Assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and Malcolm X.

Abstract

Political Science professor Forrest Nabors discusses two assassinations that changed American history. April 15, 1856: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (150 years ago) and February 21, 1965: Malcolm X killed (50 years ago). Dr. Forrest Nabors is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska. He teaches American government and has just completed a book on Reconstruction after the American Civil War. dr. Nabors received his undergraduate education at Claremont McKenna College and the University of Chicago and he earned his PhD at the University of Oregon. Between undergraduate and graduate studies, he was a high technology business executive in the internet sector, but his love of studying Lincoln and American Government drew him back to graduate school.