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with douglass. lincoln begins make a real national name for himself. readers of newspapers, the midwest and around the country are going to read excerpts or even whole accounts of the debates, and they who stephen douglass who abraham lincoln is as well. there are points in his development as a politician where he could have backed off. he have saidething not quite as gutsy, but he takes an yes, he's a politician. he's a great politician, and he will pull punches. yet in the house divided speech saying those people are trying to spread slavery everywhere. it forces people to recognize that there is a choice between good and evil. there's a choice between and freedom. there's a between putting slavery on a path to extinction or spreading it everywhere. that half measures really are not going to work anymore. it's either goi become all slavery or all free. this can't go on this way. and although he doesn't come right out and explain that there should be freedom everywhere. he does say something that i
with douglass. lincoln begins make a real national name for himself. readers of newspapers, the midwest and around the country are going to read excerpts or even whole accounts of the debates, and they who stephen douglass who abraham lincoln is as well. there are points in his development as a politician where he could have backed off. he have saidething not quite as gutsy, but he takes an yes, he's a politician. he's a great politician, and he will pull punches. yet in the house divided...
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he needed douglass, inse, to traction for his own campaign.ow douglass everywhere, and he said, hey, why don't we just ke this a regular gig? let's just spend the rest of 1858 having debates and douglass wasn't going to do that. he says, hey, lincoln, if you stop following me around, i will agree to a congressional districts, which are seventh and hethese two mens lincolnmodest way than douglass douglass, is riding around with a lot of pomp and fanfare on trains bands. the second debate is a really important one. it was held in freeport, illinois. and what has been known as the freeport doctrine in the first debate in ottawa, douglass posed seven questions to lincoln to sically make lincoln look like an abolitionist. lincoln in freeport says to douglass, you're this really smart guy. you asked me seven questions that i've answered. i've only come up with four. he asked douglass, you keep revolutionary for resisting the scott opinion. we don't resist it. you've been treating supreme court opinions as if they are thus sayeth theso are a champiof
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he's frederick douglass. interestingly, douglass, as you say in the quotation up here, he he's inspired in part by the example of william garrison and the liberator. so douglass is working slavery in many different kinds of ways he's he's published in his autobiography. he's giving these spellbinding lectures on the lecture circuit, trying to persuade northerners to oppose slavery, but then inspired in part by, the liberator, he decides in 1847 that he's going to start publishing his own newspaper. and you can see here he's picking up on on the the style of the liberator and goals of the liberator to express sympathy for african-americans in slavery. he's talking about this sympathy for my brethren in bonds. and he's talking about it's scathing denunciations of slaveholders, again, exposing those sins is much of what the abolitionist presses is trying to do is faithful exposÉs of slavery. all of this impresses douglass. and so he decides in 1847 he's going to create his own newspaper. and this is called the n
he's frederick douglass. interestingly, douglass, as you say in the quotation up here, he he's inspired in part by the example of william garrison and the liberator. so douglass is working slavery in many different kinds of ways he's he's published in his autobiography. he's giving these spellbinding lectures on the lecture circuit, trying to persuade northerners to oppose slavery, but then inspired in part by, the liberator, he decides in 1847 that he's going to start publishing his own...
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well, that frederick douglass did not have formal. he did not have formal education, but he wrote so beautifully. he trained himself and over the years he could compete with anyone on the planet in terms of writing, if that's the way. know so this this next is one that's actually a perfect follow up for the question we just had because the penmanship is very interesting. there are capital letters spread throughout the interior of words and so you get the sense that this this man was not a skilled writer. his name was zack burden. he was from indianapolis originally. he enlisted in the eighth u.s. colored troops when he was nine years old in november of 1864. he was a farmer and. he goes off to fight during the war and during the war. his shoes were too small. we about the subpar equipment and uniforms that people received. and so shoes were too small and he suffered a foot injury as a result that that plagued him for the rest his life. and he writes to lincoln about a number different things that are on his mind mind. february the sec
well, that frederick douglass did not have formal. he did not have formal education, but he wrote so beautifully. he trained himself and over the years he could compete with anyone on the planet in terms of writing, if that's the way. know so this this next is one that's actually a perfect follow up for the question we just had because the penmanship is very interesting. there are capital letters spread throughout the interior of words and so you get the sense that this this man was not a...
