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douglass. and you bet that the douglass is with two s's. let's get that right. this is in part of my remarks, and i probably shouldn't digress. but stephen douglass, who was lincoln's rival and a white supremacist to the bone, he was actually born with douglass, two s's. if you look at ebay and we know and then you'll see carter visits, photographs of stephen douglass prior to the 1850s. and it is always spelled with two s's. i believe he dropped the second s once another, douglass became a prominent figure on the national stage. i can't prove this, but two good enough to check. i guess i know black history month is almost over. but it's always a good time to talk about frederick douglass, a man who became famous for escaping a system of injustice rooted in racial prejudice. douglass became even more famous, in my opinion, for pointing out america's systemic justice, which he found in the ideals and institutions of the declaration of independence and the united states constitution. he came to b
douglass. and you bet that the douglass is with two s's. let's get that right. this is in part of my remarks, and i probably shouldn't digress. but stephen douglass, who was lincoln's rival and a white supremacist to the bone, he was actually born with douglass, two s's. if you look at ebay and we know and then you'll see carter visits, photographs of stephen douglass prior to the 1850s. and it is always spelled with two s's. i believe he dropped the second s once another, douglass became a...
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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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part of that is houston and my goodness, part that is for frederick douglass as well as frederick douglass in abraham lincoln. abject poverty. lincoln, one year of formal schooling he learns to read learns write runs for office loses most the time, loses a senate race and, captures america's imagination, starts this new party at the perfect. the party splits enough for him to win with 5% of the vote and half the country voting for him ends up being arguably our best president. and when i talk about a in frederick douglass born in slavery, never knew his mom, never knew his dad, just determined to matter in life, got himself educated, overcame things i can't imagine reminds me of half luther king, malcolm x or third malcolm x up luther king and muhammad ali. he was privy active. he was direct. he was he was charming, was charismatic. and the guy had a inspirational. he ends up being his own editor, publisher a self-taught, charismatic speaker. i can't begin to tell. can't get my head around what he overcame to be this impactful player. one of the greatest americans ever that had every reaso
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its elements, he said, were still needed by republicans to fight douglass the democrats. the kansas-nebraska and the expansion of slavery. so lincoln says, i fear an open push by us now against the native us and i'm quoting may offend them and prevent our ever getting them stand with anybody who thinks right on the issue of slavery. and then a year later we have this third party run. so i don't think in 1855, lincoln is much you might even say, not enough to stem the tide of anti-catholic. anti-catholic? no, nothing ism in the united states. so in 1858, when he challenges stephen douglass and they run a really public fight for the senate, lose lincoln, loses the senate. in 1855 to lyman trumbull in 58, he has to he finds himself somewhat conflicted on this issue. the nativists, the real nativists, don't really trust them. he may be talking to them privately and he may not be attacking them, but he's not exactly embracing anti-catholicism either. the irish douglass and his newspaper supporters are attacking lincoln for, as one newspaper writes, holding, entertaining a holy
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frederick douglass did have a little bit to say about prisons, but not that much. and angela davis basically this essay wishing that he had taken it up as a major cause when convict labor practices were in their infancy, by which she meant the hope. the post post-civil war. and she was to the south. but where we when we understand that actually convict labor began in new york state which was where douglass was living the fact that he never took it up is all the more astonishing. if we are thinking from our perspective. so one of the things that i'm doing in this book is really answering this question why was it not a major a major rallying cry for a amazing people, brilliant geniuses like frederick douglass, also harriet tubman, who lived in auburn. she lived in auburn to miles away from the auburn state prison for the second half of her life, from the 1850s, through her her passing in 1913. so why why wasn't there more organizing against the prison? and in answer to your question about his family, his family loved him. his family really loved him. and that was rea
frederick douglass did have a little bit to say about prisons, but not that much. and angela davis basically this essay wishing that he had taken it up as a major cause when convict labor practices were in their infancy, by which she meant the hope. the post post-civil war. and she was to the south. but where we when we understand that actually convict labor began in new york state which was where douglass was living the fact that he never took it up is all the more astonishing. if we are...
