Northwest students and employees are invited to join a reading group that will discuss “The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle over Power in America,” a new book by Jeffrey Rosen, a best-selling author and president of the National Constitution Center.

Rosen’s timely book follows the clashing visions of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in the late 18th century, Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War era, Franklin Roosevelt in the Great Depression, Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and Donald Trump today.

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