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i believe in america because frederick douglass believed in america.n, cheney, schwerner, black, white, christian, jewish, willing to fight to change this country's laws. here's the truth. changes not come from washington. it has always come to washington by people willing to demand and fight for it and you know this. you know this. hold on, i'm going to pick on south carolina. i'm going to pick on south carolina. i know how proud you are of your great state, a state that i love that you think we got burning rights because one day the united states senate sent fellows, let's get together and listen to strom thurmond. he said "i've seen the light. let's give those negro people the right to vote. close but that's not how we got civil rights. do we get suffrage because men came together and said it's time we gave women the right to vote? it never happen that way. what's the choice between us in america right now? take responsibility for our country, own up to it. our generation, i will never be called to do freedom rides knowing that my bus will be burned
i believe in america because frederick douglass believed in america.n, cheney, schwerner, black, white, christian, jewish, willing to fight to change this country's laws. here's the truth. changes not come from washington. it has always come to washington by people willing to demand and fight for it and you know this. you know this. hold on, i'm going to pick on south carolina. i'm going to pick on south carolina. i know how proud you are of your great state, a state that i love that you think...
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and frederick douglass was part of this first civil rights movement. but one of the things i wanted to in my book is put a whole other kind of cast of characters on our radar. there were so many black americans who were involved in this struggle who people should know about people, somebody john jones, the most famous black chicagoans of that period who spent 20 years trying to get the laws of illinois repealed. a man named david jenkins, who was really important to the ohio movement and then also the white people who who joined this movement, who helped fight to bring down those racist laws of the midwest, who pushed ahead the nationalization of the of civil rights to equal racial equality and civil rights, and ultimately in voting rights. i thought stories were really important to recall hope, in part because they form a longer trajectory of the story, fights for racial equality and racial justice that i think know it can only help us to really know the extent of those histories and also the extent of the american story. white opposition to those two
and frederick douglass was part of this first civil rights movement. but one of the things i wanted to in my book is put a whole other kind of cast of characters on our radar. there were so many black americans who were involved in this struggle who people should know about people, somebody john jones, the most famous black chicagoans of that period who spent 20 years trying to get the laws of illinois repealed. a man named david jenkins, who was really important to the ohio movement and then...
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home to the black coand this building here was al important for the abolitionist movement he folks,k douglassdoors. william lloyd garrison told. maybe harriet tubman. so this pulpit andhis space, very sacred. and i want to thank museum leadsh hosting this incredibly important convi also want to thank dr. bin fo■[r having the vision and the foresight right to together. she knew and she definitely has a good answer the question because she was intentional in reaching out to black women. when i think about the strength, the power the resilience of black women throughout history, particularly throughout u.s. history, all not for your own children and family but obviously for others. sun up to sundown. into the nitty gritty of what chattel slerwas here. but that fight foreration and all of our social justice movements, young people women e always at the forefront. communities, immigrants gay, you name it. but blk particular have been at the forefront. i have described it as women saving our country. one election at a time. and i''t about any or political party but it is the ever of what it mea ln
home to the black coand this building here was al important for the abolitionist movement he folks,k douglassdoors. william lloyd garrison told. maybe harriet tubman. so this pulpit andhis space, very sacred. and i want to thank museum leadsh hosting this incredibly important convi also want to thank dr. bin fo■[r having the vision and the foresight right to together. she knew and she definitely has a good answer the question because she was intentional in reaching out to black women. when i...
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history buffs will know that in 1858, the lincoln-douglass debate was decided by dab-off.ghter] find and will be gathering with aids where the debate prep will be fueled by this. orange gatorade. which explains this new ad. ♪ ♪ [laughter] >> stephen: good, i'm glad, you've got to stay hydrated. you've got to stay hydrated. one guy who won't be in the debate is presidential hopeful and anti-vax sweet potato, robert f. kennedy jr. due to, in part, his low poll numbers, rfk jr won't meet the cnn debate requirements. on top of that, he's facing a cash crunch. but he's not giving up. this week, he went on twitter to introduce some new members of his team. >> hey, everybody, these are my two ravens. they are not mine. i'm just taming them like feeding them. and join me in meditations every morning on my balcony. >> stephen: see? his campaign's not doomed. he's just being followed around by a flock of black birds! bobby jr. -- [applause] bobby jr. explained how the ravens have come to trust him, saying, "they come closer and closer. by the end of the summer, they'll be eating fro
history buffs will know that in 1858, the lincoln-douglass debate was decided by dab-off.ghter] find and will be gathering with aids where the debate prep will be fueled by this. orange gatorade. which explains this new ad. ♪ ♪ [laughter] >> stephen: good, i'm glad, you've got to stay hydrated. you've got to stay hydrated. one guy who won't be in the debate is presidential hopeful and anti-vax sweet potato, robert f. kennedy jr. due to, in part, his low poll numbers, rfk jr won't meet...