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a phrase picked up by henry clay and then by lincoln, frederick douglass. after the civil war, insists on the urgent importance education as being crucial to self-improvement. that's why he says that equal access to education is necessary, the pursuit of happiness. and then emerson defines the american as so self mastery and intellectual liberation. so it's just this extraordinary throughline throughout, ancient history all the way up through american history. and it persists in america, the 1950s, and then it just drops of the literature and this was news to me. i never read these books when i was in college, despite my, you know, the great teachers that i had. and something happened in the sixties, happiness changed from being good to feeling good. let it all hang out. you do you, you know, and and now we have a different meaning. and that's why it was so to recover the classical definition of the pursuit happiness. carlos i. i wanted to tell you that at some times and i was reading your book, i felt like you had predictive and i know you're about to say
a phrase picked up by henry clay and then by lincoln, frederick douglass. after the civil war, insists on the urgent importance education as being crucial to self-improvement. that's why he says that equal access to education is necessary, the pursuit of happiness. and then emerson defines the american as so self mastery and intellectual liberation. so it's just this extraordinary throughline throughout, ancient history all the way up through american history. and it persists in america, the...
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a phrase picked up by henry clay and then by lincoln, frederick douglass. after the civil war, insists on the urgent importance education as being crucial to self-improvement. that's why he says that equal access to education is necessary, the pursuit of happiness. and then emerson defines the american as so self mastery and intellectual liberation. so it's just this extraordinary throughline throughout, ancient history all the way up through american history. and it persists in america, the 1950s, and then it just drops of the literature and this was news to me. i never read these books when i was in college, despite my, you know, the great teachers that i had. and something happened in the sixties, happiness changed from being good to feeling good. let it all hang out. you do you, you know, and and now we have a different meaning. and that's why it was so to recover the classical definition of the pursuit happiness. carlos i. i wanted to tell you that at some times and i was reading your book, i felt like you had predictive and i know you're about to say
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worked with several noted organizations and projects including the national park service, the frederick douglass national historic site and the smithsonian institution national museum of african american history and culture. before she took those brilliant talents to memphis, she has been a contributor. the african american intellectual history society's blog and was featured in free and an underground special for the wgn america drama underground. one of our favorites, personal favorites. and dr. trent has also travel internationally presenting lectures at the european solidarity center in poland and has been a part of the memphis in poland festival. dr. trent has served on several triple-a film boards and i'm sorry, conference planning committees that remember many, many, many meetings with her. and now she has ascended to the. 22 confer program chair. so we have her to thank for this awesome experience that we're to enjoy this week. so please welcome dr. trent. and nex. i have the pleasure of introduce saying what i'll just say is one of the best ever. do it when it comes to the the business
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washington and frederick douglass it was their education that was their path to freedom and success in life. as a look at our contemporary culture i think education is the heart a lot of the problem. and maybe that's because were not doing as much storytelling. not time but abstract principles are telling stories no one has ever heard of. we tell the stories it changes their perception of what america is and what it can be. what you think the role of storytelling is? and perhaps educating the next generation for.g. >> or two dug in with these candidates. we what they stand i for. when the next candidate to talk about education. but notot conservative or liberl just american history. when people say he heading up bring in facesheet roots in 1976 number one admitting series min? it was brutal. it went out there i remember it noone whitewashing in myus schol and i'mod just in a middle-class neighborhood in newyo york. no one whitewashed it but i would love to get fundamental i know people do not want national education foror people get worrd about that libertarians and conservatives i wou
washington and frederick douglass it was their education that was their path to freedom and success in life. as a look at our contemporary culture i think education is the heart a lot of the problem. and maybe that's because were not doing as much storytelling. not time but abstract principles are telling stories no one has ever heard of. we tell the stories it changes their perception of what america is and what it can be. what you think the role of storytelling is? and perhaps educating the...
