"United States" . . . . . . . . . "Forced into glory Abraham Lincoln's white dream" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "At this forum held in New York at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Lerone Bennet, Jr. speaks about his book, Forced into glory; Abraham Lincoln's white dream, published by Johnson Publishing, which depicts President Lincoln as a racist who grudgingly came to the decision to emancipate slaves. Following his remarks, a panel of historians, Harold Holzer, William Strickland, Eric Foner, and Howard Dodson, discuss the book's conclusions and answers questions from the audience." . "History" . . . . "Abraham Lincoln's white dream" . . . .