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and need to engage in civil disobedience and then perhaps other struggles because power as frederick douglass put it, power doesn't give up on its own. i mean, know no struggle, no progress. yes. so i don't think you i think it would take out of a historical context to to just try to isolate certain behaviors and then try to decide, you know, whether are liberal or liberal or whatever you want to call them, rather than understand finding the larger frame in which there taking place. this is a more directly political and personal question. i ju want to ask how different would your book be if you had written it. before 2016? well i probably wouldn't have. well, i don't know. i don't think it would be any different, to tell you the truth. the question is whether i would have been interested in writing it. you know, i had finished some projects. i mean, you know you can have this thing goes and you're kind of looking for something else to do. and you know, this kind of jumped up and i thought, i don't know. i mean, this this could be interesting to work on. i do not think the that this book effec
and need to engage in civil disobedience and then perhaps other struggles because power as frederick douglass put it, power doesn't give up on its own. i mean, know no struggle, no progress. yes. so i don't think you i think it would take out of a historical context to to just try to isolate certain behaviors and then try to decide, you know, whether are liberal or liberal or whatever you want to call them, rather than understand finding the larger frame in which there taking place. this is a...
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and frederick douglass, i think as a significant factor in changing those perspectives.uals who abolition. time for a few more questions. it's not exactly a question, but a very sad comment in a way that when.is almost the old days soldiers could even think about th and 're doing. and now, with the days of ai and drones and you■v just. yeah, they're not involved. i mean, civilians saidvilians '. and, you know, right. throughout all of military history, the a numerous examples, al, you're an air force guy, right? there are exampl guys who are, you know, going on long range bombg missions and it weighs on them psychologically. 're causing massive amounts of destruction. they don't know tom. b-52. yeah. yeah. i think we have time for. one more question. so we'll get get. and then remember, if youo speak with during breaks as well could you comment on what happened front royal of whheicer decided tohe prisoners of war. oh the front royals. yes. yeah. so i mean, this is all connected to jthis is in september of 1864 there was incessant back and forth between mosby andheridan
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rising star noah lyles qualifying with a 9.83-second sprint in the 100-meter race. 22-year-old kate douglassng first in three swimming competitions, now officially set to compete in a number of different paris events. >> this is the sport i've chosen to do. it's chosen me also. >> reporter: and this afternoon it'll be the men's turn to compete. day two for them in gymnastics and another day for track and field. the gymnastic trials will run through sunday night with the olympics now less than a month away starting on july 26th. guys? >> whit: can't wait for that, and, janai, you qualified for the olympics too. >> janai: i did, and i didn't have to have too many skills. but, yes, i get to go cover a week of it for us here, "gma." i'll be over there. it'll be a lot of fun. the americans are going to show out, right? >> whit: oh, yes, absolutely. it's going to be a good one. >> gio: oh, yes, especially because you're there. >> whit: we want to turn now and get a check of the forecast. somara theodore watching and we've got the wildfire season kicking into high gear in california. >> somara: ter
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was not a symbol for the purpose of promoting the great interests of our country, but instead is a douglass convention, one that could split the nation apart apart. he went on to defend the rights of slaveholders and territories, claiming the same breath. i have been all time battling for national democracy see. harden's speech was part of a blanket coverage of the convention and the rights white slaveholders against the that had seemingly abandoned its roots of slave advocacy and private property. but the paper's coverage began with questions about garrett bold, his arrival in sicily, allowing him another seeming freedom fighter, battling for a nation if not necessary, early in national democracy to loom over frustration with the convention. as white southerners portrayed themselves as attempting to unite a country unreasonably divided by those opposed to slave or its territorial spread. they were the garibaldi cities of the american south, even as garibaldi himself was landing in the italian south, some of the most sustained coverage, in fact, compared garibaldi favorably to william walke
was not a symbol for the purpose of promoting the great interests of our country, but instead is a douglass convention, one that could split the nation apart apart. he went on to defend the rights of slaveholders and territories, claiming the same breath. i have been all time battling for national democracy see. harden's speech was part of a blanket coverage of the convention and the rights white slaveholders against the that had seemingly abandoned its roots of slave advocacy and private...
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you have people like tucker carlson or ben shapiro or you have a cartoon series that takes frederick douglass tries to use them in cartoon form, minimizing american slavery. >> the southern colonies were dependent on slave labor. >> are you okay with that? >> i'm certainly not okay with slavery, but the founding fathers made a compromise to achieve something great. the making of the united states. >> slavery is as old as time. being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? i don't see the problem. >> we could show more of those videos but we don't want to. prager u is not a university, not ublike trump university, it uses the kind of branding or mood of the u and the university and the look of that without actually being accredited. now, states allowing the videos to be shown in classrooms is a local governance decision, and this isn't just about history. there's all kinds of issues that come up. >> unlike coal or fossil fuels, energy from wind or sun is unreliable, expensive, and difficult to store. >> as the false claims of racial targeting spread, so did the anger and violence. >>
you have people like tucker carlson or ben shapiro or you have a cartoon series that takes frederick douglass tries to use them in cartoon form, minimizing american slavery. >> the southern colonies were dependent on slave labor. >> are you okay with that? >> i'm certainly not okay with slavery, but the founding fathers made a compromise to achieve something great. the making of the united states. >> slavery is as old as time. being taken as a slave is better than being...