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his book, the black hearts of men, won the frederick douglass book prize and. his book, giants the parallel lives of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln, was a national bestseller. this introduction could go on much, much longer, but it stops. there because it is a pleasure for me to welcome manisha sinha back to a to welcome john stauffer here for conversation and now over to manisha. thank you, scott, for that very generous introduction and i thank everyone who showed up here in the middle of the week to help me launch this book. i'd really like to begin by thanking all the staff at the american antiquarian society as scott just mentioned, i did much of my research for this book here in the archives and the whole world was shut down because of the pandemic. i had the privilege of being able to research this book, so i'm extremely grateful to the people at the american antiquarian society, and i think it's only appropriate that i'm launching this book here today. i thank nan will return for inviting me to do this program and i thank my good friend who in my
his book, the black hearts of men, won the frederick douglass book prize and. his book, giants the parallel lives of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln, was a national bestseller. this introduction could go on much, much longer, but it stops. there because it is a pleasure for me to welcome manisha sinha back to a to welcome john stauffer here for conversation and now over to manisha. thank you, scott, for that very generous introduction and i thank everyone who showed up here in the middle...
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as frederick douglass said power can be nothing without the demand. it is time to stand up and make the demand. thank you for being the power that we all have the america that works for all of us. thank you so much. >> let's break in our assistant election administrator or an announcement. >> we were so excited and went to vote for our amazing unity that we crashed lumeo, but we got back. we feel confident that we can declare bruce where the presidential nominee. [indiscernible] >> the final tally, the preliminary one was -.5 votes --, i'm sorry. .5. [indiscernible] randy toler, .5. jasmine sherman 13 and jill stein is the official nominee, congratulations again. >> greetings to everybody that is gathered. i have overwhelmed and humbled. the first thing i would say is this system was never designed to serve people like me but because of these efforts to figure out a way to make these processes represented the people i'm honored to accept your nomination to stand with dr. jill stein and fight for the american people. freedom has more genealogies than t
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and kate douglass added another goal for team usa with her win in the 200-meter breaststroke.congrats to them. it was so fun and exhilarating to watch them nail that, event after event. >> and the smiles on their faces after they win. i mean, they just incredible. now believe it or not, there's more than just swimming and gymnastics at these olympics, the u.s. women's fencing team won its first-ever gold medal after a hard-fought battle with italy in the women's team foil event. it's the second for kieffer and first for lauren scruggs. >>> and back on the water, the u.s. men's rowing team ended a medal drought. the crew took the top prize in the four rowing event with a photo finish victory against runner-up new zealand. aja wilson and brianna stewart once again powered the u.s. women's basketball team, clenching a spot in the quarter finals. yesterday was so jam-packed full with good events. >> it's tough to get through the day. you're so distracted. youwant to catch all of this. after the first full week of olympic action that wraps up today, the u.s. men's soccer team will
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deserved a close analysis, a careful the way that we've looked, what lincoln had to say, what frederick douglass grant and other you know, figures from the 19th century had to say. so recovering that that was was an aim. and then one last quick observation, which will help to frame our conversation. longstreet is this is a familiar name to most of you, if not all of you. i know and realize and we longstreet primarily with a particular place in a particular moment and that's gettysburg in 1863 and of course gettysburg is fascinating will have a lot to say about but part of the object my book was to say to understand this man and indeed to understand gettysburg and its legacies, you have to appreciate the other moments, key moments and the other key settings. his life, new orleans in 1867, when he makes a really surprising decision to support reconstruct in gainesville, georgia in the late 19th century not far from here. he settles and writes this memoir and really digs into the defense of his wartime record against critics. atlanta washington d.c. where he is a part of an important republican pol
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im douglass is trying to make a move.uglas was out touched by summer mcintosh of canada snagging a silver for team usa teammate alex walsh touched third but was disqualified on the vault. i can't even imagine simone biles seemed fearless as she executed a move so difficult. they call it the biles two league. of her own, landing gold to extend her lead as the most decorated gymnast. a job she might not be ready to retire from. never say never. the home games is the home. the next olympics is at home, so you just never know. but i am getting really old on the lavender track. sha'carri richardson fought to the finish in a cutthroat 100 meter race, but it's going to be saint lucia's julian alfred ultimately snagging silver, followed by teammate melissa jefferson for gold, begins noah lyles started his quest for gold in the men's 100 meter heat. the favorite qualified for semifinals but finished second. to be honest, i think i'm more excited now that i didn't win that heat. i'm. i'm pretty scared for everybody else. right now.
im douglass is trying to make a move.uglas was out touched by summer mcintosh of canada snagging a silver for team usa teammate alex walsh touched third but was disqualified on the vault. i can't even imagine simone biles seemed fearless as she executed a move so difficult. they call it the biles two league. of her own, landing gold to extend her lead as the most decorated gymnast. a job she might not be ready to retire from. never say never. the home games is the home. the next olympics is at...
