Jonathan W. White is professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and vice chair of The Lincoln Forum. He is the author or editor of 20 books, including A Great and Good Man: Rare, First-hand Accounts and Observations of Abraham Lincoln and an exciting children’s book, My Day with Abe Lincoln. His recent book, A House Built By Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House, won the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.