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for example, there are from douglass to murphy this period where he refers to frankfurter as der fÜhrerand the little --. so there's all of personal enmity then among the justices and. what i find interesting with that, too, and then i'll focus to some of the cases in what's going on, both in terms of the war and in terms of domestic affairs. but it's so much it does play out in public there regularly to groups around the country in what almost seems like very political way. or maybe they are just overtly very political. you know, again this is remarkable and this is part of their allegiance to fdr. but again, in 1941, when country was really sort of split, there was strong isolationist sentiment. just about every one of the justices delivers, a very public speeches, strongly supporting fdr his war preparation and talking how important it is. and some of these were explicitly with fdr and the white house. frank murphy was the only catholic on the court at that time. and so he speaks to the knights of columbus and and he about the fact that, you know, the soviet union had recently entere
for example, there are from douglass to murphy this period where he refers to frankfurter as der fÜhrerand the little --. so there's all of personal enmity then among the justices and. what i find interesting with that, too, and then i'll focus to some of the cases in what's going on, both in terms of the war and in terms of domestic affairs. but it's so much it does play out in public there regularly to groups around the country in what almost seems like very political way. or maybe they are...
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and frederick douglass, i think as a significant factor in changing those perspectives. but you don't have i don't think you have as much for voting rights, equality as you do for individuals who favor abolition. time for a few more questions. it's not exactly a question, but a very sad comment in a way that this is almost the old days when. soldiers could even think about this and see what they're doing. and now, with the days of ai and drones and you just. yeah, they're not involved. i mean, civilians said it's all civilians that they're there. and, you know, if you look if so, if you extend broadly right. throughout all of military history, there are numerous examples, al, you're an air force guy, right? there are examples of guys who are, you know, going on long range bombing missions and it weighs on them psychologically. they know they're causing massive amounts of destruction. they don't know to whom. and i was married to a b-52. yeah. yeah. i think we have time for. one more question. so we'll get in blue jacket, get. and then remember, if you have questions, i'm
and frederick douglass, i think as a significant factor in changing those perspectives. but you don't have i don't think you have as much for voting rights, equality as you do for individuals who favor abolition. time for a few more questions. it's not exactly a question, but a very sad comment in a way that this is almost the old days when. soldiers could even think about this and see what they're doing. and now, with the days of ai and drones and you just. yeah, they're not involved. i mean,...
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that was frederick douglass. those words true to me when i read them this because of what we're experiencing tonight here, this partnership this opportunity for verizon to stand before you and partner with this historic place is all based on the fundamentals, the values that we hold as americans, the opportunity to connect our around the world with this amazing place, with all of the data that you've heard about, and as mr. secretary said, engage. one of my favorite words, because if a rise in what we do day in, day out is fine ways to ensure that you, our customers, our consumers, our friends and family and neighbors have the opportunities to engage in the ways that you want and need to and to have the opportunities to see this information to experience information and to take this information in in any place that you'd like in any form that you like as much as you'd like. so there is no better partnership for us than this partnership with the archives. i want to thank the entire staff for the opportunity to do
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billie believes that and she also likes an old frederick douglass quote. quote, she learned long ago about how power cedes nothing without demand and, you know, her natural set point is, optimistic show admits she gets frustrated like everybody else. the tenor of things. now. you know, i think she feels there's a meanness afoot. i think that she feels like there is a cultural debate going on that's regressive not just for democrat or other democratic societies, but for country and she says she's been places where she says she's seen people with signs, you know, plaintive complaints, like, i can't believe we still have to argue this. and, you know, she is someone who had a lot of skin in the fight. she gets frustrated, too. but she says she looked when she gets frustrated, she reminds herself that the ugliness can help us because it unites us by irritating us and it can bring us together. that's been her experience in the past. um, so, you know, another question. when you get to this juncture contemplating billie jean is how does a person like this happen?
billie believes that and she also likes an old frederick douglass quote. quote, she learned long ago about how power cedes nothing without demand and, you know, her natural set point is, optimistic show admits she gets frustrated like everybody else. the tenor of things. now. you know, i think she feels there's a meanness afoot. i think that she feels like there is a cultural debate going on that's regressive not just for democrat or other democratic societies, but for country and she says...