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today kate douglass won gold in the 200-meter at the breaststroke. the final record-making moment of the day, ledecky helped team usa win silver in the 200-meter freestyle relay, making her the most decorated woman in u.s. olympic history. stephanie gosk, nbc news, paris. >> stephanie gosk reporting for us. and join us tonight for primetime in paris as simone biles and suni lee go for gold. it all starts at 8:00 eastern. >>> there is new fallout tonight over former president trump's false questioning of the racial identity of vice president harris. he is doubling down, and she is responding. here is garrett haake. >> reporter: tonight the trump campaign facing more backlash over the former president's false claims about the racial identity of vice president harris. running mate j.d. vance defending former president trump today. >> trump's point is that she is a chameleon. she presents a different face depending on the audience she speaks to. you don't want a person like that as president of the united states. >> reporter: trump made the comments duri
today kate douglass won gold in the 200-meter at the breaststroke. the final record-making moment of the day, ledecky helped team usa win silver in the 200-meter freestyle relay, making her the most decorated woman in u.s. olympic history. stephanie gosk, nbc news, paris. >> stephanie gosk reporting for us. and join us tonight for primetime in paris as simone biles and suni lee go for gold. it all starts at 8:00 eastern. >>> there is new fallout tonight over former president...
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presidents from washington, the coolidge supreme court justices, notable figures, rosa parks, frederick douglass, all of these people that we know about in history. but also music legends george and ira gershwin, jonathan larson max roach. so go on the website and long llc echo. i think you'll be surprised. can anyhow, two questions. how do you work with local libraries and can anybody get a library card for the library of congress? if you're and older you can get a reader's card and that allows you access to the reading rooms that are in washington dc. but anybody can go on to the website and get information. we even on the website, something called ask a librarian and you can email library and you get a real time back. and so you have that and you also have the opportunity to participate in our virtual front door, we call it that. you can look at programs, you can do all of these things. the way we connect with libraries throughout the country and it's on display today at the convention center is called roadmap to reading each state and territory has a booth and we connect with them through th
presidents from washington, the coolidge supreme court justices, notable figures, rosa parks, frederick douglass, all of these people that we know about in history. but also music legends george and ira gershwin, jonathan larson max roach. so go on the website and long llc echo. i think you'll be surprised. can anyhow, two questions. how do you work with local libraries and can anybody get a library card for the library of congress? if you're and older you can get a reader's card and that...
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african-american professional musician, marie williams, to perform at the white house and frederick douglass introduced her. she also invited other black music groups, including students, to sing at white house events. helen nellie taft, who's in the bottom left hand corner, developed an appreciation for cultural diversity when they were in the philippines and. that taft was the governor general of the philippines at the time. she found that there was a color line and that the soul pianos were not being invited to events. well, she changed all of that. and they really considered her to be very egalitarian. she also looked at the plight of african-american immigrants who were in washington, d.c., and tried to do some things for them. and she invited them to white house open houses, which had not been done before, and added african-americans to the staff. she believed that education was a great equalizer, and she supported the start of kindergarten classes for black children. well, she's best known for bringing the cherry trees to washington. her civil rights activities are lesser known, but t
african-american professional musician, marie williams, to perform at the white house and frederick douglass introduced her. she also invited other black music groups, including students, to sing at white house events. helen nellie taft, who's in the bottom left hand corner, developed an appreciation for cultural diversity when they were in the philippines and. that taft was the governor general of the philippines at the time. she found that there was a color line and that the soul pianos were...
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the great black leader, frederick douglass, who watched lincoln deliver his speech and later discussed it him at a white houseeception. the popular actor john wilkes booth, who evidently stalked lincoln at the inauguration. the great american poet walt itman, who was covering the inauguration for the new york times, the angel of the battlefield, clara barton, who spent that week trying to meet lincoln and finally greeted him at the reception. and, of course, there was the vice president elect, andrew johnson, who showed up at the inauguration embarrassingly drunk. and the perception of these very different people provide a powerful and moving view of what that war was about and what lincoln was up against on that rainy, muddy day in washington. and i tried to weave those all into the story. at the center of it all. of course is abraham lincoln, who can be seen the middle this crowd reading his speech just about above the table, a glass of water on it. he did something that day, as i mentioned, that no other no other politician would. on the cusp of victory after, four years of a brutal
the great black leader, frederick douglass, who watched lincoln deliver his speech and later discussed it him at a white houseeception. the popular actor john wilkes booth, who evidently stalked lincoln at the inauguration. the great american poet walt itman, who was covering the inauguration for the new york times, the angel of the battlefield, clara barton, who spent that week trying to meet lincoln and finally greeted him at the reception. and, of course, there was the vice president elect,...
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education by taking resources from the few schools doing well and giving them to struggling schools like douglassol, which the union has blocked the district from closing despite them only having 34 students last year and a building for 900. the school had one teacher for every five students and spent more than four times the national average per student but douglas hasn't had a single student who could read or do math at grade level in seven years. rather than closing the school and letting those kids go to better ones, the mayor and the teachers union are doubling down on schools like douglas and argue money is the problem. >> that is and has been an emergency situation there for a long time. thank you. >> protesters trying to make their voices heard outside the dnc. it comes after demonstrators breached the first layer of fencing outside the convention last night. president biden spoke a few kind words to the protesters in his speech. let's remind folks what he said about the protesters last night. >> those protesters out in the street have a point. a lot of innocent people are being killed. b
education by taking resources from the few schools doing well and giving them to struggling schools like douglassol, which the union has blocked the district from closing despite them only having 34 students last year and a building for 900. the school had one teacher for every five students and spent more than four times the national average per student but douglas hasn't had a single student who could read or do math at grade level in seven years. rather than closing the school and letting...
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the great black leader, frederick douglass, who watched lincoln deliver his speech and later discussed it him at a white house reception. the popular actor john wilkes booth, who evidely stalked lincoln at the inauguration. the great americ poet walt whitman, who was covering the inauguration for the new york time the angel of the battlefield, clara barton, who spent that week trying to meet lincoln and finally greeted him at the reception. and, of course, there was the vice president elect, andrew johnson, who showed up at the inauguration embarrassingly drunk. and the perception of these very different people provide a powerful and moving view of what that war was about and what lincoln was up against on that rainy, muddy day in washington. and i tried to weave those all into the story. at the center of it all. of course is abraham lincoln, wh sn standing in the midd. this crowd reading his speech just about above the table, a glass of water on it. he did something that day, as i mentioned, that no other no other politician would. on the cusp of victory after, four years of a brutal
the great black leader, frederick douglass, who watched lincoln deliver his speech and later discussed it him at a white house reception. the popular actor john wilkes booth, who evidely stalked lincoln at the inauguration. the great americ poet walt whitman, who was covering the inauguration for the new york time the angel of the battlefield, clara barton, who spent that week trying to meet lincoln and finally greeted him at the reception. and, of course, there was the vice president elect,...
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i think frederick douglass said it best, the problem is whether the american people can be honest enough, loyal enough, honor enough, patriotism enough to live up to their own constitution. i think the promise of the constitution is at stake. i believe that the harris administration will be one that does intend to live up to the promise of the constitution. i believe that vice president harris has lived her life for the desire of freedom, justice and the american promise. i believe that both of her parents were people that were academics and fighters for freedom. and i believe that this constitution is at stake on all branches of government because donald trump has said that he wants to actually replace people even down to the lowest level of career civil service. i believe that the supreme court has ruled in an abominable way and unethical way to not live up to the constitution. so yes, i do believe that we are -- that the democracy is at stake and the former caller said something about african americans needing to vote for trump. the idea of voting for someone who by his own -- by his
i think frederick douglass said it best, the problem is whether the american people can be honest enough, loyal enough, honor enough, patriotism enough to live up to their own constitution. i think the promise of the constitution is at stake. i believe that the harris administration will be one that does intend to live up to the promise of the constitution. i believe that vice president harris has lived her life for the desire of freedom, justice and the american promise. i believe that both of...